New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-06
WHITE TO MEET TRAVIS
SchooIboy and Veteran Matched
for HonorS at Golf.
KIRKBY GETS FINE START
Englewood Player Gives Garden
City Wizard Many Anxious
Moments in Close Round.


out for chief houors in the invitation
tournament az the Garden City Golf Club
today. Gardner W. White. OF Oakland,
the interscholastic champion. and Walter
I Travis. hero Of a thousand hard fought
matches. survived the day. Scarcely less
interesting is the situation In the second
sixteen. where Fred HerreshoH. the metro
politsn champion. and A. W. Tillinghast' OF
philadelphia. will meet. Both maj rouhd
frts will be a. thirty-SiX holes.
In the early hours the only match at all
close was the one between Oswald hirkpy'
the far driver from EngeWood, and l.. =
Eocers. OF BaltusroL Kirkby played loose
and Indifferent goIf at times, so that ms
opponent, who had never given indication
Of class. succeeded in carrying INN 10 the
nome green. The scoring was INDIFFERENT,
the card reading s. 10 So IN favor Oh
Kirkby
Travis had few anxious moments IN MS
match with W W. TAYLOR. one Of the pest
Of the Ardsley set. Starting with l. s. o.
Travis at once took command Of the s!tGa-
ton. and going out IN 81 turned for nome
s IN. Thereafter Travis played in par rs
,,-es and won By an S and margin.
Eouslly decisive was the victory OF Car
diner White over F. VI. Wheeler, the Metro
rolltan Golf Association president. White
5eveloped on, OF his brilliant streaks and
csver gave the veteran a chance 10 do
rrora than halve one hole. After winning
NV ur and TO play. White finished OUT
tbe bye holes and got q for the round.
The match of the day resulted from the
meeting Of Travis and Kirkby in the semi
final round Nothing more brilliant than
the way kirkbky started could have oeeh
desired BY even the most exacting Inc
Enslewood champion laid an approach shot
within a clubs length Of the pin al the
e-s+ hole and won II in TO 4. The second
hole was his in the same figures, Travis
throwing away q chance 10 get halve
by missing d four-foOt put.
weak putting cost Kirkby the eleventh
hole and O. beautiful recovery By Travis
AZ the twelfth hole enabled the odd man
IN steal" a halve there. Kirkby made
mess Of the thirteenth hole. and Travis.
playing steadily, squared the match.
Travis became slack at the next hole.
1nlling his drive 10 trouble. and, after
playing out short topping again. thus max
ing d present Of the hole to Kirkby. At the
rext the Garden City golfer missed a put
and lost that Kirkby then threw away
lis advantage by pulling into trouble from
The sixteenth tee and topping his drive at
the seventeenth. although he did manage
10 halve that hole as a result Of an in
different second shot bv Travis Although
dorue. Kirkby gave the Travis admirers
renewed hope 10y pulling his iron shot
over the pond 10 the edge Of the road
Travis made no mistakes and won the hole
IN g 20 .. souarins the match. At the
extra hole KirHby missed a short put for
q Z and lost The strokes read IS 10 50
iu favor OF Travis for the round.
In the mean time White had been hav-
ing his troubles with Louis Livingston.
The Westbrook man turned for home
up ana maintained this advantage up TO
the thirteenth hole Then White got GO
inz and won the next FIVE holes right of
6ke reel, giving him tile match by up and
VS. play.
WGbif of an equally creditable nature was
5uinished by the winner in the finals
cf tie second sixteen. Ierreshoff played
81 different brand Of golf from that which he
displayed in the qualifying round on Thurs
day and never gave c. d. Cleghorn a chance
In TIE other match Tilinghast always had
q
home with , up and winning by the COM
Portable margin Of up AM . 10 play.
The summary follows:
First sixteen second r0undl-OswaId Kirkby
EnsiewoOd. beat Z. r. Rogers. BaltusroI, ] Up.
W , Travis, Garden City, beat ". " TAYLOR
Ardgiey. up and 10 play. Louie Livingston.
HfsurOok beat ". $. Brown, MOntclair. by de-
.sqG Gardiner White. Oakland. beat r. ;.
a ros a- 1 Leat Liy RIss I'D
80 % play. Travis beat KirkDy, / up Q9
Beaten eight. first sixteen C1rst roundl-G. Z.
Morse Rutland. beat william Watson. Baltus-
POL up uS hole9: l. A Hamilton. Englewood
Robbins Garden City beat Donald MCkeuar.
u ana ~. up and . g P PLAY; N y B9 e
Cty W and / 90 play
second sixteen second rouudl--C u Clesho7u.
Fkaa1ok beat Robert Watson. National. . W.
an 10 play. Fred tlerreshod Garden city
beat Percy Pyne %. Princeton. up and 70
play: A " THlmghsst, Philadelphia beat j. u.
root. Auawamis. up and 10 play ". =.
Jo1nsor. Garden City, beat clifford Dunning,
Nsssau. uD and / o. play 70. -. l,.-.--
o. AL g. play; TiAngnast Oeat Johnson, up
|%,S-s ps2ieeu second round,-C q Mac
eepsld Garden city. heaL y. 3. zones, Nas-
tsr Si., beat e. l. TsppaU Westbrook. J up
no holes. Maurice Maloy. Garden CITY, oeat
a p Switzerland. Eng ewoOd. mp and
So play. r W over. Montclair' beat j. NJ.
Ssr,l.er., round- Macdonald beat Jennings
q uD aud 70 play, Malloy beat Dyer mp
and 90 PLAY.
Garden Citv beat a r. JohnXon. Scsrsoale J
ur 30 holesl. r.. a. DAY. Dyker Meadow beat
r r. Van vrsnken. Midland, ] up 30 hoiesl
g n 7arraton Oakland beat r. T. RUshmore,
Garden City up, " Ebert. SCOTTISH
3~.e-.r-r beat j. q. Powers. Garden CITY.
81. orFrUfr. W n. Mile Garden CITY beat
r A. Ralncv. Lakewood . up and I 10 play
Bsy TWyehorr BridgchSmpton. beat g. j.
wnFoo Dvker Meadow J un Merrett
Lsslrt 4 Higgins, ST. Andrews. beat Frank
freI3-ss Garden city. bv default.
5000 rrrrd-Bliss beat Day. 40 ard
r. cisv. Ebert beat Tarleton, I up 90 holesp d.
1rvefort beat Mills. up. Merrett beat His-