The Washington times., 1915-09-01

DETROIT, Mlch., sept. IA E0tosu
Of beautiful weather featured the sec
ond match round in the national ANA
teur golf tournament which began
this morning. The days headliners
were the matches between Jerry
Travers and Max Marston. and be-
tween Francis Ouimet and Jimmy
Standish. Michigan State champion.
Travers Is now the favorite for the
crown.
Ned Sawyer meets Gar iiner White
in what promises to be one Of the best
Of the second round matches today:
Some mighty golfers went down 10
pionship on the links Of the Country
Club OF Detroit yesterday. and tho
mightiest Of them was Chick Evans.
the first of the triumvirate to faii;
rival ana fellow-Chicagoan. Ned
Sawyer. the margin of victory being
s up and to play. Two former cham
pions were beaten. Eben M Byers
and William c. Fownes. 5r. The two
mated. the far hitting Jesse Guilford
fell by the wayside and Dudley
Nudge, the medalist. also found .
place among the losers.
All kind Of matches were played.
good, bad. and Indifferent, and they
ranged in closeness. or lack Of 1t. all
the way from the almost appalling VIC
tory Of Jerome D. Travers over George
A. Crump. the Philadelphia veteran. by
"A UP and 10 to play. to q thrilling strug;
Fownes. which standish won on the
thirty-seventh green. In between were
such matches as Francis Ouimets VIC
tory over w. Hamilton Gardner. ID: Of
TD,,He eIN k,,S arA tn y,lo n n p
Whites notable performance in dispos-
ing Of Paul Hunter by up and 3 to
play. Max Marston's defeat BY Jesse
Guiiford by 3 and 2 margin; ana tho
had all he could do to beat L. l.. Bredin.
a home player. by l up.
As far as the gallery was concerned
there was only one match-that be.
Of the other golfers played unattend-
cd until Sawyer had downed the
tators flocked to the other matches
winding up eventually behind Stand
ish and Fownes during the latter part
Of their extra hole journey.
For almost half the way the strug.
between Sawyer and Evans was as
pretty and close one as could be
desired. but then Chick broke. and
Sawyer. after finishing the morning
round by winning the last two holes,
won the first three in the afternoon
and piled up such a big lead that for
the rest Of the way Chicks case was
hopeless.
"A typical Evans-Sawyer match.
with and l finish," was what the
Wcsterners predicted before their
two favorites set out. and they kept
making the same prediction up to the
seventeenth hole In the morning
round: Up to that point the predic-
great golf and had never been more
!han hole apart: In fact. most Of
the time they had been lighting along
on even terms. There had been a
umoer such ~, or inn interestingly played heie:
knocked sawyer's bali in and the lat
ter won the hole, and a fine 8 by
Evans at the tenth. They were ali
even at the turn. and both were out
The he day was replete with features.
cause OF the modesty Of tho golfers in
hhsnping hr these fine shots to themselves.
To- applaud when the members saw
EIarcis Ouimet. stymied dead on the
NTH hole and six feet away. take out
ms masnie and play stymie pitch and
hitting the back of the hole and goins
down for a halve.
The summarizes:
aNatohai amateur golf champtonShip
nrst round, upper half-Robert A. Gard.
ner, Hinsdale, beat L. L. Bredin. De.
troit: l up; Thomas NJ. Sherman Yah.
nundasis. beat George v. Rotan. Pine
Whea,;on, valtsy; beat saa 3i.r1s. & p; E; sawyer
Edgewater. and o; Gardiner White
Flushing. beat Paul NJ Hunter. Mid.
lothian. ] and o; Jerome D. Travers
Upper Montclair. beat George A
Crump. Pine Valley, II and lS: Max r
Marston. Baltusrol, beat Jesse Gull.
ford. Bellevue. 8 and q: Hamilton X
Kerr. Ekwanok, beat Dudley A. Nudge
Town and Country. and 2: Howard
B. Lee. Detroit. beat Eben Nh Byers
Allegheny, 8 and l.
Lower half-Nelson NJ. Whitney, Au
dubon. beat Davidson Heron, Oak
mont. and 6: A. c. Ulmer, Florida
beat Robert E. Hunter, Midwick, ! ant
8: John @. Anderson, siwanoy, bea
Reuben B. Bush. Audubon. Q and /
Joseph B, Schlotman. Detroit, bea
c, H. Gardner. Asawam. I end 2; Johl
n. Stearns Sd. Williamsport, bea
George S. Lyon. Lambton. and 8
Sheriff. Sherman. Yahnundasis. bea
Albert Seckel. Riverdole, Q and /
James D. standish, jr., Detroit. bea
w. c. .Fownes, jr., Oakmont, uy
(thirty-seven holss); Francis ouimet
Woodland. beat W: Hamilton oasdinsr
I'd. Buffalo. 9 ana I.