New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-23
Callers PLOD LINKS
IN A DRIVING RAIN
1rayers and Kirkby Among
Those to Survive First
and Second Rounds.
FRED HERRESH0FF PUT OUT
coes Down Before Michael in
PLAY Over Fox Hills Links
for Championship OF
This District

,.snpionship golf tournament over the
inks Of the Fox Hills Golf Club yester-
day.
One Of these was Jerome d. Travers.
-, title holder, who defeated Hamilton
< Kerr. Of the South Shore club. by 3
No and 2 10 play in the morning, and
samuel j. Graham. OF Greenwich. by a 5
and 4 margin IN the afternoon.
The other was Oswald Kirkby. Of En-
sI,vood. The New jersey champion. who
advanced 81 the expense Of Max r.
vsrston Of Baltusrol. the interscholastic
atle holder. by 3 and , margin. and Of
RI Allen. Of Fox Hills. who was beaten
bvsup and 3 20 play.
Marc NJ Michael OF Yountakah. fur
nished a sensation when he finished ! up
over Fred Herreshoff. who defeated Trav-
.,s in the Oakland tournament last week
and won the chief cup.
Gardiner W. White. OF Oakland. after
ukng the measure of II. V Gaines. Of
wyksgyl. by ? up in the morning. sue
umbed 10 L. P. Gwyer. OF siwanoy, by
jup and TO play in the afternoon.
In the early round against Kerr Trsv-
.rs drove badly al several holes. and on
more than one occasion needed extra
puts In spite Of this, he reached the
urn 3 w. but a squirt by Kerr al the
tenth. eleventh and twelfth holes reduced
the champions advantage 10 l. Kerr
then squared the match on the thirteenth,
when Travers missed q three-foot try
for the cup After that. however, there
was nothing but Travers, and he won the
next three holes in succession.
While Travers had a bad start in his
round against Graham. he quickly pulled
himself together and began Keeling on
fours. ten-foot put on the NTH gave
him a ?. al which point he stood even
With his man for Graham also had been
doing we'll The champion became up
at the punch bowl seventh, and quickly
increased his advantage at the next with
a fms 3. turning for home up. He need
ID Sc for the outward journey. stroke
less than par. 10 Grahams 80.
An extra put az the tenth cost Travers
that hole. but when Graham got 10 the
rough 10 the left of the green on MS
second shot going 10 the eleventh and
needed 3. Travers won the hole with
fine 4, and after that there was no deny
ing the Montclair wizard.
Kirkby's golf throughout the day was
fully up 10 his 1912 standard. In the
morning the Englewood far driver lost the
sru three holes 10 Marston, the inter-
scholastic champion playing fau!tlessly'
getting two As and 8.
Kirkby then struck pace that Woulu
not be denied. but even so ne found IN
xsrston the most stubborn kind Of an op-
ponent. After getting the match square
the Enrlewood star lost the eighth wheA
the other brought off q put for a :.
uarston went out in IS and turned for
home Up Kirkby had 80.
With the exception Of the oSs-yaro tnir-
tenth hole where a was recorded hirk-
BY had nothing worse than IS on the
honevsrd tourney. and won on the SIX
tenth green.
In the afternoon Kirkby faced Allen
one OF the foremost of the home contin-
gent. Three puts on the first green cost
the Englewood golfer that hole. but ne
never gave the Fox Hills man an opening
thereafter At the eighth kirby got
neat q LAYING UP a short approach 10
within q clubs length Of the pin. He had
an equally creditable on the ninth
rreen 50 that he turned for home up
having made the outward trip in 90. They
halved the next three holes, and then
Krkby won the thirteenth and the matcn
by s and 3 margin. Dis card showed
only . over as.
Kirkby has fallen into line like num-
Der OF other golfers IN going back to the
Old fashioned spliced wooden clubs. Both
driver and brassie are a trife shorter and
heavier than the clubs he used last sea-
son. but they get the distance ana as
general thing better direction.
Herreshon and Walter J. Travis could
console each other after the second ROUND
for the Garden City veteran was ehm-
mated from the third sixteen by j. DeVer-
saux Lord, Of the Brooklyn Forest FarA
public links. The margin was only one up
Travis was still troubled with 1aine
knee. and oddly enough Lord also was
suffering from a somewhat similar com
plant He fell on one Of the tees early
IN the day and twisted his ankle
Championship division lhrst round - III
y Whitney. Nassau. beat w. ,. Leeos, OF
c S,s, " and r. pay THOMAS ~ Torris
sounty. Up and , 70 play a. r. hanInsi,
tw Hills, beat 2 Z. sturses; WyKssk5
snc 70 play. J. r. Hyde, eou.n s snS ,
. play; II J. Topping. Greenwich oefesteo 50
: NJ Barnes. Engl@wood. UP aha 49,
pay J. D. Travers. Upper MontciaitT' 20
Play; N NJ Michael Youn;akah. beat Free
Kirby Ens Hs'osh SeSt NJ MsTs SCR
cnnford, beat 5. u. Bowers Brooklawn. 3
~ and 70 play. ". W. Taylor, Ardsiey,
=" ~ ?. Lewis Flushing. UP anu
pay MeKim Hollins, Wes,nIoond 20
RpE Chisholm Beach. Fox Hills, beat %, II
nn.oder. Oakland. UT and 20 play 2,
psthaln, Greenwich, beat I V. bern,'"s
alien Fox Hills beat Roy Webb Engls%ooS'
ID and 70 play: l. r. Gwyer Si"anoy,
Ia Ia J. H. Slater. Fox HIS. 3 up ana 40
sscond round--Wild beat Taylor, . up
10 play. Whitney beat Hoinns, ny,
H.ahner beat Broksw. up and j 70 pay
Beach s:s, I SIasass Up ap and and 20 play:
r,,sassrs beat Graham. up and 4 10 play
S,sxoy beat Allen. up and 20 play owycr
White. up and 10 play
.chsmpionship division. beaten sixteen (hrst
VINO ssnaeal--Levis beat Flushing, by oeisuit
y~sfa beat Leeds, . up. Thomas beat stur-
up and 3 TO play. Barnes beat Bsnt'
s.ap and 10 play; Herreshon beat Rio.
~. W and Q 10 play: Birmingham pea,
vi . up and , 20 play: Marston beat
~. by default; Gaines beat Slater. ] up
"a. MIRO sixteen thrst round)-J. @. Bate
D.., fes Hills beat John ?. STANLEY; Jr.
car, b. default; A. u. Swords, Morris
cgg..nu' beat s. G. Msbon. Ardsley. ! up
csssssn p tiffany. Poweiton, beat 7.
Andr.r. fcx Hilis. up X. {. Rlcha,a:
bss.nV Up; r. W Fullerton. Bsltusrol'
~ Jonn Naethina FnpfsWood / up. +. III.