New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
HILTON A STEP NEARER
EngIand's Golf Champion Now
Safe in Third Round.
CLOSE CALL FOR EVANS
Travers, Kirkby and Seckel
Among Those Left to Fight
It Out for Title.

Harold II Hilton. amateur golf champion
Of Great Britain. advanced a step nearer
20 the American title, which he now covets
hy Overwhelmingly defeating Robert C.
watson, OF Westbrook. in the second round
OF the national championship tournament
on the links OF the Apawamis Club yester-
usy The margin in the Britons favor
. was II no and 10 to play.
This passes Hilton forward into the same
bracket with Jerome D. Travers. of Upper
Montcair. the metropolitan champion. who
disposed Of Paul Hunter, one of the West
. .rn hopes. ON the other side OF the draw
! charles C"ChickD Evans jr.. barely
scratched through after thirtyeiSht-hole
match against n p Hammer, Of Fox
Hills. Fred Herreshof. of Westbrook,
also had his troubles downing 5. d. Stick
ncy. OF ST Louis, this tilt likewise going to
an extra hole Chick" Evans Will meet
ris old rival Albert Seckel to-day. Seckel
eliminated Harry Legg rather easily. Os-
wa'd Kirkby the far driver from Engle-
v.ood. outclsssed q. Douglas Brown, the
scot. ~ho won championship in Ireland
three years ago.
The betting at the close Of play last even
Ing was &c I o. Hilton against the field
making a him strong favorite.
Those who won and who are paired for the
third round. TO be played tomorrow were.
F--old H. Hilton, Royal Liverpool. and
Jerome n. Trsvers Upper Montclair, c. W.
1rsfee. Wykasyl and ?. u. Whittenore'
The country Club. Brookline; Frederick
u4r~eshof. Ekwanok. Of Manchester, Vt,
and oswald Itirkby. Englewood, y. J.; Al
aert Seckel Riverside, III. and Charles
T-ars IT. Edgevster. Chicago. II will pc
seen that of the survivors three are from
,--v York Two from Chicago and one each
from Boston, Vermont and England.
r. was an IDEAL day for golf even though
Tho smart autumn wind made the trees in
trz vicinity OF the first tee rustic. The
gallery. which was even larger than on
s-evious days. contained many well known
followers Of the game, Including John REID.
Familiarity referred 10 as the father Of golf
IRE America
The Travers-H Hunter match was . battle
between the East and the West with the
former national champion a strong IA
,orits. Both started the days play with
-rrg drives and halved the first hole but
T.avers won the second because OF me
errors of his opponent. at 90 s. The third
was haived In q, but Travers Won the
fourth ia spectacular fashion. in 10 o..
Ills second shot 70 the green struck rocN
and bounded back below the green. Using
lis nibnck, he laid ii less than Earo rom
HE hole for a fine l. Hunter won the fifth
tv running down put OF forty -odd lee'
rom the edge of the green for :, IraNeis
missing by an inch.
AT the sixth the ability Of the me'opoN-
ian champion 70 get out Of bad SITUATION
saved the hole for him. He drove h'o
heavy grass. but mis- mashie shot LANDED tAe
r,v not dozen feet from the cup for a
naive I'm 4. Travers -ot 8 az the seventh
fv laying q Tiger shot dead 10 the cup
Three puts each al the eighth gave nave
IN l. To the ninth Trsvers was on the me
IN his second shot and a poor He'
looked impossible for him to reach the
green in e. but with that remarkable ngeer
Inc cot away a rare shot, hole high. but Just
ofr t1e -reer 10 the left. He laid It up from
there and made the hole in g. which was
enough 10 win. for his opponent was short
on the third and put his fourth over the
.,raeD Travers was out in 81 and stood
I'd.
Hunter Won the tenth in 4 70 o. out the
..avapt5 saw p vierd play. Hunter drove
into q ditch and had TO lift for the loss Of
= stroke Travers hit tree, but the Dali
ro,,rcea bach into the fair green. lie
missed the second however, and Hunter
1alved the hole in q. Failure 70 get down
q. u1t cost Travers the twelfth although he
bsivo5 The hole Hunter won the thir-
raerth with a and the fourteenth in SINH
lar figures. sauaring the match. So II re-
NAMED 60 the end Of the morning play, al
though Hunter missed a chance AT the sew
cnfeeutl. when he took three puts.
Starting out ir the afternoon, Hunter
SLICED his drive and found il necessary TO
raka three 90 reach the green, which gave
the hole 20 his opponent al to .. At the
second both missed puts. Trayers for q .
and Hunter for g. Hunter lost the fourth
1--we overr,lnning ten feet on "A long downhlll
r,+ The nth was halved in 3. Travers
made the better approach 70 the sixth but
an ,a cot was a ralve IN & At the seventh
rlurter had,s chance 10 win with d put, but
I-r missed MS opportunity. Al the eighth
The Wes,eIner ran down q put from the
,iea Of the bank for "a after Trayers mai
.aia one dead from off the green.
Travers used bis iron on bis second shot
.,rirs 90 tne ninth. and on his third half
topped the ball which nit some rocks In the
fark bovoud the brook and bounced back
over the brook. His fourth was on the
green and he ran down thirty-foot put
tor s. After losing the tenth IN Z TO o.
rrave~. sliced his drive from the eleventh
-ee The ball landed on the top Of stone
0Yu tr the roadside, but, running along
az wall a ways dropped inside the course.
fH. second shot was 70 the left of the
green. while Hunter was over Each took
Two more for q halye In 3. Hunter missed
,vo-foot put for a halYe IN al the
twelfth Int captured the next, - Travers
was short ou his drive and played his sec
and INFO rl, brook re dropped, with pen
s-v beyond the brook and laid be pall
within three inches Of the PIN but Hunter
won .a. hole ln 20 g. The next three
Ig..- were Aalved. bat fiunter lost the sew