The Washington herald., 1911-09-15
BRITISH GOLFER
BEATS TRAVERS
AT WANTS
Hilton Meets Inslee in Semi
finals To-day.
CHICK EVANS TRIMS SECKEL
Immense Gallery ThronEs Course
During HiItOn-Travers Match,
Three Up and Two to Play.
HerreshOT Downs Kirkby.

Rye. n. Y, Sept. 14-Jerome Travers
did his best to-day at Apawamis to
keep the American golf championship
on this side of the Atlantic, but the
former champions best was not good
enough to defeat Harold II. Hilton,
champion of Great Britain. and the little
Englishman is one step nearer the title
He plays tomorrow against c. ". ms
lee Of Wykagyl. in the semi-finals, and
victory, which seems likely, as ms
lee is not regarded as a championship
possibility, will put him in the front
There he will meet the winner of the
other semi-final, which is between Fred
Herreshof and Chick Evans In the
event of Hilton and Evans being the
winners tomorrow. the final on Satur-
DAY VIII present the novel and curious
spectacle of the champion of Great
Britain playing the champion of France
for the championship of America
Although ne lost by up and to
play Jerry Travers put up a splendid
night to-day, and at no point before the
last putt was hOled could the outcome
he called certain, for although Hilton
was ahead most of the time. Travers
was always ready with rally that
more than once reduced the English
man lead To insignificant proportions.
The gallery which followed the match
III the afternoon WAS enormous. The
spectators swarmed over the course and
were continually getting in the way OF
the players i'll spite of the warnings of
tho officials in charge.
The other star match Of the day was
that between the two young Westerners
"thiCk' Evans and Albert Seckel In
the morning SeckoI showed the way
and the brilliant Evans could not seem
to get going. At the turn SeckeI and
his rival pDa
ing in the Western champion had the
hest Of the French titIehoIder. and had
a lead OF three holes at the end of the
round.
Evans Lands the Match.
1t was different story in the after
noon, however, as "Chick' seemed dis
Gustcd with his morning showing and set
out to remedy matters He went out in
just thirty-thrce strokes and won six OF
tine nine holes in doing it, converting
SccklcS lead Of three holes into A de-
hci"nCy Of exactly the same amount. He
kept up tho gait coming home, and had
S""kle : dOrmIc four at the fourteenth. |
The Western champion then rallied and
won two holes. but missed putt for A
win on the seventeenth, giving Evans the |
play. He played out the last half for !
"lS score and completed the round in 20 !
the hest that has been done during the |
tournament.
The results of the other two matches |
were in the nature Of d surprise. A close
match between HerreShoff and Kirkby
lad been ANTICIPATED. with the chances in
aNor of the latter but Herreshoff was
indulginG in a brilliant streak once more
and finished the morning round up on
the EnglewOUd star. In the afternoon he
ended matters on the thirteenth green,
winning by up and to play ms
lee, OF NNklETl iS
time, putting out +. ". WhittCmore. the
sol" remaining hope of Boston. the Wyka-
CYL man winning by single hole To-
morrow Hilton meets Inslee while Her
T"shOf is playing Evans
Summary:
Championship third -pund: Harold Fl Hilton
I'o'aI LI'CHo"l. defeated jerome D. Trarers. UpTnr
Moncialr. mp and 10 play; G. W Inslee
N'kaCyl. defeated T. ". Whttemore Rr.okline
NJ: Fred Hcrreshof Ekwanok defeated Oswald
kukh'. EnElcwood. ny and to play: Charles
ETans IT,. Edcrwarcr. defeated Albert Seckel Riv-
CT-Ide, up and ! toplay