The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-06
SIMONS SHARES TOP
PLACE WITH TRAVIS
Florida Champion Makes a "a,
as Does Veteran. in Medal
Round at Lakewood.
HERRESHOFF JUST GETS IN

LAKEWOOD, n j., Nov. 5.--walter Y
! Travis found some one 20 dispute his lead
ership In the qualifying round OF the an
nual fall tournament of the Country Club
Of Lakewood to-day, W. r. Simons of
westbrook, the Florida champion. sharing
| the topmost position with the Garden City
veteran Each made the round in n,
and with Percy W Kendall, the long
driver from Deal. who made 10, they
were the only ones Of the big field 10 finish
, below the so mark. The tie between
Travis and Slmons will be played or
later
That one golfer managed to tie with
Travis was no surprise, for both in quail
lty and in quantity the field was one OF
the best OF the season and included many
of the leading golfers of the metropolitan
district and two or three stars from out
side its boundaries. The high scoring
was due to just ono thing, the wind
a which swept over the course through
out the day. Now and then It seemed
almost a gale and many Il promising shot
went awry when the bail rose into the
clutches OF the breeze. Even in putting
| due allowance had to be made for the
wind. and tales OF three and four puts
on Rreeh wero heard from the lips of
even tho best golfers on the course. As
a result tho scores in the first sixteen
B ran all tho way from tho u of the leaders
to 81. AT which figure the rcdoubtable
Fred lIerreshoff Just squeezed into the
| first set by winning payon for the
/ sixteenth place His opponent was Louis
4 Livingston and one hole settled II. Her
reshor getting and Livingston a ).
The two scores which tied for the medal
| We're unlike In many respects. Travis did
most OF his bad playing on the outward
! journey--it took him ~ strokes to the
] turn-and then came home in splendid
! 81. His only mistakes on the last nine
came at the seventeenth. where he topped
his drive. nubbed his second from
! wretChed lie In the rough. and did not
get far enough even to attempt to carry
the bunker on his third. He finally
reached the green in I. and was down
In 6. The misplaced hole was immedi-
atcly preceded by a putt from the edge
OF the green for a on the sixteenth. and
followed by a great on the home hole.
so it mattered little. The card:
Walter 7. Travis. Garden city:
2 in '. '...... ..... ssss: s-s;-77
Simons began his round with a on the
$40 yard first hole and despite a on the
2S6 yard third was out In 80. Coming
I'm his best performance was on tho six
teenth. A65 yards in length. where two
long shots put him on the edge of the
green and a good putt gave him 2.
Like Travis, he followed it with a . on
the seventeenth. His card
". H. Simons Westbrook--
i 2u''''.. : : ) ! 60
! Nearly every golfer in the first six
teen Is well known, the list including
; the runnersup to Travis in the last three
Lakewood Journeys. Horace T. Cook. Tren-
ton Max r. Marston. Baltusrol. and Mau-
: rice T. Eisley. Atlantic city. Among
the others are Findlay :. Douglas and
/. - l. ~.
the match play will bring about IN" elm
nation OF some OF the stars In the first
round tomorrow morning In the upper
bracket Travis plays II. \. Steiner aud
Cook meets Marston In the lower Her
reshon plays Douglas. and Risley Will
. have to cop" with Percy Plat. who is
always a strong player on the Lakewood
course. Simous and Kendall also meet
. in the lower half of the draw.
: Four siXtecus qualified for tho match
, play rounds. nil of which. Including the
, finals viii be at eighteen holos Tn,
, Lakewood tourney will close the Compel.
/ tive season in the Metropolitan district
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