New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-19
TRAVIS Is Still King on
Garden City Golf Course

| DIVISION.
II might have been the starting day
at national championship yesterday
morning, when the clans gathered
about the clubhouse and around the
first tee. Marston, who won the chief
cup at Garden City last year, stood
chatting with Frank Dyer, Of Mont
clair. Travis, taciturn and as little
given TO words as always, stood, coat
tails tapping in the wind, looking
moodily out toward the hrst green.
Topping, George T. Broknw, White,
Herreshof, Ward, young Lewis. Rob
ert Hunter and DR.. Gardner were
others generally seen at the big
tournaments.
Marston Putted Poorly.
Marston can blame his putter and his
irons for his inability TO get into the
fight for the chief cup. He was getting
the same great distance from the tee
as usual and his brassie shots through
the fairway were stalwart efforts. II
was after the green was hundred
yards away that he threw away
strokes. Time after time he failed TO
run down short puts and his pitching
rarely left the ball dead.
Going out in 47-wretchcd golf for
a player of his calibre-ho settled
down bit coming in and reeled of
a 40; but the damage had already been
done. Herreshoff went out in az and
came home in SO, while Lewis could
not do better than 46 for the outward
journey and 40 for the last nine holes.
The younger men seemed unable TO
control the fight of the ball in the
half gale that swept across the links.
Travis retained all his old accuracy
at tho short game, laying up his ap-
proaches with mechanical exactness
and putting without trace of nerves.
. Playing with Rhett against Marston
and Dyer in the afternoon best-ball
foursomes, the veteran was invariably
outdriven anywhere from twenty TO
sixty yards; yet il was the others who
were playing the odd when the balls
came to rest on the green.
A Business Engagement"
After turning in his cards in the
qualifying round the man who has
won more honors than any amateur in
this country said that a business en-
gagement would prevent him from con-
tinuing in the tournament II seemed
almost as if the grand old man" had
merely wished to show the younger
school of golfers that the old master
can still WELD a club with the best
of them, and was content 70 rest upon
his laurels.
In truth. it was a difficult test that
the players faced at Garden City yes
terday. The greens committee. George
Watson, chairman; C.. =. Turner, NJ VI.
Buckner. Alfred r. Fish, Ralph Peters,
jr.. and G. L. Hubbell, has been keep
ing the course strictly up TO the mark,
the advice Of leading link architects
and amateurs has been embodied in
the changes. Some of those who were
instrumental in stifening the course,
notably Charles B. Macdonald, national
champion in 1895, came 10 grief in the
very traps they had laid so well, but
it's all in the game.
In the best-ball handicap foursome
competition in the afternoon 7. VI.
Kerr and DR.. c. II. Gardner returned
the low score of 37-37, TITO.
The complete summaries follow:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
= Mortimer Barnes. Enslewocd. 4e-42-s2. II. J.
ASarass. to|il-Si GARDINER y Witt Fa 4ihhsI
40-15-si; G.. T. Brokaw. Garden City. 4f-4l--ss
Man,sr WE ss BUM Ga'41n ny 10 St,r F''sI
Andrews. i3-i2-55' G. Il W1ishan. R6sEaaay.
So John i Ws}a i}a s,o 1a c Ia'l;n ~ '.it
Dyer, Moutcair 4l-i2-S6: c Van Week. r..
nal'ggsroli 'G-4l-s7. v. /. Hicks Nassau, -
Allen. FOX HIS. 42-f5-S7
SECOND SIXTEEN.
Ray TTysrort. Bndgehampton. i2-4e-ss. p II.
Webster. Garden City. fills Fred HcrcshoT
il-32-se MARVEL r. Msfsion. BsIsusrol go
50; 7. 81 ker Maidstone. i4--45-Se: r. ~
away r%s5o W D. johnson G f.aa, H ci,y
5f-44-e9: " J. McConulle. Garden City, SIS
tIf. Ha-
NJ Fowler f. 81 5l' 4Sdrcrs Ok i l segcy
Plumner. Garden City. 5O-42-92.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
J. W. McMenamy FoI Hills. $3.50. A ".
42-5l--e3. W. r. simons Garden City. 4S-47N9S;
G,ad 5 Ill., 'a-n9s t''' 'i Rsa6o S'3 j
LLaake"ood. ,tJ.o99-,e4; J. 7. MaeMphoa. Garden
ssi5E9i ' W F-o " T 6sa5d Morris i2; County
II. Brown. St Andrews. 46-4S-94. A G Binder
52-42-si. +. c Haysmcyer NeTpoft. 47Misos
". W. Fe,5 ChseHy Valley. 5l-4l-2j. J. :. Gff-
FOURTH SIXTEEN.
Palmer Fox Hnis. soEis%9s, Malcolm s a. n.
son. Piping Rock. $3.50: James A stilmsn.
1o9 a ;tf' Roo! J2soaon e eas9 G n
g. Raane M ( G5ss5 SaiaSa eyss Ha9
Lake 52-45-s1; {. Tsppin Garden CITY b3-
45es: ]. Blair. Tuxedo. 53-s5-es; A l..
Sands. Dutehess. t5-53-93i c. D. McHLe
Duchess, is-,o-ss; J. L kelley. Deal JiI5
FIFTH SIXTEEN
Keeier Apsvsmis l6-5S-ea: o ". Parker. Car.
den City. 6l--4s-99. ID. Morohouse. Midland AZ
52-s9; A. p Roth. Manhattan. 5l-49-lO0:
ARENAS Holmes. Wee Burn 5i-i6-lO0. Z. NJ
hckeilar Cherry Valley. 5l-j0-l0li J. II OFT
ley. Nassau. 49-52-l9l: Aymar EmbuU. Kuick-
5l-50-l0l; 7. A. Morrow. Great Neck, 5i-i9-
lO3; 5. Il Smith. Garden City. 5i-l9-l03; O.
@. W0rh.ey, Fox Hills. j0-53-l03. NJ : Pa
ton. Garden City 57-47-i0i. c. A. Sporord
Garden City. 52-52-l04: d NJ. Stewart Dun
woodie. 55-50-lo5.
OTHER SCORES.
D. W Paige ROckaway 5s-ss-los: Chase
Mellen. Garden City. 6l-t5-l0s: c. @. Meyer
Oakland. 5O-5e-l06: Il. Furman. Cherry Valley
5o--57-l07: A P. Nelson. Atlantic City 5s-is-
lO7 w. b. Seaman. unattached. 6i-is-lOs. W
=. Jockin. FoI ms. 57--52-l09; r. Z. strow-
bride For Hills 52-5s-llo; ]. k. Van Kracssn
Neck 52-5s-uo; J. F. BsrrinecT. 6uteiess
54-5e-ll3. b. Walters. Garden Cts. Is
Draw FOR FIST siIteen-whlgham and BArnes
Topping and Gardner Rhett aud Dyer Hicks and
BrOksW. Van Week and Alien. Yard and Brand
ryne and Hunter White and Berner.
Best ball foJfsomc handicap ard Gardner
37-31-74-f-1O. Travis and Rhett 3G-Se-75-
2-11, Truesdel ana SiroWbutge 45-45-Ns-l5-
10. Ward and Livingston. SS-40-1S-4--74: Pearce
and Iadd 42-40-S2-G-7G. Marron and Dyer
4l-99-SO-2--fS. Robertson and Bacon 42-l2-
S4-5-79. Mellen and Hubbeil iS-45-94-7-S7.
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