New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-14
DAY OF UPSETS IN GOLF
White and TraverS Defeated on
Fox Hills Links.
FOUR PLAYERS SURVIVE
Baxter and Bowers FURNISH
Surprise in Putting Out
the Favorites.

| Champions and would-be champions 1eIl
| from grace in the invitation tournament
| continued over the links of the Fox Hills
Golf Club at Clifton, Staten Island. yes
| terday. Gardner w; White OF interscho-
| lastic fame who led the field in the quail
| flying round, and f. A. Hammer, the
| Staten Island title holder were defeated In
| the first round. while another loser III the
early hours was the redoubtable Jerome d.
Travers. of Montclair, a former national
champion Taking it ali in all, it was a
| day replete with upsets and surprises
Close finishes and fine cards were returned
| in nearly every one of the matches in the
six sixteens.
AS the tournament now stands, the sur
vivors in the first set are r. G.. Baxter, a
! former Brooklyn-Forest Park champion;
L. A Hamilton. of Englewood; S. D. Bow
ers. of Brooklawn, and w. E. Conklyn, of
| Dunwoode They will meet as named IN
the semi final round to-day
The most surprising upset of the day re-
suited from the meeting of Travers and
| Bowers. The Montclar expert. who was
| believed to have found his game, was re-
garded almost certain winner. and II
| looked SO after he won the first three holes
! The Brooklawn veteran then settled down,
and by winning the fifth and sixth holes
managed to get within 1 of the former
champion. Travers turned for home l up
but lost the twelfth after being to the
good. On this green Bowers holed out
| from off the edge of the green for 9.
| Bowers also won the long thirteenth,
where his opponent got into trouble twice.
| That squared the match, and then the man
i from Bridgeport won the fourteenth and
| sixteenth, thereby becoming dormie 2.
Travers made a game effort to square the
match, but after winning the seventeenth
in a fine 3, he failed at the home hole,
when five-foot put missed the cup by
hairs breadth. That left Bowers winner
by up. The last named, after his ragged
start never played better golf in his life,
and his inward holes in So gave him a 70
for the round. Travers had 76
Later on Bowers had no trouble in de-
feating Z. T. Miller, of Dunwoodie, by
> and margin in the second round. In
this match the winner had u. Bowers
has heightened out his long game consid-
erably this spring, and he bids fair to du
! plicate some of the performances that
| made him formidable among the Eastern
amateurs twelve years ago.
| White lost to Baxter because of an er
ratio long game The youngster got rush
| ing his back swing, and he did not realize
what was wrong until too late. On the
other hand. Baxter played sound golf in ex-
cellent style, although he has been out of
competitions for nearly three years. In
the afternoon he managed to beat j. w.
McMenamy, a former Staten Island cham
pion, after a twenty hole match.
Hamilton had one of his good days, and
after eliminating Hammer, the Englewood
man, put out E F. Hunt. of Dyker Mead
ow, who had made "a in the early hours
at the expense of B. S. Bottome. Travers
and White. after dropping into the beaten
eight division, won their matches without
trouble, as did hammer.
The summary follows:
First sixteen first ROUNDUP. G. Baxter.
Brooklyn-Forest Park. beat G. W. White. oak
Iand up up and 70 pay j. w; McMena my FOX OK
p fis L. Pe a. Hamilton, EnEaWood f beat nF F. a.
Hammer, Fox Hills. UP and TO play; E. F.
gn5 Bykr and Mfaa0 to p beat %ar FO1
woodie. beat II. B. Mcclellan. Fox Hills. up
J. D. Travers Montclair. up; W: E. Conklyn,
Dunwoodie, beat w. W. Harris, Dunwoodie,
up and to play; B. T. Allen. Fox Hills beat
Second roundNBaxter beat McMenamy. / UP
60 holes; Hamilton beat Hunt, up and to
Conkyn beat Allen. 1 up go hoes).
Beaten eight first sixteen. first round)-white
Bottome, up and 5 TO play; Travers beat Nc
Clellan. . up and to play; Matching beat
S second sixteen (irst round1-Dr A. T. Haight.
Wykagyl, beat G Martin. Tavistock Englandl,
CLARK. Dunwoodie, 8 up and to play; W E.
Helm, Fox Hills, beat W. J. McConville, Dyker
Msf2% P beat and t? sI p %a'eE %sG
up and 4 TO play; D; Brandreth, Fox Hills.
B NJ 0f De Go beat to play
Davis. Richmond County. 1 up; Captain f. T
/ up; W. S. Leeds. Fox Hills, beat Charles
Presbrey, Fox Hills 4 up and to play
Helm beat Wilson. up and 1 to play. Carpen-
ter beat Brandreth. 4 up and to play; Leeds
Beaten eight Second sixteen, first round)-
Clark beat Martin. up; McConville beat Swords.
fault; Presbrey beat Kayser. up and to play.
Third I'd, sixteen FIRST T3undl-Harold Slater;
up and to play: George Bechtel, Fox Hills.
beat Philip c. Pointer. South Orange Field
HIS beat P. W Pogson' Fox Hills. / up; R.
r. Mamlock. Fox Hills. beat A. H. Pogson.
Fox His beat J. F. robin In Fox HIS / up:
G. G. Rowe. Dunwoodie, beat J. E. Faber. Fox
beat H. F. Ives Fox Hills. up: E. L. Barnett.
Fox Hills beat A. G. Bruiner. Richmond
Second round-slater beat BechteI. 4 up and
. to play: Posey beat Mamlock. 1 up GO
play; Tilt beat Barnett, up and i TO play.
Fourth sixteen first roundl-E G. b Riley;
5 to play; ! Fambridge, Fox Hills beat J. A.
Moore. scarsdale; up; J.. B. Eddleman. Fox
Hills. beat H. P. Molloy. Fox Hills. UP 10
hole); J. b Catltr, Forest Park, beat G P.
Contrel, Fox Hills. S up and 70 play; Charles
NcCihee. Fox Hills. beat J. S McAleenan. Fox
Hills up: J. 5. 1Ansley. P1nehurst, beat H.
4 Aaines. New York Coli. up and to play;
G; ". Fairchild; Manhattan Golf. beat H. b.
Rjdder. Fox Hills, by default; A. H Johnson.
scarsdale, beat F. H. Smith. Sd. Baltusrol up
and 10 play.
Second round-Rilev beat Hambridge up and
3 to play: CatlIn beat Eddleman. up and to
play: McGhee beat Linsley, up; johnson beat
Fairchild. W and to play
Fifth sixteen first roundl-R. r Tilt Knoll
wood beat r. A. Sasseen. Fox Hills. up and 2
TO play; Eads Johnson Montolair. beat ]. Fl,
Curtis. Fox Hills. up and TO play: A. Britt.
Fox Hills, beat W. 4. Johnson Flushing. . up
| and to play; L.. Keller. Scarsdale. beat f.
Heikel, Fox Hills. up 90 holes: DR.. r. Rob
ertson. Fox Hills. beat E. c. Johnston. Fox Hills
3 up and TO play; J. F. Joyce. Deal beat c.
II. HadIock. Fox Hills. = up and to play: Z.
T. Ely Flushing. beat r. F. Foster, Brooklyn
Forest Park. by default: Donald Carr. New
York Golf. beat w Davidson. Richmond County.
1 up 81 hoIes).
Second round-Robertson beat Joyce UP and
10 play; Carr beat Ely. UP and to play:
Johnston beat TAFT. up go holes); Keller beat
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