The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-08
MARSTON AND LOW
LOSE CLOSE MATCH
Tra>ers and Hunter VictOrs in
Four Ball Contest by 2
Up and 1 to Play.
EARLY LEAD Is CUT DOWN

SHORT HILLS. ". J.. Nov. 7.-,Jerome
II. Travers. national open champion,
with Dave Hunter, the Essex county
professional to help him, beat Max Mar.
ston. New Jersey champion. and George
Low. Baltusrol's veteran professional.
by : ny and I 10 play in n thirty-six
hole match to-day over the Baltusrol
links. They played out the bye hole
and Hunter won IL with a fine 3. so that
. up on the home pair.
Travers In the morning and Low IN
the afternoon played the bes, golf.
Lows second round. All approximate 73.
being the best of the day. II came too
late TO do much good. however. for,
crs. the visiting par were 4 up at the
end OF the morning wound. Marston and
Low fought hard ~ the afternoon and
did succeed IA winning the round. al
though 10, by a margin big enough TO
win tho matoh as wei.
Marstou was Tho frs, TO win n hole
when play began this morning, his .
III '"N SWIM llDs' DuNllHR MS kiIt
ahead. Tho scsnt lead vanished when
TrtNois made a fl:c I on tho fourth
anu, as jerry was tho only one OF The
four 20 get his . oa the long seventh,
he ana Hunter went into the lead, ~
stay tIero for tho rest Of the day.
Hunter made II = up by getting q 3 on
tho eighth n as both Hlarstou and
slipped up on the little ninth.
IraVers and Hunter wcre 3 W at the
turn.
Tho inward nine began with plenty
OF action. for Marston got "A 3 OIL the
tenth and Ierr" retsliated with another
on tuo eleventh. Theu the action
d-orre! ous ~ sight, FOR tie next six
N'lfs we're hhlvc1. On tho home green
l~rtr'T1 ran down IA putt for - 3 and ia.
creased the lead - I up. His score
for the round was about 80. Hunter
was . couple %. strokes worse. Marston
Was - 6Hd Low. who could not 70,
warm enough To play well, took SO. The
morning best hall cards:
Travcrs and Hunter
o! Mars.on ana Low a'f's''S5
Tra,crs ana Hun:t:r. ''"
Mar..on and Lo,,s 9''t9's-'''-'s
W. .....,... I t--s6-7s
George Low welcomed In. Increased
warmth when tn" afternoon round be.
Gan, and proved IL by nearly holiug a
chlp Shot Tor a 3 OH tho first hole.
The ball hit tho cup but wouldn't drop
in. AS IL was. IA. I only halvcd tho
hole. as both Trayers n Hunter also
were dow III a Sirok. less han par.
I'VE" haINcd holes followed. Travers
missing a fiu" ciItuc" for a . uu the
third. II" made up Tor il. however. bv
rIt'hIrg :" within "A foot of the pin
On The" fourth and winning the hole with
a !. just as lie had doir in the morn
.hg. The iifth was hal,ed. but on the
skin Low agaii. took q hand in the
proceedings by holing a twenty foot putt
for u g.
MI four played the long seventh we'll
until they reached The green. and once
safely there both Travers and Hunter
dii better than well. Jerry had a forty
loot putt for his 1. which he made. much
to the delight Of the gallery. and then
Hunter dropped his ball into the Gun
FRI a a point about twenty-five feet away
for another 4. Tho hole is a62 yards
lot. The eighth and ninth were halved.
SO Travers and Hunter were j up when
they turned for home.
Low pitched hi second dead on the
tenth. winning with n $, and after the
uphill eleventh had been halvcd Marston
VOL the twelfth with another good ..
- $3.50 H'N iNsilN'h Nllt llllTttfGlNn u.
but on the fourteenth both Travers and
hunter got into trouble and the other
pair Won easily. The victory gu, down
tho lead to !" mp, and there 1t stayed.
The next three were halycd. although
Low Amos made a 3 on the fifteenth.
His drive was hooked into the rough.
but his second was a wonderful brassy
Sliot which put his ball on the green
about ten iect from the cup. Par H.
=, and Lows chance TO beat II by two
strokes was a good one, but he lust
missed tho putt. The match ended on
the seventeenth green and then Hunter
won the bye hole. making il 3 up on the
day. The afternoon cards:
TTavers and Hunter:
out....... $50 Sc
Marston and Low:
out ...... go . ! 3-37
Trivcrs aud Hunter.
ln...... t4i'3 3-37-;3-lI.
Marston aud low:
In,....... $50 &-G4--,i-!tI
The individual totals for the after.
noon with u good many approximations
were: Low, %: Hunter. ~ Marstou.
81: Travers, So, I'oor golf on tho Soc
"nd nine accounted for the national
champions poor score.
HALLOCK CONQUERS FINLAY.