Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR WALTER TRAVIS
Finishes First. in the Annual
Holiday Golf Tourney
at Pinehurst.

PINEHCRST, n c., December 81
! Walter j. Travis of Garden City once
more proved himself invincible on the 10
cal links in today's semi-fnal and final
| rounds of the seventh annual holiday golf
| tournament. meeting and disposing of
Robert E. Hunter of Midlothian, intercol-
legiate champion. i'm the morning by and
and his cousin and clubmate, Paul NJ.
Hunter. up and . to play in the after
noon His game was Of the same high
class which has been the tournaments
most brilliant feature, his morning card
IS and his afternoon %.
The match with Paul Hunter was stroke
for stroke all but four of the seventeen
holes played halved, and a bad four on
the short seventeenth losing Mr.. Hunter
the match. At the turn with medal
scores of sc and - Mr.. Travis was Z up
and the next six holes were halved. Mr..
Travis lost the sixteenth, &c, but a 81
in his favor settled the match on the
seventeenth green, where SO many ia
nous matches have ended.
The cards:
MIR. Travis-Out.. ) & 4 5 4 4-36
Mr.. Hunter-out.. 3 . 4 5 4-SS
Mr. Travis-in 5 + 4 5 4 6 3 4 "-37-73
Mr. Hunter-in. 3 4 ) ) 4 ) *-SS-76
bye hole.
Paul Hunters morning round was with
Parker w. Whittemore of the Brookline
Country Club. whom he defeated up and
. to play. Homer Boyer Of SOuthborO
won the consolation from j., NJ. Thomp-
son of Spring Haven + up and 5 to play
In the second division A. NJ Robbins of
Garden City advanced on 2O-hole win
from Edwin A. Freeman Of New York.
and defeated G. b. Hudson Of the Roch-
ester Country Club, ) up and to play.
E. b. Fay of the Belle Rive Country
Club won the consolation from II. w.
Ormsbee of the Alpine Club. up.
q. w. Adair of Atlanta Athletic Club
won the third division from T. s. Lippy of
the Seattle Club on the twenty-second
green. Mr.. Lippy was down at the
turn and l up on the seventeenth. but
lost the eighteenth and the match on the
twenty-second on an approach which
j. w. Milligan of SouthbOrO won the con-
ISOLATION.
The bright and particular star of the
lower divisions was Master Richard S.
Tufts. the fourteen-year-o son of Mr..
Leonard Tufts of Boston, owner of Pine
hurst, who won the fourth division as
result of two nineteen-llOle victories. In
his morning match with X. T.. Richards
of the Atlanta Athletic Club, the youth
full golfer was down at the turn, and
matters had changed little on the hf-
tenth, where he waS dOrmie >, but he
took the next four holes in succession,
anu inc IldttIi III has dlteTHOOIl
with l.. A. Coffin. jr.. of New York, the
score was all even at the turn. On the
seventeenth Master Tufts had his oppo-
nent dOrmie /, but young Coffin took the
eiEhteenth to even the match. which he
lost on the extra hole. J. A. Human of
the Bala Club. Philadelphia, won the con-
ISOLATION.
Summary
Pesident's cup or first division. semi
final-Paul NJ. Hunter, Midlothian, beat
Parker w. Whittemore, Brookline Coun-
try. and >: Walter j. Travis, Garden
City. beat Robert T.. Hunter. Midlothian,
I and u, F'inal-Travis beat Paul Hun
ter. and 1.
Consolation. mi-tnal-Homer Boyer,
Southboro. beat Julian T. Bishop. Brook
, line Country, and l; j. y. Thompson
Spring Haven. beat Il. S. Botone. Fox
Hills, 1 up. Final-Boyer beat Thompson,
q and 3.
Governors cup or second division semi
finale. b. Hudson, Rochester Country
beat George Wilson. Winnipeg. and >:
A. A. Robbins; Garden City, beat Edwin
holes. Final-Robbins beat Hudson, )
and !.
Consolation. semi-final-H. w. Ormsbee
Alpine. beat Robert Jewett, Aberdeen, s.
D., . and q; T.. B. Fay, Belle River, beat
J. r. Haines. Spring Haven, 5 and >
F1nal-Fay bet Ormsbee. 1 up.
Secretary's cup or third division semi
final-T. s. Lippy, Seattle, beat H. b. Nc
Clellan. Fox Hills, 3 and 2: G. w. Adair,
Atlanta Athletic. beat +. J. Check Audu-
bon up. Final-Adair beat L.ippy l up
0wenty-two holes).
| Consolation. semi-final-J. w. Miligan
| SOutrboro. beat f. Heikel. Fox Hills, 3;
and L: X. S. Durstine, Ardsley. beat ]. d.
G. Rumsey, Brooklyn, l up. Final-Milli-
gan beat Durstine. up.
| Special cup or fourth division. semi
/ finalL. A. Coffin. jr.. New York beat L..
C. Hopkins Crescent Athletics. up: r. s.
Tufts, Boston, beat r. l.. Richards At
lanta Athletic. l up nineteen holes).
; Fipal-Tufts beat Coffin ! up nineteen
holes).
Consolation. semi final. Barber
! Englewood. beat b. 8. Ashby, Yountaka
! 1 up nineteen holes); J. A. Luman, Bala,
| Philadelphia, beat f.. A. Tracy, South
| Coventry. Conn; and Z FinaELuman
! beat Barber. and &.