New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30

Travers, however. is an exceptional golf
err 1t will probably take another sea-
sons campaigning to satisfactorily set
tie the question as TO which of these two
is really the better player.
To the brilliant though apparently I'M
fortunate Chick" Evans one has little
hesitancy in according third place. II
he were nearly as good at match as at
medal play Charles W. Evans, jr., would
have won the amateur title ere this, but,
unfortunately, when under fire the Edge
water golfer generally proves disappoint-
ing.
Take. for instance, the national cham
pionship at Garden City. Ii would be
difficult to conceive of anything more
spectacular than his finish in the quail
flying round, where he led the field
with a thirty-six- hole total OF AS. When
he supplemented this by defeating
such men as w. c. Fownes, jr., Walter
j. Travis and Eben NJ. Byers, the West
erner seemed in a fair way to shake of
the match play "hoodoo." His old weak
ness In putting, however, was mainly re-
sponsible for his downfall against John
G. Anderson In the semi-fnal round.
Evans won the medal In the Western
Golf Association championship tourna-
ment. with a score OF l5l, and he was on
the w. c. A. team which won the Olym-
pic cup. Heading the team that visited
the Pacific Coast, Evans played bril-
liantly. At a number Of courses he broke
records. These included 81 at Ravens
wood, 70 at Park Ridge g at Seattle and
| 70 at Omaha.
Although Warren *. Wood did not
! compete at Garden City, the Homewood
| golfer did enough to entitle him to fourth
| place, the same as he received year
! ago. Wood attained his ambition by win
| ming the Western amateur. He finished a
stroke behind Evans in the testing round.
! Wood was also on the successful Western
\ team.
Fifth on the list is John Anderson. who
reached the decisive stage of the national
amateur against Travers. The first
| named qualified in the open at Brookline
| with score of 100, but withdrew after
the first day. In the Massachusetts anna
teur championship at Wollaston Ander-
son qualified with Is and then. after de-
feating two opponents, he was put out by
| OulIHcl. 1IdNlne III iHt Lesley up
matches, Anderson defeated Fred HERE
shoff. OF New York and Howard Perrin,
of Philadelphia. Greater steadiness was
largely responsible for Anderson's i'm
| provement.
AS a result Of a season OF indifferent
! success as compared with former years,
| Walter j. Travis has slipped back to sixth
place. From the time he was defeated at
| Pinehurst early last spring up to Atlantic
| City a few weeks ago Travis had to
! travel rocky road. He did win at Lake
wood in the spring and he also showed a
| fash Of old-time form at Tuxedo, where
| he won after defeating Travers in one OF
/ the rounds. on the other hand, Walter J.
! failed to qualify in the metropolitan at
/ Fox Hills. When It is considered how
| long he has been TO the fore there is little
wonder that the Garden City veteran
| finds It impossible 10 maintain the fast
| pace set by the younger men.
Closely pressing Travis is Fred Here
| shoff this year rated seventh. lie won
| the oakland tournament in the spring
| defeating Ralph Peters. Travis. Travers
I and Gardiner w. White In the metro
| politan Herreshon failed TO do WELL but
| he won one of the Ekwanok tournaments
| as well as the fall meeting at Atlantic