New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-09
WALTER HAGEN
LEADS GOLFERS
IN BIG TOURNEY
Jim Barnes Second, On.
Stroke Behind Metropoli.
tan Open Champion.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Shawnee-on-Delaw Pa. Aug. a
Walter Hagen, of Rochester, netr,
politan open champion, led a field q,
ffty-fye fellow professionals and .
lone amateur on the first day Of pa,
in the annual invitation open e,.
tournament of the Shawnee Coun,,
Club. Hagen's card for the So holes
was IS, 75-150 and was the resul. u
golf that only faltered twice Ia u.
afternoon. Had it not been for hss
lapses the metropolitan champion iaiss.
easily have had a ~.
Just behind Hagen came jim Bans
Of Whitemarsh Valley, with rs, 76--lsl
The towering Briton wasted severn
strokes on the greens, being particular.
ly unfortunate in this respect in IL,
morning. With Barnes shadow at BIZ
shoulder, Hagen will not feel comfort.
able tomorrow until he knows he Il
beaten.
II was this same Barnes who LANDED
In a triple tie with Hagen and CbarlsJ
Hoffner in the metropolitan open {.
Garden City last month, only to be d.
feated by single stroke in the play
on. Both men are certain 10 ngs
hard for the lead on the lsst half 4
the Journey.
A stroke behind Barnes came Jxs
Campbell, Of Old York Road. with card
of rs, 1912. followed by Jack Dow.
Ing. the Scsrsdale homebred, 75, 7s-il
Greens Hinder Gil Nichols.
Gil Nichols, Of Great Meek, who vsc
this tournament last year with .o.l
of 295, could not fathom the trick q
the greens to-day. Playing superbly
right up to the greens, Gil wasted shs,
after shot trying to sink his ball. A
70 in the morning was followed BY
rs in the afternoon, for a total Of ia
When the Great Neck pro thought q
the score he might have had II IA.
puts had gone down, he was positivsI!
scared.
Emmett French, the young pro fro.
the York Country Club, had the Dis
tinction Of leading the field in The
morning with a splendid card Of S.
35-73 and incidentally the loves
round Of the day. Although he tooi
extra strokes on the third. sixth, el,'.
enth and twelfth holes, French fnish.:
all even with par. His IS coming !,
was notable performance. The cara
read:
Emmett French, York Country Club;
' fnl 8 ! : ! 5 8 ) : ss-sSa
In glancing over this card il is vel
10 remember that the regular length ..
the Shawnee course is 6,4S6 yards 70,
the par of 70. To test the proves D,
the pros to the utmost several Of n
tees have been set back, making d.
actual length to-day close TO 60
yards.
"Oh. it's putt, putt, putt and nary {.
one TO go down." was the universal
plant of the pros as they hnlshet
their rounds. Even the imperturosoa
Hagen found the cup hard to ioca',
although he probably had less trouble
in this regard than any OF the othen
In his morning round the Roehes'o
home bred started badly by taxing e.
ira strokes on the second and hln
holes. he clipped OF a stfohe On "a
sixth. however. and again on the ninn'
reaching the turn in 3S. He was |.
stroke over par, coming in for ton
of rs.
Hagen Uses Niblick.
Playing the first hole in the aft''
noon, the metropolitan champion dr'I'
to the far bank of the brook, 24O vars
from the tee. To get out Of the rouss
he used a niblick, but the ball struci
a rock and rebounded TO the other SO,
of the brook. Again it was the nibls.
for Hagen, and this time the ball LANDED
in long grass short of the green. i
required another shot before Wsl.s'
reached the edge Of the green, and two
puts gave him 7. On the home hoi'
the champions tee shot landed shor
OF the green, and had been counted
before he holed out. ,
With these two exceptions, Hagen!
card was remarkable for its steadiness
1t follows:
Morning
O,, 80