Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-02
GOLF GIANTS ELIMINATED
FROM NATIONAL TOURNEY
Frances Ouimet and Jerome Travcrs
Meet Defeat in Second Round
at Detroit.
BOTH MEN ARE TITLEHoLDEi.s
Standish Decisively Outplays National
Champion Characterization Takes
Measure Of Open Champion Trav-
ers-ConquerOrs Are Young Men.

DETROIT. MICH. September 1.-Two
giants Of the golf world were slain this
pionship. Francis ouimet. of Wood
land, Mass. holder Of the national title.
James d. Standish, Jr.. of Detroit The
result was up and holes to play.
Jerome Travers, of Upper Montclair. y.
the same time. was loser. and |. TO
Max r. Marston. of Springfield. y. j.
Trayers Is the present open champion.
Winners Of the other matches were
d. r. Sawyer of Wheaton. Ill: Robert
a. Gardner. Of Chicago: Nelson Whit
n ne r, OF New Orleaas: Sheriff. sherman.
non. y. Y. and Howard y. Lee of De-
troit.
The conquerors Of ouimet and Ira
vers are young men. both in their early
twcnties. Neither had previously won
an important title. but each played to-
day as though the winning OF ma
tine effort. The speed aud unerring ac.-
curacy which Standish displayed caused
Ouimet to become erratic. Travers. af-
fected by cold. stood the task better
fought every hole-but was played off
his feet By the fair-haired youth from
his home state. New Jersey. The golf
which Marston showed on the home
ward half Of his afternoon round. would
proDa Oily have beaten any player on
earth. He shot the last nine holes In
32, three strokes under par.
Travers was UP this afternoon. and
ne, was stiil up when twenty-seven
holes holes were PLAYED: Then Marston cut
him close 10 the greens. and three times
he holcd puts which made his gallery
gasp. On the thirtieth hole Marston's
second shot landed forty feet from the
cup; He putted down an incline on a
tricky green. The ball rolled and twist
ed and wigglcd. reached the edge OF the
had squared the match on the turn and
had won the twentyninth -. After
his; long putt he claimed the thirty-frs,
hole: with brilliant 3 to Travers par
The latter then down. reduced the
margin by holeing his third shot on the
thirtE-second green. but Mars,on held
Stnndish Deserved Victory.
sta ndish was able TO take deadly adj
greens. more than any other factor OF
ms game was responsiblc for the cham
pF ana sai! a,.;: ouime, vas ! up after
able to win hole in the afternoon.
S,andish squared the match on the
putt to take the lead at the twenty
third. OuImet was stymied b. a tree
and lost the twenty,fonrth, 6-5. stand
,wentyc.ff, cup and holed for ?.
while. Ouimet's attempt to hole M
teen-foot putt overran the cup by
sets youth seemed to lose heart. Stand
ish sailed along and won the twenty
eighth and thirtieth holes 10 increase
his lead 10 up. The next two were
halvcd IN par and the match was over.
Sheriff sherman and J. y. Stearns OF
Wtiiiamsport Pa. went ono extra hole
before the former won. Stearns was
behind nearly all day. and only BY VIM
ming the thirtieth and thir,y-sixth holes
was he able 10 even the struggle on
tho latter green he sank his approach
shot for ., but on the extra hole Sher-
man went under par. while Stearns
had to take two puts.
Gardner took n closely fought and
well-played contest from T. NJ Sher-
man. Of Utica. 2 and !. Gardner was
up In the forenoon, but Sherman
only overhaulcd the former national
champion. but took the lead and held
II until the middle OF the home round
Gardner then recovered and took the
thirty-third. thirty-fourth and thirty
NTH holes.
Lee and Nelson Whitney had easy
matches. Each won Q and S. the former
from Hamilton Kerr. OF Manchester. VT,
ano Whitney from 4. c. Timer. of Jack
'soRv'lle. Fla. Lee got - for his DAYS
work. which equals the medal play
things easy and turned in an ordinary
card.
Sawyer won. s and 3, from Gardner
White. OF Flushing. L. l., and added an
other % to his splendid performances
since Saturday. He had his match we'll
In hand at every stage.
Anderson removed j. p. Schlotman of
Detroit. from further play, and g. An
derson was up in the morning. and
Schlotman fought him on even terms in
the AFTERNOON, but could not cut down