Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 6 | Travers, New Open Champion, is the Wonder of the Links

4 T Y- Y 1 t J ira Travers ers New Open Champion I I Is the Wonder of the Links I d lii Il I I r i k t L 1 I III I Wll o b Oo i J Jerome D D. D Travers B BY W winning I n i the e op open n so golf championShip championship champion champlon- ship of ot the th United States at Short BUlB Hills N. N J J. Jerome D. D Travers becomes cs fh 11 foremost st figure In American golf gole Taking rak the honor position from Francis Ouimet who ha had o held It since 1913 1113 Travers ravers 1 w s stands ands a as the superior of pi any amateur or pro golfer In the country country country coun- coun try try pt i cither match natch- natch or medal pia play a list of o Victories victOries' that includes the then n national lIonal r. r amateur amateur four our times metropolitan six eS rand the Jer Jersey y state ch cho plon- plon ship four tout times mes Certainly ya a wonderful l' l ul record for tor a golfer golter Who has not yet reached d his his' thirtieth year Tn In View tew of ot Travers Travers' remarkable achievements t m an ap estimate te of oC his work olt and temperament m mert pt b by Harold Halold II t. Hilton lInton f the former British amateur champion becomes be ot c of oC Int interest rest II 5 What is 18 the explanation of Jerome wonderful match playing abil- abil asks Hilton HUton He has haa been for playing down WYn to an opponent nent for again agaIn and again in playing a a. second r Yate golfer he has as won on only by by- bythe the hc narrowest of of margins whereas whereas' the tho very next round opposed to one In In his ls own Jcl his his' Jol olf wIn wilt be brilliant The e p rial n seel seems s' s sto to lie He in the fact tb that t Ms life golf golf- golfis is largely dependent upon Stimulus Stimulus' cr created by bi the pla play of ot hl his s opp opponent I Her H Is constantly constanti watching watching- his pIa play r d delights I Jt 8 in Ih being et J compelled to answer Ver pl bravely th the other mans man's s 's good od shots in InI p I J other t r t Ids he Is using u his hiS- eyes to I U e ruth truth implies a brave bravo t. t heart and anda a mind calm to handle every situation Travers failed lamentably abroad and honestly admitted he hc com completely com com- l lost luLl Jail nerve Why It It is not c conceivable that it was the play of oC his opponent alone that daunted him Was Vas it not riot rather lather the idea of what was X E cx ex expected ot of him the thi great n reputation ho I had to sustain In a a. strange land surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded by br strange races faces heralded as perhaps ps tile the greatest match matth player I Ithe in inthe intile the tile this viewpoint of oC his failure is not unreasonable Travers and Travis have been spoken of pt as as men without t nerves Noth Nothing oth lug InS could be further from the truth On Oil th the contrary contrary- the they are a a. a bundle bu dle of oC ne nerves ves Mr Tra Travis Travis' himself has said that the night b before tore an Important important- match he has often often- f en been een unable to sleep p. p So we cannot sa say a good match pla player er Is Is' Isone one who ho has no no nerves He has nerves nerves' but n nerves r rs s trained d to face condIt conditions ns The same Is true of Ouimet There will b be some who will cite Ui th the manner r in which h he c defeated and aO Ray Ra He H is said to have e avoided watching their play pIa during that famous famous' fa fa- fa amous' amous a- a play This Tiis was vas excellent Judgment on his part part for Cor there was nothing for him to 10 gain by hy strIving to win individual al holes Jn n doln doing soh so h he might very w. w well ll have b been n tempted t to play shots sho w which would have lave proven disastrous I astro It Is 18 i Jut ju t hore h re that the diff difference lies between en cn medal and match pla play The e on one seems moro more Ofa of ofa a a. subconscious the other a conscious conscious' effort ef rt This perhaps explains why wh golf gaIt golfis gaItIs is called the most human of tf games gaines