The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-03
YOUNG GOLFER HAS
HILTON FIVE DOWN
IN THE FIRST HALF
Springs Big Surprise in
Qualifying Round of Ma
tional Tournament.

WHEATON, ILL.,. Sept. &C. q. Waldo
the measure Of Champion Harold Hilton
to-day on the links OF the Chicago Golf
Club In the rst half OF the initial round
Of match play for the national amateur
championship. The bridgeport youth
played On par, having the English mas
ter one down at the turn and Ave down
At the home hole.
Waldo showed signs of strain. how
ever. Il wish 1t was over. he said.
Hilton was silent as he left the green
for q noon rest from the hot sun. His
round Of n was a good one. but Waldo.
with two ON the ninth and three on
the thirteenth was unproachabie.
Throughout the morning the champion
was wild. He SHE'D and booted his
drives time after time. only saving him
self by his expert work with the iron
clubs.
Chick" Evans. starting out In excel
lent form with A. W. Tiilinghast OF
Philadelphia, ran up against an obstacle
that may give him trouble He finished
the morning round one up In E-s7-76.
Hiltons astonishing weakness non-
pulsed everybody. Hilton himself was
almost supplied. The weather. was
thought to be mainly responsible for
his sudden slump. for his general form
yesterday was superb. At evory point
he showed that he was keeping himself
In reserve In the determination to keep
the title. instead OF shooting his holt
In attempting to gain the comparative
ly unimportant low score medal at the
| same time.
The intense heat has almost pros
trated everybody. but this afternoon II
| Is cooler, and Hilton. along with the
other stars, such as Evans and Kirby.
were expected to do better. II they do
net several fortunes will change hands
tonight; several bets OF $1,000 are up on
| Hilton.
WALDo's DRIVING CAUSES A
SENSATION.
Hilton started out by slicing hi,
drives and won . down to Waldo or
the nrst half. He got into the bunker
on tho first hole. which was halved
Hilton sliced again on the second ant
that too was halved. Hilton played bet,
ter on the third and that also wal
hslved. The fourth was finely halvet
In par T. WALDO lost the NTH by D Il
the regulation 4 by topping into tn,
bunker. on the sixth Hilton took thre,
puts. which caused the Britishers Il
the gallery to gasp. 1t was Waldo
hole, 8 to g. Going out of bounds cos
Hilton the seventh In s to par T. Tn
English Jove nodded again on tn
eighth by missing AN easy putt for
half on perfect four. Waldo thei
caused a sensation by laying his driv
dead to the pin on the short ninth ga
yards, and took a . against par three
That left HiI.on three down turning 70
home
Card. st half:
Hilton
Out ......,"< 49, eb "a
Waldo
Out ......... %
, Mason Phelps. Midlothian club.
: former Western and Yale champion
! led l.. J. Maxwell. Exmore, Chicago, G
the frst round by : up. Phelps ha
> the fast card OF 39-3s-77. While Ma,
I, well took 43-4l-Si
Harold Weber. Toledo. on mornin
round was 2 up on Eben Bycrs, Pitt
\ burgh, ex-national champion. Web
4 has been n national campaigner "a dol
n en- years and once reached the sem
n finals. They were square at the n
q teenth. Byers made a desperate a
tempt to hole Il thirty-foot putt for