New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
Professionals Win
Bv Stroke Under Par
Travers Caddy Privilege
Sells for 500 - Red
Cross Gets 500

Not only did the tour most famous
u.,fers in the United States meet in
., exhibition match for the benefit of
ths Red Cross yesterday afternoon at
tbe sinaway Country Club, but the bat
.,e was one Of the greatest ever fought
hetween high class professionals and
smateurs, and it was necessary to play
five extra holes before the profession
ale nroved their superiority by sim
gle hole
The contestants were Jim Barnes
and Walter Hagen against Charles
Chick Evans, Jr., and Jerome D..
rrsyers. and the very announcement
of such noted champions being brought
tovetser drew golf admirers to the
links in almost unmanageable num-
hers. The day was ideal for the sport,
and although long ropes were manned
10 hold the great crowd in check, both
had to be abandoned after the first
four or five holes, as they did more
harm than good, getting tangled
around the feet of the spectators and
becoming q regular stumbling block
The match was slated to start at
q.l5 o'clock, but it was about be-
fore it actually got under way. The in
tsryening time was used in auctioning
of the caddy privileges. Jim Barnes
was first choice, and the successful
bidder paid 500 for the right to be his
chief caddy. Walter Hagen came next
and his privilege sold at $50. Chick
Evans's fast sold at $50.
Travers's Caddy Pays S100
Jerome D. Travers's place was the
last sold, and by this time the bidders
became warmed UP to their work, and
the bidding ran up into the hundreds,
the moneyed men fully realizing that
,he amount they gave went to the Red
Cross. Finally Travers's caddy job
was disposed Of for s7oo. A ball that
Tom Karrigan had played nine holes
in thirty-thYee was sold for $50.
The game began with Jim Barnes and
Jerry Travers, each driving out of
bounds and having to drive second
ball. Hagen was in the rough on the
edge of the course on his drive and
nlayed into the rough again, dropped
back and took for the green. The
hole was finally halved in 3 by the
ether three. The great crowd began to
think they were going to see some
roor golf, but soon changed their
minds, as the best ball from this out
was par or better.
The second hole was won in par by
the professionals, both the amateurs
getting in trouble on this hole and TAX
ing E. The third hole was won by
Travers in par, which put them on
pnua1 foOfIDu with the nrOS
The fourth hole was halved in par
and the fifth, CT, 492 yards, was won
by Hagen in 4, one stroke under par
This gave the pros the lead again by
! up, aud they held it to the eighth,
as the sixth ard seventh were both
halVed in par
Travers's Long Putt Wins
Travers won the eighth, S23 yards
by running down long putt for a
3. which squared the match. The ninth
hole was halved in par, with honors
even at the turn. This had its effect
on the great gallery who began to
leaiize that the amateurs were just as
good as the professionals. This was
shewed on the tenth, which was halved
in.par by Hagen and Evans.
lhe eleventh was won by Barnes in
par, giving the pros the lead. After
having the twelfth, thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth in part Travers
won the sixteenth in one under pal
lnrough running down good putt, the
o. o.ner three getting par on the holes
ms again squared the match.
it was thought that it was all over
sul the shouting when Hagen won the
seventeenth hole in par, but the great
gallery went wild with excitement
when lravers holed forty-foot putt
on the eighteenth green for win in
uhe Stroke better than par, the other
'hfee getting down in par.
Red Cross Gets S2,50O
1t was then 6 o'clock in the evening
pa' II was finally decided to continue
play until one side or the other won
mole. The gallery was worked up to
sne highest pitch, as were also the
payers, and the gallery was seeing an
sAhlpauon of golf that will long be re-
me first hole was halved in par by
hagen and Travers, the second in par
~ Barnes and Evans, the third in pa,
me fourth was halved in par by Ha.
neh and Travers, while the fifth was
Tuh by Barnes in one stroke under par
;a,S'ers had a miss of about half ar
ana men 10, Tor a half on his putt for a 4
srs. snu Evans missed his putt by a much
SSssaser margin, the other three getting
s0wh IN the par of 5 to Barnes's 4.
tn's ended the match in favor of tht
pprI9iesssionals pn9 ~ by 1 up. Between So 50(
csu. CIV sSuvo was raised for the Rec
w;us i;USs. The ball Travers made his Ions
yraaa as,.hg putt with on the eighteenth
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