New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
Herreshoff Goes, Too, to
Play in English and
French Fixtures.
JERRY SAYS HE'LL DO
BEST TO WIN TITLE
Rig Crowd of Golfers at Pier to
Wish Two Players Bon
Voyage and Luck.

Jerome D. Travers. who has won more
championships at golf than any otner
American amateur and at present IS inc
holder of the national metropolitan ana
New Jersey titles. sailed yesterday on
! the Baltic I'm company with Fred Her
reshon. ranked among the best of Ameri-
can players, to compete on foreign INKS
Mrs. Herreshoff also accompanied her
husband
The little champion looked the picture
of health as he and Herreshon stood on
the afterdeck i'm front of battery OF
cameras II seemed 10 be more OF tr!
ing ordeal than some or the contests III
which he has distinguished himseH. he
was. furthermore kept so busy acknoNi-
edging the good wishes of host OF
friends and admirers that he had little
time to talk.
ooh, I'm merely going over TO play
little golf and have little pleasure ne
replied to one question.
But you are going to bring back the
British championship il YOU can, aren
you?"
quite naturally so" was the rejoinder
"Vho wouldn't, if he could? Don't e1-
meet too much OF me. I'm only human
I'm simply going abroad for pleasure
and my greatest fun is playing golf. !
shall do my level best, but you know
there are fine players over there, and
have something TO do 10 get friendly with
my wooden clubs. The pla wing that VIII
do the most good will he the two weeks
of practice at Sandwich Immediately pre-
yious To- the championship. I'll tell you
more after that
Herrcshoff when asked as 10 the plans
of himself and Travcrs said: Nothing
oo,inite has been decided. Why. 1t was
only couple of days ago I decided to
make the trip. After We land We expect
to play a few rounds At Hoylake ana
Formby. Just outside of Liverpool YES
VIC probably shall be together most OF the
time. but after Hoylake we don't kno"
lust what we will do More than likely
London will be the next place. jerry
wants 10 he at Sandwich about two weeks
prior 10 the championship.
We'll, what about yourself?' was
asked
NE? Oh, I'm simply going to coach
j
more seriously. II have played quite
little at Sandwich, and know the course
quite we'll. / think / can be of value to
Travers. We shall have TO get in lot
of practice on the other side, but the
future will tell the tale
one point brought out yesterday during
the talk on the Baltic was that Hcrreshof
does not expect TO remain for the open
championship Of Great Britain, and that
Travcrs IS not certain about himself.
Il don't sec how I can stay" said
Hcrreshof. I'VE will make our greatest
effort in the British amateur Then we
plan TO go over TO La Boulic the week
following for the French amateur. That s
about as long as can stay
There vas big delegation from the
Upper Montclair Country Club to wish
the champion good luck, while Here
shons friends filed his cabin 10 over
flowing. Oswald Kirkby. former New Jer-
sey champion and one OF Travers's great
est rivals, came in with Gardiner w.
White. the Oakland man who carried
Herreshoff 70 the twentieth green in the
tournament there last spring.
When Travers came aboard he had with
him his sister. Mrs ). &. Ncidlinger, for
merIy Miss Gertrude Trsvers, while Vim
cent T. Travers. father OF the champion,
was on board beforehand. His only regret
WAS that no could not 80 along.
Among those who saw the golfers start
were:
J. j. Earnshav, president OF the Upper
Montclair Country Club; Earle Hooker
Eaton. Woodruff Sutton, Sam h. Barr.
6. Schcpmoes. J. J. Adams and A. Il.
Swozey. members of Upper Montclalr;
Ralph Day and John Moler. jr.. OF Wyk-
agyl: George Orvis, of EkWanok; Max II.
Rehr. of Batusrol Henry Osborne. T.. G.
Longely. Edward Kelly and Frank Abt.