South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-03
TRAVERS BEATS
BYERS FIVE UP
Present Title Holder Defeats
Pittsburgh Man in Second
Round for u. S. Amateur
Championship.

MANCHESTER. Vt. Sept :. - Je-
rome d. Travers OF Upper Montclair.
the present holder. played in true
championship form Wednesday after
noon in the last is holes Of the second
round of match played in the anna
teur championship tournament at Elk
wanok Country club and won from
F. NJ. Byers OF the Allegheny Golf
club of Pittsburgh. by five up and
four 10 play. Travers earned a lead
OF two holes during the morning.
playing out in SO 10 his opponents
40 for twO-hole lead and returning
in 80 10 40 without increasing he
advantage. Byers was several times
in difficulties which cost him holes.
Starting out this afternoon with his
lead OF two holes. the champion OF
four previous years, played every hole
but the fourth in par golf and was
out in SO while Byers won only at the
fourth. when TraVers hooked his tee
shot TO the fourteenth green and lost
at the second, fifth and eighth holes
owing 20 poor drives while a hooked
drive was probably responsible for the
loss of the ninth hole Starting the
hOmeward journey. Travers was six
up but lost u a birdie at the tenth.
Byers featured with a three at the
eleventh after playing his tee shot in
a trap and won the thirteenth when
Jerry missed a putt of about two
feet, the second poor shot OF his
round. Going To the fourteenth BY
ers topped in the bag pit and was
obliged TO play out without gaining
distance. His play out found a trap
and when he reached the green he
had played four while Travers lay up
well in two and as If 10 recover for
the poor putt at the thirteenth. hOled
a nice long one for a three and the
match
AS the Byers-Travers match end
ed. Francis Ouimet OF Woodland and
William Holland jr of Chicago were
just playing the fifteenth hole and
the gallery hurried To witness the fin
ish Of the match with Ouimet four
up and three To play. Oumet along
with all the morning leaders except
W. p. See.y saved a two-hole lead for
the afternoon. This afternoon the
French champion lost the first but
recovered at the next and a nifty two
al the sixth increased the lead To
three holes. A par five gave Ouimet
the long seventh and he made the
turn four up Wins were exchanged
at the eleventh and twelfth and then
holes were halved until the result.
four up and three 10 play
X X GOrlOn or Brae DuTn ana
John W. Storms of Princeton played
the fun match of Sc holes. The for
mer, who has yet 20 play of for the
medal for the low score in the quail
flying round, was two up. Gorton
took 20 for each round Of the day.
Summary Of first round Of match
play SO holes:
Walter J. Travis. Garden City. beat
Hamilton X. Kerr. Ekwanok. and 3.
Roy d. Webb. Englewood. beat J.
p. Guilford, Intervale, 1 up.
Jerome D. Travers. Upper Mont
clair. beat E NJ. Byers. Allegheny.
and T.
W. p. Seeley Brooklawn. beat A. r.
Hammer. Fox Hills. and 2.
r. r. Gorton. Braeburn. beat John
". Stems. Princeton, up.
w. c. Fownes, jr., Oakmont, beat
r. NJ. Lewis, Ridgefeld. 8 and 3.
r. A. Gardner. Hinsdale. beat r. A.
Martin. Ekwanok. 4 and 2
Francis Ouimet, Woodland. beat w.
I. Rowland. jr., Chicago. 4 and 3.
Pairings for the third round Thurs
day:
Travis and Webb: Travers and
Seely; Gorton and Fownes. Gardner
and Ouimet.