The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-19
JEROME D. TRAVERS, AMATEUR,
NATIONAL OPEN GOLF WINNER
Total of 297 Strokes for ~
Holes One Better Than
Tom McNamara's
GAINS LEAD IN MORNING
~hpn Holds on TcnaciOusly to
Finish Perfectly as His
Partner Falls Back.

n Tr,,,-s = the open golf champion Of
,,o t-o.,,I states. The most famous
amateur that American golf has thus
.- n-oducrd won the open title to-day
m the l.rks Of the Baltusrol Golf Club
tom a ned tNat included the best pro-
,..i,r,'s and amateurs in the country.
s-a added she browning honor to his
g-so, career as 4 golfer. Travers was
n fourta pace when the third round of
"a championship test began this morn
,,g bu, AZ midday was at the top of
,,n Ne, There nc remained when II was
a. over. his total Of 300 for the event
,vo holes II medal play gaining the
,t,e ny the margin Of a single stroke.
Tom Mcnamara, the Boston home
,d wa. second with e9S and Robert
q Macdonald. born in Scotland but
,ov A professional at Buffalo. vas third
Nth an even 800. All OF the others
acre over the 500 mark. including Chick
ryans and Francis Ouimet. who with
r-3yors make up what often has been
Tiled Ancrica's amateur triumvirate.
vans WIS N"E HAA'AAfN ~
ppime, was tied for thirty-ifth position
go , total of 3l7 for the four rounds
Of the course.
T-,vers is the second amateur to win
&c national open championship, ouimct
having won the title In the history max
i,- tournament at Brookline in 1913.
pl, though he has never been open
es1mpion before Travers. who is but Is
Years old. has won the amateur chanl-
pa-sh y Of the United states four times.
;- 1907. 1905. 1912 and 1918. a record
tat has been approached only by the
ys,e-qr Walter ]. Travis. who held the
rational amateur title three times. on
20 other side Of the Atlantic Harold II.
Wilton and John Bal are the only ANA
,,y-s who have won the British open so
now there are four golfers who have
won the double crown, Hilton, Ball
Crimet and TraverS.
The scen'ics were still doubtful when
,i,y began this morning in regard to
Ia-ry's ability 10 even hold the place
ubi,h he had gained yesterday. for the
oil belief that his reputation as a
golfer depended entirely upon his skill
a. match play still held sway. 1t didn't
seem 70 have much effect upon the vast
throng OF spectators. however. VINO
rushed after Travers and NJ. j. Brady
NNfI lafN NfN 'dA VII AitAA Ahf' aFN''f
'a-aII the enthusiasts in the gallery knew
vas that Jerry was a great golfer and
Tat perhaps Brady was a greater one.
,f was not Brady a stroke ahead OF
Jerry as a result Of yesterdays play?
Thus It happened that Travers played
o. d.y under conditions that seemed
elnos, Ike match instead OF medal play.
T. was a struggle between him and Brady
WITH the rest Of the field all but for
gotten until hate in the afternoon, when
Brady began to fade from view, and
win the knowledge that Tom Nc
Nlmara was already in with a POS the
srer'a'oss began 10 realize that after
o. they we're watching medal play
isl.Hs, the field n not a match be-
tween two golfers.
Il W then that the crowd saw how
rTea' a golfer Travers was. for when
Hrsiy Was beaten of there was no let
w. Instead Travers kept hard at work
tri never rised up until the sixteenth
'oIe was completed and he realized that
two Is, par golf. would win the title.
There was a relaxation on those last
Two holes. for Travers hardly tried to
hole HIS puts for rs. He was content
= pat the htll close enough TO make the
feX' s-ot sIfe. and though there were
snmH In the crowd who murmured.
rive the ball a chance. Jerry" Travers
Knew What he was doing, and played
ta'e. II was good. conservative golf on
'dose last I'VE holes. and showed the
tdI3ge OF the golfer who played it
."''er than did anything else all day
Ions.
DO fact only nee or twice to-day
'' Travers 20 after puts in the way
N'.oA he has made famous in many n
|f|N fIInhf F0.Agh hVa. - tu,fnA he
~, notably on the seventh hole In the
afternoon round, whore he tried too hard
'r A 1, overran the cup by a yard
ana took a &. II seemed TO be a lesson
" MIN, for during the rest of the round
.aiety FIRST seemed to be his rule on
u putting greens.
There were two occasions further on,
however oV watch he changed his rule.
tt' b" td II only because he had to.
A. ihe tenth lie drove n ball out OF
rounds. pulled his second tee shot into
ne long grass ana then with "A great
rot rica"d 10 the green. the ball
.'lP'AF % dozen feet from the pin.
WIN iHrre strokes gone on "A par 4
l''e l,rrs realized that il was no time
70 play Safe, so he gave the ball its
..a"'' and u dropped into the cup
viva bong, The same situation pre-
,'"'"1 .'-'.f on the next green, for
I'''"Ts topped his drive into the long
t''f' ami could not get home with his
,'.'nH HIS third reached the green,
~ vas twenty feet from the cup, and 1t
,'',a a- 'npuEh hc would lose a stroke.
'a'' i."s each stroke seemed a good
,''' '..-. precious than had those
I'.'d caller IN the day. II was n long
" H.. H hard one, but Jerry looked il
o'f carefully and then ran II down,
81 N'.|H.. . ....s tEAt .arA.I ,,,.,,l.
"f|i. t.-" rom tho big gallery crowd.
'.'.r '"' putt, told tho story. They
''i '.t' Jerry had all Of his old
~'' with him, and that when he
' Poo H'' a putt he generally could
tu're wasn't so much murmur-
.H'"' 'u" puts that stopped six
snort after those two holes had
N"' on'F on the green's did the new
a,Nl'.h show his fighting qualities,
'-' We 'Fcr la'..er threatened between
ana i.n hc played out in masterful
.'N''H Probably the best shot he
,'t'' all day was at the fifteenth in
morning round after he had topped
- second shot Into a pit on the left
,NA 'H.N '''y yards short Of the green.
my E'"1hoi when he saw the ball
a,pp'a' .u'1 the trap, hut the sub
tl'"' happenings showed that the
o.'H ''i.d not nave been n % dis
.''r'. Estimating slowly and
,~"I''NI. '0o distance between the sand
ara tho hole, ne took his nlblick.
''h''' into the bunker. and with a
",sn'H h''vo sent the bah high In the
-, /" .."b mot more h a yard from
Wv PIP. What a moment before had
,,, TO 10" n certain D was converted
Atl| IS TIM Lind ~ GOLF shat uEnn