Evening star., 1914-08-22
.0U|MET LOSES TITLE
Walter C. Hagen Beats Con-
uueror of Vardon and Ray.
EVANS FURNISHES THRILLS
Sargent and Mcleod of This City
Are Tied for Third
Place.
EVANS FURNISHES THRILLS

CHICAGO, August 22.-Walter c. Ha-
gen, twenty-five years, native profess
sional of Rochester, N. Y, yesterday
displaced Francis Ouimet as open golf
champion of America by winning the
tournament at Midlothian, with a medal
score of 290 for the seventy-two holes.
Ouimet fell Off in his play. taking 2Ss
for This total, and it fell to the lot Of
Charles Evans. jr., western amateur
champion, hampered by wrenched
right ankle, to furnish Hagen's chief
opposition. Outplaying the whole field
in a spectacular finish that electrified
the long gallery. Evans made two
rounds of seventy-one and seventy and
finished with 291. just one stroke be-
hind Hagen.
Evans score of 141 for today was the
best double round of the tournament
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
to the edge of the eighteenth green,
277 yards, and had left one putt for
half with Hagen.
Misses by Twelve Inches.
The spectators stood on tiptoe while
the Chicagoan tried the thirty-foot
putt. He missed by twelve inches and
the championship went to Hagen.
Ouimet lost the title with graceful
equanimity. He had no fault to find,
he said. having fallen OF his game, as
others had done before. He won the
title last year at Brookiine, tying with
Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, British
professionals, at 304. In the play-of
Ouimet made seventy-two to Vardon's
seventy-seven and Rays seventy eight
Hagen's victory was accomplished by
steady playing. Thursday he made q
record of sixty-eight for the course by
good work. aided by spectacular put
ting. He took seventy-four in the af-
ternoon. leading the field at the end OF
the first day by l42. Yesterday he fell
off trifie. taking seventy-five for the
first round and seventy-three for the
second. The best of his game came on
the last nine holes, where, holding putt
after putt, he made thirty-five, two
under par.
The new champion was born in Roch-
ester, learned his golf there and had
not made any record outside his native
city until the present tournament He
is slight in build, but follows Vardon 8
system of shooting straight for the flag
all the time.
McNamara Falls Down.
Tom Mcnamara of Boston, who had
played the most consistent golf Of the
meet. scoring 72. II and 76 for the first
three rounds, besides 145 in the elimi-
nation. fell off badly yesterday after
noon, taking SO for the last round and
finishing out of the money with 3o2.
George Sargent Of Chevy Chase,
champion in 1900, when he scored 2S0
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 Oulmet for fourth prize.
Louis Teller of Canoe Brook Club,
Summit. N. j., formerly open champion
or France, was fifth best. with 299,
while j. ]. McDermott of Atlantic City.
twice champion, and Arthur Smith of
Columbus. Ohio, closed the list OF prize
winners with 800 each.
A new amateur expert, William Rau-
tenbusch of Chicago, attracted atten-
tion by scoring 301, just outside the
ten prize winners. He learned his golf
on nine-hole public links that has
no bunkers, plays infrequently and had
never seen the Midlothian course until
ne started in the present tournament
His rounds were 78. IS, 75 and rs. The
next pest amateur was Warren K.
Wood. formerly western champion. who
scored 305. "-'