New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22
GOLFERS REEL OFF
some Low TOTALS
Travis, Holing Everything
Out, Makes 70 Against
Gardiner w. White.
VAN VLECK SHOWS NO
MERCY TO H. X. KERR
But Former Yale Athlete has
Hard Tussle with Kirkby
in Afternoon Match.

II was like breaking sticks Tor the Ia
vorites to reel on low totals in the hrse
and second rounds OF the Metropolitan
golf championship tournament at the
Fngrewood Country Club yesterday. WAL
ter ]. Travis. Of Garden city, hoiing
everything out, made 70 against Gardi-
ner w. White in the afternoon. ana all
things considered, the Flushing goite'
did well TO carry the contest TO the sew
enteenth green.
Early in the day Charles e. Van Week.
ir the former Yale baseball pitcper'
showed no mercy to Hamilton Is. herr'
going out in IS. Kerr. however, stuck 70
his guns and although the match ehdeo
on the fourteenth green he Managed "
finish the round in &C. Van Week mad .f'
That his game is steadier than Formerly
was demonstrated again In the atterhoo"
when he met Oswald krkoy.
y Another good man to survive the gay
uas Max r. Marston, of Baltusroi' IN
the morning tho former interschoiasuo
title holder had all he could DO 10 us
nose OF Charles Brown, St Andrews
man who recently Joined the ranks OK
tho Renedicts. Marston had less trouoie
with L. NJ Richmond, OF Oakland
Findlav s. Douglas. playing wen
throughout the day, won handily at the
! expense OF oliver Perrin and Charles
| Hitchcock. jr. The rather slow greens
suit Douglas, whose short game is quite
steady. Gilman 2. Tiffany. the entrant
| from up the river. was another 10 utter
| only words OF kindness when 1t came 10
talking about the putter. As result OIL
his double success he will have TO meet
! Douglas in the third round this morning
/ In the third division Robert Watson
nrasident OF the United States Golf AS
! sociation. met A. +. c. Milligan, OF Bal
! tusrol. I'm the morning Milligan's deadly
short game surprised the Westbrook golf
er. who thought he had number OF
| holes won after reaching the green IN
stroke less than his opponent.
The summary follows:
Championship division (nrst round)-os
| wad Kir<by. Englewood, beat =, h hil,.
mGnd Ensi %s0 Week up an Ratusrol. bea;
Hamilton X. Kerr. Greenwich, up anu
10 play; l.. NJ Richmond, Oakland. pea,
| William Fellowes Morgan. jr., BaItusrol, !
up 90 holes); Max r. Marston, Baltusrol,
beat Charles Brown, st. Andrews, l up;
Charles Hitchcock. tr., Fox HIS. peat Araen
Eindlay ). Douglas. Apawamis beat ol,ver
Perrin. National Links, up ana ) 70 pay
Gilman i, TIFFANY. Powelton. beat - Ven Ven
ton. saegkill. up and | to play: ~, MOT
timer Barnes. Ergewood, beat CliHord ~
Cunning. Nassau. up; r. r: MunGy, Mr. Hsds 4
up and 3 10 play Percy Plat. New YORK
Golf. beat II. Grantland Rice Englewood, "
up and to play. Gardiner W. White Flush
ing heat James X. Hyde. South Shore up;
Walter +. Travis Garden city. peat j. NJ:
/ Rhett Garden city, 2 up and 10 play Roy
mer. Fox Hills. up; Thomas u. G9nioys Fox o,
I Hills beat Chisholm Beach, Fox HIS. : up
George T. Rrokaw Garden city, beat g. r:
Dwight TViafi rsrtridge. Bedford. beat Ralph carr
roll Knollwood ) up and to play ,,oot
up 90 hoIes): Marston beat Richmond, up
and t. play: Douglas beat Hitchcock, up
and tc play; Tiffany beat Barnes up
and 10 play: Plat beat Mundy, up ana
/ TO play: Travis beat White. 3 up ana
/ to PLAY webb beat Conroy. 3 up ana 10
plaY; Broisw beat Partridge. UP and 10
Consolation (hrst round)-Kerr beat Rein
mund. no and to play. Brown beat NOR
Benton heat Dunnng up and 10 play;
/ Grantlaud Rice beat Downey mp and 10
play; Hyde beat Rhett By default; kam me,
beat Beach. up aud 10 play kohier peat
/ Carroll. up and l to play - ~, ~
Third sixteen first roundl-Edward Y.
/ Rogers. National Links, beat >, meme. hn-
I glewood | up go holesl; Frederick snare,
| Englewood beat \. W Maine. jr. Hacken-
sack up and to play; Winthrop Sayer,
/ Englewood. beat William ", Pell. Nassau,
! by default: DevereuX Lord, Haworth, beat
W T. Cheney. Plainfeld. up and %
I piay: IT, 4 steiner Inwood beat a. NJ. Reid.
| St Andrews by default Robert g. Watson.
| National Links beat A. +. Milligan. Baltus-
} rol. | up: ". r. Purcell New York Golf. beat
C. T. Eddy ATcOla, Up and 10 play \.
/ p Palmer. Fox Hills, beat Aymar Emoury,
/ I'd. Engl swood. ! up.
/ Second round--Snare beat Rogers. up and
TO play; Lord beat Sayer, 2 UP ana ] 20
play: Watson beat Steiner. up and 20
play; Purcell beat Palmer, up and 10
Fourth sixteen FIRST round)-H " Cove.
/ Fnglewood, beat Frank Barton. Dyker Mea-
dow 2 up and TO play; Howard r whit,
I nev Nassau beat c. h. Macdonald National
/ Links up and TO play; \. G.. Travis En-
/ glewood beat \. l. Norris. Rocka~ay' up
and 3 to play; W. l.. Pierce, Jr.. Englewood'
heat c. c. Comstock Sleepy Hollow, up;
James \ Tying. Baltusrol. beat c. Y. Mes
/ erole EnRlewood. . up and 10 play; II. v.
] Gaines WSkagyl beat w 9. Crow Scarsdsle.
| q up and TO play. ]. W Escher, Engle-
/ wood. beat w w White. Englewood. up
I and 10 play: W w Taylor. Fox HIS. beat
W = Ladd Rockaway, 3 up and . 20 play.
7 second round--Coxe beat whitney up
and . 10 play: Travis beat Pierce up anu
. 3 TO play; Gaines beat Tying, up 60 holes).
Taylor beat Escher up.