New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-10-14
hagen IS BEATEN
BY DOUGHTY SCOT
Hutchinson OVercomes Early Lead
Of Native SOn-BarneS Runner Up

New York Oct. 14.-Scotland for
ever! Draw Jock Hutchinson, the
fiery laddie from the land of the
heather, Pittsburgh's hope and Scot
lands pdide in the first annual tourna-
mont for the championship of the
Professional Golfers association at ST.
vanOy, tumbled Walter Hagen, metro
oiitan and western open champion,
Ito defeat in the semi-f1na1 round of
the title contest yesterday, in a match
seemed q probable winner until the
l~8r few holes were played.
Long Jim Barnes of Whitemarsh
Valley will be the opponent of the
4 doughty Scot in the final match for
the professional title today, and the
lion of England will endeavor to make
a wholesome meal of the thistles of
Scotland. Barnes overcame one Scot
getting into the final round, defeating
+ Willie Macfarlane up and to play
in a match in which the Hudson river
I professional began playing golf about
eighteen holes too late, and to the tall
Itnglishman, as he has been playing
golf lately, what is one Scot more or
less in q fair field with no favor?
However, thistles have thorns, as
Hagen found to his sorrow and lions |
/ have been known to develop cases Of !
! indigestion on much less provocation !
than dict of Scotlands favorite !
flower. From the manner in which |
Hutchinson Overcame Hagen's lead |
and won out in 4 driving finish yes !
teTday, the lanky Eng!ishman must be-
ware lest the thistle Of Scotland be |
moro Of a thorn IL tie side than
meal in his NAV.
Hagen Leads in Morning.
With the defeat of Hagen, the flow
er of the homebred flock, goes the last
chance of a victory for native son.
and, much as the eager gallery desired
to see America first, the fine fighting
finish of the Scot was we'll appreciate
ed and literally applaudcd. Hagen was
1 up at the end of the morning
round, and held the same advantage at
the turn in the afternoon. He lost this
lead, however, and was 1 down at the
thirteenth hole.
When he overcame this lead and !
squared the match on the next green,
it seemed as though his ultimate tri-
umph was assured, but the reckoning
was made without the host-and
Hutchinson proved a host in himself
He gained a lead of one hole when
the metropolitan champion topped his
drive from the sixteenth tee, and this
advantage he chung to grfmly until
Eagen's tall, and exc his hopes, were
hopeIessly mired in a ditch short of
the home green.
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Wonderful scoring golf but no finer
contest has been seen in the metro
politan district for many moons. The
homebred fell short OF the fourth
green in the early stages of the match
and gave his opponent a chance to
win with Il stroke under par, which he
accordingly did. However, this green
Is 514 yards from the tee, and if a
golfer fails to reach it on his second
shot, the fault is at least pardonable.
Roth players were lucky in their as
sault on the fifth green. Hagen
bounced his ball off a rock to the
green, and Hutchinson used a tree for
carrom shot of the same descr;p-
ton and the 492-yard hole was halved
in 4.
An approach shot to the seventh
green that started we'll but finished
lady put Hagen two holes behind his
rival, but the Scot Gilman presented
him with the eighth mole by the SIM
pie process of taking three puts AMI
the lead was cut to a single hole once
more Hagen went into the trenches
as he approached the ninth green and
the clubhouse, with the result that he
was down at the turn with 38 to a
Sc for the Allegheny professional.