New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
TRAVERS COMES TO LIFE
Reaches Finals with Kirkby tor
Local Golf Title.
PLAYS IN BRILLIANT STYLE
Herreshoff and Ward Among
Those Who Fail in Test
on the Links.


Metropolitan Golf Association tournament
on the links Of the Garden City Golf club
to-day. The survivors are Oswald Kirkoy
the Englewood record holder. and Jerome
d. Travers. representing the Upper Mont
clair Country Club. Kirkhy, irrespective or
what may happen in the decisive test. woE
renown yesterday, defeating as he did two
! champions
| His first victim was Max Behr, OF Morris
County. winner Of the New Jersey title for
the last two years. Frederick Herreshon'
the retiring Metropolitan champion. was
| then led TO the sacrifice. The fact thar
both of these matches went to Kirkby by
comfortable margins speaks well for the
quality Of his golf Travers mad matters
all his own way in the morning against
NJ. " Buckner, OF the home club, but later
| he had TO work his hardest to overcome
James r. HYDE, brother Of the woman
metropolitan champion.
Taking it all in all. ii was Gay of brill
liant scoring, nearly all Of the winners GO
ing out in close TO par figures One of the
surprises of the day was the defeat OK
John NJ. Ward. at the hands OF Hyde, III
the third round. This was an up-and-
down match Ward winning the second and
third holes. losing the next two, and then
rushing away with another lead, which
enabled him 10 turn FOR home up.
Hyde had the luck to lay his man
stymie on the tenth green, winning there
in T. After getting level AT the thirteenth
Hyde took the lead nj the sixteenth, ward
needing three puts. The former baseball
star got into all kinds of trouble at the
seventeenth Hyde winning there and also
the match, by and l margin.
! The spectacular golf Of the forenoon went
TO the credit of Travers Beginning well by
LAYING his mashie approach dead at the
first hole. which enabled him TO get
3. Travers went along with scarcely
slip Of any kind until the eighth hole
where he sliced his drive to the rougn.
taking s. At that point Travers had Buck
ner three down. The Garden city man
would have lost the ninth had he not
| brought off a twenty foot put for T. AS
| II was Travers went out in 81 and turned
| for home 3 up. A fine half-iron snot 10
! within twelve feet Of the pin at the tenth
! enabled Travers to win that hole III 5 10 y
! Thereafter it was comparatively easy lot
| the former champion to win by up ana
to play He was going so smoothly that
he played out the bye holes for brilliant
20.
Travers seemed different man In the
sf ternoon, The fash of the early hours APP
narentlv having taken the edge on MS
game In his match with Hyde they see
! eousd IN the turn, where Hyde enjoyed the
| slight lead Of up, the strokes reading IS
TO A in his favor.
Coming back Hyde continued TO hold the
upper hand, and when he laid his opponent
| q stymie OH the thirteenth green the mar
gin in favor of the Long Island golfer was
| . IN II looked uncomfortable for TraVers'
and. knowing not what to expect, the gal
) ,ery followed closely, watching with Keen
est interest.
| Displaying his characteristic nerve wheh
put 10 the test, Travers reeled off the next
four holes In PAR As, whereas Hyde weak
ened at the crucial point. After winning
the fourteenth and fifteenth Travers gave
an exhibition of recovery seldom seen
among amateurs. His drive left him In
deep trap to the right OF the fairway, so
| that all he could do vas to play out short
with the niblick. his ball coming to rest
only few yards beyond dyde's drive
HYDE then heeled his iron shot to trap
|
in four feet OF the cup. and ran down the
nut for a 4 This was the turning point
| Kirkbv always had Behr tip-toed in their
morning match. getting as long ball with
his cIeek n Rehr did with wood. The En-
gIewood star also was in happy putting
, vein 40 that Rehr found II impossible 70
I get an opening anywhere. out in 81. Kirk
! by turned for home M. and he won by
up and to play.
J In working his way to the semi final
round Herreshoff had to eliminate n. A
J Steiner. an Inwood Country Club golfer
Steiner played In his best form. but IT
/ availed nothing. as Herreshoff was also
on edge.
Everyone looked for a fine match be
tween Herreshoff and Kirkby In the after
noon. but the Garden City man dropped
into one Of his oldtime slumps. reminding
one Of his woful exhibition against
| Chick" Evans I'm the National champion
ship tournament at Brooklne last Septem-
Der. II was Just the reverse with Kirkby
who had everything length. accuracy and
Judgment So bad was Herreshoff that he
lost the first five holes, the mistake made
at each one proving costly against the flaw
I less gOll OF MS opponent.
Kirkby and Travers will meet to-day at
thirty-sx holes. and opinion is divided as
10 the probable outcome The Englewood
mans golf has been better than his rivals
throughout the week, although no single
effort on Kirkbys part has approached the
| % By Travers
| n the final round for the cup for the
beaten sixteen Of the championship divi-
sion. Walter Travis will meet Robert Wat
son. while in the decisive match for the
third sixteen trophy a pair OF old-timres.
\. De Witt Cochrane. Of Ardsley. and W.
/ l.. Hicks Of Nassau, will lock horns.
The summary follows:
! Championship division third round)-James R.
HYDE. wcstbrook beat John NJ Ward. Garden
City up and TO play Jerome ID. Travers.
/ Upper Montclair, beat NJ. n. Buckner. Garden
2 to play. Fred Herreshor. Garden city beat
Seminal round~Travers beat Hyde up and
l to play; Khkby beat Herreshoff. up and
I Beaten sixteen championship division second
round)-D. b. Fuller. jr.. Midland. beat George
Abbott Dyker Meadow. 9 up and 4 to play. r.
Jr.. Garden city. ! up Gs holes; Walter J.
/ Travis. Garden city, beat A. NJ; Reid. Garden
/ city. beat oscar woodward. Montclair up.
! Semi final round. Watson beat Fuller. by de-
! fault: Travis beat Woodward. up and to
play.
Third sixteen ,semi-fnal ROUNDUP ]. Hicks;
Nassau beat f. c. Jennings. Nassau, up ana
/ 10 play. A. De ". Cochrane Ardsley beat
| W. ID. Nanderpoo Morris County. up and 70
| play.
| Fourth sixteen (semi-hnal round)--fred Snare
| Englewood. beat T.. A. Thomson, Garden CITY,
3 up and TO play: Maurice holoy. Garden
| City, beat Il. l.. he Forest Midland up.