The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-22

Defeats Francis Ouimct With Medal
Score Of 100 for the ~
Holes.
EVANS FINISHES CLOSE SECOND
Tom Mcnamara Fell OF Badly. and
Was Outside the MONEY!. G.
Green. Of Hot Springs, Va. Among
Those Who Played.

CHICAGO ILL. August oi-Uaiter
c. Hagen. twenty-five yeara old native
professional. of Rochester. y Y. to-
day displaced Francis Or.ulet as open
golf champion Of America b. winning
tho tournanen, at Midlothian with a
medal score of 2oO for the seventy-two
holes
ou'met fell OF In his play taking css
for hts total. and Charles Evans. Jr.
Western American amateur champion
happered by wrenched right ankle
Furnished Hagen's chief opposition
Outplaying the whole field In spec
tacuiar finish that electrified the gall
lery. Evans made two rounds OF ~
and 20, ana finished with 2aI
Evans's score OF i4l for to-day MAS
the best double round OF the tourna-
ment. His ankle seemed to bother his
putting more than his long work and
Irons. His tee shots sranned some 400
yards OF the fairwaT almos; every time.
Ills irons were nearly all perfect. but
In the last nine holes he missed three
short puts and had no luck with long
ones. JIG finally drove 10 tho edge OF
tho eighteenth green. 81 Yards and
had left one putt for a half with
Hagen.
The spectators stood on tip..oc while
tho ChlcaEoan tried tho 30-foot putt.
lie missed by twelve Inches, and the
championship went TO Hagen
Ouimct Loses Gracefully.
ouimet lost the title with graceful
cquanim!ty. lie had no fault 10 find.
he said lie won the title last year at
Brookline. t!eing with Harry Vardon
and Edward Ray. British professionals,
al 500 In tho play-orf Ouime; made
~ to vsrdon's - and Rays IS
Hagcn's victory was accomplished
by steady playing Yesterday he made
n record of GS OF the course. He led
with i42 To-day ne took - for the
FIRST round and ! FOR the second The
best OF his game came on the last nine
holes. where holinE putt after putt. he
made 81. two under par
The new champion learned his COLT
In Rochester. and had not made any
record outside his native city until the
present tournament. He is slight In
build, but follows Nardon's system Of
shooting straight for tho fiaG all the
TIM
Tom Mcnamara. OF Roston, who had
played the most consistent golf OF the
meet scoring -, ~ and 20 for the
frst three rounds, besides li5 In the
elimination, fell OFF badly this after
noon taking So for the last round. and
George Sargent. OF Chevy Chase.
champion in 1909. when lie scored 900
at Englewood, tied with Fred Mcleod.
OF Washington. d. c.. for third place.
NJ. J. Brady. of Wollaston. and James
Donaldson. OF Glenview Club Chicago.
tied with Ouimet for fourth prize.
Luis Teller Canoe Brook Club. summit.
y. J.. formerly open champion OF
France was NTH best, with 299. while
j. J. McDermott. Atlantic City. twice
champion. and Arthur Smith, Column
bus. O, closed the list OF prize winners
with 500 each.
y new amateur expert William Rau-
tenbusch. of Chicago scored 30l. just
outside tho ten prize winners lie
learned his golf on nine-holc public
link that has no bunkcrs. The next
beat amateur was Warren *. Wood.
formerly Western champion, who scored
9o5.
J. c. Green Hot Springs, Va. showed
"A total OF 800