New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-03
1ravers and Kirkby to Meet tor
New Jersey Title.
FORMER WON A WEEK AGO
Won Week and Shackelford Force
Champion Out to Earn
His Place.

shaf In the decisive ildNSi Apl 'AiV
,oI.an title at Garden City.
a. hat occasion Travers won decisively,
80. TIA prevailing opinion at the nine
". hole" last night appeared to be that
.,,-v,,, would turn the tables In the final
49,, ~ thirty-six holes to-day
~ NJ his matches yesterday Kirkoy
r,slrned HIS opponents. downing c. E.
w Week, jr. in the second round to the
At ND and TO play, and then dis
10 ~ Henry V. seggernan, his club
80 nv E I'D and 10 play. On the other
go Travers had hard shedding through
" one expected the metropolitan cham
-, "a meet with much opposition at the
lis ~ Charles Van Week, yet the Mont
- v.tersn actually stood up at the
.,-.h ho,. A temporary slump on Van
,-..v,s nsrt enabled Travers TO turn for
49, IN. They became all square at the
- when Travers missed a short put.
-, tbereafter the latter had the upper
sd In the afternoon the champion beat
essctelford after hard fight
~ hardest match Of the early hours was
,.,uesr two Atlantic City golfers. W. f.
s,ockelford and Maurice Risley. II did
-, end until shackelford won the home
SIS and the match by l Up. The winner
got round IN r.
,t.r sergernan defeated r. w. Dyer.
che Nontclalr lad, by up and l TO play.
"a fsced Kirkby. Although playing good
-, ssgeerman was rot UP to the task OF
s.,s,,r the brilliant Englewood record
hoasr who began with SIS at the first
80 holes a stroke under par at both.
u,.r,,e I'D the fast work, Kirkby reached
The turn in 81. and against such a pace
ssreerman did we'll not to be more that 4
do1rb Coming back. Kirkby settled mat
,srs IN the fourteenth green. Up to the
Elm. the match ended he was stroke
under 4 s.
TTavers met Shackelford. the winner Of
-bA Atlantic spring tournament IN the
ssri-hpal round. From the moment he
vro, the first hole in It was evident that
ebackelford would take lot Of beating
&c the saving goes. Going out his direc-
ton was favltless and his putting deadly
T-avers drove we'll and little fault could
Re found with his irons. but something went
urong with his short game. on the rum
ms from the edge Of the green he could not
,eeern 10 lay the ball dead, but even so, ne
turned for home only one down. The
strokes to that point were SO to SO. Shack
elford leading After sQuarng the match
a. the eleventh. Travers assumed the lead
for the first time at the twelfth when he
sank a l5-footer for 5.
Now one up. Travers won the next hole,
shackelford falling 10 carry the ditch on
his drive Although he dropped back for
the usual penalty stroke. the Atlantic City
nan came within an ace of getting halve
His third shot with a brassie reached the
edge Of the green below the terrace and
f7cm there he Clipped UP to within clubs
lrrgth Of The pin. In the meantime Trav-
ers had practically reached the green with
a fine second shot out Of the long grass,
but he failed 10 get his 4 Schackelford
then lost a chance by falling to bring off
his try for 5
- the fourteenth hole Shsckelford won
IN 70 3. thanks TO better putting. That
left the South Jersey man only one down.
He got q fine halve in 81 the short IF
tenth. for after underplaying his mashie
shot short Of the brook, he laid the next
stone dead, thereby making Jerry hustle 10
get his spot Travers became dorrnie
two with 2 at the sixteenth. and won
o. the next green. He did nos play out tho
bye hole. although a would have given
him Is
That low scoring stunts" were not con-
fined 10 the championship set was shown
BY the way Fred Snare played. In the first
round Of he third sixteen the Englewood
man beat H H Bottome, Of Essex County
70 the tune Of up and TO play. Keeling off
z =. and then. 10 prove It was no f1uke. he
beat Marc Michael. former state cham
lion, by the same margin. In the second
match Snare got a "a. some difference from
his s. made in the qualifying round
In the gallery that Followed the favorites
throughout the day were many visitors,
both men and women. Frank NJ. Wilson.
Formerly On enthusiastic golfer, but now
equally keen as d yachtsmsn, motored over
70 the course in which he won many a
Fsrd fought match in the early days Of the
cubs existence.
~ summary follows.
Championship (second round)-Henry "
stggeman. Englewood beat ?. ". Dyer
Iontolair. Up and 10 play; oswald Kirkby.
Engewood beat C. r Van Week. IT. Mont
c.air, up and 70 play, ". Z. shackelford
Atlantic City. beat Maurice Risley Atlantic CITY.
] up. jerome d. Travers. Upper Montclair,
nftt C. z Van Week. ST., Montclair, . up
semi-fnsl rourd-KirAby beat seggenan. :
I'd and 20 play. Travers beat Shackelford.
-p and ! 10 plav
Hsa'en sish,,. eh5,arap.onshiP division (a,st
Ssoyge Crump. Atlantic City by de- alt; A.
swords, f.. Morris County. beat i. 4.
a,sri.i'n. EnFlewood. Up 40 holes. u. ".
Marin. Upper MontclaI. beat Alfred Nor
Itl. HecSenssck. 3 up and I 10 play; Max
y.aI. Morris County. beat W G shoup En-
second sixteen Carst round) Fred Fullerton
froe Brook. beat 4. Z. Ailsopp. Forest Hill
up and . 70 play. II l. Smith, Glen Ridge
fe'at 9 Philips Atlantic CITY. up:
TEsii,.s.o,' up and 70 play. l. ". Csllan,
IIAt'.s'oi oest r H. Cunningham. North
,Norf.s Cognty. beat Z. Allsopp Forest Hi
70. w p Lauehmsn. Bnglewoo6 beat l. "
1900. Engit wood, up; Il. NJ Coke.
~ ~ holes), 3 storrs. EsleT 'G Count
tfst Ellis Adams. Essex County ! up
second round-H. Do Smith beat Fullerton.
-r and Q 20 play. Coke beat Cailan. 2 IN
60 '2 p.at. Laughman beat Storrs. up
lhlrd sixteen (hrst round)-G z. Austin
...s'7' oo-, beat u. o Christi. Forest Hi. up
be-, p, nay . Wright. Upper Montclair.
re- snare Englewood. beat II u Bottome'
No. 9nty. 6 up ana 5 10 play: NJ VI
Jiii = lountskah heat y Alisopp Forest
90 teat o Miller. Englewood 3 up and
- pay !. J. ". Earnshaw, Upper Moniclair
-. w - iolnof, Essex County. 4 up and
rIls'. + = Schey. Bal'usrol beat T. r
7tsopp' Forest Hill. up and 3 70 play. y II
ttLonaf Morris County. beat 3. = Rcim,,nd
HtsfWood ~ % holes
., e--pnQ founc Wright beat Austin s IN and 2
:, gay snare beat Michael. 6 up and Z 10 Ma
eio!e beat Earnshaw. 2 up and ] 10 play,
10y teai Thomas. up and 10 play.
Fourth sixteen CnIst roundj-A Yauch. Enele
Zoo beat =. G Davies. North Jersey. Nv de-
49,. - Neatherby Engiewood. beat II. r.
'len Ridge. Up; A 81. snedeker
"a 1870 bfat o. Q. Huntoon. North Jersey 3
49, ena % play; ). = WOODWARD %. Bal
M, peal j. b RichardSor Morris County. 4
y eh9 z 10 play, u. Giffn Baltusrol beat
n. 80 Ward. Hackensack. 2 up and 10 pj9V,
Te,sD Wy. Cranberry. Rsltusroi. beat n W
Bs,-, Lngle"ood, up and l TO play. s r.
'sosi t@Ssh County. beat s. Nellie. Engle-