New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-22
TRAVIS OUT IN PLAY
FOR A GOLF TITLE
Fails to Qualify Over Fox
Hills Links as TraverS
Shows the Way.
MATCHES NEEDED AT END
Play-Off of Tie for Last Five
Places in the Dark as
Much Good Luck as
Good Management.

Sensational features marked the quail
Tying round OF the fifteenth annual met
rcpolitan amateur geif championship
tournament Yesterday over the links OF
the FOX Hills Golf club. on Staten Island
not the least Of which was the failure OF
Walter J Travis TO qualify
After Jerome D. Travcrs OF Upper
Nontcisir. the present champion, had won
the medal with rounds OF % and IS, for a
total OF 10. seven strokes better than
r. b Gaines Of Wykagyl. ten men were
found 10 he Tied for five places. with 40
each on the tail-end OF the championship
division These were Walter j. Travis. OF
Garden City: J. DcvereuX Lord OF
Blooklyn-Forest Park; James r. HYDE.
~ South Shore. Gilman y. Tiffany, OF
Povelton. W. s. Leeds. OF Fox Hills
:. J. Graham. Of Greenwich. Elmer h,
sturees. Of Wvkagyl: Stewart Slosson, OF
Richmond County; W w >Taylor 81
Ardsley and \. D. Swords. Of Morris
County
The committee decided that the dead
lock should be played IF at once, despite
the approaching darkness. Tiffany
Swords and Sosson had not waited FOR
the outcome. consequently were not pres
ent when the decision was reached ana
we're counted out. Leeds. Taylor, Granam
and sturges qualified at the first hole
Travis. who had been going poorly an
dav. TONED his drive. sliced his SECOND
and got into 2 trap 10 the left OF the
green OF his third. Still being away from
the hole on his hfth. the Garden city Ve'-
eran. hero OF many championship TOUT
nament. picked up.
This situation left Hyde and Loru !"
fight il out for the one remaining place
The second was halved in Tours. II was
so dark that they agreed 10 play the sec
and over again. Fore caddies and ga
lsrv ~ several hundred persons SOUNDED
cotcaus 10 signal where the balls Jay anu
licb,ed matches n give d more inteAiseh'
idea like Rob Roys pen signaling eSc"
other over the hills Of ancient ocoudhu'
ANYHOW. Lords third was IN the ~
.,d no needed a seven Tor the hole' "Foe'
more by good luck than good mSnSee
-, got down I'm > and won the hoie'
T., ras % dark on that green tnA'
matches were held above the cup :" NV
hole could bc seen
Robert Is. Watson, president oil inc
Tinted states Golf Association. declared
tina, he had seen only one otneI o''"'
renee Of a similar nature ths' oe'"1 ~
South Carolina this wear.
Ninety players teed UP for the 'hl''E
six hole qualifying round. Travers ana
u Gaines. Of Wykagyl easily led IN
the carly round with a % each. eaualiins
,he course record Gaines. however in
the afternoon. had to he content with an
:, seven strokes more than the champion
Is in the afternoon brought J. y,
Birmingham into third place with 'o'S'
Of $50
Trayers made the first outward journey
In one under fours. for a 30. His four al
the coward sixth hole was exceptional
and he had to bring of 2o-foot put 10
accomplish g. Making two pad shots 60
Ing 10 the fourteenth. Trsvers recovered
I'm remarkable fashion with his niblich'
LAYING the ball stone dead and getting
q par Gve
In the afternoon. ne might easily have
been round in rs II he had been able 70
get tnrees AZ the short holes. but as II
was his e was sound golf. AT the
fourteenth hole ne pulled his second shot
into some ROCKS. and IL cost him six. the
only one on mis- card FOR the day.
Rather a peculiar incident happened to
M ?. Lewis. Of Flushing. Al the finish
of his round ir company with r. NJ Tar
Teton OF Oakland After his drive Lewis
found his bah wedgcd in a small hole
Tarieton maintained that Lewis had a
right 10 lift and the committee found
Itself confronted with the double problem
Of fact and rule. Isaac Mackey. the Fox
HIS professional. said the hole was con-
nectod with the drain. whereupon the
committee ruled that Lewis might drop
without penalty lie had an So.
Travis. formerly national ana a met
ropolitan champion and once the British
title holder. had 10 admit 10 rounds OF 81
and 81 FOR a total OF 10 I'm the course OF
practice on Tuesday the Garden city
veteran twisted his knee. and IL gave
him some trouble. However. he would
not admit his physical inhrmty. and de
cared that he simply couldn't hit en-
Elves, sizes and sevens literally be.
sprinkled his card. while in the morning
the fourteenth. where more than one
player found difficulty. cost him eight
Frederick Herreshoff who won the
Oakland tournament after a sensational
match with Gardiner W. White, had 10
be content with s. and So FOR total OF
l67. ample TO get into the chief division.
The Westbrook man had difficulty with
his driving the greater part Of the day,
and IL worried him TO such an extent
that he consulted Isaac Mackie. the pro-
fessonal.
Il was learned yesterday that the ex-
ecutiye committee of the Metropolitan
Golf Association had decided to take no
action with regard to changing the con-
ditions governing the competitions for the
Chauncey trophy. which means that II
Travers wins again this year the prize
will become the permanent property Of
the Upper Montclair Country Club.
Following is the draw in the champion
ship division;
Bowers VS.. Wild Lewis VS.. Taylor;
Leeds VS.. Whitney; Hollins VS.. Ward;
Brokaw VS.. Thomas Hammer VS. Stur-
ges: Hyde VS.. Bchr; Barnes VS.. Topping
Herreshon VS. Michael. Ridder VS..
Beach: Birmingham VS.. Graham. Travers
VS.. Kerr Kirkey VS.. Marston; Allen vs..
Webb: Gwyer VS.. Slater. and White vs.
Gaines.
The scores were as follows;
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION
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