The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-07
FAYORITES FALL LIKE
CHAFF AT LAKEWOOD
Travis. Herreshoff, Rislcy and
MarstOn Defeated in
First Round.
S1MONS GETS GOLD MEDAL

LAKEWOOD, n. T.. Nov St ta.,v
paid 20 be a favorite I'm tho tr-t .,.....t
round OF the fail Tournament Of th. ,.our
try Club OF Lakewood this morning ,,,
no loss than four " tho golfers who War.
conceded n fair chance to win tie tom,
ney went down to defeat Waite.
Z Travis, Max r. Marston. Fred Horia,.. or
and Maurice kislcy, all frat rank COY.
crs, found themselves out OF the RUNE
when the morning play was over
Things steadied down little IN N.
afternoon. and at least three OF Ito so,-
semi are well known players R.,
can be counted upon to play jus, Asau.
as good golf as the stars who were beaten
this morning. In ono somi-fnll match
tomorrow morning Horace T. Cooi tie
young Trenton golfer who did 30 w..
/ IN the spring tourney here In 1918. In vn.cA
| he WAS the runner-up to Travis. VIII pi,y
| J. II. Max well. Jr.. of Nassau Tho OTHER
match should furnish good strucg.o be.
tween Perry W. Kendall tho long Gt!N,r
from Deal, and Finllay 4, Douglas for.
mer national champion Neither kendA.
nor Douglas plays much tournament golf
nowadays. but both are capable OF q
splendid game,
Travis winner Of moro than q score OF
Lakewood tournaments. was the hTEt 20
fall this morning though he did not give
VI the fight until the twentieth hole prS
reached. Harold a. Steiner. Hollywood
was the golfer who tpok tho veteran.
measure in match that on tho last few
holes at least kept the spectators more
than Interested IL looked all over when
Steiner. with "A load Of two holea, hasvrd
the sixteenth and was dnrTLo Pros.
perity did not seem TO sgrse with hin.
however. and lie sliced out bounds On N.
seventeenth and lost the hole On tAA
eighteenth no pumped hls second shot
into tho big cross bumper and lost tat
hole as well. finishing the round ali
square.
Tho FIRST extra hole would have Sou.
to Travis II he had been able 20 ho,, Q
s!N foot putt but he missed and thN
Steiner was extremely lucky. for Ma
topped approach jumped two bunlSers ana
road. and came TO rest on tho green. !.
looked Ike a halved hole until Travis
missed an eighteen inch putt. and Ice,
both hole and match
Marston was beaten by Cook IN mst'h
that went to the home green. IIerrcshoT
was eliminated by Finllay Douglas. w.p
was going we'll ana won by w and !
to play. and Risley was dispos. cc Dy
Percy Plat who learned his golf herr. =:
Lakewood incidentally platt played th'
best solf ~ the day, making Il -. all
beating tho Atlantic city youth who w31
runncrup for the Jersey title this spring
by 3 W and 10 play.
As the LIST OF semi-:inalists reveals
steiner, the conqucrOr OF Travis. aul
Plat were beaten In the afternoon. Cook
attended 10 steiner in a match that W,S
closr for the first nine holes. with II.
Trenton golfer forcing the fighting COM
ing in. and winning 10y W and ! 10
play. Plat was not going quite 30 W'0
IN the afternoon and ~ lie WAS up against
Fiudlay douglas ho needed 10 play good
golf. Douglas won OF the home gree.
To cap Off his day Of disaster Travs
played Off the tie Tor the medal in r.
qualifying round with W. r. Simous tl..
afternoon and was beaten SimoIs mad"
IS and Travis could do no better than
so. The same high wind which nai. to
qualifying scores so high ycstcrdtN mad"
good scoring difiicubt again to-dl. AND
from the golfers In the myor s.Nt'.ns
especially came many hard luck slor.e'
OF tho freaks Of wind driven hoiis. ray
will be concluded tomorrow IN al 'Nu-
s.xtecns and there will be the usual eicA-
teen hole handicap. The summarize.
First sixteen First round - irold 4.
den city. l up go holCsJ; Horace r, cook
Trenton, beat NJ r. Msrstou, Baiiusr,l. J. ui.
br. r. Sonsemtn. Atlantic CRY boat Foo
crIck suare. Englcwood by defiant j. o.
Maxwell Jr, Trenton. beat IL. ". Forrcs'.
wcll. Rockavuy. beat Charles l.. Van N.e...
Ir., Ral,usrol. up go holcs,; Finilav
boug.H-, Snsslu, beat Fred UcrrcShoG en-.
beat Maurice =. Risley. Atlantic ci'y : ,aI
second rouud--Couk beat steiner. and !;
Kendall 9ea, T., L. Maxwell = ana / pols-
second siSieen-~Firs; round--A W Brand.
s. Andrews, beat l.. Hamilton. Nations,
ridley. ~antic NV sG "nG ~ H PSnS W.
sweeney Atlantic ely. beat Fred a. no-s
brook. bra, C. l.. Tappin. GardaH CIV. 49,
!! T., \. pfoal. Rumson. heat f. :. Wlsy",.
ford, Atlantic cry. boat +, NJ. Kerr. Nt,d
ss.one' ana 5;N q Lonsley Rhode lsioos5
!. Ramagc, Wanango, beat II s Preuaea
,, Second r2Gnl-. brand heat Pratt nnd
Giord b'ai froN, ana :. LonEl's h.t
>, Third siN'c7u, F.rst Round--F y Frazer
ESs'E county beat Frank Frcshr, Nps-
wants; / NJ > X, de Lore.t L.a'"
Los AnES los up; i. = Wbeolrr. Np.vtn..
beat J. e, Davis Arcola, ! up " Il A,-.
Garden city, beat j. $ hppinoott. A',u.'!c
cay. and 4 Charles A. Sponu.d 90. ...
City. beat n. u ostcrboudt Twoalf,k
and !, II $ Jennings, Twaslfsliu. h,a' 70
MnNWeiL No'kaway. 2 ana ]. a
Sonihcrinnd. Ap3W'uis. boat DR.. T. sch,....
second Round DO Forest bea, Frarr
S and 3 Wheeler beat Parker au. u
ANertll beat Spunord. 1 up. Jruuin.- .....
Southt rland . and O..
Fourth SiNtecn, Frat Round r 4
Realm, Glen View, beat c. y. Row p It
city, beat W y. Van chef R',.uoui
County up lE ho"sJ: T.. $. MacL1u, .....
Sclrsdalc, beat W v Booth, Aptwuuts
md 2 William Thaw, Allegheny. bea, 1.e..,
Thomas Atlantic city, and l. "a
brWing. Rums1n, boat -. H. lfa.l .
Westford, and Charles Cooper. Ot, .,.L
brht Henry w. Leeds Atlantic Ciiy " .t.t
:. u, T. schwartz. New Orleans. b,a; a Il,
Allen, NoutcIn'r . and /; r. 4 S.ulu. ...
ltockaWaN beat J. Il. Fabcr. lu,uu Hi
County, i and 4
S."ond Rohud--RcRhm beat white, nd
4, Thaw beat mclaughlin, . and p-s.
ing beat Cooper, ana o: Soldw,I.l at
schwartz, ? up.