Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-25

notable achievement when 1t is consid-
cred that only three other amateurs
have won the open in its IS years of
competition. Travers stands with
Ouimet, Evans and Jones.
The former champion is only 43 years
OLD, but his tournament golf is is
years behind him. Nowadays he plays
only week ends in informal club COM
petition with handicap of five strokes,
in contrast to the scratch rating of the
day before yesterday.
Golf Is Out of Mind.
Instead of the brides and eagles, his
attention is daily concentrated on the
terms of the cotton and produce mar
kets, and he has not even seen a num-
Der of the first ranking golfers of today.
His somewhat frail form was almost
buried in big leather chair in the
customers room of the firm in which
he is a partner, in an office in the
Cotton Exchange. The Produce Ex-
change, where he also holds a mem
bership, was a mashie shot away, as he
talked of golf then and now, with the
emphasi3 on the then"
mo, 1 do not play golf now, that is
serious golf" he said. Week ends in
the Summer I go out to Upper Mont
sometimes good round. Occasionally
I have a real score. but the tip-off on
my golf now Is that am apt to vary
10 strokes in 2 successive rounds. l
think I have a metropolitan handicap
of now and 1 can still break 80, but
I would have no chance now in a
tournament.
There is one extraordinary thing
about my game. In one respect l am
d.. 49,, =
winning few championships. Then 1
was uncertain about my woods, and
In the most serious competition some
times I would have to resort to an iron
on the tee. Now I can hit my woods
better than ever and get longer ball
When did play in my last national
championship? They wouldn't let me
play the last time I tried-in 1920.
think 1t was. Anyway, 1t was the year
the amateur was played at the Engi-
neers' Club and Chick Evans won It,
Il did not qualify. / played very
badly In the qualifying rounds The
qualifying was over two courses, but one
would have been enough for me.
He Retired Early.
mo. that did not cause me to give
up playing Business was claiming too
much of my time for me to play good
golf. I couldn't think about other
things and score well. When I was a
serious contender I practiced a great
deal. had to devote lot of time to
golf to succeed in it and when my bust
ness prevented was through.
Yes, was in the early SOS when
retired"
He was reminded that Bobby Jones
had suggested that he probably would
not be serious golf threat after 40.
There are different temperaments in
golf. but am positive Jones Is right.
yes, I played once with Bobby. I
could flnd no fault with his game. Hor-
ton Smith have never seen.
II went out to see Leo Diegel play.
What forml I thought he was awful
with his queer stances, but he scored
well.
mo, I have not played with the new
ball, but I think it will work out very
well. 1t was time to call halt. The
introduction of the larger and lighter
ball will not cause any great revolution
OF the game. as did the jump from the
old guilty to the rubber cored ball.
When the flyer was introduced the
holes were shortened. The new ball
VIII lengthen them somewhat. but not
enough to do more than cause a change
in few pars."