New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04
timely BITS Or SPORT H.A. HLTON c0MVGBAcK
Golf Champion May Arrive IN
This Country in March.
TO PLAY IN THE SOUTH
Herreshoff and Kirkby Arranging
Plans to Take a Trip Abroad
for Foreign Championships.

Ubep the cry OF Fore" died away on
Northern links and the golf devotee had
leisure TO review events in the retrospect
he at once became impressed with the de-
cided international flavor that entered %
Ia, eeiy into the seasons national champion.
shtps At first thought IL did not seem pos
s,ble 10 duplicate the 19l record, yet from
what the writer has heard recently one
rrieht almost feel safe in predicting that
tris wear stands chance of eclipsing all
Word has been received from man who
T. IN a position 10 know that ". II. Hilton
is contemplating returning here shortly
n has been generally understood ever
since the dapper Briton lifted the Have
never Gun al Apawamis last September
that he would come back to defend 1t IN
1912. Not long since he wrote silas n.
Strayn. president of the United states Golf
Association, to the effect that a party OF
British amateurs would come over TO nave
try in the championship The latest IN
| this line. however, Is that Hilton may get
| Laok here IN March. in time to touch at
a few Of the Southern links. In the event
Of the British and American title holder
reac ching these shores IN March ne WOULD
he In time to take part in the North and
South championship at Pnehurst, the latter
/ pant OF that month.
with Hilton here in the spring, home tai
J srt would he spurred 10 greater eHorts'
I fully realizing that the man from Hoylake
: would be certain 10 undergo more caretul
pre raration than when here before IL VIII
he remembered that last fall ne was KEEP.
| on the lump from the moment he stepped
oH tho steamer He only played Apa-
u.mis two or three rounds prior to the
Guardianship, but It's good wager 'hat
/ n, gives himself more time 10 famlliarizs
himself with the difficult Wheaton course
In tbe event of several Of Hilton's country
,n,u arriving here IN season Tor ,fne anna
teu;. tournament there would. of course %
rottinc 10 hinder an international team
r1atch-something Americans have not seen
s,uce 1909 when the OXford-Camorinse
golfers visited the; shores.
Last wear Charles ". Evans, tr., OF Ch'-
capo and J. q. Anderson. Of Boston. carrs
q, for considerable attention as q result q:
their foreign invasion. While they faile
! IN the championship, both made tavora'
hII impression. especially Evans, who late
went IN the Continent and won the amateur
title If France. beating Anderson IN TN
/ final round Evans has no intention
going abroad this year. but in his stead
IL possible that Fred Herreshoff' who bel
hin, en- tho national at Apawamis and the
carried Hilton to an extra hole In the ds
c;sive match. may make the trip. OsNal
Kirkby. the Englewood record-holder,
irving to arrange his plans so as 10
| abroad. and II both should take part
Westward Ho their presence will douot
less cause as much if not more, Of ST
than the efforts of Evans and Anderson. 4
Leaving the amateurs for moment
nav be as we'll 10 remember that IN
doughty J J. McDerrott. holder OF the ns,
,ional and Philadelphia open titles. is also
preparing to tackle the Hon I'm his den. in
other words, Mack" will sail for the other
side early in May, so as to put in months
practice before the open at Murfeld Nc.
Dermott is the only American 10 win the
open here and II by any chance he should
be able to show the way home 10 Vardon.
Braid. TAYLOR. Duncan and others OF tha;
class. he would become the, most. widely
talked of golfer in the world. Taking 4 nj
in all. It looks Ike some season ahead.
Well known professional golfers are
showing fine form in the South these days
In a recent match at Pinehurst In WHICH
Gilbert Nichols. the metropolitan cham
pion, and Jack Jolly. of this city defeated
Fred McI.eod. former national holder.
and Donald Ross, the Massachusetts opsa
champ" Nichols and his partner won ny
up and to play, returning remarkaos
best half Of 81. Jolly had the best individual
score getting round in an even 20 Mcbeod
had 70, while the other two did a. Jolly
and Mcleod hslved the third hole IN and
the last named won the sixth in >. Nichols
won the ninth in another 2. The best hla
cards Of the winners was as follows: