New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
GOLF Of HIGHEST BRAND
Hilton and Duncan Irresistible
on BaItuSroI Links.
BIG CROWD SEES MATCH
Eerreshoff and Low Unable to
Cope with Keen Play of
Foreigners.

Harold H. Hilton. champion amateur
golfer Of two countries, and George Dun
can. the dashing Scotch professional,
proved irresistible rs a team In four-ball
match over the links Of the Baltusrol Golf
club yesterday. The foreign visitors de-
feated Fred Herreshoff. Of Westbrook, and
George Low. the homo pro" up and
to play. at thirty-six holes.
SO keen was the desire to see Hilton ana
Duncan together on the links that devotees
Of the game gathered from all points OF
the compass. While the New Jersey forces
naturally led numerically, New York ana
Long Island golfers were also there. AS
early as o'clock in the morning the
clans began TO gather, hundreds arriving
in automobiles, until by noon 1t was esti-
mated that fully two thousand persons
were present. They formed gallery in the
afternoon that has seldom been duplicated
in this part of the country. In the morning
T. c. Ennever had charge Of the gallery
while later on w. Fellowes Morgan, mega
phone in hand. tried to keep the crowd at
a respectful distance The inevitable rope
was also there. but corrallng a couple OF
thousand enthusiasts is no simple task
with the execution Of Hilton all knew
the course The amateur champion had
never driven a ball at BaltusrOl until he
stepped on the first tee in the morning
while Duncan had had the advantage of a
friendly round the afternoon before. Her
reshon knows the links well. for IT was
back in 1904 that he reached the final stage
Of the national championship tournament.
losing 10 H. Chandler I2gan. Scarcely
dav goes by that Low does not get in
round at Baltusrol. and it was only few
weeks ago that he made a record of Il.
Throughout the morning Hilton and Dun
can did not nt any too well. Going ont
Hilton did the brunt Of the work for his
side and despite his lack of familiarity with
the links the Briton recled off the first five
holes in absolutely par figures winning the
first and fourth. Duncan appeared slack in
his play for a time, but as the match ad.
vanccd re gradually settled into his stride.
Hcrreshon also failed to do himself justice
at the outset, and had Low not come to the
rescue il would have gone badly for the
pair of resident golfers.
Low won the sixth hole for his side
Hilton and Duncan both taking three puts
on the Tricky green At the seventh, q
matter Of 525 Yards. Low brought off put
Of about forty feet from the edge Of the
green for a T. That squared the match,
and after Is at the eighth Low made the
gallery shout by pitching a mashle shot
into the cup at the ninth for 2. The
Baltusrol pro went out in &C. and II was
entirely due to his efforts that his side
managed TO turn for home / up. Herreshof
came TO life at the tenth. winning with
where Low and Hilton sliced out OF
bounds IIerreshon also won the twelfth
I'm g. where he drove the green.
A fine 3 by Low at the fourteenth placed
his side up. Halves followed until the
home hole, when Duncan got a 3. That left
Herreshoff and Low up to start the after
noon round. The cards showed that Hi
ton Low and Duncan all had 16s, While
Herreshoff was several strokes more, due
TO a couple Of bad holes.
In the afternoon there was no denying
Hilton and Duncan. The last named be-
came a wild horse, winning the first two
holes IN and A. respectively, and the snort
third i'm g. There ali four laid their mashie
shots on the green, and one after the other
missed their tries for 2's by inches until II
came Duncans turn. The man from Aber-
deem gave one OF his characteristic hasty
glances along the line OF put and then ran
the ball In for two-spot The distance
was fully twenty feet
Duncan was the only member of the
quartet able to get a at the long fourth
while Hilton showed an interest in affairs
by getting a 3 at the fifth. That made live
straight holes for the foreigners, and 1t was
then admitted that the Iierreshof- Low
combination was hopeiessly beaten. Dun
can won the seventh and eighth. getting a
tricky downhll put Of twelve feet for a
at the last named hole. His side was ther
8 ND but Herreshon made a brave effort tc
check the rout with at The ninth his
iron shot leaving him put OF less than two
feet.
Four consecutive halves followed ere Low
Apared to win the fourteenth in L. Hilton
Undertaking his approach TO the bunker
and Duncan slicing a drive out of b)0n1s
The fifteenth hole is 422 yards, and Dun
can settled matters there by reaching the
green with two fine shots and getting =.
They finished the bye holes, and NJ the
last both Hilton and Duncan should nave
had So, their approaches leaving them
scarcely more than a clubs length from
the cup. Both missed by a hairs breadth.
Duncan made the round In r. Throughout
the day he easily had the longest drives.
Hilton also played his usually straight
game. though on occasions he found the
rough. The course was in rare turf, ana
Duncan did not hesitate TO pronounce 1t
the best he had seen in this country bar
ring the National links.
The cards follow:
MORNING BEST BALL
Hilton and Duncan . ~