New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
uorman Hunter Forced to De.
fault on Account of a
Light SunStroke.
ONE DOWN AT THE TIME
rravers, Evans, Wood and Kerr
Reach Semi Final Round and
Will Fight 1t Out fo<
Championship.
TRY Telegraph to The Tribune. J

c,bsston. H.. Sept. 5.--No matter what
"a outcome In succeeding rounds may he.
-. UsyemeyCr cup. emblematic of the
.,s,eur golf championship of the United
s.a,s. will return TO America. That
,cb was settled by the default OF Nor
r Hunter of Edinburgh. i'm the
,,,,a round OF the national tournament
- The links Of the Chicago Golf Club
49,. to-day Hunter struck his colors
fore Warren X Wood. of Homewood.
rso will meet his old rival. Chick"
rrsns of Edgevater. tomorrow. The
.,hsr semi-fnal bracket was filled by Je-
,oms D. Travers, of Upper Montclair
IA Hamilton X Kerr. Of Ekwanok
Tsys the East and the West are bound 10
,ook horns In the decisive clash on Sat
mdsy
rrxyeIs earned his place in the semi:
anal round al the expense of Mason
pbslps of Midlothian, former Western
Calf Association champion. while Kerr,
ubo is the real surprise of the tourna =
msut defeated Paul Hunter, Of Midlo-
,si.n. in a gruelling eXtra-hcle match
hat was decided on the thirty-seventh
sr,sn Evans always had command OF
IN. situation i'm his tilt with Heinrich
schmidt. Of Worcester. the Massachusetts
IN, holder. but Hunter hung gamely TO
Wood until compelled TO default because
n the excessive heat and what physi-
dsp called a light sunstroke.
1ncertain with his driver, Travers was
sopt,nually getting into difficulties of the
~ thereby calling upon his Wonderfnl
onvers Of recovery, which saved him
lime and again. The way he played the
srst hole in the morning was an Illus
ration. The distance is 46s yards, and
pslps with tho honor got away long
all Travers sliced to pit, and the
seand shot landed him into another trap,
While from there hts ball found the depths
ds gravelike hazard on the far side OF
he green. all Of which caused Walter j.
Travis. Fred Herreshoff and Oswald
Eirkby. who were in the gallery, to hook
srm. They frightened a moment later,
however when Jerry, with one OF those
ARE niblek shots of his, took up cloid
Of sand. and out OF IL popped the ball
which never paused until ii came 10 rest
eight feet from the cup. In the mean
line phelps's second, a trifle sliced, found
The edge Of the rough, and his third over
ran The pin fifteen feet. He missed his
nv for a 4. whereupon Travers. the met
roDolitan champion, holed his eight-footer
for halre in 3. How can YOU beat that
Kind Of golf?" exclaimed an enthusiastic
New Yorker.
From there OF throughout the morning
round incident. followed incident. Phelps
los, three straight holes, taking three
wrx on the second green, getting trapped
At 10. 2. and finding the rough at the
t.rth. That placed Travers up. and
he Increased the advantage TO up at the
sixth. where his opponent again devel-
egt1 q weak short game. At the seventh
Phelps pulled out of bounds from tie tee,
and then. I'm a sociable sort OF way,
Tzvers went out on his second, so
that the hole was halved. A good put;
for a on the ninth green gave Phelps
that hole and left him down at the turn.
Traeers reached the turn in %, to the
others A.
Il was the same story during the home
ward journey. first one and then the
other getting into the sand or long grass.
OILY two OF the inward nine holes Were
hslved, Travers finishing the morning
round up. His card showed 70. 10 81 for
Phelps .-.. -
Unlike his performance Of yesterday
afternoon. when he settled the champion
ship aspirations OF Walter Travis with a
recession Of holes under par. Travers be-
gan his second round raggedly Phelps,
On the other hand, reeled off the holes In
,omething like his best form. of past sea-
sons, reaching the halfway point In &c.
roo enough 10 not only overcome TRAY
sss lead, but actually place the Metro
nlltan Golf Association champion down.
Irsvers got going again coming in and
squared the match on the twenty-ninth
rsen. He was always up thereafter
tnsny winning by 2 and ! margin.
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