Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-03
jerome IRAVERS
A STERLING
GOLFER
New National Champion Par
ticularly Strong with His
Irons - Won Title Three
Times

The attention Of all the English
golf writer's has lately been directed
to the national at Wheaton and Harry
Leach said In q recent number Of the
Sketch that he had made rather ex.
tensive inquiries among Americans
visiting In Great Britain who were
we'll yersed in the golf OF their own
country, as to the rating OF the var.
ious players out here. He said that
practically all agreed that Jerome d.
Trayers when on his game should
come first on the list and Charles
Evans, Jr., second Few people will
dispute this SO 1t is most satisfactory
that they should have come together
in the final of the championship this
year
1t is interesting to compare their
COLTS. for the strongest point in each
mans game Is play with irons. When
one remembers that so short q time
ago We were considered people who
sacrificed everything else for the sake
of obtaining great length from the
tee, it says much for our progress
that Trayers should be spoken Of n
an English periodical as perhaps the
finest iron-shot player ever produced
by the States" and when Evans was
over there last year many were the
complimentary things said about his
Use of this club, and to win admira
ton among nation OF golfers which
attaches so much Importance to this
department of the game surely proves
great dexterity.
As we all know this Is Mr.. TraYers'
third victory in the national. The
first was at the Euclid Club, C1ere-
land. in 1907, when he defeated Archt
bald Graham in the final. He repeat
ed his success the next year ct Gar.
den City, beating w J. Travis IN the
semi-final by two holes. Max Rehr
won at the thirty seventh n the same
round from Fred Herreshoff, but Mas
overwhelmed by Travers In the final.
One Of the finest matches IN this
last tournament was that between
Travers and Travis and perhaps the
value of playing a thinking game was
never more clearly illustrated. The
Montclair player could not find his /.
driving swing and lost q number OF
holes through faulty tee shots and IL
was largely due to this that he found
himself in. the position of two down
at the end of the fourth hole IN the
second round It must have been q
startling thing to see a man who had
been national champion twice &C
knowledge so plainly that he was
off bis drive as to take an
iron club from the tee at the long
sixth. Think of the encouragement
one would give an opponent In q hard
match by deliberately discarding ones
driver. II was courageous thing to
do but 1t showed splendid judgment
and the wisdom of 1t was proved by
his winning the hole and making the
match all even.
To win five holes in succession from
D golfer OF the caliber of w. J. Ira.
Wis means perfect play, but Trayers'
approaching and putting were fault
match. The extraordinary thing OF
he tournament was that the winner
If it continued the course he had
adopted in this round and discarded
MS wooden clubs in his game with
i. K. Kerr and in the afternoon when
playing Mason Phelps. Such q tri-
Imph OF iron play is unprecedented
n the history of golf. There seems
o be little question that II Trayers had
Tot shown his wisdom In forsaking
he driver with which he had been
ailing SO lamentably and used the
rons he had welded so admirably,
hat he would not now be the holder
# the title.
Jerome D. Trayers Is one Of the
nost beautiful players to watch that
We have in America. At the same
ime it may be truly said he Is at
ines one of the most disappointing,
n that he plays well one time and
ably another. Yet even when not In
,ractise he has a faculty Of doing
marvellous things when forced to as
n the winning of the metropolitan
asst year after scarcely playing any
off beforehand. In his match with
fr. Hilton in the national at Appa,
wants his putting was phenomenal
nd in the estimation of many people
his is an even stronger part OF his
ame than the use of irons for which
e is iustIy noted ..-.-