New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
GOLF TITLE IN BALANCE
Stars of the Links Assemble fer
the Big Fixture.
ROCKY ROAD FOR BRlT0NS
Evans, Travers and Kirkby n
Fine Form for National
Amateur Tourney.

Beginning tomorrow and CONTINUING
throughout the week another national
amateur golf championship will be claim.
ing attention. AS the entry list told the
field this year Will be small BY compsri-
son With past masters, bet FOR all TIA.
the quality Will be there. and, after all,
that was what .he officials OF the United
States Golf Association wanted when
they drafted the national handicap lot.
This rating players from scratch 20 s, In
elusive. necessarily keeps out a good
many who wouio otherwise be found
ready and willing when the pairs are
called 10 the first tee at the Chicago CIR
cub tomorrow morning.
rho Only regret from An Eastern POI :
o. view, Is that the tournament az Whsa
OIL will no, sec more players from th
part o. the country. To De sure, the res'
favorites have entered, including JeYon,
d. Trayers, of Upper Montciair, {
metropolitan champion; Oswald Krke,
OF Englewood, holder Of the New Jers J
title Walter J. Travis. of Garden Cit. !:
Fred Herreshoff, Of the National link
Robert c. Watson. OF Westbrook. and
few others not as prominent. On tie
other hand, such good golfers as tindl J
s. Douglas. Gilman p. Tiffany. Philip :.
Carter and Archie Graham have failed >
enter. However the metropolitan distr
has responded extremely well, far b.tt
than Massachusetts, which has only I,
representatives.
o. course tie big question Is. "wh
will Harold Hilton DO this timer
good many predictions have been ma,
20 the effect that the Eri,on Will not be
able 20 20 through this year as he did ~
Apawanlis. when he removed from III.
path such formidable players as Travery
and HerreshoH on his way to the goal
THIS time Hilton has NOT visited these
shores alone. His compsnion, Norman r.
Hunter, created a favorable impression
when here AZ a member OF the Oxford
Cambridge reau1 IN 1903. Recent practice
rounds show that Hunter Is playing I'm
ole time form.
Looking tie list over carefully, IL seems
that there are at least dozen names TO
conjure with this tine--Hilton, Hunter,
Travers. Travis, Kirkby. RerreshoR.
Evans. Wood. Fo1nes, Byers. II. c. Lego
and the Massachusetts pair, Henry
Schmidt and Francis Ouirnet. Taking
their recent form as a criterion, Il may
be said thai any one OF these has NOR.
than an outside chance Of turning the
trick.
The former winners were as follows:
1898 shIaHecock Hills Winner. H. =. Uhx-
ham: runGs-- up. J. g. rhorp
1897 -Wh-aton-Wmne! H. J. pnishsr.
runner-up. ". n. Belts.
isas-- Morris C0unty--Wianer. r. &. Douglas:
rInner-uc. ". b. Smith
1879 ONDentsls- Winner. X. ". Hartman.
runn-r-E2. T. > Douglas.
lSoo-G.rden City-Wianer. u. J. Travis:
Euln-r-up. i. S. Douglas.
lsol-AtlsntIc City-Winner. W }. Travis;
ru1ner-up. ". l.. Egsn.
lso2-Glen yiew-n'inrer. Louis y. James:
runnsr-up. e. ". Byers.
lso3-Nsssau- Winner. ". ]. Travis: run
n-r-up. Z. u. Byers.
1904 Raltusrol-W:nner, u. c. Esan; yun-
ner-up. Fred HerreshoT.
MISUNDERSTANDING, II. c. Egan; run
ner-up. D. q. Sawyer
i8oG-Engc wool Winner. L. ". Byers; ru..-
aer-up q =. u on.
1907 -5uclid-Winacr. J. D. Tra.ers: r1nner-
~, Archibald Graham.
1905 Garden City-winner. j. D. Trsyers:
-unner-up. Max D.h-.
1900 Wheaton Winner, r. A. Gardner, run
ner-up II. G. I;san.
1910 Brooll.ine winner. ~. g. f'o~nes, IT,:
rlnner-up. Warren x. Woo.
1911 -Apswsmis-N Winner. Harold II. Hilton.
runner-up, F-ed Ve--cshofr.