Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14
TRAVIS Wins HONOR
Defeats Sherman for Trophy
Given BY. President Taft.
FIRST TO GET NAME ON CUP
Close of Golf Tournament of Chevy
Chase Club.
LARGE GALLERY SEES MATCH
James First in Second Sixteen for
Vice Presidents Cup-Johnson
in Third and Peter in Fourth.
LARGE GALLERY SEES MATCH

To Walter J. Travis, Garden City,
goes the honor Of winning the first
golf trophy ever presented for COM
petition by the President Of the United
States. T. NJ. Sherman, Yanundasis.
son of the Vice President, won the
privilege of testing his golfing Skill
in matched play against Travis yes
terday in the final round, and was
vanquished by score Of up and 3
to play. The suInptuous cup given by
President Taft will remain in the keep
ing of the Chevy Chase Club as high
ly treasured trophy, and the name of
the winner will be, inscribed on it
each time 1t is offered in tournament
by the Chevy Chase Club, and hence
forth will bear the name of w. ].
Travis as the first victor. substitute
for the trophy was awarded Travis
In lieu of the Presidents cup, which
is held by the Chevy Chase Club as a
fixture.
The cup offered by Vice President
Sherman was also open to competi-
ton for the first time in the tourna-
ment that closed yesterday, and was
won by G. p. James. Columbia Country
ond division of sixteen players who
qualified in the tournament Morven
Thompson, Chevy Chase was runner
up in the final round for the Vice
Presidents cup. and at one time during
the match had an advantage of up
on 6. p. James. who managed to cut
down Thompson's large lead, and made
gain Of 1 up at the eighteenth hole.
L. b. 7. Johnson, Chevy Chase. was
the winner OF the golf committees cup
McGeorge. Wilmington Country Club.
runner-up.
w. G. Peter. Chevy Chase. won the
consolation cup offered to the fourth
sixteen. by defeating Charles Hayes. jr..
Yahmundasis, in the final round.
Other Trophies.
In addition to the prizes awarded the
winner and runner-up In each of the
Tour s1xteens. the winner Of the beaten
eight In each sixteen also secured a
trophy, the four fortunate survivors of
the final round Of the beaten Fights be-
Ing II. w. Pervin. Merton Country Club:
James Walsh. Baltimore Country Club;
0. II. WOd. Bannockburn, and S. H
Greene, Bannockburn.
In the handicap competition. c. C. Van
Leer, Chevy Chase, won the next score
| trophy. with %. and ]. C. Davidson,
Columbia Country Club, won the low
score prize. with 81.
Large Gallery Following.
Travis and Sherman. in their final
| round for the Presidents cup, had q
large gallery, over hundred spectators
| following their play closely. Travis
played the steady golf for which he has
become famed, while Sherman was slight
| ly off his metal and showed signs OF
! nervousness at several stages Of the
match.
Weakness in putting cost Sherman at
least four holes and was partly RESPONSE
| BILE for the loss of another hole. so that
his defeat by Travis can be charged up
to Sherman's nervous. short game. Had
he been able to play as well on the
greens as he played the long game he
| would have saved four holes and have
been on even terms with Travis on the
fourteenth green instead of becoming DOR
ME. &
Throughout the match Travis played
in his regulation style and kept Sherman
from gazing an advantage over him after
he recovered the loss Of the first hole by
| winning the second hole in 4. Travis
played with an eye that measures paro-
| bolic and straight distances almost to
the fraction of an inch, with clubs that
swung as true dies and with ball
apparently trained to do the bidding OF
| its master with something like automatic
precision. BY holding himself under per-
4 rect cOntTOl at ali times ne naQ de-
cided advantage over Sherman, who suf-
fered heavily from his loose work in
putting.
Travis made a poor stat, running into
| the grass on the edge of the green on his
| second stroke for the first hole, and miss
ed twelve-foot putt for 4. giving
Sherman the hole. Sherman got into
| trouble going to the second hole by get
| ting into two bunkers. and required 6
to finish the hole. while Travis made 1t
| in 4. The next two holes were halved,
and Sherman lost the fifth hole by miss
ing a two-foot putt. He also lost the next
two holes. which Travis negotiated in par
| golf, while Sherman needed an extra
stroke on each the sixth and seventh
holes. missing four-foot putt on the lat
ter after making a fine recovery from q
sand bunker.
sherman's Long Drive.
! The longest drive Of the tournament was
! made by Sherman. teeing OF for the
1 eighth hole. when he carried his ball APP
/ proximately $50 yards. He approached
i within five yards Of the hole on his sec.
ond, and was down In three. giving him