Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-06
IF YOU CARE TO BE
UP ON SPORTS YOU
MUST READ THE STAR.
SYMPATHY WAS WITH YOUTHFUL KIRBY
IN HIS BRILLIANT MATCH WITH TRAVIS

deep sand-pit about 100 yards wide.
| This gave him the lead by 2 UP.
The third hole, of 1852 yards, was ad-
| mirably played and halVed in the par
of 4. The fourth hole is 511 yards Ion
and Kirkby's long game proved of ad-
vantage to him, as ne won the hole in
the par Of 5. Travis taking c. The iiftl
hole of S04 yards was faultlessly played
and halved in the par OF 4. The 46I-
yards sixth hole, with its par of 5, WAS
no bugbear to Kir1xby, for while Travis
was there with the goods, his 8 was Of
no avail, as Kirkby won the hole with
an exceptional 4, n incidentally In
creased his lead to 4 up
This was a bitter pill for the mighty
Travis to swallow, especially as he was
playing his home urse in better than
DOGGY n was only two strokes under
par on the first six holes and was new
ertheless 4 down. This was almost be-
yond comprehension, as the golf played
was about as perfect as il could be
played. The tide began to turn on the
long seventh hole, which is 800 yards n
length. 1t was here that Travis won
his first hole of the match, which he
captured in the par of 5, Kirkby re-
curing six strokes. This slight advan-
tage was followed up by Travis, with
an astonishing 8 on the 375-yards eighth
hole, while Kirkby was down in the mar
of 4. This reduced his lead to . up.
while the ninth hole was halved in the
par of 4, kirkby having gone out in ~
and Travis in SO, the best golf OF the
tournament.
Travis. who is far.t.i,r with every
foot of ground on the Garden CITY
course, and, as the golfers say. knows
every blade of grass by name," fought
his way to victory on the horlewari
journey. By perfec- golf the tenth hole,
of 344 yards, vas halved in the par of 4.
Travis then got in his clever work on
the eleventh hole, of 437 yards, which
he won in the par of 4, Kirkby tax ne
six strokes, which cut his lead down
to l VI.
h short twelfth hole. OF 1856 yards,
was halved in the par of 8. Then tie
perfect play OF Travis came in to ad-
vantage on the thirteenth hole, of 52S
yards, which he won in 4 10 6, the par
being 5. This made them all square.
with five holes remaining to be played.
In driving from the fourteenth tee
Travis landed in a side bunker, VIII IL
Kirkby got a long ball down the centre
Of the course. The hole is 352 yards
long. n Kirkby won it in the par OF
4. Travis taking 6. Kirkby also won
the fifteenth hole. OF 416 yards, in the
par of 4, which gave him the lead by
2 up. with but three more holes 10
play. 1t was here where the greet
nerve Of Travis was exhibited, as in
playing the sixteenth hole, of 415 yards.
he was as cool as a cucumber. and
was on the green in two. and won tho
hole in 4, Kirkby getting down in the
par of s.
This cut the lead Of Kirkby down to
! up. The seventeenth hole, of 49,
yards, was ably played and halved in
the par of s. The eighteenth hole, of
100 yards, is a mashie shot from the tee
green. over a pond. Travis landed on
the green near the hole, while Kirby
landed in the road to the north of the
green and took two more for the green.
and Travis won the hole in 3 to 5, the
par being 3. This made them break
even at the home green. Travis having
come home in SO to Kirkby's AZ, doing
the course in II to Kirkby's 70, par
being rs. The extra hole was watched
with intense interest. and was won by
Travis in the of 4, after laying
Kirkby a half stymie, which caused
him to take 5.