Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
IN GREAT GOLF DUEL [[ETIER SAVES LIFE PA[ABAY IN SA|lE
7raves and Hilton Contest Prompt Action by Districts Reaches
fr Havemeye Prevents Death by Cas- OF Railway Trip
TRANSPORT
ArPe BY rthe+nIa H
Man Wanted Ch Be
End Burned
Travers and Hilton Contest
for Havemeyer Cup.
BIG GALLERY SEES PLAY
Weather Ideal and Apawamis Greens
Are Perfect.
HILTON LEADS BY FOUR UP
Englishman Proves Marvel of Accu-
racy With Irons and Wins
First Round.

RYE. y. y, September 1i-Hilton the
English golfer. won the first round OF
the thirty-six-hole match for the Have
meyer amateur championship cup from
Jerome =. Travers by up.
RYE, y J.. September 14.-The
chances that the American amateur
golfng title will cross the ocean to
England were materially increased
when Harold IL Hilton finished the
first half Of his match today with
jerome II. Travers of Upper Montclalr,
with a lead of four up The other
three matches at the eighteenth green
IN the third round of the tournament
stood:
p w Whittemore of Boston and
G. w Inslee Of New York, even up: +.
Herreshof Of Ekwandok. Vermont. four
up on Oswald kirkby of Englewood'
Albert Seckel. three up on Charles
Evans. jr.. both of Chicago.
A crowd of more than 1000 fol-
lowed the on-Travers match. but
it was only at the first hole that the
American had the advantage. Their
cards were as follows:
Hilton. outs 5 60
in 4 IS 4-$s-H
in-5 I 5 5 4-43-S3
From an international standpoint the
principal actors on the golfing stage at
Apawamis today were Harold II. Hilton
of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club and
Jerome u. Travers of Upper Montclair,
y. j., matched in the third round of the
amateur championship. 1t seemed to be
the general feeling that in Jerry Ira
yers more than any of the other seven
survivors lay the American hope of keep
ing the title on this side of the water.
Hilton-s play during the tournament
has steadily grown in impressive strength
and certainty until. as one of the associa-
tion officials remarked, THE Havemeyer
cup seems to shake every time Hilton
walks past it"
Still there were six other golfers of
sterling merit in the tournament who
may have chance at the little English
man. namely. p. W. Whittemore of the
Country Club, Brookline: C. w. Inslee OF
Wykagyl, Oswald kirkby Of Englewood,
Frederick Herreshoff of Ekwanok. Albert
Eeckel of Riverside and Charles Evans.
1r-. of Edgewater, paired in the order
named
Sparkling autumn weather greeted play
ers and spectators at Apawamis today.
ardent followers of the Scottish game. in
tent on every stroke that Hilton or Irav-
ers made. Women make up, at least, a
third of the gallery beth morning and
afternoon.
The committee held the Hilton-Travers
match until the other three had long
start. When the big match got away
word came in that Whittemore and Inslee
were all even on the seventh. Herreshon
and kirkby were all square on the fourth
Sppkpl Evans II
fourth. Evans was badly off in putting
Big Match in Detail.
The Hilton-Travers match in detail was
follows:
Il ST hole. 81 yards to terraced green.
II ltors turn and he drove straight
s.ta the alley while Travers outdrove
.ded in shallow Apawamis trap
second was too strong and he
el ay the odd. for Travers made a
sr ond to the green. Hilton missed
= ct putt and lost the hole, . to
Iaver- l up.
Doad hole. 300 yards to terrace6 green
alton outdrove by thirty yards. Tla-
yeas d trifie short on his second
While hilton laid his six feet from the
pm. but ne ran it down for 10
Travers' 1. All even.
Third hole. $40 yards to pit green
Hilton hooked his drive into the next fair
d. IL -Jt
yards. Both pitched to the green and the
hole was halved In 4 All even.
Fourth hole, $40 yards to terraced slop-
ing-Hilton had a trifie farther drive and
followed it with deadly second eight
feet from the hole while Travers was on
the edge of the green and above. 1t was
bard approach putt for the American
and the ball overran ten feet. Hilton
missed a hard ten-inch putt TOR the nolt
and il was halved. All even.
Fifth hole. 100 yards to pit green-Both
mashie shots were just off the green
1iiton's second was four feet short. but
as Travers laid him an impossible stymie
the hole was haIved in 4. the previous
hole being done in 5s Still all even.
All Even at Sixth Hole.
Sixth hole GO yards to sidehill green
Both played perfect shots to the green
and with two puts each, the hole was
Aalved in As. Even up.
Seventh hole. sol yards down hill to pit
ssoer--Travers had hit the longer drive,
blt another Of IIitons we'll played sec
oHds put him only ten feet fom the hole
while Travers was fifty feet beyond the
pin Travers missed his long putt by a
scant inch. while Hilton ran his dowr
FOR a :: 10 ! for Travers.
Eighth hole. 40 yards down hill to
rolling green-Both pulled their mashieS
into the trap ON the left of the green.
AS Hilton took three shots to get to the
green. Travers won the hole ) TO q. All
square
Ninth hole 16o wards TO hill tor
Green--Hilton outdrove TraverS and
both followed with screaming seconds
with Hiltons ~ yards to the good. Tr;v-
ers pulled his third into the rough, while
Hiiton's iron was straight To the green
Hiltons irons today We're marvels of ac-
curacy. TraNerS was out beautifully
but took two puts. II looked like Hill
tons hole, but he trimmed the cup and
II was hatlved in u. All square at the
turn.
Hilton Takes Lead.
Tenth hole 800 yards to terraced greer
Both followed good drives with fine see
onds to the green. but the American tool
three puts and lost the hole ) to