New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-04
coes Down Before c. G.. Waldo,
IT.. in First Round Of the
National Tourney.
peATEN BY SAFE MARGIN
Evans, Travers, Travis, Wood
and Fownes Among Those
TO Win Their Matches
at Chicago.
NV Telegraph to The Tribune. !

- emblematic of the amateur golf
.ssmpionship of the United States, was
,,o,ened from it's British resting place
.hsn c. G Waldo, jr., of Brooklawn. de-
t.sted Harold II. Hilton, of the Royal
liverpool Club. the holder by up and
- NAV in the first round OF the national
,on-nament over the links OF the Chicago
coN Club here to-day Only one golfer,
xornan r. Hunter the Scot, who came
here with Hilton, can possibly prevent the
eun from coming back where ii belongs,
INT as the fifteen other winners to-day
Contain the cream Of Americas golf the
aids seem greatly against Hunters
chances Of carrying off the cup.
Hilton fought hard and CALAMITY for his
title but from the outset il was plain TO
the gallery that he suffered from the heat.
When the redoubtable Briton missed a put
on the seventeenth green this afternoon
hat cost him the hole and match he
naked as II he had lost his last friend.
After concentrating his flushed conqueror
Hilton mopped his face and with doleful
shake OF the head said:
.'The heat is too much for me. One or
TWO DAYS is we'll enough, but this sue
esssion OF hot days In America is entirely
100 much for me. l don't mind being
beaten ] came over just 10 play match
and. by jove. 1 certainly have had one
Ny opponent is a great golfer, and ! am
dad 10 have met him
Waldo was. Of course pleased at the
outcome and as friends and strangers
alike crowded around TO press his hand
he remarked: Gee wouldn't like to
have 10 do that again" He referred TO
he strain Of the long thirty-six-hole
match. Although unexpected, Waldo's
success was in no wise fluke. for he
played fine golf. especially during the
morning. when he made the round in a.
Is against II for the Briton. A few
seeks ago the Bridgeport golfer, who also
represents Yale. won the connecticut
championship al Greenwich.
Although Q down at the END of the
morning round. IL could not be said that
Hilton played badly. There were times
vhen his drives went astray, but II was
on the greens. where the former cham
zion Of Great Britain and this country
lad his worst lapses. II may also be
ADDED that the match was played under
mfavorable conditions, the course being
shrouded under a thick. gray mist, that
made accurate driving difficult.
Hilton began badly by slicing his drive
to a trap, but astonished the onlookers
By playing out with his brassie and get
ting close TO the green. A fawless APP
Fosch and one putt enabled Hilton TO
ct a halve in (. with Waldo. who made
no mistakes. After having the first four
holes in perfect Is Hilton scored first
when his opponent fubbed his drive 10
bunker. but the Connecticut champion
drew level at the next, thanks TO three
puts on Hilton's part The Briton also
lost the seventh through driving out OF
bounds. and losing the eighth and ninth
ss well became 3 down at the turn.
Waldo brought off good putt for at
the ls-yard ninth He was out in 50 to
Hlton's 49,
An over-approach cost Waldo the tenth
hole, but thereafter during the morning
TIT the Connecticut golfer gave his IA
nous opponent few openings Waldo
brought off a good putt for at the
twelfth, and became up again. AS the
match progressed Hilton's putting be-
came less certain. whereas Waldo ran his
approach puts with a disconcerting
teaeliness. Hilton's best golf Of the early
hours was at the home hole, which he
ssn ln.4 after being stymied. Even at
hat he retired for luncheon at down.
The pace was not 50 fast in the after
noon, both players showing the effects of
he strain. At the fifth hole Hilton took
down. and # looked as II he were in
'Wa severe beating. Waldo then grew
rfe slack so that at the twelfth hole he
stood only up, but Hilton had shot his
bolt and never got any nearer. The