New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Veteran Golfer Captures
Chief Cup in Nassau
Club Tourney.
WON NATIONAL TITLE
THERE DECADE AGO
old Man" of Links Easily De-
feats StearnS in Final. After
Early Triumph Over Hyde.

Naiter !. Travis once again laughed
. defiance at that mythicsl never come
, back theory by winning the chlct cup
IN the invitation golf tournament ou
The links OF the Nassau Country Club
YESTERDAY. The Garden City veteran
defeated John y. StearnS. Sd, me nome
champion. by { up and TO play IN the
decisive round.
The winners form In this meeting
was reminiscent Of his success over the
same course IN the national amateur
championship eleven years ago. Chat.
by the way. marked he "old mans last
United States Golf Association triumph
n this country. After Travis won me
title in 1903 the Nassau Country CiHb
elected HIM an honorary member.
Early i'm the dsv StearuS took Man
NalSton's measure. Somehow. the
BaltRrol golfer never appears AZ his
+ best sgaiu>: this player. whose iehb-
,Iatc style IS exactly the reverse OF
the former iuterschO)aStlc champion.
who walks NJ and hits his ball without
fuss or flourish For that matter.
StearnS also failed 10 play mp 20 his
usual form.
NarSton'S worst lapSes appeared IA
Ills short game going out. as he was
cuilty of taking three puts on The
tnird. fourth. seventh. eighth and ninth
Greens. mistakes that were mainly re-
>ponsible Tor placing him : down AT
the turn. Even so, the match was car
ried 10 the home green.
An incident occurred st the seven
.eenth that fol a time had both players
Guessing. MarSton's Wild drive came
20 rest close to the bench on the four
,tenth teeing ground. From where the
ball lay shot was practically lmpos-
>ible. Vet neither MarSton nor Stea'ES
was quite certain whether or rot u
would be within the rules 10 move the
obstruction Finally. after The bench
lad been torn up the Jerseymap made
onlv an Indifferent shot, though he Was
fortunate enough to get half IN .
when his opponent missed a snor, putt
On the home green II looked as
though N,rstou would win the hole and
.0uare the match. as his third shot lcIt
MN a ,iX-footer Tor 4, whereas the
Nassau man. after playing 4. was iully
.wentv feet from the cup. Because Of
The undulation Of the green the prob
lem looked bewilderlng. yet StearnS
Kicked out the line and sank the putt,
which gave him half. as the other
promptly failed on his shorter Try Tor
g. The winner went round IN :" 10
Nars'on'S 81.
In the other half Of the semi-hna'
tt&cket Travis got The jump on James
g HYDE. Of the South shore Fleld
Cb,b. the Garden City golfer winning
tho frsf TWO holes. That was walter
e." lead al the turn. He went out IN
81. Although generally OutdrVen, me
Garden City man almost invariably
,a- inside his opponent On the APP
nrosches. 50 that HYDE did wei 70
cp~ry the contest TO the seventeenth
Travis PLAYED with all Of his .eIst-
lille confidence in the hnai. ana Iht
fact that he almost always nso
10 play the odd after the tee Nho,
made little difference. lie became ]
ro al the fourth. where he Lard SteafnS :
. half stymie. and from mat tne on
the former PriHcetOnlan never loosen
ike a winner
.r-avis won the sixth hole. Tor ne wa
content to play an iron short OF the
Tanker. whereas his opponent, press,
,,,. i'm an endeavor to carry the hazard
.,o his second shot. sliced into trouble
Although the approach to No. Z i
lind. Travis laid his ron shot 10
,.lthin eighteen inches Of the nag ana
lad no trouble in winning the hole IN
"Srcb shots as those are heSr'-
traaker. for the boy" remarked
S-earns svmpathizer in the gallery.
The only holes the local golfer won
,..re the eighth and ninth, lfSV'S
.,...ssinc Dutt at the pond hole, ana
St,arns bringing off AN elghteen-IlSG,oo'.
-, for 8 on the next green. mat .
Iot, the veteran ] up at the turn
i,,,.;no cone out in 81 10 the other : "'. .
Stesrns became down at the eieN,,
nth the result of a drive out OF
l,.,,nds On the next green the VISITOR
owed his resourcefulness by jumping !
, stvmie for a half in >, and he won :
tbe match by winning the Iourteehlh
nd fifteenth holes in perfect nBuIeS'
;,.risbinq the bye holes, Travis com
,Jeted the round in "A, as follows
..,,,,. o,t ....4 455 "a
Scans 1 en- s-$ Sc
In the second division Fred Herres,
- of Garden City, got gong !"
netting like his true form; anu . S
ted his clubmate, G.. I: 1reenw"i'
tbo anal round. The Iormer a. a.
seball pitcher, however carr'eu '''
,,s,.b a. the home green. .,..i,,<,
Gardiner v. White, me uS ,e
&c. VIII, Won the medal IN 'he
.1alifv,ng rouno. defeated n,G of
ran,i-e, FOR tre beaten eigh1 cup
VpES rst divi4,ou. This makes the "tN
- cancellation trophy ~ encceSS So,
IL Tor Whi-e. the naA"'I"P We