The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
IS HERO
OF HOT. BATTLE
FOR GOLF TITLE
Despite Handicap of Sprained
Ankle He Loses to Hagen by
Mere One. Point Margin
OUIMET, OFF IN PLAY, is
TIED FOR FOURTH PLACE
New Champion, Born in ROches-
er, Has Never Taken Records
Outside of Home City

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-Walter g,
Hagen, 22 years old, professional. OF
Rochester, N. Y, yesterday displaced
Francis Ouimet as open golf cham
pion of America, by winning the
tournament at Midlothian with a
medal score of 290 for the ~ holes.
Ouimet fell of In his play, taking 2S9
for his total and II fell to the lot OF
| Charles Evans, Jr., western amateur
champion. suffering from sprained
ankle. to furnish Hagen's chief oppo-
sition. Outplaying the field In a
spectacular finish that electrified the
long gallery, Evans made two rounds
OF II and 20, and finished with 29l,
just one stroke behind Hagen.
Evans score OF 14l for Friday was
the best double round OF the tourna.
ment, and was accomplished despite
several missed puts. His ankle
seemed TO bother his putting more
than his long work and irons. His
tee shots spanned some 800 yards OF
the Fairway, nearly every time. His
irons were nearly all perfect, but In
the last nine holes he missed three
short puts and had no luck with
long ones He finally drove the edge
of the 18th green, PIT yards, and had
left one putt for half with Hagen.
The spectators stood on tiptoe
while the Chicagoan tried the 30-foot
putt. He missed by ~ inches and
the championship went to Hagen.
Quintet lost the title with graceful
equanimity He had no fault to find,
he said, having fallen OF his game
as others had done before.
Hagens victory was accomplished
by steady playing Thursday. He
made record of IS fer the course
by good work, aided by spectacular
putting. He took "A In the afternoon.
leading the field at the end Of the
first day with 142. Friday he fell
or a trife. taking rs for the first
round and 73 for the second. The
best of his game came ON the last
nine holes where holing putt after
putt, he made 35, two under par.
The new champion was born In
Rochester, learned his golf there and
had not made any record outside his
native city until the present tourna-
ment. He is slight in build, but fol
lows vardon's system of shooting
straight for the flag all the time.
Tom Mcnamara, OF Boston, who
had played the most consistent golf
Of the meet, scoring 70, II and rs for
the first three rounds besides 145 In
the elimination, fell OF badly Friday
afternoon. taking SO for the last
round and finishing out OF the money
with 800.
George Sargent, of Chevy Chase,
champion In 1909, when he scored 29O
at Englewood, tied with Fred Nc
Leod, OF Washington, ID. c., for third
place. M j. Brady, Of Wollaston, and
James Donaldson. OF Glenview club,
Chicago. tied with Ouimet for fourth
prize.
Louis Teller, OF Canoe Brook club,
Summit, N. j., formerly open cham
pion OF France. was NTH, best with
2S9, while ]. j. McDermott, Of Allan
tic City, twice champion, and Ar.
thur Smith, OF Columbus, Ohio.
closed the list OF prize winners with
800 each.
A new amateur expert, william
OF Chicago, attracted
attention by scoring Sol, just outside
the 10 prize winners. He learned his
golf on a nine hole public links that
mas no bunkers, plays infrequently
and had never seen the Midlothian
course until he started In the present
tournament His rounds were 78, rs,
20. rs. The next best amateur was
Warren X. Wood, formerly western
champion, who scored 305.