New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
1lIV|S ONCE MORE
SHOWS WAY At GOLF
, ,,ds Strong Field in the Test
I'' I'M Round Over Links at
Oakland Club.
1sSvERS TWO STROKES OFF
,..;onal Champion Pulls Drive
w. Fam Last Tee, Which Cost
Him Good Chance to
Win the Medal.

Win the Medal.
lapse Of fourteen years wielders
NV, and iron returned to the links
oakland Golf Club for an open
me u,ent Yesterday Emerging from n
."s one hundred starters arose the old
h a.s,a Walter J. Travis, with a score Of
..od enough 10 win the medal by a
o. Of two strokes in the qualifying
Among those who trailed the
Yen Wv. were Jerome ID. Travers, the ma
"''' and metropolitan champion; II. b.
u'.' - vale: Fred Herreshoft, II. j. Top
~, = Gardiner W White and Hamilton
<. Kerr. - 49,. .,,o.o ,,.,,,,
=. ~ 81 found themselves tied for the
=, oaee In the first sixteen. and among
=. rr,orunates who failed to set in
lanes r. Hyde. the Florida cham
/ w. McMenamy. an erstwhile
S..,s, island title holder; the far-driving
I'm Hollins. Of West6rook; Philip
Tor the former interscholastic cham
-. louis Livingston. of Westbrook,
~ ~ May Behr. a former New Jersey
.s.mniop. Behr, by the way. will not
--,,nus in the second sixteen on account
n illness at home.
wbsp Travers stood on the tee in COM
..-v with Fred Herreshoff prior to start
80 the testing round it was noticed that
=, limited States Golf Association title
s.,s.r was using an old-fashioned spliced
s.rs- He has figured it out that il is
,,,,sr than the generally used socket
snh although he observed with more
,,rb than poetry that it was the swing
,,,hsr than the kind Of club that got the
hall here.
One Of the reasons for Travers expert
nsnting with his club is because of I'M
satisfactory driving. He made few poor
~ shots yesterday. the ball most of the
,ma speeding away far and straight.
Trayers and Hcrreshoff played the in
y,-a nine first and the only mistakes the
CHAMPION made were a sliced drive at
~ sixteenth hole and an extra put on
he home green. Even so he made the
spe holes in 81, two strokes better than
as mariner. who had been a trifie wild off
be tee.
The outward holes are longer. but II
Travers had not missed two or three
sAcrt puts he might easily have equalled
he leaders, score. Standing on the last
;s four would have given the cham
ZION a 7s but he pulled out Of bounds
M took six for the hole. His ~ for the
nund led Herreshoff by a stroke. Travers,
IS well Is many Of the other golfers
nought that the flags had been put
niher unfairly on a number OF the greens.
Walter j. Travis had for partner Will
an L. Hicks, Of Nassau, and both Of
these members Of the old guard competed
q the Oakland tournament in 1899. Travis
islng the winner. Only one six was
Aarged against Travis yesterday, that
ssng at the 53j-yard mole He went out
% AMI came back in 81. entirely too
ks for his partner although Hicks
seemed quito contented with his So. The
saders card was as follows:
Walter ]. Travis, Garden City;
Il .,............I 3 I I i-57-77
The only other contestant TO get round
hitter than 81 was Lee. Of Yale. who re-
timed 70, after a discouraging start.
Witness off the tee was responsible for
tbs golfer being out Of bounds four times,
!. after going out in a he settled down
nd came back in %.
lee, By the way has been drawn TO meet
lavers in the first round to-day. On
npsr that looks like a good match and
here probably will be others. as TraVeis
srscketted with Topping and Heres
IeT with Ralph Peters. jr.
Instead Of running off a handicap on
u last day. the Oakland committee pro-
N.sd for Il Yesterday afternoon. Charles
topper. of the home club. led the heid
VII card Of $3.50 Gardiner White
ans 70 life with a a. which landed MN
second place and furnished the best
a0ss Of the afternoon.
he scores in the qualifying round were
spiows:
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