New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-05
Travis. Just a Bit Off in His
Putting, Goes Down Before
Western Star in a
wild" Match.
TRAVERS GETS A SCARE
Loses Long Lead to Reid, but
Wins by Safe Margin at
the End-Whittemore
Gives Herreshoff
Hard Fight.

In What the gallery was pleased TO term
the star match of the day. Walter }.
Travis. who for so many years has been
struggling TO regain the golf crown. went
down 10 defeat before the Western sersa-
ton. Charles W. Evans. jr.. In the third
round Of the national amateur golf cham
pionship tournament over the Garden
city links yesterday.
As a result Of his victory Evans will
meet John c. Anderson. Of Brae Burn
to-day. while in the other half of the
seminal round those metropolitan chums
ana rivals. Jerome u. Travers and Fred
Herreshoff must again lock horns.
From a scoring point of view it was q
CAV Of disappointments. none Of the four
winners rising TO heights Of brilliancy
Take for instance. the morning effort OF
Evans and Travis. in which the Chicago
msn gained d scant lead of up after
taking 50 for the round. Travis was
credited with 81 strokes. quite different
from so many of his earlier efforts over
this. his home course.
Usually d deadly putter. Travis did
nothing remarkable in this line. To be
sure. he didn't take three puts often but
sionally. Time and time again the ball
would stop almost on the lip of the cup
when another half turn would have
caused It 10 sink out of sight Those half
turns mean d good deal in match such
a. he fought Yesterday. Evans also was
all al sea on the slippery putting surfaces
and he can thank his stars that his op-
ponent had an of day.
Jerry" Travers gained his place IN the
ssmi-final bracket al the expense'of Archie
Reid an easy going player from 81 An
drevs. who was unable TO give the cham
Mon any sort Of battle throughout the
early hours Consequently. when Travers,
Keeling of a -. came in s up in the
morning few thought that the match
would last long after being resumed in
the afternoon. The uncertainties Of golf,
however. were illustrated. and those who
followed the fortunes Of these two play
ers began TO take notice when Reid won
the first three holes in IS. Reid got his
first s thanks 10 a good put. but he was
fortunate in winning the short second hole
in a similar figure. as a styrie barred the
way for the champion. Another approach
close I'D. folio .sed by put that never
left the line, enabled Reid TO win the third
IN @.
He cut down the champion advantage
70. up II the sixth hole. getting l. but
Trsvers reeained some Of his earlier ad-
vantage by winning the eighth and nin'h
IN each. so that he turned for nome
Up
Reid. however. kept going al his rest
pace. string Of six consecutive IS en-
sbling him 10 get within hailing distance
Of the champion once more. but the round
Was near its end then, and at the
seventeenth. where Reid got into the
rough on his second shot. settled the
match. the champions marrying being .
and ..
Judging By the way 1rsvers acted ne
did not take this match any too seriously
using wood most Of the time from the tee
whereas the day before against Francis
Ouimet ne resorted almost entirely TO the
driving iron. Reid is not fighter. but AT
times he has played brilliant golf, and II
does not do TO hold him cheaply. on the
tee ne was generally as long as TraVers'
although on occasions the 81. Andrews
man sliced TO trouble.
t. oh a follows