Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — IN THE WORLD OF SPORT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

Jerome D. Travers, National Open Golf Champion.

When Jerome Dunstan Travers, amateur, of the Upper Montclair (N. J.) Country club won the open golf championship of the United States he accomplished the remarkable feat of negotiating the seventy-two holes in 297 strokes, an average of four and oneeighth strokes per hole. The contest, .which took place on the links of the Raltusrol Golf club, Short Hills, N. J„ brought out a noteworthy field of professionals besides several crack amateurs, notably Ouimet and Evans. Travers was ranked high among the contestants, in view of his wonderful former achievements. His score of 297 has been beaten but four times in the open championship contest, as follows: 1!H)(>, Alex Smith at Onwentsia. 285; 1909, George Sargent at Englewood, 290; 1912, Jack McDermott at Buffalo. 294, and 1914, Walter Hasten at Midlothian, 290. The chances are that Travers’score was better than ary of these, as., the course at Baltusrol is harder than the others, and there was a great deal of difference in the length and the bunkering of courses in 1900, 1909 and 1915,

r rands Ouimet is the only other amateur who has Won the open championship. He captured the honor two years ago at Brookline. Mass., when he defeated Kay and Vardon of England. Mr. Travers has now enough championship honors to satisfy any golfer, having won the national amateur title four times, the metropolitan amateur championship five times and the New Jersey championship tluee times.

Connie Mack {Sizes ’Em Up. Connie Mack, the leader of the Athletics, sized up, ths American league race as follows: “The race me like a very open one, wirfi five clubs having a chance. J ’Sdf'-'it. Boston. Chicago, New YorT mid Washington are all dangerous, and it is too early to say which has the edge. I thought at the start of the season that the Bed Sox had something on the rest of the field in the way of being the smoothest working club in the league, but after seeing Chicago I am very much impressed by the White Sox. That is a great club and one which will make a lot of trouble. There is an enormous amount of batting strength in Rowlaud's aggregation and its pitching is strong, too. It is going to be a very hard outfit to beat. “Detroit has batting power and several good pitchers and has an even chance to win. I have thought that all along. Donovan has a fine club in New York and, now that the Yankee pitchers have rounded to form, it is a factor in the race. Washington is a fine club, but lacks the punch.”

Reilly Won't Turn “Pro.” John Sylvester Reilly, the best third baseman Yale has ever had, some say, has declared that he will never play professional baseball. Reilly has received offers from nearly all the major league nines, but has refused to discuss them. It is known, however, that agents of the Philadelphia Athletics, the Giants and the Chicago. White Sox each spent several days recently jn trying to induce Reilly to sign a contract. He was offered $5,000 by Connie Mack to join the Athletics two years ago.

Pinkerton’s Talisman Dies. Allan Pinkerton's great cross country gelding Talisman, which won the point to point race in Maryland last spring, dropped dead while being walked around his stable at Belmont park a few days ago. Recently Mr. Pinkerton refused $7,000 for Talisman. Talisman was destined, bad he lived, to race in England in the Grand National Steeplechase.

Frank Carroll a Giant. Experts predict that Frank Carroll, the crack third baseman of Fordham university, who recently signed a contract with John McGraw, will have a great future on the diamond. Both Connie Mack of the Athletics and Bill Donovan of the Yankees were after Carroll, but McGraw beat them od'.

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