Show tru u WHY TRAVIS WON GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP l H u Before nailing from England for the United tatted te tee lust week Walter Train frills I the lire American golf coif champion who ro created n II ft lI on Oil the tho outer other of he lire pond by hy winning the tho Hilt lull Ih chain ha tho Ilie U to tiny according to 10 front from Lou lon dun dunI I am nm naturally pleased nt lit tho Iho insult rosult of ot my lily trip I did not lIot expect to win will the Iho championship an H I ann W WIn annIn In very burl bad form io nt prior to tho the content contentI I havo lutto tint not yet ot wade made up my rn mind whether to 10 curve como over next year and endeavor to tn retain the tho title tille Some Homo of I the thu younger men ten ought to 10 have havo a I chanco chatee i I would the Ilko to ROe coo some nome of ot our leading outer cutler the Iho open h Hilly Stewart gardnor and tire lire every overy hit hll ON goad UK Ins Vardon mid Taylor and other cracks They file have hll a n grunter number of ot Rood HoolI professionals than wo 10 rut hut our nur bent hest he lit ore ale equal to theirs Our men would need geed however at ut least Ila t to two or threw three months to III 0 nut get to the tho climate and anil chunked changed conditions Wo Ve scarcely realize In America what strides we w e have hlo In lu tho the same game III When wu WI aw Now Vardon playing on Oil tile other aide a L few tew years yearn tarK ago wo 10 thought A u he was a 1 marvel Today Vardon ant 1 Taylor scarcely stem Doom the tho sane 11 litO TIt u tact fact IH Is that hey have not lIot Improved and an d our tuna men havo have It Is III only 1111 a II matter o f II line lit 0 when the nn an n well ell Oil a a the hlll will be he von on n by liy Americana The fhe criticism that may win was cn en duo due to putting IH Is II quite natural though hardly true The Tho play TH ere have havo not quite realized that put the liu has hOH a I proportion of or CO GO 0 per cent In Iho game Kamp I rhey They blaze away in drives I that I J confess arc ure but hut are calculated to 10 win A J her hor combination of or P std can alone hi t they thc have almost entirely for ter the drive In lu the thC nip I 1 did not attempt to equal oven If I J had hull been able sonic Home of at their theli long lone drives Lilt huh what I 1 Old dill ION to length of delve 1110 for tor accuracy It If my lily driving hud had not 1101 been tolerably sure slice It IH Is I scarcely Rely likely that I would have won I think that within w tho the next year tho the players ate arc likely to pay lIay n a Inn lut of attention to putting pulling Thoy They nat Wore lIero surprised at nt my win nod and when ho thin unexpected there urn always lots lota of reasons forthcoming You will t 1 Ill III see RIt that putting will got get Its true proportion or 1 In iii the game bo bu Ill fore long Tho Thu chief difference In the tho greens aul stave ours IH is the I he undulation Home Koine of ot the American players who aro uro nc no to billiard hoard greens might Pod find the trying Personally I liked It 11 as Its A II slight undulating green reduces the distance In which the hall ball toilet travel absolutely true rue Dealing with Ills his competitors Travis mild Auld Maxwell in Ix a II wonder wander lIe He wax as not nil playing up III to his form In ht the cham For or many reasons I would like 11 ike 1 to in have met the older Hubert Maxwell the former holder of oC tho the nina ana tear golf championship Heade HI the Irish gate HIe mo the th glues gamp At one time lime tJ Iu ked very lIy black block but hut I won lOll nut out hn ha has been settle Home talk about fouls When I 1 was tens playing he to 10 my Iny saddle coddle to 10 tuck pick up till a n 1 linK Ong of ot which the il UI up my tin In hull bull could scarcely hayr claimed a n foul under tho My M wan 1111 provided by h tho ilia club i std and did 1111 out not know anything about th the e ie game Bump While I have huo been treated rented In ht 11 the Ihl most I must moat uny ay y that lint n a man 1011 coming ovar to 10 play fo for tor r might expect to pt h ho bl u with n a 1 ca hi who knew knell r something about golf I 1 even If It a n foul toul hind had been lIeen claimed u would only have hl meant mina th the tho I lose lois of one hol and anti I think It would amud have altered the lire result of ot the tin match The Th golf Holt expert of ot The Th King n prominent t Illustrated periodical l 1 Is In III Ms his praise of ot Travis work track There holl cannot he 1 R n i suspicion that the tho li 0 victory w s not by hy sterling play y of a II merit rarely seen dither among R amateurs or In tho the ap al preach and putting stags sings of ot the tho game It II was waft on the putting Hint Mr TraM won nil his hll matches and de tie tested d all nil his hll opponents with live tive ease eul he lie reached the th final l he UI defeated II In I experienced 1 players Ilk lr Ir r Mr MiS Ir Janis a n a I one Olin year yea MI Mr Ir A W t Murray Mr or Harold Heade lately loley Intel v Irish Ir h Mr Ir 1 JIllion Hilton who echo has hu been heln as III well 11 an AR open champion and Mr Horace h who u WOK waft n q I In III the 11 final mi 1 last year eor and who echo held Ihn tho ih n title In ma tRiO aul In Ill the final h i hind Imd to tn 1111 piny the longest driver r the same genus has hns hn vet produced but hut though thong Mr odd could give the lh American 10 and 60 yards oft off thin tho tee lee he WIls no match for tOl fo r him In h the cool snot rN lIh whirl which he be mold laid his approach shut N dead anti holed holNI out puts putu of ot six HI to n daz n and more with the greatest t P The notable 11 I 11 of ot Mr Tell I sIs Is game sallie is II its p accuracy He lIe II NN x seems tu lu havo taken a map of at the Hand Band countY courso and to have analyzed the thc length of ot ouch each hole bole the position of the tho hazards and to have settled In his Ills own mind exactly how haw many chary shots were needed to gel et the tho ball Into the tho hole Ills His game showed also that lint ho he hud hlll tho the gram quality of ot detachment The rhe gano gamo of ot his hilt opponent did not to 10 concern him very much for tor as all ho he himself said ho he wax was Ill not ant go KO goIng Ing to 10 burst n a blood yea ves CS f sel l I In the Ihl vain aln endeavor or to tp p emulate emula to the shots of ot Mr MT nto kwoll A Ahole Aholo Ahole hole holo lint hut could bo ho reached In lu two shots could coul l In his judgment be bc always done In n 0 steady four tour with swath a II leco of lurk or through brought an nn exceptionally fine play pin accuracy keeping ke tho the theline line knowing what hal his ilia powers enabled him hi to do and doing It IL combined with unusually accurate nutting In each game gam that he played revealed to all III allbin its bin critics tho the fact tact that the system lie lio 11 has hns adopted viii make any golfer well nigh Invincible It Is III the Incarnation of ot Col CoI system applied tor for the firm time line to an nu Important match tour tournament tournament and the tho Invariably correct way WilY In III which Mr took two shots hoto only on tho the putting green led one of the spectators following the he final to sum up his putting by hy declaring that on the putting patting green he In is n a demon demo The fhe 1 satisfaction In tho the tact fact that Travis In is I n a native of Austra tit though they th admit ho lie learned the game of at golf In the th United Hates |