The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
MARSTON And WILD
BEATEN FROM START
Travers and Kirkby Capture
First Three Holes and
Never Lose Lead.

CRAWFORD. -. j.. May 27.-The wis.,
tors. jerome n. Travers and Oswald
Kirby. were the victors in the thirty
six hole four bail match played to-
day or the links of the Crawford Golf
Club. The home pair. Max II. Marston and
Edwin NJ. Wild. were 9 down at the end
Of the morning round. and although they
put UP a good fight for a while in the
afternoon and carried the match TO the
seventeenth green they finally were
beaten by 3 up and l to play.
Both Travers and kirkby were playing
we'll In the morning and began by
snatching the first three holes before
Marston n Wild were aware that the
match was under way. lSirkby gath
cred IN the spoils on the frst and
third holes, and the national open cham
rion took care Of the second. Wild
won back a hole by getting a 3 on
the sixth and both made sure Of the
seventh by getting A.. so tho lead was
reduced to IA single holc. The visitors
won the ninth. however. and were .
w at the turn. Coming in Travers
holcd a fifteen foot putt for a 2 on
the thirteenth. but Marston retaliated
with a 2 on the seventeenth and tho
visitors still were . up at the halfway
point. Tn cards:
MORNING ROUND.
Trsvsrs and Kirkb,i
o1 M.r.ion and VIVA:
out:..::....I ,EItt.a.As-+"
Marston ana Wild.
I. ........... - 333 It'll
The individual totals. with several
liberal approximations, were: Travere.
70; Krkby. -: Wild. "a; Marston. -.
just as they were In the morning. the
AS~N tnyA A-laA .Aa., 90 raa.A~a
and kirkby In the afternoon. and by
winning them both they Jumped their
lead to 4 up in short order. Then
Marston and Wild pulled themselves to-
gcther and halvcd the Q eight holes.
Having accomplished that they tStsd
to DO q little more. and with Marstoa
playing the star part began a rally that
looked dangerous. a fine second sho on
the ELEVENTH left the Jersey champtou's
ball six feet from the pin and he won
tho hole. His approach on the twelfth
was - little closer. and that hole too
went to hi credit. the lead Of the Wis
itors being reduced to : holes again.
When Mtrstun's tee shot on the thir-
teenth, 1873 yards long. stopped four
feet from the pin Travers began to
remember a certain day at Detroit last
year and 10 wonder II history was go
ing TO repeat itself. II wasn't Oswald
kirkby saw TO that. Tho former Metro
rolitan and Jersey champion put his
ball or the green about nine feet be-
yond the cup. and then carefully ran
down his put, FOR a .. That putt al
tered the situation. for Marston instead
OF putting for a win was trying for a
halt. and the usual thing happened. He
missed the easy putt, lost the hole. and
with it the last real chance to draw
level. Wild made a dying EFFORT on
tho sixteenth. winning the hole. hut it
left Travers and Kirkby dormie. and
when both OF the home golfers were
bunkcred on the seventeenth the match
ended. The cards:
AFTERNOON ROUND.
Travers and Kirkby:
Out. ...... I 3 <S<0l 8 B-27
Marston and wild:
Out. ...... At6<3% $50
T!ayers and K!:kSy:
fn......... $50 ~S-S<-1l-Ito
Marston and wild
fn......... s 33<S <-S&-73--tt
The individual scores for the second
rourd were kirkby. 10, Marston. 70
Wild, -. Travers. 81.
\ bic gallery followed the match in
no morning and a bigger one started
out In the afternoon. Rain drove In
some OF the more timid spectators. but
most ~ them stayed until tho match
vas over