The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-09-10

of the match with 0uimet four ~
and three TO play
/ Oulmct along with all Of the morn
ling leaders Of that day. excepting W
IP. Seeley, saved two hole lead for
the afternoon.
In the afternoon the French cham
ipion lost the first but recovered at
the next and nifty two at the sixth
Increased the lead to three holes. A
par FIVE gave 0uimet the long sew
enth and he made the turn four up.
Wins were exchanged at the 11th and
18th and then holes were halved until
the result read four up and three TO
play.
The third round Of match play de-
veloped some thrilling matches and
/ the four left in the running were three
former champions and Francis 0uimet
the 1913 golf sensation. While Oui-
met and Jerome Travers each won
with ease, the former from Robert
Gardner of Hinsdale G. c., Chicago,
the title holder of 1909, and the lat
ter from the Connecticut champion,
| w. p. Seeley, w. C. Fownes, Jr., Of
Oakmont was finding his match with
Ray Gorton Of Brae Burn and the
match carried to the 37th green where
Fownes won. Walter j. Travis of
Garden City also won out at the 37th
hole in hard fought battle with Roy
Webb of Englewood who defeated Mr..
Travis recently in the Metropolitan
championship.
The best golf of the day was played
by 0uimet in the morning. On the
outward journey he played every hole
excepting the ninth in the par for the
hole and at the ninth took three puts.
Coming home he was under par at
the 10th and 18th and one stroke
above at the 10th and 18th. He
saved margin of seven holes in the
morning, Gardner winning the 18th
alone, and in the afternoon Ouimet
was eight up at the turn.
When the play started in the after
noon ii was very evident that the Cor
ton-Fownes match would take the gal
lery. The match had see-sawed de-
cidedly during the morning with Cor
ton out in 80 and three up at the turn
only to take AZ coming home and be
two down at the end Of the round.
The finish Of the Travis Webb
match was exciting after the "Old
Man" had missed very short putt
for the match at the 18th and fine
four by Webb squared matters at the
18th. Webb drove into bunker at
the extra hole while Travis sliced to
the right. Travis then pulled across
the course to the rough and short
while Webb attempted to reach the
green from the bunker but merely sue
ceeded in getting well out Travis |
then showed that he was tired by TAX
ing his eye off completely and missed
his third almost entirely but played his
fourth dead while Webb putted up
within two feet on his fourth and
missed his FIVE.
Seeley prolonged his match with |
Travers by long puts at the fifth and
18th in the afternoon while putt Of
less than two feet missed by Travers
at the 18th had its effect. The match
ended in a pair of threes at the 18th
green with Travers six up and five to
play.
Francis Ouimet, whose name was on
the lips Of every golfer in the country
when he saved the United States open
title from going abroad just about
one year ago, was now the hero of
a hard fought battle in the semi-fnal
round which he won at the 36th green
from W. c. Fowpes, Jr., before
gallery Of 1900 people. II was
battle royal from the first drive in
The morning, the honors shifting
,ften, with many holes played better
han par, but neither gaining an ad-
vantage Of more than a hole for the
first round and finishing all square for
he round The widest margin of the
lay was when the Boston star was
.wo up al the turn in the afternoon,
,ut an idea Of the excitement may be
gathered from the fact that he was
me down going to the 18th.
Jerome Travers, who has been four
lines champion, played rather pc
.uliar match with the veteran, Walter
(. Travis. The latter was out in 81
n the morning and was three up with i,
Travers lifting at three holes, but a !;
IS by the former champion on the |,
journey changed the advan- !
age TO Travers one up.
Travers gained but one hole, going a
al in the afternoon when Travis re-
nired ~, but played the last few |,
oles OF the match in real champion 4
hip style, taking four at the 10th =
or win par at the next three, an
ther win at the 14th with par four