Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-02
SCORES AN AMAZING
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT;
GREAT GOLF PERFORMANCES
Ouimet's Victories Over
Vardon and Ray and
Evans's TRUMP h S
This Year Rare Feats

An INDIVIDUAL achievement Of rare
"A merit. In whatsoever branch Of sport,
always claims the bulk OF public attention.
Here and there the noncombatants who
view things from the lines are willing to
figure in an average, but for the most part
they are mainly Interested in what rests
within easy sight.
The two most notable onc-ycar achieve
mcnts in American golt were undoubtedly
established by Francis Ouimet when he
beat Vardon and Ray IN 1913 and by Chick
Exams this waning season when he baBged
both the amateur ana open titles,
These were rare performances, worthy of
all the acclaim each received
The Star Average
Hut what Is the best average over a four
year or u hve-year span ever built up?
After all, 1t Is the average over an eN-
tended interval Of time that must count
above all things else
such an average, In awarding the main
laurel, must be placed above any one year
OF hrIllaucc, however great
In this latter competition there are two
men who lead the field, These two are
walter j. Travis and Jerome D. Travers.
two Of the most notable names In American
golf, ranging from 1900 through l9l5-a
span OF fifteen years.
Francis Ouimet had two great years in
1913 and 1914 when he won the amateur
aud the open, But his career was cut
short this season by the United States
Golf Association.
Nineteen hundred and sixteen has been
Chick Eyanss first notable succcss-the
first time Chick had ever landed a national
championship. So In the competitive aver
age for national honors Chick must look
10 the future rather than back to the past
The debate here rests between Travis
and Travers,
Travis and Trayers
Not long ago we dropped into see Jerry
Trayers. and while looking over some med
ais which he was putting away ut the time
there were four which caught our notice.
These four medals told the story OF n con-
sistent four-year average that no one eN-
cept possibly Travis has ever approached.
They We're dated and engraved as fol-
lows:
"19l2-Amateur Championship"
"l9l3-Amateur Championship
I9li-Runner-up, Amateur Champions
ship"
"I9i5-Open Championship"
The one silver medal came from 1914
when no went TO the final round only
To fall before the exceptionally fine golf
OF Francis Ouimet But TO offset this one
defeat he beat Evans at match play In
1912 Oulmet at match play In 1913 and
both Evans ana Ouimet in medal play in
1915, only "A golfer of unusual skill and
unusual tenaclty and determination could
round out four such years In succession,
involving both match and medal play.
For four consecutive years OF golf this
showing Is the best ever made In American
play In 1912. 1918 and 1914 through
amateur championships, TraveTs, out OF ff-
teen matches, won fourteen aud lost one
adding the open championship TO his lis,
after no was beaten by ouimet His record
was fifteen victories out Of sixteen starts
an average well above 800 for the -four
campaigns
The Veterans Showing
The only span OF consistency To compare
with this was established by Walter j
Travis from 1909 through 1904
The veteran had hpse Ia 1902. when
Louis James won the amateur but his
general average was remarkably high az
the dates and results show;
19OO-Amateur championship.
l9Ol-Amateur championship.
l9O3-Amateur championship.
l904-British amateur championship
Viewing this record with that OF Trayer,
shown above II is no wonder that IN,
names OF Travis and Trayers are planted
so high In American golf
They have been far and away the two
most consistent amateurs the game oyei
here has ever known. when theN genera
average Of their play is figured In
GRASTLASD RICE.