New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
7ruvis-D0uglas Golf Match
Feature of Sunday Play
Old Rivals to Clash Again
on Links at Garden
City

Two excellent golf matches are an
nounced for next Sunday afternoon.
One is the meeting between the old
rivals of many years ago-Walter ].
Travis, Garden City, and Findlay S.
Douglas, Apawamis, who will test their
skill Of the present day over the links
Of the Garden City Golf Club.
Travis has always been hard man
to beat over the Garden City course
and is more familiar with it than any
other golfer in the country. Then
again the past record of Travis is su-
perior to that of Douglas, although
they have had many close matches.
Travis is the only man in America who
has ever won British amateur cham
pionship. In addition to which he has
won the United States amateur cham
pionship three times and the metro
politan championship four times, while
Findlay Douglas has won the United
States title only once and the metro
politan twice.
First in the Limelight
Findlay Douglas preceded Travis
slightly in golf prominence, as he was
backed heavily by the East to win the
1897 championship at the Chicago Golf
Club, where he was beaten in the semi
finals by ]. H. Whigham, and the SEN
sation Of the creased clubs came out,
as some one interested in the betting
had creased the grips of all the clubs
in Douglass bag. The following year,
1898, Douglas won his first and only
championship Of the United States Golf
Association over the links Of the Nor
ris County Golf Club. In 1899, when
Herbert M. Hartman won the national
title at the Onwentsia Club, Lake For
est, Ill.,, Findlay S. Douglas was the
runner-up, and in 1900, when Walter j..
Travis wen his first United States title.
at Garden City, Findlay s. Douglas was
the runner-up.
Won National in 1901
In 1901, when Walter j. Travis won
the national title for the second time,
over the Atlantic City links, his hardest
battle Of the tournament was with Find
lay S. Douglas in the semi-final round,
when Douglas carried him to the thirty
eighth hole. Travis won his third NO.
tional championship in 1908 at the Mas
sau Country Club, and in 1904 he went
over to England and won the British
amateur championship.
A metropolitan championship in
those days was almost as hard to win
as a national event. The first event Of
this character the association ever
held was at Garden City in 1899, when
Herbert M. Hartman proved the victor,
and later on in the same year won the
national event. Then for the next four
years it was battle royal between
Travis and Douglas for the title.
Travis won at Nassau in 1900 and
Douglas at Apawamis in 1901.
Then Travis won at Tuxedo in 1902
and Douglas returned the compliment
by winning at Deal in 1908. This ended
the brilliant championship career of
Findlay Douglas, but Travis won the
metropolitan championship in 1909 and
again in 1915, both times at Apawamis
before retiring.
Another Big Match
The other match scheduled for Sun
day afternoon is four-ball profes-
sional match at the Marine and Field
Club links. Three Of the foursome
Carl Anderson, Bronxville, and A. w
Chiappa, Richmond County Country
Club, and Teddy Galligan, the Marine
and Field Club professional, who has
had Tom Mcnamara for a partner, met
on two previous occasions, and they
have each won victory. AS McNa-
mara is now laid up with influenza and
cannot compete in the rubber, his place
has been filled by Peter O'Hara, pro.
fessonal of the Haworth Country Club
who classes with the most expert pro.
fessionals in the metropolitan district
A 36-holc, two-kreen, professional