The sun., 1918-11-11
TRAVIS DEFEATS
DOUGLAS, oNEUp
Record Crowd Sees Old Rivals
in Nip and Tuck Battle on
Garden City Links.
$4,000 FOR WAR FUND
Veterans Show Some of the
Skill They Displayed in Title
Match Is Years Ago.

One Of the largest crowds that ever
fas witnessed q golf match In this VI
clnity made, up the gallery that at
tended the United War Work Campaign
match between those, ola timers walter
J. Travis and Findiay S. Douglas ut
the Garden City Golf Club yesterday
afternoon. And every one present was
amply rewarded for making the Jour-
ney to the Long Island links, Cor the
contest which Travis finally won by
the narrow margin OF one up, hung
IN doubt until the final puts
Considering the records OF the two
rlen .it..wa little wonder devotses. of
the game came from far and near.
Not few OF those in the gallery were
ticnal championship final on the same
links eighteen years before. -.s.
Before the match there was bidding
Tor scoring and caddie privileges. It
cost Martin w. Littleton 500 to be
scorer and s250 more to be Travis's
caddie. Howard Maxwell gave up
similar amount to carry Douglass
Clubs. ... ...-.-.
There was more auctioneering after
the match. II was for possession of
that treasured Schenectady putter with
which Travis won the amateur cham
pionship of Grent Britain at Sandwich In
1908. 1t was finally knocked down to
l.. II. Lapham, club member. for
si.To0. Lapham presented the putter to
the Garden City Coli Club. About $4,000
was raised.
Douglas Best Going Ont.
From . competitive point Of, view. IT
Tonid be hard to imagine a more in
terssting contest than that put up by
these old rivals Going out Douglas was
at his best. He played in q manner that
would have done credit to any champion,
but he began to slip at the half way
point and from there homo hts tee shots
went wandering. and the puts that
had been SO deadly in the earlier stages
went everywhere but into the cup.
Douglas had all the better OF the first
hole, getting g fine ball against the wind
and laying his approach on the green.
whereas Travis after, pulling his drive
to the rough found the sand trap IN
front Of the green on his second. The
veteran recovered WE'LL but 1t did him
no good. as Douglas got and became
up.
10 the short second hole, 100 yards,
both had faultless toe shots, the balls
coming to rest almost equally distant on
opposite sides Of the, cup Douglas was
away and for an instant after he hit his
ball It looked a. II he would get a 2,
but the rubber core stopped within a few
inches Of the pin. Travis then rolled In
a ten +footer for a Q. thereby winning
the hole and squaring the match.
They hAlvcd the third hole in s. Doug
las losing a stroke when his pulled drive
landed him in trap. Travis sliced to
the rough.
Nothing Amer could be imagined than
Travis's I at the 400 yard fourth hole.
ehANaa nfartaN Il n
course he laid a nashie approach to
within few feet of the pin. That was
too much for Douglas, who had reached
the green on his third shot, but missed
on a long try for a 4. That hole made
Travis ! up. but Douglas squared the
match at the nth, getting Z, thanks
TO q good putt. He uncorked wild pull
from the tee. the ball coming to rest
away over on the fourth fairway. and
his second shot found the trap back OF
the green.
In the meantime Travis. against the
wind, failed to carry the road on his
q, drive and after playing out short his
third went over the green to the. rough.
He chipped back nicely. but Douglas
then settled all doubts after recovering
we'll from the trap by running down a
fifteen footer for his 4. ,,t-,;4
stymie for Travis.
Douglas became UP by winning the
sixth hole in 5, Travis taking three puts,
something unusual for him, They halved
the long seventh, sal yards. In 5. After
their third shots, Douglass bail lay
about twenty feet from the flag. and
Trayis's something like thirty feet.
Douglas, however, laid Travis a stymie.
and the Garden City man. in attempting
to putt by. drew 1t too fine and hit
Douglass ball.
Douglas got q bird" at the eighth
hole. s57 yards. He laid an approach to
within fifteen feet of the cup, ssl ran
the putt down in fine style. but as It so
happened It wasn't needed. as his op-
ponent half topped his second shot TO
The road, and couldn't do better than 5.
This made Douglas up, but he lost
tho ninth hole, despite the fact that his
opponent fell short OF the bunker guard
ing the green on his second shot. Doug
las sliced his drive TO the mounds on the
hillside, and after two more shots. his
hall was still In the rough to the right OF
the green. From there. he recovered
beautifully. 90 that he only had a short
putt to halve the hole in 5. but he
missed II was the first OF a series OF
poor puts that practically cost him the
match. AZ II was. Douglas turned for
home up. He went out In 20 to 10 for
Travis
The Garden City man twice found
trouble going to No. 10. whereas Doug
has. after falling short OF the, green on
his second shot showed that he had
changed somewhat from tho old days, by
taking out his putter and rolling up the
long one instead OF chipping with n
'nashie. In this instance, the effort wal
faultless, the bail stopping stone dead
Travis, after reaching the green's edgc
on the fourth shot. conceded the hole.
Again Douglas was up. but he lost
he eleventh. taking three puts for 6.
Considering tho class OF the players. the
way they hashed up the short twelfth
hole made every one smile. The length
is ITO yards. and the stin wind made
u difficult TO gauge the distance. Travis,
VINO had the honor. went plump into
the bunker in front OF tbs green, Every
one thought Douglas would profit by the
others experience and be sure to get
over. but he too landed into the same
trap. Both got out WELL and then
proceeded to take three puts. although
the one that Travis missed for a I was
short enough to kick in.
Even as you and L. quoted Henry
Taft 70 Charles TappIn as they turned
away.
Travis Misses Fine Chance.
Although Travis failed TO grasp the
Iportunities presented there "a square
lie match he won the long thirteenth
hole In 8. Both pulled their drives 70
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