The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-22
WALTER HAGIN WINS
IhTIONAL OPEN GOLF
Chick Evans by n Brilliant
Finish Is Second. Only
one stroke Away.
orlMET IN TIE FOR FIFTH
Third and Fourth Money Split
h, George Sargent and
Fred Mcleod.

rurr,... Aug q Walter &. Hasin.
I've Rochester homebred. who first gave
A. co.n.r world an indication Of his
merit when he finished among the leaders
A. Rrookhne year ago. won the ma
,,op,' omen championship to-day. His
,o,,l for the four rounds over the Mid
lo,b,an links was 200 strokes. In 1909
George Sargent won at Englewood with
~. same score. which up to to-day had
o.ys- been equallei in a national open
,Aanrionship Hagin's four rounds were
a. ~ ~. 1890. Francis oumet
though he failed to defend his title sue
cessfully, made a good showing and tied
FOR ffth place
Although Hagin won the title and de-
served 10 win 1t too his play to-day was
oy.rshadowed by the brilliant work Of
rn,ck Evans. who began the day eight
strokes behind HaGin. and ended only a
single stroke away \ splendid II in
,he morning round cut Hagin's lead in
half and 20 IN the afternoon brought
the brilliant amateur so close TO the title
that the big gallery was in suspense until
the final putt was holed,
The two leaders were but two holes
anart. and the crowd was able to watch
the work " both as the struggle for the
leadership progressed. Going out in the
afternoon Evans made 80 to Hagin's
49, and the Rochester golfers chances
seemed 70 be waning. He was not
beaten, however. but came home in 80,
and Evans could do no better.
At the twelfth Hagin held two stroke
advantage IL was Chicks play on this
green that cost him the chance to tie for
or win the championship. His pitch
was Is feet below the flag on the tricky
iibbed green He ran the long approach
putt up feet short and then Tipped the
cup. taking four for the hole.
Hagn clinched the national crows at
The home green by getting an amazing
g. lie pulled his drive badly into the
long aass. below the ninth green. but
made y great pitch to the sloping green.
He was then confronted by an foot putt.
He walked over, got the line in one glance
and sent II down.
Third and fourth money was divided by
The two former nationai champions,
George Sargent. the Chevy Chase pro.
and Fred Mcleod. Columbia. They nm
shed In a tie at ISL on the first day
and ran "A dead heat to-day as well. get
ting li6 for totals of 297 Oulmet tied
with Jim Donaldson. Glen View. and NJ.
Brady. Wollaston. At 29S for NTH,
sixth and seventh places. Louis Teller,
The diminutjve Frenchman. was eighth
with 299. Jack McDermott. twice holder
Of the national title and Western open
champion. and Arthur Smith OF Columbus.
split the ninth and tenth purses with
scores Of 800
Both Ouimet and Teller threw away
their chances for the title by their play
This afternoon At the end ~ the morn
inc round they were well up NTH the
leaders, but each took a ~ in the after
noon md were out ~ the running for
first honor- Tom Mcnamara ~ Boston
blew up In even worse fashion. His total
was 2l2 AZ the end Of the third round and
ne vas In second place. \ wretched SO In
the afternoon put him outside OF the list
~ prize winners
IN addition to the two amateurs VINO
finished IN the first ten. two others were
vel up At the and Of the day. William
Pautenhusch. the Chicago city champion,
tied for eleventh place at sol, and War
ren X Wood. with sos tied for twenty
second place.
Final scores of the players who com
peted the seycnty-two hole championship
found follow