Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-15
EXCITING VICTORY
FOR ". R. TUCKERMAN
Chevy Chase Golfer Defeats
F. Martin in Only Extra
Hole Match of Tourney.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
THE COUNTRY CLUB, BROOKLINE,
Mass, September 15.-W. r. Tuckerman
of the Stockbridge and Chevy Chase clubs
may not continue to be much longer a
factor in the United States GEES Assoeia-
ton amateur championship, but he has
the distinction at least of being the only
golfer yet to participate in an extra-hole
match. His victory over +. Martin, the
Manchester. Vt, player was unexpected
Tuckerman'S win. however, was deserved.
for he had a better command of his
strokes and he brought them off with a
finish and precision in the more momen-
tuous periods of the match. The length
of Tuckerman's drives in his match with
Martin surprised even those who are IA
miliar with his game. In this department
of play he was able to repeatedly be past
his opponent anywhere from twenty five
to forty yards. and Martin is a very long
driver at that Tuckerman in the third
round at match play meets Harold Webe:
in a match, the east VS.. the west.
The analyst of style and form in play
has q lot to discuss in this championship.
Opinions are divided as to which player
holds the palm in this direction, Chick
Evans. the dashing young Westerner or
Fred Herreshoff, the Metropolitan cham
pion. whose going thus far in the meet
ing has been a triumphal march. There
is nothing stilted in the repertoire OF
strokes of either. and both bring off their
strokes with what appears to be a mini
mum of effort. Herreshoff has versa
tility to a marked degree. but Evans
wastes no time in the study. of shot
Yet he always appears to do just the
right thing. 'lnstinctively golfer Is
the estimate Of the analyst Of Evans.
Bunkers played no small part In the
defeat of Walter J. Travis, former Amer
the irony of it is that Mr.. Travis planned
many Of the bunkers in the Country yCpb
course into which lie went to defeat.
Aside from that there probably Is no
golfer in America who has made so deep q
study of pitfalls for the unwary golfer.
Travis dug his own grave in the bunk.
| ers he planned for the destruction OF
others, was the comment Of one of the
| players who failed to qualify and blamed
| it on the traps and hazards.
| After having followed the play Of the
younger school of players in this cham
| pionship meeting, one cannot but reach
| the conclusion that the se-eailed old
| guard, which so long held all the piums,
must give way to the advance or the COM
parative newcomers.
B. p. Merriman, the Yale golfer, will
have q strong team to represent the uni-
| versity at the intercollegiate champion
ship meeting to be played at the Essex
County Club Manchester, next week, the
tournament lasting six days, the first
three of which win be devoted to settling
the team championship. and the last three
to the Individual championship OF the
association. The university golfers q
the Country Club are playing so wei
| that the meetings at the Essex County
Club will produce high-class golf Dart.
| mouth has two very strong golfers IN F.
A. Martin and Ray Gorton.
| The following colleges will have teams
| in the competition next week: Harvard
| Yale. Pennsylvania. Princeton, Dartmouth
and williams. Albert Seckel will pla,
| for Princeton and II. B. Hepburn fol
| Pennsylvania.
| 1t is more than probable. however. thai
there will be new intercollegiate, and
| the fight of the east and the west IL
the national amateur championship viii
begin all over again. The two Hunters
| Robert and Paul, d. f. Sawyer and Rob
ert A. Gardner are going after the indi
vidual intercollegiate championship
| In only one case did the matches in thu
| second round Of the national amateur
| championship suggest one-sidedness after
eighteen holes had been played, but witt
| the thirty-six holes finished 1t was quite
another story, for just half OF the eigh
| matches were finished long before tn,
| home green was reached.
| (Today's play Will he found eisewhert
In The Staf.)