The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06
TRAVIS TAKES
FOURTH GRASP
ON GOLF TITLE
Defeats John Anderson in
Apawamis Final 2 Up.
36 Holes.
OPPONENTS QUIT FOR
LUNCH, ALL SQUARE

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"Vh MS iour'n metropolitan goif chan-
pionship to-day by defeating John @
Anderson by 2 IN in The ,bir,v-.,x
ho,o All ,- -
- va ou'' VI ~ Journey "h'eh
posah 'ast wednesday on the links OF
tho Anavs mis- cIuh r,oso ,ho,,. -.
,u., . II -
"""' was '"e s"h was NOT up 10 tho
standard set in the earlier rounds. This
morning when the round ended IN an
.vo, hroaL ,A.-. = So, a.,
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va" soii' out ths afternoon Doth anu 4
little better. The medal scores show
lust about how rood mr. how had tn
-, -, r-.. oo :. 80 -.
90 ' N"u
son. Sl-7s-l6O. All through the .
there were more holes lost than won:
,ha, In hoIea wera gained nor. o,,.r
- =. -
rs q result OF the losers MISTAKES IMAM
because OF the winners good play.
1t was Anderson who began the day
with a victory. winning the first hole
when Travis topped his second shot. The
second was halved in ). and the third 10
I, Anderson taking three shots to get
the green and saving himself by run
ming down a ten foot putt. Travis
played into the bunker guarding the
fourth green. and the mistake cost him
tho hole. although both missed puts
on the tricky sloplng green.
hnderson's two hole lead did not last
long, however. for he missed an easy
putt on the short NTH, Travis win
ming, 3 to 4, and topped his drive on
the sixth. Travis taking that hole in
4 TO . and squaring the match. Ander-
son played the seventh in faultless style:
In fact II was one OF the pest holes ne
played all day. A good drive followed
10. a SplavIfl gaNAnI NM hiQ hall an
the green and his putt for n 3 stopped
on tho lip of the cup. Travis in the
meantime had taken three shots 10 reach
the green n was LEFT with a Twelve
foot putt for n 4. II was q forlorn
hope, but he tried II and succeeded In
knocking Anderson's ball In. anderson
therefore won Inc hoIe IN = 10 Il anu was
! up. Again the advantage was lost AZ
quickly as IT had been gained. fnr Ander-
son dropped the short eighth' \ rhotog'
rapher annoyed him whlle ne was pay
ing his second shot ana the annoyance
was expressed by the careless way IN
which he tried ior the D. "hi'h WouIe
nav" halNed the h"I' pD '"' '""E n'nrn
Anderson took the lead again. winning
Tn" NOE In . 10 D. ana Hl',"eh''"N sN.
ting a great sa"t IRON! me '""Eh on
his way 10 IN" green l"e N','o'F put
f'm J IN or III" n'St h,ne n.I'N' nv
was out IN ~ I" 'h' '''"'" wy W.
,rap'S Al.
on the next two holes Anderson made
mistakes and each mistake cost a hole.
a. Travis PLAYED both in par. Auder-
sons second on the tenth WIS hooked
40 , tran to the left ~ tho green. ard
n, tho eleventh. he sliced his drive over
,nt, tho road. out of bounds. The t~o
,yrns mn, Travis ahead FOR the first
,trc
~ ,w.,f,b v,a n,ayed poorly An
aarsor was mo offender From the tee,
rro,ts bookcd in,o tho awning plt cut
into the hillside ard Audcrson.s hail ran
over the coraer OF the greer, topping
IN the rough Travis failed to Cct out
-, ~, l,,rLc- pu his tirs, ai.,uuu' and
W. ~ - .o,ond .IIn orcht
to pick up and give Anderson the hols,'
remarked a man !" tu' gam 'u' !.
veteran must ave hau a T''h''l',n
OF what was 10 come Tor nc ''F'iuiiy
Clipped up his fouith close l" me PIN
Then II was Anderson turh "" pay ms
second. He was Only a NY . Over zen
yards away and had three for IN" hole,
and It seemed as though y" couldn't
help winning, hut this Is wha' happened
His chip shot Went half way 10 ~" pin
leaving him "A long putt which he hit
weakly. the bail stopping tw" 'e"t short
or the cup. ~" 'nGn n,sse" me nor,