New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
Wins by Seven Up and Six TO-
PLAY. After Keen Fight for
Twenty Holes.
WINNER IN HAPPY VEIN
Reels Off Hole After Hole IN
Better than Par Figures,
Pace Chick" Could
Not Hold.
by Telegraph to The Tribune.

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C'Chlck'0 Evans. jr. of Edgewater, over
the links of the Chicago Golf Club to-day
Travers won by up and to play, to the
dismay OF the Western host. which had
REGARDED their Chick" as welnish irwin
rible. and to the delight of the small band
al loyal Eastern supporters.
This makes the third time that Travers
has won the amateur championship OF the
United States Golf Association. his first
success dating back to 1901. at Cleveland
and his second the following season at
Garden City. Long Island IL was In 1897
that Travers wore the triple crown, WIN
ming the metropolitan, New Jersey ana
national titles. Last year he won the
metropolitan Golf Association and the
New Jersey tournaments, while now he
toIds the national and metropolitan cham
pionships.
Except for a brief period during the
suorning round Travers. who started I'M
steadily. was always within hailing dis
1auce of his opponent. At the turn Trav-
ers stood 3 down, but he got the match
square at the thirteenth and ended the
morning session l down. Up to that point
the pace had been fast. Evans being cred
1ted with a Is to the others rs.
AS il turned out. however, the real
golf Of the day came in the afternoon.
when Travers cut loose, Keeling off hole
after hole In par figures. or better. Evans
R,ung on for a while. but against pace
like that the Western champion faded"
and when he did start to go wrong every
t,nlA ING
~ Travers made the last turn up. and
by that time the Evans rout was so COM
plete that only three more holes In par
figures were necessary TO eliminate the
9llgewate lad. who has reached the SEMI
final stage of the national amateur cham
pionship for the last four years.
The clash to-day marked the first time
these two great golfers had ever met at
match play In the national championship.
The immense gallery was strongly for
Evans His good shots were cheered.
while Trsvers got scant and infrequent
applause. a heavy silence fell as
Chicks" star declined. Women in the
gallery wept and many voices begged him
10 pull himself together. He got good
iron shot out OF the grass at the thirtieth
hole. and was cheered for the last time,
Go 10 1t, Chick. and pull II outr
came the cries from the gallery. but in
vain.
Almost Immediately after the contest
had been decided Silas II. strawn. presi-
dent Of the United States Golf Associa-
ton, called for silence.
Il now give Jerome Travcrs the gold
medal he has earned as winner for the
nird time Of the national championship"
said Mr. Strawn For Mr.. Evans 1 will
say that no man that ever lived could
have beaten the golf Mr.. Travers has
played this afternoon
Travcrs played the third nine holes 8
under par and the last four holes under
par Evans weakened I'm the last few
holes. His drives we're short and his iron
shots erratic.
Evans will play eighteen holes to-mor-
row with Harold H. Hilton the former
champion. to settle their tie at 152 for
the low medal score in the qualifying
round. Hilton has been resting since
Tuesday 10 prepare for the round. Nor
man Hunter, OF Edinburgh, who collapsed
from the heat on Tuesday, was up and
about to-day apparently fully recovered.
Evans OF with Rush.
The rivals were called TO the first tee
shortly after 10 o'clock. Travers having
the honor. Fred Herreshofr, an old friend
OF the metropolitan champion. acted as
caddie for him. and this prompted a New
Yorker in the gallery to remark. as
Herreshoff picked up the bag, The East
IS determined 10 win
Travers got a good ball away as a
starter. whereas Evans sliced TO a pit.
The Westerner didn't get out far. but
Trayers a moment later sliced his iron
shot to trouble. and taking two TO get
out never had A chance to win the hole.
Evans getting s. Following this au-
spicious start. Evans promptly won tho
second hole, thanks to a ten-foot put for
g. Two up so early in the game, was
unexpected good fortune for the Western
champion who was all smiles
The third, fourth and fifth holes were
halved in good figures, Travers being
compelled 10 make q clever recovery 10
save himself after overapproaching the
nth green. At No 6 the metropolitan
champion reduced his opponents lead
from the sand pulled To the rough. Trav-
crs won the hole in TO 6, leaving him one
down going TO No. T. Evans had twenty
wards the better Of the drive from that
tee. and both made the green nicely on
their seconds. but Evans holed put Tor
2 three and again became 2 up.
Both got away long balls to start the
eighth hole. and then Travers under
played his mashie few yards short OF
the green lie was also fifteen feet shy
OF the pin Oh his third. so that Evans,
who laid his approach mp close, won the
hole easily in and became up. At
this stage Walter j. Travis came from
the clubhouse and joined the gallery.
To the short ninth over the pond Evans
laid his mashie shot TO within five feet
OF the flag, Travers being eighteen feet
away. and he got a half in three when
the Edgewater golfer missed his put for
2. while the gallery groaned. This left
Evans three up at the turn, the cards
reading % to 30 in his favor
The tenth. hole is 2il yards, and Travers
drove the green, getting the first liberal
applause of the match thus far from the
partisan gallery Evans fell trife short
Of the green on his tee shot and failed
10 get up" on the next. After that IL
was easy for TrayeTs TO win the hole In
TO g. TO the long eleventh, both drove
we'll, and supplemented these with good
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