The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-09-10
ouIMET THE CHAMPION
Woodland G. &. Lad Of Twenty Nias
Amateur Golf Association TaurrA-
men, on Ek~anol Links.

msnt On fksannh Lines
Francis 0uimct Of Brookiine, play
ing from Woodland Golf club won th'
United States amateur golf champion
ship at Ekwanok Country Club Sat
urday in the 36-hole final match witt
Jerome u. Travers Of Upper Montelail
Golf club, the four times champion
yolfer. 0uimet is now the champion
Of France and Of the state Of Massa.
chusetts In addition 10 his greater
honor and has but very recently relin-
quished his hold on the open title
Ouimei stands out prominently today
as the premier golfer Of the country
with a worldwide reputation.
Leading field Of l04 golfers, aspir.
ants for national amateur champion
ship honors, w. c. Fownes, Jr., of the
oakmont Golf Club, Pittsburgh, set a
new record for medal amateur cham
pionship play His card OF 20 return
ed at the end Of the first round Of Is
holes qualification play over the links
Of the Ekwanok Golf Country Club
was the lowest ever returned for
medal play at an amateur champion
ship meeting in this country. 1t also
set record for the new Ekwanok
course.
Fownes, who was national champion
in 1910, had an advantage Of two
strokes over the second best card Of
a crack golfer, r. X. Gorton Of Brae
Burn, returning a well balanced 72.
Francis Ouimet, Of Woodland, anna
teur champion Of France and nation
al open champion last year, scored
the best performance Of the trio of
high ranking players in which Jerome
Travers, former amateur title holder,
and Charles Evans, Jr., Of Edgewater.
also are grouped. Ouimet's 73 brought
him into a tie for third place. Evans
returned a "a for seventh place and
Travers was tied for 10th with a card
Of 76.
The second day of the tournament
was taken up with the second qualify
ing round in the morning and the first
round Of match play in the afternoon.
Sixty-four men started out in the
morning to be reduced TO 80 for the
afternoon match. Because Of the large
number Of entries this year all those
who had 162 or under for the two
qualifying rounds would be eligible
for the match play.
Ray r. Gorton Of Brae Burn, one of
the best players at the West Newton,
Mass, Club received an ovation when
he finished his second qualifying
round. His card read 72 for the round,
the same figures he scored in the
round the day before. By making this
score he became tied with w. C.I
Fownes, Jr., for the gold medal for
the qualifying round, each having
score for the 36 holes Of IA.
In his second round, John G. Ander-
son scored 7S which, with his first
round, netted him 153. Jerome d.
Travers, the last years champion,
pulled n for his second round and
rs for his first round making him a
total Of 1853. Charles Evans, Jr., of
Chicago, Western Amateur champion,
received l51 for the first &c holes.
Jerome D. Travers played in true
championship form in the last Is holes
Of the second round of match play and
won from E. NJ. Byers Of Allegheny,
c. c. of Pittsburgh by five up and four
TO play.
Travers earned lead Of two holes
during the morning playing out in S6
TO his opponents 40 for a two hole
lead and returning in SO to 40 without |
increasing the advantage.
Byers was several times in diff
Guilty which cost him holes. Starting
out in the afternoon with his lead Of /
two holes the champion of four prev
ious years played every hole but the /
fourth in par golf and was out in SO,
while Byers won only at the fourth
when Travers hooked his tee shot TO
the l4th green, and lost at the sec
ond, fifth and eighth holes owing TO
poor drives and hooked drive was
probably responsible for the loss Oh
the ninth hole.
Starting the homeward journey
Travers was six up but lost to birdie
at the 10th. Byers featured with
three al the lIth after placing his tee
shot in trap and won the 18th when
Jerry missed putt OF about two feet,
the second poor sho, Of his round
Going to the lsth Byers topped into
the big pit and was obliged TO play
on, without gaining distance. His
play out found trap and when he
reached the green be had played four
while Travers lay up well in two and
as IL to recover for the poor putt at
the 18th holed nice long ore for
three and the match. Z