The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
METROPOLITAN GOLF
BEARSOUT PROPHETS
AS Anticipated, Oswald Kirkby,
and w. j. Travis Are to
Play for Title.
HOME MAN SCORES WELL
HOvers Around 20 in Defeating
His Opponents, Marston
and Douglas.

ENoLEwooD, N. J., May 2a.-Fulniiing
the prophecies made so frequently and so
confidently ever since a kindly fate placed
them in opposite sides OF the draw on
Wednesday evening Oswald Klrkby and
Walter J. Travis worked their way through
to the final round OF the Metropolitan ana
teur championship at the Englewood
Country Club to-day The thirty six hole
final tomorrow should be splendid
match
II Travis outshone kirkby to a slight
degree on the first two days of the tourney
the home golfer surely more than squared
the account to-day. for In winning his
two matches he played tho best golf that
has been seen on the Englewood course In
many day. Against Max Marston in
the morning he made an approxlmated
20. and was only one stroke higher In
his seml-iinal match In the afternoon
against Findlay s, Douglas, who was both
national and Metropolitan titleholder In
the early days OF American golf. Travis,
although he won both his matches with
out any great difficulty, did not play as
brilliant n game as did his younger rival
Stih the veteran Is not accustomed to try
ing for low score when II Is not neces-
sary to win his match, so the disparity
III INC play VI llt NWo iNNOtlNcb may NV
mean as much as 1t seems to.
one feature OF Kirkby's golf to-day
showed that he has mastered one OF his
old difficulties. He has always been "A
golfer who succumbed rather easily when
he found himself In difficulty, but IL was
"A different story to-day lie played some
splendid recovery shots that were worthy
Of the absent holder of the metropolitan
title, Jerome II. Travers. At the second
hole in the morning against Max Marston
he topped his tee shot, but recovered
sp,enddly and reached the green la two.
Then In the afternoon, while playing
Douglas, he was well on the line with
his drive at the fourteenth and followed
up the poor tee shot with great Iron
that put his ball on the edge of the green.
TO finish up the Job properly he holed the
long putt for 3. Douglas. on the same
hole. tried To sneak past an obstructing
tree with his brassle, but the ball hit
the trunk and rebounded to point far
in back OF the spot from which II had
been played.
All four of the morning matches In the
championship division We're interesting
ones. Kirkby and Marston led of and
carried the gallery with them. AFTER
having the first three holes and losing
the fourth Kirkby at last struck his gait
and began to win. He was up at the
turn and was out in Sc. A . OH tho $50
yard eighth was the best hole or the lot
a great second shot being responslbis
for the chance to beat par.
Soinins in the home golfer continued
his good work and Marston, although
playing well. could not hold the pace. The
match ended on the fifteenth green
Kirkby winning by 4 up and To play
They played out the bye holes ana the
gallery was rewarded by more briilAh'
golf that gave Kirkby his approximate
total of 30 for the round. ,
nd Gilman L.
, fanny of Powelton were the second pair 70
start and they had a close match nearly
4 All of the way. As the fourteenth began
| Tiffany was only one down, but he tooh
| three puts when he reached the green
| and after that 1t was easy for Douglas
who won by 3 up and 2 to play.
In the lower bracket Travis had COM
paratively hollow victory over Percy
| Platt. The Garden city veteran went to
! the front early in the round and stayed
, there. He won by q up and to play
| Roy Webb and George 7. Brokaw In tht
; meantime were playing n seesaw mater
! that went twenty holes before webb won
! When the turn was reached Nebn WA
| up. but Brokaw played great uphil
/ game and finished the stipulated ROUND
! on even terms The first extra hole was
! halyed in 4. hut on the second Broka"
! nut his ball into the water three times
: and gave up the match
| The continuance of Kirkbys streak OF
brilliant golf was the feature or the semi
/ final round in the afternoon. He begar
by winning the first three holes IRON
Douglas. who In spite Of his many year,
of experience seemed trine nervous
The former champion then settled down
biz and more than held his own for sew
eral holes. lie WAS only two down at TN
! turn and at the eleventh had REDUCED
Klrkby's lead to single hole, TIT
Enrlewood man then cut loose and woi
by 4 un and 10 play. The cards;
o oswald Kirkby, Ensewoodi 80
out. I : : ) ! ! : s.,
"Findiay $ Douglas. Apa wants.; a.
2a'..,- : I, I ! - ! So
/ Travis In the meantime was havin,
much the same kind OF a struggle assins
Webb. The Garden City veteran begal