New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-03
Amateur Champion and
travis Among Those to
Fall at Pinehurst.
oIIIMET CATCHES A
TARTAR IN GUILFORD
pavling Schoolboy Then Takes
His Turn and Puts Out Con-
oueror of the Champion.
nv telegraph to The Trisuns.l

p;nsburst. y. c., April 2.-Francis
or;-,st. the amateur golf champion of
y" limited States and the youth who
w ,iSnsllv defeated Harry Nardon and
800 RAY in the open championship
ears ago. went down to-day be-
w Jesse Guilford, Of Intervsle, In the
. Hn., round Of the fifteenth annual
Tritsd North and South amateur golf
Ssmpionship tournament by e score
MI up and 8 to so. .
~c,lltord is the golfer who gained
49, IN the amateur championship last
ga by driving one of the longest
Ii, aver seen in this country.
wills the defeat Of Ouimet came as
,.,sstion, the national champion was
~. he only star to taste defeat. Gull
e. after vanquishing Ouimet, was
r-vN defeated in the next round by
ri-n-s X. Robson, the Pawling
s,Isol lad, in q battle that was carried
y ths twentieth hole before the school
bcy won By up.
Robeson had carried off the chief
,orors Of the opening days play by
rlrrins the qualifying medal, leading
rnvi.. Ouimet and Guilford by a
,nrls stroke, with a total of loo for
he ;hirty-six holes. :,
walter J. Travis, the former national
,,s International champion, was an
,.h., Of the favorites TO come 10 grief
n N. first round of match play. Rob
AZ Tunter, Of Wee Burn, defeating the
veteran BY O score Of up and l to
Play
.o-ner holder of the Massachusetts, in
r-scholastic title, added to the series
n upests by putting out r. S. Worth
lrg,on, the present United North and
South champion. in the opening round
t7 score Of up. He added to his
achievements in the second round by
taxing the measure Of Philip Y. Carter,
q Nassau, the junior metropolitan and
Eastern interscholastic champion, by
10 and l 70 play. Carter was regard
ID as Onimet's most dangerous rival.
0uimet and Guilford played their
match in the morning, and were fol-
owed By q large gallery. Guilford
son showed that he was at the top OF
lis game, and played his shots with
perfect confidence.
In the afternoon Guilford and Robe
son played their match IN a downpour
q rain, and only about twenty persons
led the hardihood 20 follow the two
Ibou, the course. Robson, who had
defeated Hamilton K. Kerr, Of Elk
vsnok, In the morning, after an extra.
hole match, played consistently al
through the twenty-hole struggle.
The match was close from beginning
. end, and the rain seemed to have
little effect on the players. Robson
asplayed remarkable steadiness a.
critical periods of the match, and II
vas this that helped him TO win the
tsond extra hole.
Travis and Hunter met in the morn
rg, and Hunter only won after close
match. on the seventeenth green. he
then put T. W. Case, of Owasco, out
Of the tournament by a 6 and 5 mar
gin. in the second round.
The semi-fnal and final rounds will
be played tomorrow. Sullivan will
meet Harry J. Topping, Of Greenwich,
and Hunter will be opposed by Robe
son, in the semi-fnsl, and the winners
will play off for the title in the after
noon.
The summaries follow:
Tg, division ant round)-J. IT, Sullivan. H.,
v0o3'srd hca, 6 Worthington. shawnee, l
% PAlp V. Carter. Nassau. beat J. {. Parish
bh Hil best MAJ Behr Baltusrol. Up and Q
I plsy. II J TOPPING. Greenwich. beat r II.
Csc Ovlsc0 beat l. 4 Hamilton National 4
y and TO PLAY Robert Hunter. Wee Bum. heat
v J. Travis Gtrden city. 2 up and 70 play;
P. Guiiord Il,sryaie beat Francis oqimst.
Woodland Up trd 10 play J. X. Robson,
PlElng beat Y X Kerr. Ekwanok. ] UP ls
lossl
ss,ond rounds ulyan bes. Carter. up and
L J % Play. TOPPING ieai ! ) Robson. Up and
70 pay Hunter hcat Case. 8 up and 20 play;
| ] K Robson heat Gui.f0rl. ] up 20 hoes)
Beaten eight lr-st rouud)-Pauish beat Worth
| hg.on W and % play Behr won from Gwait-
/ lsy y default. Hamilton won from Travis BY de-
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