The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-02
YOUNG GOLFERS FADE
BEFORE W. ]. TRAVIS
First Cook and Then MarstOn
Play Raggedly and Go to
Crushing Defeat.
RISLEY ALSO HAS 1T EASY
Robbins and Vanvleck, Other
Semi-finalists, Have Pair
Of Hard Matches.

|. LAKEWOOD. May 1.-Two young golf
ers who were expected to furnish sturdy
opposition to the progress OF the vet
eran Walter J. Travis in the spring
tournament at the Country Club Of Lake.
wood to-day were altogether unequal
to the task Horace T. Cook. the Trenton
youth. who did so well against Travis
in the final of the 1913 spring tourney.
tried TO stop the "oid man this morn
ing and was beaten by and margin.
and In the afternoon Max Marston WAS
the veterans victim. Marston. who was
runnerup to Travis In the fall tourna-
ment here last wear. was beaten worse
than Cook was In the morning. for
Travis won by S up and 8 to play.
As a result of his two Overwhelming
victories Travis has reached the semi
final round. He will play his clubmate,
Arden NJ. Robbins who won two close
matches to-day. while In the other SEMI
final Maurice Risley, the young Atlantic
City golfer. will meet c. Z. Van Week.
Jr. IL Raltusrol.
While Travis was having things all his
own way In the upper bracket young
Maurice Risley was having an even easier
time IN the lower His first opponent was
Gardiner w. white. and the Flushing
golfer WINS so wofuly week when II came
to the short game that kisley had no dir-
ficulty in winning by up and to play.
In the afternoon the Atlantic City boy
played c. II. Maxwell OF Trenton and won
by up and Z to play.
Like Robbins. Van Week had two fairly
hard matches on his way TO the SEMI
finals--H. a. Steiner or lnwood took the
former Yale pitcher twenty-five holes In
the morning match. and later A. j. NC
Clure of Montclair gave Van Week an
other pretty hard battle the latter win
ming by up and TO play.
Play in all four sixteens reached the
semi-f stage as n result OF the matches
to-day. The course was IT. perfect con-
dition and but for stir wind the play
ing conditions were all that could be de-
sired. A number OF golfers who have not
played In the tournament are expected ia
come down for the handicap Tomorrow.
I The summaries:
First sixteen-First rcund-M, r. Mars
ton. Bait1sroi defeated c; III 'a n.n1,sr
AAEawaG% ana J. " ooT Tr"y Tren Sards9
and 3; A. NJ. Robbins, Garden CITY. de.
fi,a'sa Pierre A. PsSsl co fu% %.,ss,sa ana
we Well. fE Tfsn,on. sess%ssd e spr.sa. in
w ses,sa o. upw NV. ws,se' YirlHshi%s' and !;
A ]. Mcclure. Montclair; defeated T. a,
4snsy wi ssi,ss4s a. sna H. s.H: sn
/ Inwood. up uwen;y-two holesl,
second s.,.sss sp
! s,,na.sen holesp; Risley defeated Maxwell
and 7: Van Week defeated Mcclure.
Second sixt-en---rirs, round--H X, Kerr
Ekwanok. defeated c. q. waido Bronkiawna,
oi Fat wont MsaSelalr @' dsisS,sS IT, "
BSgEn,Sn M ssiSn;ed Ffna Potts, LAKE,
wood, ,a,nd s. " Rrs ,nssis,s, Uh cur, nS
= q jennings Nassau. defeated 4. G
Maxwell Trenton and |; p W kenda,
and, q: A. c, CamoMto. Lakewood de,
ieated ii. L. Fearey. Richmond County
-" second Round--Kerr defeated Batterson
and a. PRATT defeated Ross ! up; Jeni
nngs defeated Rsmass 8 and q Kendall
de Thr Cd si ssDl round-u Mesween.y
Atlantis CITY Sef1f'f YOUNG S Dsa astea M
A F. Houston. merton. and 3; 4. N Lin
nett. Forest Mn. defeated j y, Armstrong
n f"nrs5 up M a FL Mn'H @ys sS sra
G. a. sponord, Garden CITY deisa'Wye VI W.s w
n nss" Atlantic ely defeated r. NJ. Kerr. East
hampton, by default; II. c. kayser, Scars
dale 7 .yTsn , Har asfsatea an
}" second DSns" hoand~M csweeney defeated Yogns
ssSssman S asfsatea K Mi and J.
erI nGSr'" A sps'ss dsfsatsd J. MsG.el
Wyknsyl and s. I l., sl TSH Mii,. We
t = H. wsweli. Montclair: 8 and . y; {
| Fraser, Deal. defeated c. a. Aiisopp, Baltu'
defeated W. l.. Maltby. Montreal. ! up;
T Gillespie, Moorestown. defeated A.
Erwy, 'n dsfsateG w 4. Basby Trenton
, up; W.. smedley., Merton. defeated Z.
Dt second Round -southerland defeated scho
aeld, ana !: Engeman ds aes,e Fr sS%
.ra. 90 Sn.nipy