Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-15
AMERICAN GOLFERS MAY LOSE
British Champion Expected to Win
Amateur National Championship.
DEFEATS WATSON VERY EASILY
Betting Two to One on Briton In
spite of Fact that seven Good
American Players Are
Left.

RYE, n Y, Sept 1.-THE American grip
on the amateur national golf champion
shin was further loosened at the Apawamis
club yesterday in the national tourna-
ment in which Harold H Hilton, the
British champion, won his way into the
third match round with consummate ease
by defeating r. c. Watson Of Westbrook,
Ii and 10 Although seven good American
players tonight stand between him and the
title. the betting was to l on Hilton
against the field.
Those who won today are paired for the
third round tomorrow as follows:
Harold H. Hilton, Royal Liverpool and
Jerome .. Travers, Upper Montcleir. n J
c. w. Inslee, Wykagyl, and r w WHIT
temore, the County club, Brookline.
Frederick Herreshoff, Ekwanok, Man
chester, Vt, and Oswald Kerby, Engle-
Albert seckel. Riverside, Chicago. and
Charles Evans jr., Bdgewater. Chicago.
BY luck Of the draw the two surviving
western players, both from Chicago are
pitted against each other.
AS a rule, the eight matches today full
filled expectations, although there were
several close finishes, notably between
Chick" Evans of Chicago and A. F. KAN
mer. the French champion. Evans had
lead OF two holes at the end OF the
first round. but It took him several holes
TO recover from a bad break and square
the match at the thirty-fifth hole The
contest went to thirty-eight holes before
Evans could win over the newcomer.
Luck Helps Players.
Dame Fortune took a hand in the game
and followed Travis, Evans and HERES
hoff with motherly care their opponents
said. To Travers she allowed several long
nuts and pulled him out of trap into
which he had driven. She helped Evans
many times, especially on the twenty sew
enth hole where Hammers we'll placed
third kicked off behind barn. Paul Hun
ter of Chicago, who lost to Travers three
down at the thirty-fifth hole, played sew
eral strokes better golf than his opponent
but his ball on half dozen green's seemed
TO dodse the cup. Herreshoff also was
favored by luck.
Hilton's game today was Of such pre-
cision that Bob" Watson kept slipping
back constantly until the one-sided struggle
ended at the twenty-sixth hole. hrkby
also had a runaway match with ]. D. Brown
Of Edinboro. Irish champion, who proved
no match for the Englewood player.
II took the entire executive board Of the
association 90 handle the crowd that swept
/ over the links behind the Travers and Hun
tar match. Several of the fair greens will
be roped off tomorrow. After the TraYers
and Hunter and the Hilton and Watson
matches had been settled, the eager fol
lowers turned to Evans and Hammer. A
the thirty-fifth green, Hammer, with one
hole to the good, laid his third within foul
feet Of the hole for what looked like az
easy four. Evans played from the lont
grass and put the ball directly between
Hammer and the cup. The styn1ie was too
long for the Foxhills player ana Evan
won the hole and squared the match. TIT
thirty-sixth and thirty-seyenth holes were
halved and then Hammer sliced his SECOND
for the thirty-ei ghth while Evans playing
two perfect shots, sank his third and
smiled broadly for the first time In thu
afternoon. Summary
II. H. Hilton, Royal Liverpool, won iron
| r e Watson, Westbrook, II UP and TO-
| Jerome D. Travers, Upper Montclalr, wol
from Paul NJ. Hunter, Midlothian, u
a w. 1nslee. wykagyl, won from F. A
Martin, Ekwanok by ! up, 81 holes.
P w. Whittemore, Country club Brook
line, won from S. D. Bowers. Brooklawn
Fred Herreshoff, Ekwanok. won iron
| s. g. Stckney, St. Louis, up, 81 holes.
| Oswald Kirkby, Englewood, won from J
| Douglas Brown, Murrayfield, 10 up and
| Albert Seckei Riverside, won from II
| G. Legg, Minneapolis, up~and T.
| Charles Evans, jr., Edgewater, won from
A. P. Hammer Foxhills, 1 up, 81 holes