The evening world., 1913-05-21
TRAMRS. TURNS IN Is
FOR Low SCORE PRIZE
IN met" TOURNAMENT
Ninety Golfers Start in Cham
pionship on Fox Hills
Links.

.FOX HILLS. 4. l.. May 2l.--The nf-
teenth annual Metropolitan Golf Cham
pionship WAS started this morning at
the Fox Hills Club links, with as fine
| a field as ever teej Up in the event
! The entire day 10 10 be devoted to the
double qualifying round, and at that 1t
| will be dusk before the full results are
known. Not much change has been
made in the course beyond adding a few
traps. because Of Its Improvement last
i year.
One hundred men were due to start.
but the actual number will probably re
about ninety. substantially the same
total a. In the last two or three sea-
sons. The outcome was never more Of
a gamble. wagering at the start slightly
favoring Oswald Kirkby ~ winner Of
low score medal. judging by his last
years performances. with walter Travis
most fanciAd for second place.
Jerome Travers turned in 70. which
looked. good for the low score medal.
Travers went out in IS and came in In
s. Walters Travis. takinG @, was clearly
hopeless. ..
The Jap player. Shin Moye. Haw-
worth Club. turned IN q 100 card. He
went out in "a and came back in ~.
The sensation Of the day came at ais
o. clock when H. v. Gaines. wykaGyl.
returned 70. ueing Jerome Traverss
score. Cannes. Of middle age. was q
post entrant. While he has played in
tournaments for years he has never be-
fore done anything out OF the ordinary.
Despite the form shown last week at
Oakland by Jerome Travers he Ia be-
lieved 10 be the one best bet. He won
the title for the fourth time last May,
beating the record Of Travis who an
nexed It three times. Fred Herreshon.
next to Travers. seemed strongest.
The greatest question seemed to be- on
Travers's driving. Can he rely on wood
clubs which he dislikes but wishes to
master aud yet set the distance and
direction that he would with irons?
The steep quality Of this course 10 moi
at all to Traverss liking. for he 10 best
At rolling rather than pitching his ap-
proaches. Kirkby's stock has not risen
any through his beating Of Travers last
June for the New Jersey title under the
circumstances that prevailed.
A few ware inclined to take . Iona
shot by wagering on . brand.new title.
J holder such - Gardner White. Roy
Webb or Hamilton Kerr. but they were
= few indeed.
Z With he kaA platna shaH hark ff
: the limit a. they are. II 10 dimcult tt
. compare the scores against local rec
{ ords. The amateur mark 10 II. held BY
q A. F. Hammer. Three late entries were
. allowed because Of delay In malls-H
E ". Gaines, WykaGyl; Ralph Carroll
. Greenw ich. and Clifford Dunning. Mas.
. sau. Dunning had hard lines In takina
b. u out with two 70, but came back with
q ~ despite one seven on the last half
Early scores were as follows: @. W.
-. Fairchiid. Manhattan, Il. +s-ss; John r.
/. Stanley jr.. Deal, V. $50; Howard
Whitney, Nassau, q. $50: W. g. Leeds
. Fux Hill, Il, Nss; J. E. O'Donohae,
Fox Hills, ", 6s-loe: J. p. Downey. New
York Club. u. 8-loe: A. v. Cowperth'
: waite. Midland. ~. H-s7: Clifford Dun
: ming. Nassau. u. So.
T. d. Conroy. Fox Hills. u. A-0;
. Devereaux Lord. Forest Park. v. ss-sai
r.. r. Mundy, Ardslsy. u, ~: John
Naething, Ensiswood. u. U-N: p. H.
, JenninRs, Richmond County. ~. N-s7;
. Max Behr, Bsitusroi. -. 49,; J. H.
. Slater, Fox Hills. Il. $50; Wyatt kyleri
. Ardsley, y. $50.
Devsrsaux Lord. several times Brook
, Ign Champion. nearly spoiled his chances
by q out to 50 In. and exactly the same
. thing was done by II. +. Murphy. once q
} Chicago crack. now leader at Ardsley
JNax Bshr, ex.Jsrssy champion. contrary
! a. usual, went out in % and came back
Ave strokes higher. Before noon rain
began to fall.
} schooLBov CHAMPION PLAYS
sAFGLv TO MEDAL.
Max Marston. new interseholass''
Ichampion, played steadily and safely
with two >os for an o. Chisholm Deach
!, Fox Hills. playing with Travis, hat
the good card OF ".
I Other scores: N. Il. sprasus, inwood
u, %i-N; Max Marston, Baithuarol. 10
N-ao; A. w. Maine IT,. Hackensack
. %. Ao-1; 3. c. Mabon. Ardslsy. ~
4 u-@: Fred Thomas. Morris County
Is, NO; James ID. Foot, Apawam:s
n q. ls-si; Jacob Janin. Fox Hills. rs
|, ta-s; walter J. Travis. Garden City
\ q, +t-M Chisholm Beach. Fox Hills
o, An.
Alfred Morreli. haokensack. q, ~
J. $500