The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-23

pete successfully against men half his age-stars like Jerry Travers. Percy Platt and John G. Anderson.
 Walter J. Travis right now weighs only 14o pounds and is about feet inches in height. He wears glasses because the strain of watching golf balls during many, years has slightly impaired his sight. His costume on the links-norfolk jacket and kniclzer- bockers-is the traditional uniform. It is very popular with many of the older golfers. A big black cigar completes the figure of Travis that is so familiar in all the tournaments.
 , A peep into the Travis golf bag gives a good insight into the mans deep study of his favorite sport. His clubs are the weirdest collection you ever saw-drivers with big knots on them, mashies shaped like ishhooks and put ters exceptional for their bulk
 But they all serve their purpose.
 For his weight and age Travis drives a remarkably long ball off the tee, the reward of perfect swinging and cor rect timing. Like Harry Vardon, the will always sacrifice distance for di- rection, not only because it is the prop CT thing to do, but advancing years have taken some power from the vet erans shoulders and arms.
 Travis has a knowledge of the irn-
 
 born Scotch professionals can excel. His iron shots are practically perfect. Unlike the many amateurs who dread the nashie, thea Garden City star can make this difficult club perform mir ac1es for him. It was a great mashie shot that indirectly led to Anderson's downfall In the afternoon round Travis came to the tenth hole with a lead of up. His second shot was way short of the green, the ball falling in high, tough grass, nasty stuff to get out of. Anderson put his second shot to the edge of the green, and the gall 1ery was ready to concede him the hole, but the old man wasn't Carefully surveying the lie, he took his rnashie and fairly picked the ball out of the rough. It sailed high and true to within three feet of the cup. This un- expected recovery so startled Anderson that he ran his approach putt over the green entirely and lost the hole.
 It is on the green, however. that Travis is at his best. Championships are mostly decided on the gresns. The veterans sensational putting has won most of his titles. To be a good butter one must have complete command of his nerves. The slightest twist or false movement will send the ball off it's course. No matter how close the match may be, Travis is always the same, absolutely unmoved and nerve less on Ln9 greens. NOCn1uS upSGCS him. He occasionally misses butts to show he is really human.
 Travis list of championships is as long a congressional record. He has captured the Met titles four times, been national champion and in 1904 won the English amateur at Sandwich, the only American who ever succeeded in doing this.
 Travis rather bitterly says that in all his long career that was the only vic- tory to be followed by unp1easantness.
 The English golfers at that time ridi- cu1ed our players. /A
 nounced and promptly began by win ming all his early rounds. He went through to the finals and captured the title.
 The disappointed Britons attempted to soothe their feelings by declaring sarcasticalry that tthe bloonnin' Yan- kee sneaked his way through the tour nament.n
 That was one of the few times the grand old man of the links ever got a styrnie he couldn't negotiate.