The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-05
TRAVERS THREE Up
|NF|RST HALF
Of THIRD ROUND
Evans Was Two Up on
Schmidt in Title Play on
Chicago Links.
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tSpemh 20 The Evening World-)
CHICAGO GOLF CLUB, WHEATON.
H., Sept 5.-With the mercury close
TO 100 degrees the third round OF
match play In the National Amateur
Golf Championship began to-day on
the course of the Chicago club. Last
| night some of the players slept In cots
In the open air. for indoors ono could
hardly breathe. Under such conditions
It IL impossible to predict anything,
| and the bookmakers are completely at
| sea.
Only eight candidates remained,
four being from Chicago and one each
from New Jersey. Scotland. Vermont
and Massachusetts. jerome Travers.
Upper Montclair, only survivor In the
Metropolitan delegation. played Mason
Phelps. Chicago. who passed away"
early last year in the national at Apa-
wants. Phelps held the college title
while at Yale and was once Western
champion. Until a couple of weeks ago
he had been playing poorly ali this
season
Paul Hunter, Chicago. was against
Hamilton Kerr. Ekwanok. who falls
somewhere between the scholastic and
collegiate ranks. not yet having en-
tered the latter, His legs resemble
slate pencils in size and conformation.
which do not bespeak endurance. He
had to go 81 holes to win yesterday
from Albert Seckel. while Hunter had
an easy match. Indeed. Paul Hunter.
although he has never gone very far In
the event, looked like one OF the best
four on to-days checkerboard Chick
Evans. Chicago, was brought against
Heinrich Schmidt. Worcester.
The remaining pair were Warren
Wood. Chicago. and Norman Hunter.
Scotland. There were about thou
sand spectators here at the start, but
they hung to the shaded spots. Only a
brisk wind made life bearable.
Travers on first nine holes was 8 up
on Phelps. Cards:
Travers:
outs 4 $50.
Outs Sc 4ss 4 "a.
WOOD AND scoTcHMAN HAD A
BATTLE ROYAL.
Evans was two UP on Schmidt at the
turn. Card:
Evans:
Outs ass IS a-as
Out $50 e $50.
Kerr was three up on Paul Hunter at
the turn. Card:
Kerr:
Ou,-5 - 50 3 3-37.
Hunter:
Outs 5 4 $40.
Norman Hunter. Scotchman. and War
rem Wood had a battle that was square
on the first nine holes and gradually alb
sorbed the gallery. Card:
Norman a%sm, ""p' $500 40.
Wood:
1t was seml-ofiiclally stated at noon
| that the play-off of the tie between
Harold Hilton and Chick Evans for low
score In the qualifying round will be
at Is holes on Sunday.
Evans sliced into the bunker on the
| first hole and los, II In one more than
par. Missing his putt cost Schmidt the
third and he lost the sixth by being
| generally short. Evans took the third
by good putting. while the other Ave
holes were halved. schmidt Is the Bay
| State title holder.
i Kerr's strength on the outward jour-
ney was the surprise of the morning
He lost only one hole TO the turn. Gov
ering the stretch In exact par Hunter
pace.
Warren Wood on the first hole hooked
IT to the rough, while Norman Hunter
had a good drive that was neu.ralizet
by a topped second. Hunter won N II
a birdie four. Wood being six. Hunte,
sliced into the bunker, but recovered
well only to be bunkered once more
which cost him the whole six 10 pa
, four. Both played badly on the third
and IL was halved in five against pa
| four.
Wood made a horrible drive on ~h
fourth and his topped ball got a boun.
! back from the bunker. II cost him
six to five: par being four Both slice
their drives on the Nth. but manage
TO halve In a perfec. four.
Hunter was unlucky with his cleek she
at he sixth. yet got the green we'll an
y won the hole In four against par Ave
E lie was then two UP. At the sevent
Wood sliced into the tail grass tror
, the tee. but had a fine second that lei
: him three yards from ,he pin. whic
gave him birdie three there to Hun
q ter's perfect four.
The eighth was an uneventful half
+. par four. Hunter pulled his drive q
the short ninth and cost him the hol
In one more than the allowance. Ths
squared che contest
Evans was four up on Schmidt on III
n first round. Cards:
. Evans
I In 800. o $50
n schmidt
In .'....45 $3.50 30 Al
i Travers was two up on Phelps on tn
c first round. Cards:
a TTaNcp-
In ......5 64544 al
n Phelre-
l. In ...... q ! 40
Travers played loosely on the last hal
e probably for the sake OF keeping hin
SELF in reserve. Travers lost the tent