New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-15
Champion of Great Britain Is
One Round Nearer the
Title Here.
BIG CROWD FOLLOWS MATCH
"Chick Evans, Herreshoff and
Inslee Fight Their Way
with Hilton to Semi
final Round.

with Hilton to Semi
final Round.
Harold H. Hilton. amateur champion of
Great Britain: Clifton W Inslee. Frederick
uerreshof and c. w C'Chlck") Evans. ir..
were the survivors in the third round Of
the NATIONAL amateups golf championship
tournament on the links Of the Apawamis
Club yesterday. and they. will meet az
named in he semi-fnal round to-day Get
tins down % districts three OF the remain
ing golfers represent widely different locali-
ties, There are Hilton, who came all the
way from the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
IN E0-'a1d in the hope 81 lifting the cup;
~Ch.c>' Evans. Of Chicago. recent winner
Of Csc French title. and HerreshofT and
Insce. of New York. the first named be
loncire to the Westbrook Golf Club and
th. other 20 the wykag,l Country Club.
Wfrrr1 titles is an old story with Hilton.
while Herreshoff was runner-up TO H..
Chandler Egan as far back as 1e0i. Evans
also has reached the seIni-dnaI stage OF a
national tournament. besides capturing the
French title but this is tho first time Inslee
b5s ever come in for a bronze medal
hilton defeated Jerome n. Travers, Of
Upper Nontclair. the metropolitan and
New JERSEY champion. by up and 10
play. r d match that was not particularly
brilliant The gallery apparently lost sight
81 that however. in its desire 10 see the
American balk the efforts of the aUdscious
Drt7u To Evans went the credit Of
bringing of the spectacular. for after end
tnc the morning session 8 down 70 Albert
Secka 1e struck one Of his irresistible
flashes by going out in So which enabled
him 90 win seven Of the first nine holes
and ultimately the match by UP and to
play.
Something of a surprise resulted from the
meeting Il Fred Herreshon and oswald
Kirk5v. the Englewood record holder. So
cons stently high class had Kirkby's golf
been that close followers Of the game ex-
rected 20 see him take his rivals measure
as be- did in the metropolitan champion
shin tournament at Garden City in the
s7ring Herreshof. however, was in hap
ny vein yesterday, and although Kirkby
PLAYED sound golf e was Of no avail A
. "a in rho morning placed Herreshof up.
. and thereafter il was no trick NJ all 10
Wu hv up and 10 play.
As for the fourth match. IL Is no eXaC-
car7uou TO say that in defeating p. W.
Writtemore. Of Brookline. by the narrow
margin Of ] up. Inslee struck the Boston
-al-srs severe blow. Possibly they would
NOT have minded IL so much II the victor
had been better known, bat most Of the
Eostoniaus declared they had never even
. heard Of him before Inslee's greatest golf
.-- achievements In the past were to de-
feat Walter Travis in 2 tournament at
Ekwanok couple Of seasons ago and 70
make hole IN ! az W'ykagyl Aside from
. nose two flashes his golf has ceen quite
human.
To say that any Of the golfers compel
Ing Yesterday PLAYED badly would be do
ing them an Injustice, for it was high
class golf throughout No matter which
way one turned he was almost certain 20
near Of the exceptional. In most instances
anost as much credit belonged 10 the
losers az 10 the victors
Probably never before n tho history Of
ne ancient game on this side Of the
Atlantic has such interest been displayed
M p golf match. The fact that the great
Hilton was 70 lock horns with Travers. an
. ers'wr'lc American champion and present
. metropolitan title holder was enough 10
Z attract t1e devotees Of the game from far
sro near They We're there from as far
west as California. Chicago golfers were
seen bv the dozens and so were others
'r00 large centres such as Boston. Pitts
t1rEr Philadelphia ard Washington. As
t0 tho number Of persons IN the gallery
tret followed Hilton and Travers on their
second fUrn about the course IL is i'm
Their. might have been fifteen hundred
fr.r. wisir have been four thousand.
H.fr n these estimates were frequently
rar.
Ter i suffice 20 say that at times the
crowd was $50 big and pressed forward so
+ closely shat the United States Golf Assoc
b at..r officials and other volunteers de
p tailed to help We're powerless 70 give the
players .ae room they deserved. As Hill
Ton md Travers stood on the high third
o.. r rhc afternoon they were compelled
@. drive down "a lane banked for nearly
% wards ON either side by a solid mass Of
humanity. ON other occasions. when the
Contestants would be putting tie gallery
NoH.. close iu SO AS 20 form a hollow
square Although the tension was at the
S'a"".1c p0int on more than one occasion.
Then. was little disorder, and when the
H.1 were ir tho act Of putting a hush
cam. ova- The crowd After the balls
we've aoVu-weii that's another story.
Getting down 20 the actual struggle be-
Tween fHe two giants Of the links. II may
na said that Hilton won because Of SUI
1e~o~ direction. Ills shots, no matter
whether delivered with wood or iron. were
rn'-' Invariably on the line Conse
41enI.. He kept out or difficulty. except at
''r' intervals. and even then showed a
Ha. orr hand bon his manner of recovery.
'rrre won the first hole Of the match
N0e0 He .a,d % fuu iron shot out Of trap
o. 'n. eroou Jnd gor a par A. Hiltons mis-
Take being au approach a tri1c too strong
That carried him 10 the far edge Of the
green. THE Briton gave evidence of his
Class IN instant later however >by pitch
lne bis second shot. 10 within fifteen feet
'' Ne .Iu ECO the next hole and sinking
zoe rI' for g. Four consecutive halyef
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