The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
DISTANCES AND PAR AT
APAWAMIS, WHERE MET.
GOLF TITLE WAS WON

.s.th was hard the ball bounced gayly
up on the green. Roth treated the UNI
ruly green with the greatest respect and
Tiavis finally won the mole. 4 TO !.
They halved the NTH In 3 and Travis
went out In front at the scVnth. whore
ne played a great approach and holed
n long putt for a 3. At the seventh
he made 1t 2 up, Anderson throwing
ava the hole by missing a three foot
putt. but the compliment was returned
on the short eighth. There Anderson
made his = and left Travis with an
eight inch putt to halve the hole. Walk
ing over to the ball Travis hit II a
little off the line and missed. Ander-
son winning the hole. 81 didn't expect
that" said Anderson as they walked
over to the ninth tee. Neither did !,
John" rejoined Travis. 81 thought that
you were going to give II to me"
As If to MAKE up for the error Travis
ran down a fifteen foot putt for a
win NJ the ninth green and was 2 up
once more. lie was out In SO and
Anderson's total was IS.
The tenth hole was Il win for Travis.
although for a while II looked as though
he had lost IT. He cut too deep with
his iron in approaching and fell far
short of the green. II left "A great
opening for Anderson. who had driven
twenty yards beyond his rival. but the
former Boston golfer made q poor shot
which flew of to the right and was
lucky to get on the lower right hand
corner OF the green. Travis then played
n splendid run up. which lef, his ball
dead to the pin. and Anderson tried to
run over n patch Of rough that pro-
jectcd into the green in order TO get
the roll down toward the cup. The
ball stuck In the rough and the shot
lost the hole. putting Travis 2 up. On
the eleventh Travis had a bad stance for
his second shot and almost played out
OF bounds. the ball stopping only a foot
from the wall. Anderson played a pet
shot to the green and won the hole In
4 to !. They halved the twelfth in par
: and on the thirteenth Anderson won
back another hole. Travis missing a putt
not more than n yard long.
With the long fourteenth ahead It
looked as though Anderson might square
the match. but he topped his drive TO
the rough and had all he could do to
halve the hole in {. He did IL with
the aid Of a fine brHSsey shot, the best
PLAYED during the day. ON the fifteenth
Anderson reached the green with his
second shot while Travis was short.
ana ANDERSON won The hole. ( to 8.
%squarinG the match.
1t was q great uphill fight that An
derson had made. and the gallery fol-
loved every move OF the Two golfers
as they played the sixteenth. II proved
TO he a disappointing hole. as both
were evidently nervous when they
reached the green. Anderson had a
three foot putt for a Z. which he
missed. much To his disgust. but he
checre1 NJ a moment later when Wis
missed from two feet away. SIN all
square. they went down the hill on
the seventeenth and II LOOKED like an
other halvei hole until Anderson again
missed a putt Of about a var in length.
This time Travis refused 10 follow suit
ana downing his two foot putt became
dormie one. Both drives on the home
hole were good. but Travis vas away
and had to play his second first. He
made a good one. the ball landing on
the green twenty-five feet from the pin.
II was do or die FOR Anderson. and he
died. Tor he sliced his approach to the
long grass short of the bunker He
chopped GU; to the green and tried for
his Z, missing the cup. Though he didn I
need II TO win. Travis then ran down
his long putt Tor a 3. ending the match
and winning by . M. Tn. cards:
AFTERNOON ROUND.
Travis:
Out ........... 5-3s
Out .;........ ii;3t53G SIS
Travis:
Ia...:........ $3.50 3-,o-7s
Anderson:
In........... i3t6ii j-ii-7a
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