New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-23
TRAVIS BREAKS
TRIPLE TIE FOR
A GOLF MEDAL
Keats Kerr and Forrest in
Play-Off for Qualify
ing Round Honors.
RROWN AND COOPER
STILL IN DEADLOCK
uerreshoff Not at His Best al
Opening of Lakewood In
yitatiOn Tourney.

Walter !. Travis had TO work hard
!. o-5er 20 win the medal in the eigh-
,.sn hole testing round of the invita-
ZION golf tournament at the Lakewood
Country Club yesterday.
wheu the last of the Ainety-odd
.srd. had been returned it was found
a., Travis. Hamilton X. Kerr, Of TX
81 and Il. NJ. Forrest, representing
.L" kope club. were involved in triple
y" f,r the lead at 70. As they had
no,h ~ special 20 do after luncheon
RS, three played off for the trophy
sr1 ravis won. with another ~. For
~ss. lad an 50, while the best herr
could do was SO.
G akiuC Of ties. those veterans,
ucn, W. Brown. Of Philadelphia, and
cbsr pc Cooper. of Oakland. had an
o.se, clash. but without decisive re
vi, or the Stanley Memorial Cup. II
LII % remembered that on Wednes.
-, ,ev broke even. with net scores OF
ia lie Yesterday both were credited
lin II. Brown being assisted by ms
- Ike allowance and his rival two
~ ,at are you going to do now,
op,r 4 p golfer Of Cooper. after the
60, deadlock with Brown.
~ ont know. Anything they want
q. 40 .eeable to me. III play of again
-s,,bf 5wav or toss up" he replied.
,.taV, however, preferred TO g slow
a. o, the play-off; therefore II was
sore. TO try it again this morning
All ouch Fred Herreshof went our
;r5iF rentlv, taking AZ 10 the turn, ne
Won have had a chance to get close
% :, ton had he not begun TO take
y 70. pu,ts on a number Of the greens
u;, 6rst hole was the fifth, where ne
hnr;e a ball so deeply in the bunker
&c - necessitate lifting and dropping
Tor loss Of two strokes. heh the
sgon, was over he had taken y for the
Iole 4erreshofT made the round IN 81.
Gardiner W. White played with heIr'
and seemed quite contented WIN 90 Hi
~. and 30 did Max Marston WIN , ms co
awe qualified said thI pHIo.sro.
Oclfer. lie probably had recollectiohS
o. previous Lakewood eXper'enSe.
To roturp to the leaders, trays
Ia rever had had a chance to play
Of had he not run down one OF those
heart breaking puts Tor whlcn nc iias
long been famous. The putt IN ques'.I, o
WAS All the uole spy : ~
reason that he brought IT on on .ne
home green. The SIS on ms caro- WI
AZ the eighth, ninth and seventeenth
holes.
The card read as follows:
walter J. Travis. Garden CTS, 81
81 3 ......-.s ! ! ; 6 S-5s-7o
Kerr required AZ strokes to make the
lorg outward journey, but he played
.o we'll thereafter that all ne needeo 70
vim the medal was 3 at the nome
hole lie lost his chance there through
Ar Indifferent approach.
His card follows:
Hamilton Kerr EkHanoN. SO
o., 5 3 : ! ; S-5i-7s
Txeept for a to start with, For
res, had no bad holes going out Com-
inc back he got bunkered at the thlr-
tenth. but played steadily from there
on.
His card follows:
I'M Fr-s.'. Lskesood. A
Dill 5 : : : 6 Sc
The match rlay draw in the chief d.
vision gives promise of several hard-
tonobt contests in the first round
White and Marston look to be evenly
matched. and il may be that the lar
driving Percy Platt will keep HERES
shoff busv. The draw is as follows;
p = Randolph jr IS Longley; Travis IS
u,cfoustIta steiner T.. Riug SoldNedel V. hoI,'
~, f.w.. Herreshof vs. Plat, case vs.
M-( ure Ms.-Iou IS White
The scores we're as follows;