New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
HILTON FAILS TO LEAD
Sherman Shows Way TO Cham
pions of Three Countries.
GOLF STARS IN A BUNCH
First Testing Round for National
Title Brings Out Much
Striking Play.

first eighteen-hoe quallncatlon test VI NV
| amateur championship golf tournament AT
| Apawamis yesterday. In so doing sherman
| outstrpped the champions OF three couh-
tries-Harold II. Hilton, Of Great Britain :
| W. G.. Fownes, jr., of America, ana l. w
c'Chick'D Evans jr.. Of France. The ieadet
score was u, a stroke better than the trio
mentioned. Others with rs were Robert "A.
Gardner of Hlnsdale, a former national
title holder. and J. NJ. Rhett. OF the Cres-
cent Athletic Club.
II vrs a day TO try the nerves OF the
most phlegmatic golfer. In the early hours
a dowrpour of rain practically ruined the
chances Of several who complained OF thelr
grips becoming wet and slippery. Later the
rain ceased and the sun tried TO come out
but tho damage had been done. Even the
late starters. fortunate enough to avoid the
rain. found the course entirely too soft Tor
good play
| Starting out sherman gave no indication
of what was to follow. lie began with
| pair of IS at the first two holes. but So AT
he fifth and sixth holes set him right, and
| had It not been for a AT the long ninth
he would have gone out in SO. AS IT was,
Sherman made the first half OF the journey
| I'm 81 Coming home he played steadily
| except at the fourteenth and seventeenth
holes. both of which are more than five
hundred yards These holes cost him
each. The mistake at the seventeenth was
a topped drive
| So great was the curiosity 10 see the re-
doubtable Hilton that the gallery allowed
such well known experts as Fownes' wal
ter J. Travis. Jerome Travers. Byers and
s..t ilpir
tically unnoticed The Briton had for a
partner Max Behr. the Morris County man,
who was rlinner-up to Travers in the ma
tional tournament at Garden City in 1908.
Going out. Hilton did not at once settle
into his best pace falling snort OF t"e
| green on his approach. After that the pest
he could get for the hole was D. FROM
there on the Hoylake man reeled on mole
after hole in par figures, his string OF IS
being broken by a at the fourth hoie'
where he saved a stroke thanks 10
deadly approach and a useful put lie also
got a stroke under par with a AT the
eoo-yard ninth. so that the outward Jour-
ney cost him only 81.
Coming home. Englands champion once
more began with 5, but then settled
down and made few mistakes. AT the
long fourteenth he reached the green IN
with a fine brassie shot and missed MS
try for a by a hairs breadth. He might
have had a at the sixteenth after drlV-
ing to the green's edge, but wee put
failed him. Al the 525-yard seventeenth
hole Hilton laid a third shot TO within ten
feet OF the pin. but mud on his bail so IN
| terfered with his put that the rubber core
did not go half way. He sank the next
for n ).
one Of his customary long drives, sup
| pIemented with mashie shot. left the
Briton nicely on the home green. and all
he needed was the regulation two puts Tor
a IS. In his desire 10 be up Hilton overran
the cup by twelve feet and missed coming
back. the ball stopping an inch short OF
the hole His card read as follows:
G On ............ss ! ! ) 5-sS-7s
An interesting point with regard TO the
cards of Behr and Hilton was that while
the Briton led the Morris County man by
two strokes Behr was 2 up at match play.
| Hilton also broke even, on match play
basis, with Walter ]. Travis. of Garden
City, who got around In r.
Fred Herreshoff, another man with II
score, came within an ace Of making the
twelfth hole in /. The distance is M-odd
| Yards. and Herreshoff's ball rolled against
the flag. It so happened that the pin was
| leaning toward the tee, otherwise the ball
would have gone down. Findlay S. Doug
las. an eyewitness TO the short declared
! that il was only the angle of the staff that
robbed the Westbrook golfer OF the
birdie"
Both Oswald Kirkby. of EnglewOod. and
Jerome ID. Travers. of Upper Montclair.
acquitted themselves creditably, getting
around in IS each. Albert Seckel, the
/ Western Golf Association champion, re-
turned a n. but unquestionably all these
efforts were placed in the shade by Chick
Evans Until he went To the course in the
morning the Edgewater golfer, who few
months ago won the championship of
France. had never seen Apawamis. In fact,
his opening drive was his first in several
| days, yet he got a away a good ball. and
followed this with a fine iron TO the green
and then ran down a put for g. There
after he made few mistakes, going out
I'm q and home in 80, for 76 He is the
guest of James d. Foot, who lives almost
on the course.
Fownes. the present champion, played
/
on the last green his put only needed an
other turn of the ball to have gone down
! for IS. Travers said before starting out
! that his game was five strokes worse than
his best. and that he had little confidence.
He was all right except for few drives
| that were n trihe off the line
There were 10 starters. and the ten who
returned scores of 81 tied for the last four
places They will have to play off the
first thing this morning Among the UNI
| fortunates were Gardiner w. White and
John NJ Ward, both with So.
The par score of the Apawamis links is
73-36 out and 81 back. The course has been
made in 20. In fact, Walter j. Travis did
it in practice last week. This, however,
can be accomplished only by getting sew
era holes better than par.
The scores Of those who will continue the
testing round to-day follow:
Thomas NJ. sherman. Yahnundass
out fT ...........S : ! 3 s-ss
! Harold H. Hilton, Royal Liverpool
f Gp' .. ..:.....Ss : ! So s5-7e
Robert A. Gardner, IInsdale-
2 IN ....:::.::,t : 3 SO
2 % -. "a Z 3 t5ts S 80
| Charles ". Evans, ir.. Edgewater--
out ............9 So
! ". c. Fownea. jr. Oakmont
out ...........t ! e-36
Name and club. out In. Total.
| Fred ierreshon. Ekwanok. ....... 80 81 II
| Albert Seckcl. Riverside. ......... ~ 40 II
| Walter j. Travis Garden CITY,. ~ ~ ~
| j. -. Brown. Murrayfed ....... - ~ -
] j. u. Travers. Upper Montclair. IS 40 -
| Oswald kirby, Englcwood. ~ 80 Is
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