New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-02

Nsrston. in one Of the most brilliant
s,,sbss ever known in & golf tourns-
rsnt dropped Travers by the margin
,d1 And Standish, FIVE minutes
,a,.- had s:de-tracked the conQueror
~ Rsv and Vardon by the wide margin
Of 5 and 4.
For Thursdays conflict there are
o,lv eight men left, and only one-Bob
c,rdner. Of Chicago won the
amateur championship before. So I'M
lees Gardner can prevail for the rest
II the week a new amateur title nolcer
,5lI he bedecke8 with the laurel at Sat
urdsv's sunset, proving that golf IN
America has advanced TO the stage
>ssrs no two or three can any longer
In the upper half for Thursday
Gardner meets Ned Sawyer and Mar
,,on faces Howard Lee. In the lower
half Nelson Whitney meets John An
ssr,on and Jimmy Standish faces Sher-
81 sherman. So Of the eight men left
he West has four, the East has three
,nd the South has one in Nelson Whit
aey. Of New Orleans.
A Day of Thrills.
So much happened on Wednesday that
II would take a young book 70 compile
all details. For example, IN the morn
In round Tom sherman has the ols--
tinet honor of losing hole that ne had
played IN .. tournament record.
Coming TO the short seventh. BOD
Gardner holed his tee shot, while Sher-
man. attempting 20 duplicate the 1ea''
laid his mash.e shot dead TO the cup.
This may give YOU something OF an
idea as 10 the prevailing thrills Of TINS
most notable g0.lIg day one Of lhe
most notable American golf has ever
known in its tweuty-l year history.
The first upset recorded came I'D the
defeat Of Jerry Iravers, open cham
pion, four times amateur CHAMPION
and one Of the greatest match players
ever known. This match was the most
spectacular ID many ways thaJ ever
thrilled a gallery spectacuiar because
it began ragge l.y and suddenly, in the
afternoon, turned into a brilliant duel
Of par golf against supor-par goli'
where a veteran was fighting desper-
stely and playing great golf against a
youngster who was suddenly trans
formed into a machine beyond the ca
paeity Of a Nardon, a Taylor or
Braid. The climax is worth having
for the end Of any story. Both began
IN the forenoon by missing their sec
onds, and then making fine recoverles
and sinking hard puts for par is.
But from that start on II was evident
that neither was exactly right.
Travers Begins TO Falter.
Travers soon began 10 falter on his
second shot-an iron poke to the green,
ordinarily the best shot in his bag lie
vas driving well enough, but the keen
blade Of his iron was producing a nook
nat left him fighting for 5s IN place
Of securing the needed IS.
darston soor found that his putting
was swry, so they moved along al an
even pace 20 the short fifth, where
Irsyers, falling back in desperation
upon his putter, sank a 15-footer Tor
This put Travers one up, but Mar
SION won the next, sQuaring the match
again Again a. the short seventh
'erry nailed another l2-fOOter for z,
ana after having the eighth in par the
open champion blew himself to 90
1901 putt for a on the ninth. lie was
out In &c 70 Marston's 3S. His putter
oad given him the edge. A stymie
stopped Jerry az the tenth, and Mar
s.on squared the match at the twelfth,
shers Jerry again hooked mis- iron TO
ths green. But he bagged the next two
me pars and finally finished l up
''f the forenoon's play.
A Spectacular Shot.
The fireworks were yet to start;
vsrsVers had been around in 70 and
@1siston in n, just good fair golf.
lrsyers IN the afternoon started badly
yam With his irons, hooking one after
.eother. But as Marston continued 20
zAs three puts which he did on four
y ths hrst FIVE greens these mistakes
ueo 70 count against him. Going TO
we snort seventh hole in the after
noon Irsyers was up-and from this
In on the story develops with .-maz-
ing rapidly.
gerry recovered control Of his irons