New-York tribune., 1911-09-17
Winners Of the
National Golf Title

Evans the following day. but many feared
the Westbrook golfer was due for a slump
The slump did come, though not at once,
and, furthermore, as he made amends later
on. his defeat was not Waterloo. Hilton
scored first by winning the second hole in
3, stroke under par. thanks to one of his
| Incompatible approach shots. Somehow or
other, the fourth hole, which has beer
bothersome TO the Briton all the week, got
him again yesterday Although lying nice
ly for his second shot, Hilton took too
much turf with his mashle and went plump
into the bunker in front of the, green.
| Now we'll see him get OUT said one.
| ''1ll bet he lays it up 10 the pin said an
| other. What he did do was 10 barely get
clear from the sand. and as he could not
do better than q 8, the hole went to Her
reshoff, squaring the match. 1t may De
! added that Hilton's recovery shots from
| bunkers have not been particularly i'm
! pressive at Apawamis. and there are those
who go so far as 10 say that lie is far
from strong at this part OF the game.
Herreshoff should have held his man
easily at the sixth, but took three puts,
thereby allowing Hilton to win the hole in
and become l up again. Both continued
to display a ragged short game about this
stage of the match Hilton missing a wee
one on the seventh, and Hcrreshoff taking
three puts on the following green, after
being trapped on his tee shot. Hilton won
the ninth hole in 3, which enabled him TO
stand up at the turn, having gone out In
| 81, to the others 10.
Herreshoff won the eleventh hole when
| Hilton sliced his drive out ~ bounds.
From there on they alternated. first one
| then the other giving an opening, which
was accepted When Herreshoff won the
| fifteenth in four he stood down. but beau
| tiful approaches 10 the seventeenth and
| eighteenth holes enabled Hilton 10 win
| them in 4 and 5, respectively. a stroke
uAder par each. This gave him 20 for
| the round, as against 50 for HeTeshon.
! 1t was about the worst Herreshoff had
| done during the tournament, and against
| Hilton's high class golf the Westbrook
man was fortunate in a way in only being
4 down at the end Of the morning.
It seemed a forlorn hope from an Amer
lean point of view when the contest was
resumed after luncheon, but many thought
If Fred could get hole or two back at
the start he might still make It interesting
1 A
at the first caused Herreshof to lose that
so that he became down.
well, that settles it, said half dozen
and their belief in a Hilton victory be
came a conviction when Herreshoff lost the
third hole There was an element OF hard
,uck in his trouble there. however. for his
long drive, barely trickling over the rocR
formation on the bluff. brought up TO al
awkward lie. In fact Herreshot nae
scarcely room to take his stance, his oacf
being against the rock, consequently III
underpIayed the shot and, failing to reaef
the green, took 8. Hilton had no trouOi'
in holding his T.
For the second time during the day th'
hoodoo fourth hole loomed up as trouOi'
maker for Hilton, his underpiayed ap
nroach again falling into the trap; put ~
cot q halye in 8. as Herreshofs approacD
was wide of the mark. Both took thre'
nuts ON the next green, Hilton missing
particularly short one, and theh Tue ''I'
trrned. At the sixth Herreshor prousH
off a long put for 3, and the chee' '""
rant the air told the hundreds OF othel'
that were scattered along the fairway ina
their favorite had made brace al last
| rJerreshoff had 20 get down d soou pu
70 save a halve at the seventh hole' Ou
J he won the next in to 4, thanks 10 "o'r
short game by his opponent. Inc put 'A'
Hilton missed there was snort oi'' al',
q scanned as II he did not take ehouen u,''
over the shot II got so warm aDou' .'l,,
t;rna that people began TO take OIL 'h'i'
ooo+s A better long game enaoied iieiio
sborf to reach the ninth green matte
80 sno wards. on his third shot whereas
11uton had to play short OF the prooh Vi
b,s tbird Herreshoff won the hole IN =
6. going out in 80 to the o''ei
turning for home 3 down
.reat cheer went up when Herreshon
- a ten-foot put for halve In -FOUR OF
.hn ,.nth green. II was good recover
hocause the Westbrook man hao pui4e1
hIs drive TO the long grass and falied y
cot home ON his second. Another oliF'
%, ~ bn,nds from the eleventh tee "'
come ss In the morning, put Hilton cut o.
- 80 .that hole Herreshoff reducing th'
aavortaee 10 in consequence. Hi
,or looked worried about this Time anu
Herreshoff added to his olscoiiN.u'o -
driving the twelfth green which "7 "J h,.
in 3 TO 3, Hilton faltering Dauy vi
short game Herreshof was no" oi's
down and the excitement in the c'o"D
hacara intense, The thousands OF peopi'
,r their eagerness to keep the players II
.,,t, could not be restrained. and II seemeo
a miracle that somebody was not hur. -
the Aying golf balls as they whizzeu H'o"s
through lanes Of humanity
| tIarresboN made a great recovery al 'n7
.h,rteenth hole. His long pulled orNe
luckily Jumped the brook, but ne was sun
s+vn,ied by a tree. In attempting 70 ioi'
over this Herreshoff miscalculated trihe'
The hall striking a branch and droppins
ebort His next lett him twelve feet 1roii'
tha cun hut he noleh long one for a tour'
which proved good enough TO naive Hs
j hole. as Hilton had again made hash o.
his short game after almost driving 'he
green. ,. A.
| uarreshoff lost golden opportunity ~
win the fourteenth hole when hilton iaheu
n get home on his fourth shot. Herreshoi'
had pressed his second shot far over the
brook 70 the left behind the rocks near the
afteenth tee. His shot from there overran
the green and he followed by three puts 80
that Hilton got halve in six. AT the SIX
taanth Herreshoff squared the match with
nerfect three. Hilton slicing his drive 10 the
| tran. Az he was about to play from thc
troubls a woman unfeelingly remarked !
hone he takes three to get out" He did gel
-. A.. - h,,, yaver had a chance. Now