Evening star., 1915-06-20
HONOR FOR TRAVERS
Wins Open Golf Championship
From Best "Pros" of Country.
DISPLAYS UNUSUAL NERVE
"If Ouimet Can Win, So Can l.
Remarked Jerry Back
in 1918.

NEW YORK, June 19.-Returning
from Brookline. Mass. in the autumn
4 of 1913 after seeing Francis Ou1met
win the national open championship
after tying with the great English pro-
fessionals Harry Vardon and Edward
Raw. Jerome u. Travers of Upper Mont
clair remarked to friend: Il nave
seen something today / did not think
I should ever see. An American anna
teur winning the open championship at
this stage of the game is sometnins
had never dreamed of. | have played
Il lot in these tournaments. but al
ways went into them for the eXpe-
rience Now will not rest until l
have duplicated Ouimet's feat. III ne
can win. so also can l..
That was in 1913. Yesterday on the
links of the Baltusrol COLI Clup AT
Short Hills n j.. less than two years
from the time he made his decision
known, Jerry realized his amoltlon:
rounding out the seTenty-tWo hoieS oi
play for an aggregate OF 2Si strokes'
and nosing out by one stroke rom
Mcnamara of Boston. who was runhel
I'D in 1909 to George Sargent at Ensie.
wood and again to J. j. Mcpernott at
Buffalo in 1912.
While this victory of Travers was
shorn of all the international dressings
that went to make Ouimets 1913 sue
cess sporting happening or "orlo-
wide interest, it nevertheless was Jus'
as great an achievement. II Narool
and Raw could have set n nOtter PAGE
than what was seen at Ba ltusrOl, tnen
metropolitan enthusiasts nave lndeed
lost a chance to witness 4 rare treat.
AT Brookline in 1913 the leadlne score
vas 3O4 strokes and. while TINS may
see,n a weak argument. ii as least
goes to prove that Travers dld not WIN
because of the low standard OF play
set by the professionals
Always Great in Matches.
Into his medal play Jerry managed
to infuse that dourness when mas
brought him undying fame as match
PLAYER. Even when things were going
worst. he set a stiff lip, and. like the
great golfer that he really is. actually
turned his msfortunes to account.
When on his last round he sliced out
of bounds and then pulled his second ball
into the rough at the tenth hole, weak
kneed ones in the gallery gave way.
"Jerry's gone they said But they dsd
him an injustice. Did he falter or fret
and throw his clubs around, or top OF
fub his next shot? Any one close up 10
Jerry might have seen his upper lip
stiffen Steeling himself for an extra
effort he sent the next shot onto the
green and holed out 10 the pId uutts VI
the multitude.
Travers was not quite composed as he
teed up for the eleventh. hitch IN ms
swing and the ball was hopping along
the ground like a wounded mare II
was mortifyine to Travers' friends and
doubtless very unsettling to Jerry MIN
self Coming as il did right on top oi
that incident at the tenth. 1t Woulo
not have been surprising II the hoie
had been butchered.
Again Jerry gathered himself Tor the
supreme effort. Smashing OUT eoou
second shot. he placed his thlrd on .hs
green Well. he'll get the five anyway,
said the gallery. But Jerry diu ho..
Climbing coolly up that slope 10 the
eleventh green. Travers looked an
over the ground along Whlcn the paii
had to roll to the hole. Then once more
he set himself, and a shout that was
taken up and echoed all up anu aoWn
the hillside announced that ne mao run
down the putt for the par 4, from
distance of twenty feet
Travers Makes Great Rally.
These two holes marked a great rally,
and Travers felt he had himself under !
control Nothing could upset him aftef
that, not even when he overapproached
at the twelfth and took five for hoie
that many OF the contestants mad been
making In three He made up Tor the
Ave AT the twelfth by three at the
thirteenth and, as he had gone out IN
70. he knew he had fighting chance
for the title. On the 1ourteehlh
Travers gave a masterful dlsplay OF
rirrhf down the middle golf, chipping
up close for four. AT tine long six
teenth he almost ran his putt down Tor
= similar figure.
The seventeenth and eighteenth holes
found Travers with his nerves well un-
der control. playing for the par Falue
When he holed out on the home green
in the strong sunshine of the afternoon
for his /. which gave hlm round OF
IS and sent him in one stroke ahead OF
Tom Mcnamara, the crowd of several
thousand sent up n rousing cheer
Those nearest hoisted Travers on their
shoulders and carried him up the slope
and into the clubhouse, while from the
piazza overhead fair admirers cheerec
and smiled down him and WaVed
their dainty handkerchiefs.