The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
TRAVERS AND
: OUIMENT LOSE
HAkSToN's PLAY AGAINST rRAv-
EMS WOULD HAVE BEATEN
AMY PLAYER ON EARTH.
standish outplayed oui1nst and swept
Him OF Ms Foet-P1ay
Classy Throughout

DETROIT. Mich. Sept. 1.-Two giants
OF the golf world were slain this after
noon, IN the second round OF match play
10, ur me national amateur championship
holder of the national title, was decis-
tvely outpiayed and beaten BY James D.
Stand1sh. Jr.. Of Detroit. The result
was five up and four holes to play.
Jerome Travers. Of Upper MOntclair. "
~. VINO hoped 20 wear two crowns at
the same time. was loser. two and one.
TO Max Y. Marston. OF Springfield y. j.
Travers Is the present open champion.
. Winners OF the other matches were
A. Gardner. Of Chicago: Nelson whitney
81 New ORLEANS: sheriff Sherman. OF
Utica. John o.. Anderson. OF Mt Nernon
y. Y. and Howard d. Lee. OF Detroit.
The conquerors OF Ouimet and Travers
are young men. both in their early TWEEN
ties. Neither had previously won an
important title. but each played to-day
as though the winning OF a national
championship was merely routine ef-
The speed and unerring accuracy which
Standish displayed caused Ouimet TO
become erratic Travers. affected by a
cold. stood the task better-fought every
hole-but was played off his feet BY
the fair-haired youth from his home
state New Jersey. The golf which
OF this afternoon round. would probably
have beaten any player on earth. He
shot the last nine holes in 80. three
strokes under par.
saarstOn Cut Loose
Travers was one up this forenoon and
ne was still one up when holes were
played Then Marston cut loose. Des-
perately long drives brought him close
TO the greens and three times ne hOlcd
puts which made his gallery gasp. on
the thirtieth hole, Marstons second shot
landed forty feet from the cup. lie put
Ted down an incline on "A tricky green.
The ball rolled and twisted and wiggled.
ed from sight Marston had squared
the match on the turn and had won the
18th; IS. After his long putt he claim
ed the 3ist hole with a brilliant three
10 Travers' par four The latter then
three down, reduced the margin by hol-
ing his third shot on the 32nd green
but Marston held him even the rest OF
the route.
standish was able TO take deadly ad-
vantage OF nearly every putting SLIP that
outmet made Poor work on the greens
more than any other factor Of his game.
was responsible FOR the champions fall
ure Ouimet was one up after forenoon
play had ended. tie was not able TO
Win hole Ia the afternoon. Standish
squared the match on the 20th green.
He sank l0-foot putt 10 take the lead
AZ the -ard. Ouimet was stymied by a
Tree and lost the cath. SIS. Standish
drove 10 within two feet OF the 25th
cup and h0led for "A two while Ouimet :
attempt TO hole a l5-foot putt overran
the cup by a dozen feet. Righ there.
the massachusetts youth seemed to lose
heart. Standish sailed along and won
the 2Sth and 50th holes 10 increase his
lead TO five up. The next two We're halved
IN par ana the match was over.
Went Extra Hole.
Sherril sherman and j. y. Stearns Of
Wllliamsport Pa, went an extra hole
before the CORNER won. Stearns was be-
hind nearly all day and only by winning
the 35th and 36th holes was he able 10
even the struggle. on the latter green
he sank his approach shot for a but on
the extra hole, sherman went under par.
while Stearns hal 20 take t~u Tutts.
The pairings Tor tomorrow compel two
Illinois stars to oppose each other-the
second time in three days the incident
has occurred. Gardner and Sawyer meet.
Marston WI play Lee and ~ is expected
the easterner VIII have fierce competi-
ton. Whitney clashes with Anderson
and Standish has Sheriff. sherman for
an opponent