New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-26
Jerry Iravers
Victor Over
Gil Nichols
Golfers Continue Big War
Benefit Play on Bal
tusrol Links
BY GRANTLAND RICE

at Baltusrol in the big international
match. Travers, playing in oldtime
form, upset the brilliant Nichols 3 and
2, finally finishing up on the English
pro.
This contest was only one of many
features, however. On the days count
the Scots and Homebreds each won six
battles at individual play. while the
English led the Amateurs by seven
matches to four, with one drawn fight.
In the forenoon foursomes the Home
breds led the Scots FIVE matches to one,
while the English team predominated
over the Amateurs by the same 81
margin.
So, on the days count by matches,
the score stands as follows:
English-Twelve victories.
Homebreds-Eleven victories.
Scots-Seven victories.
Amateurs-Five victories.
The lone amateur to figure in two
victories in the days play was Bobby
Jones, of Atlanta. In the forenoon,
| paired with Norman Maxwell, the two
youngsters beat George Sargent and
Herbert Strong 1 up. They were 2
| down and to play, but by brilliant
rally won three of the last four holes,
getting at the long fifteenth.
After this start young Bobby pro-
ceeded to beat Cyril Walker, the Eng
lish pro, up after fine uphill match.
Bobby lost the first three holes, but
Tailed the two under par, and from that
point on played brilliant golf. Walker
had 70, which is evidence enough that
young Jones was hitting the ball.
Barnes Beats Kirkby
Jim Barnes defeated Oswald Kirkby
by three holes, two costly stymies
barring Kirkby's way at vital points of
the match. Both were playing we'll.
Another feature match was the meet
ing between Jock Hutchinson and Wal
ter Hagen. Hagen was playing well
enough, but Hutchinson had the star
round of the day with 20, unbeatable
golf over the hard Baltusrol course.
Here is Hutchinson's brilliant card:
GS' . .......::ss tss.t &s-ssss-7o
No wonder Hagen fell behind against
| this rushing attack.
The Travers-Nicholls match drew the
big gallery, and Jerry's play proved
beyond doubt that when he is thrown
into rugged competition his old game
is still at hand, despite his lack of
| practice.
| On the way out the two had an even
fight, Travers hanging on grimly after
being 2 down at the sixth. He squared
the match at the ninth. and from this
point on he was never stopped. To
show his wonderful ability to recover,
| Trsvers sliced his tee shot out OF
bounds at the tenth and still got his
par 4 by dropping a mashie shot within
| four inches of the cup. He then won
the eleventh by fine second shot, but
lost the twelfth. The thirteenth was the
turning point. All square here, Mich
! oils apparently had the hole won.
| But Travers sunk fifteen-foot putt for
a 3, while Gil missed from three feet.
| That sudden switch wasvthe turning
point, as Travers promptly bagged the
! fourteenth hole with another fine 3,
and became 3 up at the fifteenth, when
| Nichols hooked to trap and needed
6. BY halying the sixteenth Jerry
had returned to his old glory with a
3 to 2 victory over one of the greatest
golfers in the game.
Here are the cards:
Gu. ;.,..........5 - 49, s-3s
Out ,...........A SIS $500 SIS
In ....:.......t 80 4i65 4-37-7s
In ....,.........4 4 5-il-7s
By the hole system. which will very
likely be discarded as being eminently
out Of place, the scores are as follows /:
English, 43; Home breds, SO; Scots, 49,;
Amateurs, IL. But it is almost a GER
| tainty that the decisions will be given
| by matches alone, with the scores
| printed above to count, man against
man and match against match.
Remarkable for Foursome
One of the feature exhibitions of the
day was the BradyBurke combination
in the forenoon, as this pair had ~,
4 a
some work with only one ball in play
They defeated McFsrlane and Smith Z
up, although the latter is strong COM
bination. Brady was playing brilliant
golf all day, and will be hard man to
beat his week.
Another odd feature was that three
teams In the forenoon were 2 up and
4 10 play, only to lose. Travers and
4 K;ykby had the Nichols team down
and 4 TO play, losing three out OF the
last four holes by erraic putting: Sar'
geant and Strong had Jones and Max
we'll hooked by the same margin, only
to start downhill when the KIDS got
3 on the par fifteenth.
Here are the scores:
FoURsoMEs
Amateurs vs. English
Nichols, wslksr !: rf.'ss hirsp'; o.
MARVEL ZONES; Sargent, s Ho,,s,uaon. O.
a Reid w hsl cd q Aa v.n vlse@t Ees.
Harms Smith. S; Tiffany -Gsslimey, o.
tnslish q h i,a%..R,.d, l.
U.ssn. Laserblsde. /: Hutchinson Mcleod. 0.
Br.dy. burke, :; Msfsrlsns- smith. Q. s,.. =.
McN.%sIs .,,eth, essni.s9.T% , il.P''e
PSsehsL nenn'l; l. low MAE ,Mseiis o;
Home -breds. .; scotch. l.
INDIVIDUAL MATCHES
scotch and Home Bred,.
Hutchinson beat Hagen. = up
Do~llnr beat Mcleod up.
Freneb beat Simpson. w.
iiobsn, bs,, Leo.si ] w
/ p psai bee Nsi-.S. u up
campbell beat Burke. up.
t-.l.hl.As hal Low