New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
GOLF TITLE TO TRAVERs
Wins Metropolitan Championship
for Third Time.
TRAVIS DEFEATED AGAIN
Watson Completely Eliminate,
Wizard by One Up on the
Garden City Links.

The hnisnen golfer, even though A tr,s.
the worse for wear, gained the day o,..
the longer driver and occasionally the mas.
brilliant performer in the final round n. -.
Metropolitan Golf Association chanrn,o,
skip tournament at Garden City yesterd,,
when Jerome d. Travers. % the Inn.
Montciair Country Club. defeated os,,v
Kirkby, Of Englewood, up and 2 IN ma,
in the thirty-sx holes. This makes a.
third time in five years that Trayers "a,
held the metropolitan title.
Furthermore, i'm the last six metro,,a.
tans. beginning with the one AZ 81. A
drews. which he won, the name Of Trsy.,
has appeared in the final bracket In =,
but one The exception was in 1919 WIZ.
he was abroad, playing for the Br,n
title
In addition TO the big match, there Va,
another final round tilt that claimed coz.
siderable attention. II had Robert c. Wa.
son and the redoubtable Walter J. Tray;
as the principals. After the hardest h,,
OF a match, that was carried 10 the hon.
green, Watson won by the narrow MARI,
OF up. thus effecting the complete elimlnz.
ton Of the once great Travis. who was p.
moved from the championship list ty
Kirkby in the first round on THURSDAY.
Because of the brilliant scoring Tia,
Kirkby had been credited with whersy,
he had played recently. the close follore,
of golf were divided among themselves 4,
to the probable outcome. There were ,hos
who could not see how II was possible ~
| Travers 10 come back" when opposed
the cream OF the golfers in the district, /
| Is a fact that when he arrived at Gsrds
| CITY for practice on last "Wednesday /.
| had only PLAYED about seventy-two hGs
since last August That In Itself VI
enough to place him at great dlss.
vantage when opposed to men who ha
averaged five or six rounds week.
| In Yesterdays match Trayers showed b.
best form in the early hours, as he had q
previous days. He hits the ball hard. an.
this takes out Of him a good deal in Ia
course OF a DAYS golf. He showed hox
ever. that most of his rare strokes vi,
iron and mashie were still under cOn,rd
and they came TO the rescue many tina
during the match.
On the other hand, Kirkby proved IT,
appointment in that his golf was me poe.
est he had shown in long time. Assn
long off the tee. Kirkby usually made
opponent play the odd after the drive. "a
as a general thing the second shot vhe
after all. tells the story got Trayers close
10 the hole So severely trapped is u
Garden City circuit that a PLAYER VINO s.I
off the line much Is bound 10 regret
Kirkby had many regrets.
AS the match progressed and Trann
began 10 show signs OF becoming wug
his driving became erratic. on nunx
of occasions. however he used a cleeA 100
the tee. and he rarely got into tr6sa
with that club. His putting was good L.
had in spots.
At the outset Kirkby missed a chanc
yin the first hole through failure to a
down a two-foot put. They halyed ne ~
in 5 in consequence, and the success'oa
| halves was not broken until IraVefs ~
the fourth through poor putting. lher
after they kept close together hs W
and then the other winning until AEA'yi
bv going wrong on the eighth am na'l
holes. lost both. and turned Tor n01e
down Thereafter Kirkby kept ge.H
wilder and wilder of the tee, so that l's'
ers who played like the TrayeTs o. d
during the inward holes. kept ura"Hs -
Their and further away =.
A, the seventeenth Travers hN =.
iron shot TO within ten feet OF the HAS :
he failed to sink the put Inc w.
was good enough to win the hole a. AD.
had sliced his drive. AZ the ho"ie
Kirkbv showed how badly up IN 'S
no was nv Rubbing mashie shot
nond Travers won that hole edsNl
retired for luncheon up. having "aD'
round in a fine 70. as against o !"
other. IL, ..
In the afternoon Ralph Day carrN
rravers while Frank Hayes ac'e
like CAPACITY for l<irkby. AlNos'
the outset Traverss game shower
down. and before he knew 1t klrAo!
wiped out most Of the PIPER jim"
mans big lead. Travers topp'u g
drives and at the eighth pulled into ~
The loss of that hole left him on!
but he got one back when kirAoy "--.
Iran close TO the ninth green i'-'
abled Travers to turn for home F"
good. .A,v :.
From there 70 the thirteenth the!
sawed first one and then the o'ne' 81,
a hole. Kirkby won the tweii'h III -,
sensational way after driving TO n'
nj, in front Of the green Ills IT,.
left him a put Of thirty feet. "ni'H ~,
down for g. lie was uO"" -.m
hut Travers won the thirteen'n' -
getting back his old lead OF D. W. r,s
gan TO look larger and larger 10 -. "A,
by following A halve in al u% q
teenth was followed by oeauU' -,
Travers's part to the ffteenth "ys,ss
Kirkby's second far too s'lo"It IL phls
the green into the deep t"P,de A 07i
ont well with niol'G ~, s"u u,t for |"
try 20 run down the long pa. ,s~sd out
the ball trimmed the cup ana ~ 10 hole. =;
Travers. now having iof tI,' her, ~
his approach put stone uSd", 49,, kuck ;
| nothing for kirkby 10 90 uu,d his ~
"nnonent's ball away and extern ne a.
81 congrattIatory manner. while nassS
lery of several hundred peopT hslisysd
long and loud for the solier
many TO be down and out. cross 50
| Fred Herresholf won tne csp!tsl =
prize In the handicap WIN rcsultsd
while the four-ball coinpeuuu" ward 81
| louis Livingston and Jonn VI ,sS-S;~H
Ming niys erst prizes. with a card OF So~'
The summary follows n n.
| Guardianship ,nnal round -JSroa,n gsrs
ers Upper Montclair. beat o'"'' =.
Ensew GOD up and TO psiy, elvi.ion
Beaten ,o Sls'f'1, watson Watson. Garaen o'p'
I Wa1,., ! travis Garden city,. up tcs W
| Third sixteen Cinsl round hraslsy ~
| eau heat 4. De witt Cochrsne'
| and 10 10 play. .yn Maurice ~.