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Travers in Action in New York-Former Supreme

drove Travers consistently, his iron
shots averaged better and his putting
was steadier. Travers Is supposed to
be a master at the short game, but
Ouimet, l should say, has the better
golfing temperament. A lanky, lean
jawed, loose-built youth, he takes his
game very cody, chats with friends
along the course either after good OF
bad shots, is able to concentrate in a
moment, get off his shot and then ap'
parently relax. Misses do not seem
to bother him. All during the day
saw him miss Just one putt which he
should have holed. However, 1t did
not "feaze" him at all. His succeeding
drive was a masterpiece of distance
and direction.
Travers Tense
Travers appears much more tense in
the game, keyed up, taut OF nerve,
Physically, he is much lighter, smaller
and apparently Trailer than Ouimet
He is a keen, alert and polished play
er, who puts lot of run" on his drive
to make up for its lack of distance
through the air. When he fails tc
hole a putt it visibly affects him. In
Justice to him, it should be said that
he has not been playing as much this
summer as in former years, and this
may account for what seemed to be
misses duet to over-anxiety.
A month ago ouimet won the west
ern amateur title. AS he has been ruled
out of eastern amateur golf for some
years because Of alleged professional
ism, there was much interest in seeing
what he could do against TraVeFs.
Guilford has several titles to his credit
and Kirby is regarded as about the
best of the young metropolitan golfers.
Ouimet and Guilford won yester-
days match up and 5 to play. In the
first round Ouimet went at "A rate.
In the afternoon he equalled the
course record Of 20, going out in 81.
lettering par on each of the first five
holes. Twice during the day he made
a 2, each time sinking long putt to
do it.
euiIford Can Drive
Guilford is rated as the longest
driving amateur in the East and he
certainly is a wonder on the tee
green. AS his ball cracks from the
tee and whistles through the air like
a bullet, you wonder if anyone else
will be within a mile Of him. But
Ouimet with a smooth, rhythmical
swing, shoots very powerful ball,
and as you walk up the fairway, you
find Ouimet's drive has just about
equalled Guilford's.
As l went out on the train ! sat
with a man who turned out to be a
very good personal friend Of Ouimet.
He said that the young golfer has not
been at all affected b. his successes
and that he has none at all of the
pose" affected or innate in those who
insist that everything stop for a mile
around them while they are preparing
to hit the ball. Ouimet never noticed
the crowd, found. Neither noise nor
motion seemed to bother him. All he
wanted was elbow-room for his swing,
and he stepped up to the ball, made
few preparatory motions, and got off
his stroke without fuss or foolishness.
Once, when the crowd was streaming
across the fairway apparently far be,
yond his contemplated objective, he
took a brassie and sent a screaming
shot high over the heads of the spec
tators and dropped it on the green a
dozen feet from the pin. Guilford is
much the same type. During the