Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-25
WALTER TRAVIS HAS
AVERY CLOSE CALL
Catches Tartar in Yale Golfer
on the ApaWamis
Links.

NEW YORK, June 25.-Walter ]. Travis
barely scratched through In the second
round of the invitation golf tournament on
the Apawamis Cub links yesterday. when
r. Y. Hayne, Yale player, carried him
to thehome green. The close finish was in
a measure unexpected, as Travis, after
winning the fourteenth hole, where the
collegian got into the brook, stood 3 up.
On the seventeenth tee Travis was dor
mic ., but Hayne won that hole in by
bringing off a twelve-foot putt, and the
chances are that he would have won the
home hole in j had Travis not laid HIM
a half stymie. AS it was, the putt failed
by hairs breadth and Travis was left
a winner by the narrow margin of 1 up.
The strokes were 20 to 50 in favor OF the
winner.
Others to survive the day were Jerome
D. Travers Of Montclair, w. r. Thurs
ton of the home club and F. R. Upton,
jr., of Baltusrol. In the semi-final round
this morning Travefs will meet 1hureton,
while Travis will have Upton for an OPP
pOnent.
Good Ones Beaten.
Well known amateurs to meet with
speedy elimination were John NJ. Ward
of Garden~City and "Spotty'' Bowers Of
Brooklawn. The first named had the
misfortune to draw Travers, who, after
the first few holes, settled into one of
his low-scoring veins, and won by a i
and : margin. Travers made the round
in 70. Bowers seemed quite surprised
| at the unexpectedly Iast pace set by
Hayne. who beat the Brookiawn veteran
to the tune of Z UP and TO play. Hayne.
In addition to going around in a fine IS,
had an exceptional card for match play.
cOnt2inin.N III did less m
3s. One Of these was at the first hole
His 3s at the tenth and eleventh were also
exceptional
From a scoring point of view Travis
| showed to best advantage in the morning.
when he reeled Off 10. playing against
X. ID. Lapham of the home club. De-
spite the fact that Travis went out In
30 he turhed for home only 1 up. be-
ais first putt The Apawamis man also
stole tue ninth hole when his nashie
shot from off the edge of the green found
the bottom of the cup for 3. This hole
is 81: yards long. Toward the end the
: mechanical golf Of the former champion
proved too much for Lapham. who found
himself a beaten man on the sixteenth
green.
In the early hours T. M. Sherman of
Utica won handily over L. P. Gwyer, ST.
wanoy's foremost player. but there was
a different story to tell later on, when
the son of the Vice President met Upton.
Sherman rushed away like a wild horse
and stood 3 up at the seventh. From
there on several puts by Sherman rim
med the cup and their failure to drop en-
abled Upton to make up the lost ground
and square the match at the tenth. After
that the Baltusrol player appeared at
his best and wen by up ana , to play.
Brilliant Recoveries.
Brilliant recoveries enabled Travers to
win the first and second holes from C. H
Brown of Saeghill in the afternoon, al
though the former Hudson river cham
pion might have got halves at both had
he not taken three puts. Brown drove
an unusually long ball throughout the
match. but whatever advantage ne gained
Off the tees was more than discounted
by the deadly snort game of the Mont
clair man. Luck also favored Travers,
noticeably at the ninth, where his ap-
proach putt much too strong, hit the
pack of the hole with a bang and bound
This stroke of good fortune enabled rrav-
ers to halve the hole. and he turned for
home l up.
4nurstoll worked his way to the semi
final bracket by defeating S. j. Graham
of Greenwich. = up. i'll the morning and
T.. +. Sturgis OF wyxagyl in a one-sided
match later. 1hurston is always danger
GUS at AIawamis. and he seems to be
playing better than ever at present.
Among the winners in the second divis-
ion were B. T. Allen Of Fox Hills. the
Staten Island champion. and Marshall
Wnitlach OF Dyker meadow.
In addition to the semi-final and final
rounds in the various sixteens today,
there also will be thirty-six hole medal
play handicap, for which a large entry
has been received. 1t was stated at the
course last night that Findlay Douglas
would take part in the handicap.