New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
No One Player Wins All the
.HonorS During Season.
TRAVIS DEFEATED OFTEN
Kirkby, White and Travers Stand
Out Prominently in the
Foreground.

"A DdckWdrh- glance over the comDetif,va
golf season in the metropolitan dis,r,c,
falls 10 detect any single amateur =,
standing out prominently head and shou,.
ders above several other favorites. Wa,-
ter j. Travis began we'll at Lakewood :,
the spring by winning chief honors. a.
feating Fred Herreshof In the final rounA
after an extra hole match. During IN.
summer the Garden City golfer wen,
through a strong field at Ekwanok. and h.
won again recently at Atlantic City q,
the other hand, Travis went down TO d..
feat on several other occasions
Few will forget his memorable encounte,
with Gardiner White at Garden City IN
the spring. A little later over the sam.
course Travis was eliminated in the met.
ropolitan championship tournament. and hs
was beaten by Kirkby in the Apawamis
final. The same player likewise took
Travis's measure at Nassau a few weeks
ago. Those who attended the amateur
meeting at Apawamis in September win
easily recall Travis's defeat at the hands
Of Jerome d. Travers Again at Lake
wood on Saturday the fact was further
illustrated that the former champion is
by no means invincible, failing as he d!d
to appear as a prize winner at either medal
or match play. He lost TO w. w. Taylor.
OF Ardsley in the final, both men playing
sound golf
In point OF actual number OF tourna-
ments won Gardiner White heads the list.
The Oakland golfer began by winning az
Garden City, and followed this up with
another chief cup at Fox Hills. After los.
f,er tn tha oa1 Ar,axr at1aie
rlents White won at Ardsley and Powell
ton in successive weeks He gained his
last chief cup when he beat T. NJ Sher-
man In the final round of the annual tour
nament at Utica White reached the final
stage at Wykagyl and Nassau, only to
meet defeat. He also did his part In tho
Lesley Cup matches over the Nassau
green, winning both foursomes, with w. L.
Hicks for a partner. II will therefore be
seen that. including the one at Utica,
White has won five tournaments and been
runner-up in Two others-surely an envia-
BILE record.
oswald Krkby, the Englewood champion,
regarded by many as the most brilliant OF
the metropolitan amateurs, won three
tournaments. It was at Tuxedo that Kirk
that seemed 10 have been following him,
by winning the chief cup there. few
weeks later he repeated at Apawamis, de-
featlng Travis in the final round. His last
tournament success was at Nassau, where
he put out Gardiner White In the decisive
match Kirkby met with Ill luck in the
championships, losing TO Jerome Travers in
the metropolitan and the New Jersey and
to Herreshoff in the national
Travers, considering his few appearances,
did remarkably well. When he entered the
metropolitan at Garden City he was de-
cidedly short OF work." as they say. but
he improved with each match. finally dis
posing OF Kirkby on the last day. Imme-
diately following this Travers took part In
the New Jersey tournament AT Englewood.
sometimes called the Kirkby stronghold.
Here again Travers, by rare exhibition
Of resourceful play, defeated his rival In
the decisive match. The Upper liontciair
golfer did not appear again in this vicinity
until he went to Apawamis for the national
Although not satisfied with hit game,
Jerry" had enough shots left in his bag
to beat Travis in the first round. and ne
gave the great Harold Hilton the hardest
kind or a matcn later on.
With Travis, Kirkby White and Travers
disposed of, the only other name TO attract
the eye belongs TO Fred Herreshoff Al
though unsuccessful as a tournament WIN
ner, Herreshoff added not a little 10 his
already enviable reputation as high class
golfer by his plucky uphill fight against
Hilton in that memorable thirty -seyen-hole
match in the decisive round of the national
tournament at Apawamis. Herreshof made
good showing in several tournaments,
winning the medal at Tuxedo. reaching the
final against Travis at Lakewood in tho
spring and losing to Kirkby at Garden City
in the metropolitan.
Other single winners during the season
were John Naething. in the New York Ath-
letic Club tournament at Fox Hills; II. c.
Richards, at Montclair; p. II. Jennings IN
the Staten Island tournament at Richmond
County; f. NJ. Wild, at Wykagyl; w. X.
Tuckerman, at Shinnecock; Deyereaux
Lord. Brooklyn-Forest Park; Percy Platt.
at Van Cortlandt Park, and w. w. Taylor,
at Lakewood.
Were it not for couple of one-day tour
naments that will be held on Wednesday OF
this week. the competitive season would
have ended with Saturdays fall tourna-
ment at Lakewood. AS il is, the university
golfers will gather for thirty-siX holes OF
medal play at Baltusrol. while the women
of the metropolitan district will play for
prizes over the links of the North Jersey
Country Club.