Should I call you TE?
I won't lay claim to being familiar with everything that Travis wrote. As you know, he published in many publications in addition to The American Golfer. I am still working my way through the Travis literature, trying to digest it and organize into a useful form. It's been an interesting and informative endeavor, and certainly keeps me out of trouble.
I just reviewed the December 1910 article you refer to. It's an interesting question you raise. The "Americus" critique of Hutchinson's article, "An English View of American Golf" is certainly "tough" one as you indicate. It is followed by a note from the Editor (Travis), as I'm sure you noticed. That could lead one to assume that Travis is commenting on an article written by someone else. But, could it be that he wanted to disguise the fact that he, indeed, is Americus. His editorial comment picks up on the arguments of Americus, though he notes "one point which seems to have escaped the notice of Americus". Is this some sort of ruse on the part of Travis? Who knows. I will be on the lookout for other columns by Americus, to see if they follow a similar pattern.
No one, to my knowledge, has been able to break the code of pseudonyms used in The American Golfer. I have no idea whether Hutchinson was the foreign correspondent. A mystery that will remain unsolved, I suspect.
Thanks for your query. In thumbing through the Dec 1910 issue, I came across something I hadn't seen before: a picture of the silver trophy given Travis by the Chicago Golf Club, commemorating the record round Travis had there (can't make out the year).
Ed