The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-03
n, Jou> q. ANDERSON.

,.,p.p.,n.hip in its present stage is that, !,
.. u.c ,ght men left In competition for !
ono title one is the present champion
aud three others have been title holders
o., INST. These four are Jerome d.
.I-aycrs. Waiter J. Travis. w. c. Fownes
I'D Robert \. Gardner. or the other -FOUR
,..r. B.. Francis Ouimet. last years open
...r.p.on. thus ranking him In champion
...,.. ..n.ptny The remaining three are
4, T. ,io-tuu. Roy webb and W. +. Seeley'
Two Things may be deduced from this
..ray of championship talent being In
,se t.,-d round. One is that class VIII tell
s,.i ,-.. other Is that fatcs were arranging
IN. proper kind of a climax for the tour
cam, when they directed the fingers
Cha, drew the slips for the hrst round
match play.
AT m, end Of the morning play In to-
d,y.s matches there was every reason 10
,s.,y, that there would ne battles right
,o I'll, finish Of the day. with seNeraI
matches gong to the home hole ana pos
sbly beyond. Not man had LEAD
M nose than : UP going to luncneoh'
in fact there were seven matches with
margin Of > w and the other w up
p,..ut IN two matches, the second mar
~ Tn. day was comparatively tame ana
~. gallery. seeking the matchA which
looked mos, interesting saw little OF those
which actually had the element OF ex-
element.
The gallery did come in at tho las,
t,lo Of the match between Ray X. Gorton
~ N. Brae Burn Country Club and J. ~
st.arrs Sd Of Princeton to see the Boston
golfer wind up a hard thirty-sx hole
match by winning the last hole and In
cr.as.ng HE lead to up,
IT,. most promising match for the gal
l,p WAS that scheduled between Jerome
u Tr.vers and Eben NJ Byers. The
litter has many nghting qualities and
m. ability to recover from momentary
,e,b,cks. but he failed In his endeavor
against the imperturbable Jerry Excel
ant golf was played by the Champion
hole after hole being made In par ngures.
and when the match ended Travers had
,".ysd fourteen holes in one under IS.
NEEDLESS to Say. his margin Of victory was
rye and Byors went down to . ana
By.rs WAS not in his best form to-day,
| hls driving getting him Into AL SORTS OF
,rouale and his putting falling AT the
rtlca! moments. In the morning ne
| ,.s..d A fifteen inch putt for a win at
,T' ssy. nt,eth. and in the afternoon after
: brilliant tee shot at the short sixth he
.,I.ed 10 hole a fairly easy try for
| md a win Travers was usually on the
inc. playing his irons In old time form
and putting accurately " not brilliantly
The iIay Of both was devoid OF spectacuiai
| .ea,ur,s but the keen observer felt ia
,-e,sed confidence In the champions game
tn Il
afternoon cards:
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The best match Of the day from til,
point Of view OF both closeness ara GOO
gof vas that between Gorton ana S'earhS
They had 1t nip and tuck al the ioIeI'oo Wv
with Gorton leader by up. ana those wv
h,es we're recovered by Strdrns at th'
NIrd hole Of afternoon play, whers -
pvUtd his drive so boldly that II was y
Inc second fa!rway whence he played
fine high mashie pitch to the green 1''
nearly hol"d 3 1900
The Boston boy won the fourth AM
mn IN bar figures. but lost the loni
seventh Stearns missed the putt, WING
would have given him halve Tor IN
eighth but Gorton did exactly Inc sam
at the ninth. so SteIrns was ! down wiz
une holes to go. The nrst tAree nome
ward holes we're halved, Stearhs g'ttih
that result al the twelfth through lay III
Gor'on a direct stymie. Then SteaFil
tluared tho match with at the thlf
tesnth product Of hne chip shot an
one putt. neither getting on from the tt'
The Prncotonite topped his drive 10 IN
fourteenth into the pit, where ne hd
driven four successive times, ana u COS
him the hole for Gortons second wa
.H.. ct, ha t.nrtOn
| make a good putt to halve the htteent
| and he seemed In "A fair way OF losing u
| sixteenth when he topped his drive I'M
the rough \ fine recovery and long lro'
together with the fact that Stearns tahe
% get on IN two brought a naive IN
Roth men drove exceedingly wen 10 u
seventeenth. but Gorton's was by Tar "
better second, leaving him about an eigl
foot putt lie missed II. Stearns wei
down In TWO from below the green az
I, they ha.ved IN I, leaving Gorton dotnh
| : i was al. over ostensibly wn'
Stsarns became bunkercd on his drive
tae eighteenth. The afternoon cards'
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t aSr,oa '!2a..........55sssttS. ss-,S-
The one match in which the leader
the morning went down to defeat W
tia, involving Jesse Guilford ana Roy
Webb Through WeDDS NlctoIy' w "
W, the gallery will not spend us ut
II tomorrow watching the New Hampsh'
youth getting away those phenomen
drives az his against Walter j. TraV
Driving is only one branch OF the gan
after all. otherwise Guilford woulu COZ
pretty near taking this champlonsn
without another blow being struck
mis- afternoon his approaches were mu
'af"g.1r TO his tee shots and his puttl
was worse than his approaching we
Was nowhere comparatively. wnen
rt,Uo 20 the long shots but he was rls
Ue deck with the puts. When Guilfo
Teclod long drive most OF all, no
over gong u the home hole, he got
poop one. It was great opportunity
-n 20 square the match, for the no
hp.c finds few on in two
G4.tlgd Is nicknamed THE siege Gu
~ .p here aud his drive to the seventh n
warranted IT, the only trouble being u
'1a ,oe shot was so far that 1t got h
bad Ire on side hill The afternt
ards:
q ,rl, 'oat....,..S ! 40
webb Ir......... 80
p4,'.,I In .......5 : 5 b Sc
OPINION was evenly divided as TO
outcome Of the FoNnes-Lewis strug'
N"o ','.,r had defeated a good golfer
previous day when he disposed OF w
Peg. Ga. ,rau, and there were many In
tendance who looked TO see him rep
t.,r tito mar. seasoned Camuaigner,