The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-28
HILTON LEADS FIELD
BY EIGHT STROKES.
Greenwich Golfer Makes Fine
Start in Struggle for
Junior Title.
WINS HIS FIRST MATCH

- VI hIFFAAN NAH4 more 'nnn 2 ISSl
IN heirh, and 10 years OF age, made a
thorough job OF the winning OF the medal
IN the qualifying round Of :he m%etropo,i.
tan Junior championship on the links o.
the Englewood Country Ciub this norm
ms HIS score was IS and his nearest
rival had an So. 30 his margin Of victory
can safely he described as ample. To
round out the day ne beat Herber,
Hutchinson OF Fores, Hills by & UP and
. to play in the afternoon. and by 80
doing became a semi.Hnalist The three
others who reached that stage IN the
struggle FOR the title are G K Hale,
Ridgewood, who meets Hilton tomorrow
morning II II Pierce. Englewood. and
Harry scharn. unattached. who Will play
in the other match.
Hilton, who was runne-up FOR the
Junior ttie IN 1914. the second time tina;
Philip Garter won II. played an odd sort
OF round this morning He aid We,
enough on the two and three sho, holes
bu, every time ne came TO a short one
something wen. wrong and not q s ap-
peared on his card On the eeventh and
fifteenth holes he failed 10 put his tee
shot on the green. and when he came to
the home hole he reached the green
safely and then spoiled his last chance
for a 3 by taking three puts He had a
s COINS out and another coming In. The
hrst was OF the long sixth. where he be-
gan with n roor drive and then had 20
play short Of the bunker with his second
The other s was the result OF too good
a drive on the thirteenth which rolled
INTO the Ions grass far dovn the middle
OF the fsirwa! In playing on, ne sue
ceeded IN getting into a trap and once
there needed a couple more shots 10 get
out HIS card
Vincent \ Hilton. Greenwich.
In .. iiisS t-as-'t
II took a score ~ 90 or better 20 gar
= place In the frs, eight ~ championship
DIVISION Scharr Was second with So.
Edgar Winnie. unattached. third. With
- Fierce and Hutchinson were mex; In
line with 50 apiece ana there WAS a
-Four corne-ed tie Al 90 fo- the last
three places Those who tied were Hale.
4 Gordon whitman. Manhattan W J
A,lsopp. Foges, Hi. md Frank X
English. New Haven. on the p,ayof
English dropped into the second eight.
Three % the championship matches
IN the Afternoon were one sided the only
cote one "lNG pe'Ween SNnarI anu
Whitman Which was carried 20 the sew
en'eenth green. where Schar- won by .
up and : 10 play Hilton. Hale ara
Pierce all game easy victories ava
didn't have - play especially good solf
70 VIII.
AZ forty-tour boys turned up . was
possible t. All I'VE eirhts with 4 few
boys LEFT over. one Of the most inter-
estiuc contestants Vas mite Charles "
ISnlrss T. ~ >gEa ,1aye 49, v.kA
GuaiiSed IN ~" fourth eieht tn = %
and hen nor his FIRST match hsud.l,
Bake was content - play straight with.
out attcmp'iUs to gan much distance
and proved ne ror'entment by declining
10 enter the driving contest Later -
the day He knew he couldn't win II
and had sense nouGh not 70 Try.
pevereuN Emmett. j.. who helped his
father WIN the ts'he- and sor ,ourna.
nent at sleepy Hollow Yesterday. played
some more family eo.f Today, for his
mother followed him around this after
noon while ne was playing n one ~ the
minor eisHts He lost his match.
English. the New Haven entrant New
Haven benz far outs lie ne limits ~
N. Metropolitan district to which N.
tourney = supposed to be restricted. Nor
the driyWs roHrnetition with a total
II 500 yards COR three shots from the
third tee F " Bacon ~. Garden CITY,
and ! Bc-~ieu. Upper Montclsir. tied for
second place with 573 yards apiece
Berr en- won the draw for the prize.
The summaries
Gu NMPIONsHIr DIVISION
Ntn.'n, : nn,2n, G~r.e9s.,h q =
Hcrler' Hu; slrs"r Forest Mn - 4 90
= T. rierce Ers,cvoIs : Z :?
~ = Ha.' 'RRils.sood - - 30