New-York tribune., 1912-04-19
'GOLF ON S0DDEN LINKS
Travis and Perrin Lead Field at
Lakewood with Even Cards.
TESTING ROUND LIMITED
Cut from Thirty six Holes to
Eighteen Because of the
Drenching Rain.

| Coli under difficulties marked the open
! ing day Of the spring tournament at the
| Country club of Lakewood yesterday.
! After the first medal play round of eighteen
/ holes. Waiter J. Travis of Garden city,
/ and Howard w. Perrin. Of Philadelphia,
were tied for the lead with scores Of 79
J Original conditions called for a test Of
/ thirty-six holes. but as the day advanced
the rain, which steadily increased in force.
produced a general attack Of "cold feet"
All had wet feet Seeing that many OF
tho golfers would withdraw rather than
continue for another round the committee
headed by F. A. Potts, decided to limit the
qualification play to eighteen holes.
BY that time Travis and a number Of
others had already started on their after
noon circuit, but messengers hastened forth
TO appraise the players of the changed
conditions. All returned; a few grumbled.
but in the main they were well pleased at
being relieved from further discomfort
That left Travis and Perrin tied for the
medal. OF the original 10 men who en-
tered. SO drove off. and as all OF these did
not finish the majority OF those to return
cards will have chance to continue in
one of the four match play divisions to-
day.
As a rule favorites played up to form, or
as close to 1t as could be expected consid
ering the conditions. A conspicuous excep-
tlon was George c. Stanley. of Yale. the
intercollegiate champion, who took an-even
100 for the round. That sent him down to
the fourth sixteen.
As usual Travis got away to a prompt
start. a wise move considering that II did
not do much I'm the way of raining until
early in the afternoon. He moved along
smoothly until one OF the traps at the
fifth caught his ball. with the result that
the hole cost him :. Even with that jolt
the veteran managed to reach the turn in
a, not bad considering that the outward
half totals more than $500 yards.
Coming back the case was different. the
former champion reeling of every hole in
par figures. His only 5 appearing at the
sixteenth hole. which is 4G5 yards The
card was as follows:
Gu Out ............t : ! ! s2s - %
Perrins round differed from that OF
Travis, the Philadelphian doing his best
work going out. A at the first gave him a
bird" for a starter. and he continued
along with scarcely a slip. finishing tho
outward journey IN ~. When ne made the
first six holes Of the inward play in two
under IS, he seemed good for about 76
The long sixteenth. however got him in
trouble and after a there he threw away
another stroke going 10 the home hole.
His card read as follows:
Out ............8 1 5 q $40
In .............3 3 - 3 5 6-89-79
The luck OF the draw has been hard on
the favorites as IL puts Travis and Taylor
together in the first round this morning
Then there is +. 7. Allis. the Harvard cap
tain. who qualified well up with an 81.
bracketed with Perrin. NJ. J. Condor. OF
Wykagyl has drawn Brice Evans. the far
driving Bostonian. Other parings consist
OF Percy Platt, the Van Cortlandt Park
winner. VS.. George Crump. Gaines VS..
Ridgeway. Reed VS.. Topping. Turner VS..
Gardner and Phillips VS.. Longley.
The draw for the second sixteen follows:
Harmon VS.. Potts. Bartlett VS.. DE Forest
Senseman VS.. Dixon. Randolph, jr.. vs. Nc
Call. Mcclure vs.. Endcott. Van Week VS.
Tappin. Gillett vs. Mclaughlin and Hayes
vs. Kemble.
The scores follow: