New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-26
.PyEIS ON GOLF LINKS
,,,vis Eliminated Early in Met
~ ropoIitan Tournament.
,,voHITeS HARD PRESSED
I'D Herresh( T and Travers
victorious in Nineteen
Hole Matches.

Hole 1udtClSS.
r,ns,een-hole matches. in which IA
-. turned seeming defeat into victory.
-. early elimination Of the redoubt-
:. walter J. Travis served TO lend spice
~. first and second rounds Of the
ss,Opolltan Golf Association champion
:. tournament. continued on the Garden
ps inks yesterday The favorites TO save
,.lves were Fred Herre.hoff. the title
-, and chrome D. Travers.
49, 70 the home hole in the morning
oSrssso1 found himself down to Donald
.s,..y.llar the dashing though somewhat
-. Midland golfer The champion
80 rose 10 the occasion by popping in a
:. result OF twelve-foot put. That. OF
- won, and meant an extra hole
- At the nineteenth Herreshoff
s.h Of another szeable put for a 3.
~ NJ and MacKcllar made the round
-..r.-s saved his bacon while playing
- Gilman P. Tiffany, Of Powelton. Al
~,b dormie going 10 the eighteenth
tiffany got into one Of the well-like
y, On the side. on the extra hole Tiifany
-, have halved II he had been able 20
.so,a,e a hve-foot put for 4.
o. that close rub Travers took on
..-s,ns- W. White. of Oakland. This
- created keen interest and was fol-
- NJ the largest gallery of the day.
connective point OF view, however.
s-...s disappointing, for White displayed
."'.s.,,a slack golf that marked his quail
..,,ior play Although long off the tee, the
=, u,lls winner had poor control or his
80, generally being short on the ap-
.,ss His putting also fell way below
-, In fact. most Of the holes which
-. Ia, were thrown away on the
rseas. .ut,.;,s
IA medal. won both hts matches, de-
citing George Abbott. Of Dyker mellow
l.s easily in the early hours. After
,~;.eon Ward met Louis Livingston.
80 we're all even for the first five holes.
| :. vs-d became . w when Livingston
| =, INTO trouble a; the twelfth. Thereafter
:. vestbrook golfer was never able TO
| =, Level though he did carry the match
As The seventeenth green.
brilliant long game. backed up by
ready iron play ana generally sound put
az made It possible for Kirkby to have
.. upper hand throughout the greater
g.. n his match with Travis. AS a mat
- offact. the Englewood man failed to
y
~ 70 use g cleek from Z number Of the
.s brilliant mashie shot from the
-vrh AZ the ninth left him put Of scarce
r trelev inches for 8. and enabled him
l., -saeh the turn IN 81. where he stood
|lsp
girkey's only weak putting was al. the
,rt two holes. both Of which he lost.
|y,w al square. matters became more in
|rssting. and when Kirkby's drive found
.s deep pit in front Of the twelfth green
l. booked ss II Travis was about 10 be
sne VI. The vagaries # golf we're never
st,er illustrated than right there, for
|rrkby. 10 the surprise Of the gallery.
|AN 2 niblick shot out ~ the sand dead
% the hole and won it in 3 10 T.
Hs ran down o0-foofer 70 win the thir-
,..,,h hole in n 6 and his only luck
|esTsafter was 10 lay his opponent a sly
re on the fifteenth green. Travis was
y,hing ike the old former golfing ma
dns, frequently getting off the line.
In the afternoon Kirkby rad 10 extend
Unset in order 10 defeat T. s Wheeler
~ association president. Out in 80. Kirkby
'ztsi for home only up. and he had to
's.inue 10 the home green before the
tnlss, was decided in his favor.
lanes R. Hyde. brother Of the metropoli-
IA woman champion. won two good
patches. the one in the afternoon being at
e expense Of George l.. Watson. Max
Or, the New Jersey title holder. first
t'posed Of Archie Reid. and then Z. P.
assrs Of Shinnecock The other survivors
he day were ". y Buchner and II. a.
ss,er.
HsTreshofi Went like a wild horse against
". TAYLOR, Of Ards,ey. in the second
''.ha' After winning by and margin
" played two more holes and quit. but
= he sixteen holes played Herreshoff
Ni''. ''-i 20 VF'i 7 50 - ii'NNO
!s-s!aable second shot az the eleventh.
- hole is AZ yards, yet against the wind
i'TeshoN came within an inch Of get
igs2
| -.
ne summary follows:
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al. Gs-1ar -, 80, '-lor,s 49, ne
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| zi.ea CO. 80. ~, - - az,
&. ,, -. y E. -1'' - 49, - -, a,
:. : 800 - r. ~ . 50, HaIV,h - 80
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a. u.si p hneu HaIoeh ny,
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ssi G.',s- ~ y. IfdNets Cppei .doi'ciia-i T.
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t-r-e 800 49, 6-iofn ~, bea' llio.u
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g,t - "a ~ "eisot'5 - .,, In
~. I, - r. - Nhe' itI. Ald d. il.s,
~ -Cs,..,ii ',Fn' r'' Ahdfe"s. i" ~ sna 70
-r,V's - hAktt EneeVooq. beat WallNr
psgs., 'aItt1 'i't. lp snd 2 70 pay j..
~, heosia1d. ur sr. t. play. Max Behr.
Z +. N.-h'l. test 3. Dr. Reid, - Andrews,
- a.l - play. J.. r Jennings Garden
!; 70 q. FoTfI. Hsckcnesck. = 70 and 3
er'-es n a Steiner, nUood. heat W. K.
T.~,l,s i4tn city : up and 10 play, w.