Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-19
ENGLISH TRIUMPH
Vardon and Reid Tie With 147
in Big Golf Contest.

BROOKLINE, Mass, September 10
Joyful messages for those on the other
ends of the wire passed through the
transatlantic cables late yesterday att
ernoon from the Country Club. They con-
veyed to British eyes the news that
Harry Vardon and Wilfred Reid Of South
Herts and Banstead Downs, England, re-
spectively, had led the field at the end of
the first thirty-six holes Of play for the
open championship of the United States
Golf Association. They also conveyed the
further information that Edward Ray
was only two strokes behind the two lead
ers, in a tie with Herbert Strong. the
first of the American players for the run
ner-up position.
Vardon and Reid led the field with
total Of LAT strokes for the first days
play. with marked similarity in their re-
suits They each took 20 for the morn
ing round, which left them in tie Tor
ninth place at the luncheon hour, and
then both bettered their morning scores
by three strokes in the afternoon play,
each getting q.
With Edward Ray Of Oxhey, England
it was a different story. He was 20 in the
morning. and only in tie for twenty
fifth place. In the afternoon, however, he
put in a round of TO- which might easily
have been a 6S Hitting long ball from
everv tee. he found little difficulty In get
ting home in two at every hole Oh the
outward round except the ninth. AL the
third hole he made his one error. taxing
three puts He made up for that by tax
ing only one putt on the second ana the
sixth. Par or better for each hole OF the
first nine gave him 30 to the turn-WOn-
derfully fine golf
His start homeward also was par for
the tenth and eleventh, while ) at the
twelfth was like giving par the iaugh.
for the hole measures more than four
hundred wards. The thirteenth found him
with q putt that just missed going down
for a ). but was perfect play. AT the
fourteenth came his poorest work or the
round He hit a long tee shot. but was
doubtful of his ability to get home with
an iron, despite the fine cleek shot that he
saw his partner, Tom Anderson. jr., play
from a point in back OF his ball. At any
rate he used his driver and topped his
ball Then he attempted to pitch a
mashie to the green and quite astounded
the gallery by topping that also. the ball
running across the green into the long
grass beyond. 1t was only by laying UP
his fourth to point about eight feet
from the cup and holeing the putt that he
secured q g. He took three puts on the
fifteenth, but made no mistakes on the
last three holes to get his 20. a new rec
ord for the course as now laid out.
Title Fading Away.
With Reid Vardon ad Ray occupying
leading positions. and Herbert Strong
alone holding a position equally good with
that of Ray. it may be seen that the
chances Of keeping the American title
from crossing the Atlantic, as 1t did when
Vardon won it in 1900. are rather slim.
Strong played two good rounds today, 10
and "A. and may yet provide worry for
the invaders.
Next to Strong. the American players
holding positions of vantage are Mac
Donald Smith. who tied for the national
open title three years ago, and J. NJ.
Barnes of Tacoma, both of whom finish
ed the day with totals of 100. Macdonald
Smith had a II in the morning, playing
the most brilliant kind Of golf. In the
afternoon he got going badly In the
early stages, so did well to finish with
a 70 for his second round.
Barnes had rounds of "a and IS. Thus
far. in practice and in the tournament,
the Tacoma professional has found it
impossible to do well on the outward
half of the course. but ne invariably has
the two rounds today he will get the two
narts of the course more in unison, and
he the one to press the English golfers
to the limit.
Club. Boston district, and George Sar-
gent of Washington. both of whom have
held the open title. are well up with ISL
as their first days totals. Ross tied
with Macdonald Smith in the morning
with n, but took A. to the turn in the
afternoon. getting in bunker at the
nth which exhausted his patience and