The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-04
TRAVIS ELIMINATES TRAVERS
FROM METROPOLITAN GOLF
Veteran Beats Ola Antagonist on Home Green BY Putt
That Hesitates on Lip of Cup-Field Re-
duced to Eight Players.
ANDERSON VICTOR IN TWO HARD MATCHES

III VI NN'F' ''''
e,l,s narrowed down the field to the
last eight In the seventeenth Metropoli-
,n golf championship ut the Apawam!s
club to-day. The members OF the last
,ght are Henry j. Topping. Greenwich
phlIip V. q. Carter. Nassau: John ~.
anderson. Siwanoy Max *. Marston.
Biltusrol Percy Platt. New York Golf
waiter J. Travis. Garden city James
+ Hyde. south Shore. and Oswald
,Srkby, Englewood. They are ~bracketed
IN the order named. or the eight Travis
md Kirkby are the only n whose
names appear on the roster OF Metro
uolitsn champions. for non of The other
IN ever has won the title. -Four former
Champions were eliminated to-day. Fred
uerreshoff falling by the wayside this
Morning and Jerome ID. Travers, Fndlay
: Douglas and Charles II. Scely were
put out OF the running this afternoon.
As Travis and Kirkby both are In the
lower half of the draw II Is certain that
A. least one OF the finalists will be a
golfer who never has won the Metropoli-
ian crown.
Walter ]. Travis put in n big day and
won more glory than came to any other
golfer OH thu course. He began by play
.ng In record breaking style In the morn
No. when all OF the others seemed to
hnd the chill. In the air a deterrent to good
.o,f. Travis was playing against Percy
pyne and after going out In S5 began
with 1. ., 3. coming in. At that point.
towever. the match ended and Travis
walked back to the clubhouse to rest for
his afternoon encounter.
lie knew that he needed the rest, for
barriag an upset. his next opponent
would be Jerome II. Travers. and as
Terry won In the morning, the two IA
nous rivals OF the links met his after
noon. And Travis won. Ii was a
ke.nly contested match all OF the way
md was carried to the home green,
where Travis settled the issue by hol!ng
4 putt Cor a 1 that reluctantly dropped
.nto the cup. II halved The hole and left
lim | Up on the redoubtahle Jerry.
The numerous spectators. who had
divided into small groups to follow the
various morning matches. modified In
the afternoon as soon as II was realized
that Travis and Travers were to renew
heir ancien: rivalry. and the clubhouse
and grounds were deserted AZ soon as
the pair had left the first tee. The
match began. as most good golf matches
DO. with a halvcd hole. but on the second
Travis failed to GO; home with his sec
ond shot and lost the hole. Jerry held
The lead for two holes more. both of
which were halved. although both threw
way chances by missing easy puts on
Inc fourth. the 'old man being the
worst offender.
The Travis cut loose and on the next
NO holes played unbeatable golf. He
u, his ice shot six feet from the pin
On the short fifth, and ran down a putt
or a ., winning the hole and ~squaring
he match. HIS second on the sixth
ras a great shot played exactly RICH.
. take advantage OF the slope Of the
,reen and the ball stopped ten feet from
he cup. Travis holed the putt for a
Win In 3 L.. and took the lead never
10 relinquish It.. After halving the sew
s1th in :, Jerry missed a two foot putt
'0r a win on the eighth green. 1t was
rot a wholly bad putt for the ball hi
tie back OF the cup. but not quite in
ne centre and bounded out.
All the way to the green on the long
r.nth Travers held the upper hand and
seemed to have the hole won until
Travis holed a putt of about fifteen feet
for a 5 which halved the hole.
Not content with saving himself once.
tn veteran repeated tho trick on the
tenth, where his drlve was topped and
he took three to reach the green. Jerry
With a good drive Was we'll on with his
second and nearly holed a long putt for
q .. Travis then sank his ten foot putt
Tor a 4, and halved the hole instead of
losing II. y near stymie cost Jerry the
e'eNenth, for he had an a. putt to
naive the hole until his opponents ball
stopped just 70 the left of his line. II
Nag plosa np1nnh 90 h,sha. n-,a, -
though there really was room TO get into
he cup, but he missed the putt. losing
tne hole and becoming 2 down.
Two halved holes followed and then
came the long fourteenth. Travis
rocked his tee shot into IA pit on the left
" Inc fairway and when he reached the
spo' round a group Of spectators stand
hg about the pit gazing into it's depths
IKE Tourners around an open grave.
ne shooed them away and essayed the
is" OF playing out. He just managed
"gei INTO the open, but got no distance
-.u dld not a the green until he had
-laIeu MS sixth shot. Jerry was on
.Ih MS fourth and so had two for the
.'e' out he ran down a twelve foot putt
". d o. II was the only really hard
vuN ne made and unluckily for him
ane ,lst at the one point where It was
not needed.
me win left Travers only I down., ~
Ms next hole practically settled the
"acn. Both rolled ove the green into
we lons grass and had exactly the
same klhd OF shot to make from al
rrost the same distance. Playing first
avs put his ball within eighteen
ines OF the cup--a great shetland
s,moIheht later Jerry's attempt stopped
zen Feet short. He failed to get
20 hard putt down and Travis won
10 hole and was . up with onlv tbrse
49, 49, NOES TO play. The sixteenth was
raved' leaving Travis dormie. and
.aNers faced the hard task of win
n,Ms ooth or the remaining holes In
. %uer 10 stave OF defeat. He accom-
.nsHeo half OF the task by winning
~ seventeenth . to 9. o%utpiaying Ira
10 al OF the way. ana was still in
10 running when the home hole be-
M' 10th got good tee shots and Jerry
~ nv second closer to the hole than
,a,lS sen; his. hut It was not close
,~ "usl 10 be dead. After Travis had
,'eu ana his bali had stopped four
.,, H., Hn''l OF the cup Travers tried TO
NH S INV long one and failed by an
,,r w two. II was by no means GER
-. mat Travis could get his 4 and
men n" bali hesitsted on the lin OF IN.
~ J'rry's life seemed TO be "a ven. but
pdI turned over once more nn,l
,h ts'I"l M halvinE the hole and sdvts.g
~ "'i'rh TO the ',Nrden City ve1e-nn.
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u,,.onRh the gallery refused 10 look
V'm here were a number OF other
=, w matches this afternoon and plen,,
s"'' golf was played. Henry J..
Ia. distinguished hiMsrif Dy pea.-
,,a nv Webb, The medalils,, by 9 up.