The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
RAIN FORCES TRAVIS
TO DEFAULT MATCH
Veteran 9 Down at Thirteenth
Hole to MarstOn When He
Seeks Shelter.
ROY WEBB HAS LOW GROSS

Golf Clubs invitation ournament this
tourney by default. Travis was .
Town at the time he gave up the hsh;
and both had just driven from ,he
thirteenth tee. Marston getting Il long
shot straight down the middle OF the
fairway. and the veteran pulling off into
the rough.
The ma,ch which ended In such an
unusual and unsatisfactory manner was
begun under perfect conditions. The
mist and i.sht rain OF ;hc morning
had disappeared and the sun was shin.
ing so brightly that II was uncom-
fortably warm when Mirston and Ira
via drove OFT ths irst tee, Everything
seemed to promise A good Anal match.
but by the time the nth hole was
reached T. began 20 grow dark. the
dai knees was followed by rain, and at
tho ninth the ~iinai.s.s sought shelter
They waited Nr nearly an hour until
the rain ceased and then set out again.
Before they hgd finished the tenth an
other shower began, and after two
| holes more Travis decided that he had
had enough. Marstou was loath TO
accept u NlCtOTF billltu u ShNh ~ q
ION and offered TO replay the match
any day next week, but Travis. having
made his dec sion. stuck to IL and led
! IN, way to the clubhouse. where he d.
r,ctsd that the words "Marston by de-
! fault" he inscribed on the score sheet
The situation was one without prec-
eden. IN Metropolitan Journeys, but II
aad 10 stand despite the dissatisfaction
II the winner, who was almost 'mpor-
runate ia HIS repeated offers to replay
the match.
Travis began the final with a victory.
winning the first hole in I TO .. Mar
s,on following up a poor approach with
an even poorer approach putt. They
halved the next Two in par fGures. and
on the fourth Marston had the hole prac-
tically won only TO lose II Travis had
PLAYED , and his ball was on the lip OF
the cup at one side when Marston at
tempted TO hole out a short put tnat
should have won the hole. In some
manner hard to explain he missed tine
cup and a. his ball went past Il knocked
the veterans ball in. giving the hole
to Travis ) to & and putting the old
man . UP instead of all square.
Marston then settled down and won
the next two the ffth as a result
OF his opponents mistakes and the
! sixth strictly on his own merits. ON
the sixth he put his second with an
I iron three fee, from the pin and poled
a downhiil putt for a 3. The sole Is
ass yards long,
Neither played the seventh hole well,
Marston winning. > TO Il, and taking thu
lead for the first time.
II was getting dark when the eighth
was begun and as he played MS APP
proach Marston claimed that he could
hardly see his bail. II 1t was too dark
for him then II was even darker wher
ne played his third, for his second
overran the green into the carernous
bunker In back. Marston disappeared
In the deep pit and played out to the
other side of the green and then picked
up. as Travis had "A sure I In sight.
They played the ninth with the rain
Increasing at every step and Travis
won. I to 3. when Marston's secon
fell short into the trap In front OF
the green. Then as the shower was
worse than ever they ran to a shelter
house. where they settled down TO wait
until the rain was over.
After nearly an hour of waiting the
rain stopped and they started on again
Travis was ! up when they began the
tenth and IL looked as though the match
would be a hard fight for the remainder
of the way. Marston played two good
shots that took him To the green, but
Travls's second was short and fell in
the road that crosses the course. The
ruts In the road proved to he running
streams and when Travis reached the
point on the right where his ball had
been seen last. it was nowhere to he
found. Finally a spectator picking his
way across the road on the other side OF
the course spied "A ball In the water. II
proved to he the missing ball that the
rushing water had carried along with
1t for twenty or thirty yards. anc
Travis FASTENED over to play II before
Il could proceed further in it's attempt
TO reach the Atlantic Ocean. He played
out of the water well. but did not reach
the green. and Marston had no trouble
in Winning the hole 4 to ,, and squarinl
the match.
The eleventh was played with tn
ain beginning to descend in torrent.
and when Travis missed "A short putt foI
a 5 the hole was Marston's. Wiping
of his glasses again. "A task that ne haC
to perform every few minutes. Travis
went to the twelfth tee, | down. Boil
drove the green, though Travis was be
hind u mound lie pitched over wei
and after moving his ball to ESCAPE
casual water missed "A two foot put
for a 3. Marston was down in 3. an
was 2 up, having won every hole sine,
the resumption of the match. They drov.
from the thirteenth tee n then tn,
handful of spectators saw Travis spcal
to Marston and head for the clubhouse
The caddies pan out, picked up the TIVE
balls and it was all over. The cards:
Max r. Marston, Baltusrol-
nn',''',''. : : 80
walter J, Travis. Garden city
nn'' ! -
.Marston won by default at thirteenth
hole,
In the seml-Hnal round in tho morn
ing Travis won easily and Marston hat
"A hard fight on his hands, Travis hac
Fred Herreshon to beat. and he didn'
have to work especially hard to do II
as Herreshor was off his game anc
threw away hole after hole. From
nearly every tee Herrcshofr was IL
trouble, hooking seeming to be his chic
trouble, although a couple of times h,
varied the monotony by slicing. TravlI
was 4 up at the turn and won by 6 III
and 8 to play.
Gardiner White succeeded in carryin,
Marston to the home green in the othe
semi-hnal match. Marston had IN,
upper hand most of the way, although
now and then White managed to squar,
tho match and at the. turn was on eve,
terms with Marston, Coming In IN,
Baltusrol golfer went out ahead an,
when the seventeenth began was dormi
2. White played the seventeenth splen
didly, getting the green with his secon,
and winning the hole with two stroke
TO SPARE. He threw away his chance
however. by falling to get his bali higl
enough from the eighteenth tee, II car
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