New-York tribune., 1917-07-25

Then Emmett French reported with
A few minutes later George Fotheril
dropped an iron shot on the eighteen
for 2, tieing French.
Within a few minutes a courier
aroused the big gallery around the
home green with the report that George
Mclean, the North Hampstead entry,
was moving along in brilliant style. Nc
Lean had nailed 72 IN the morning,
and at the last green in the afternoon
he had for 146, one stroke under
Fotheringham and French.
McLean's tee shot was sliced to the
sand trap at the right of the green, and
his case seemed hopeless. But he
played fine niblick shot to within ten
feet of the cup, and then, without a
futter, stepped up and sank his putt
for 3. So Mclean, in turn, was con-
graduated as the winner, but the
cheers had hardly died away back of
the Jersey hills when another courier
brought in word that Willie MacFarlane
was an easy winner.
MacFarlane had nipped a fine 73 in
the forenoon, and in the afternoon he
Hdu pIdytu one OF lHe SIedOleSJ th-
hibitions of golf seen for many a DAY.
For seventeen holes he travelled at ex-
actly par-not stroke over or a stroke
under at any hole. At the seventeenth
he dropped his mashie within three
feet OF the cup for 8, and then missed
the putt.
Had Four to Win
But coming to the 160-yard eighteenth
he still had 4 to win. And par here is
3. A man who could play seventeen
successive holes in par could hardly
lose over one shot on q short hole. Ap-
parently the Scot was out in front. His
tee shot homeward was sliced, falling
almost in the same spot where Mclean
had been. MacFarlane then had three
shots left to win. His first attempt
failed to clear the trap. But his third
shot was a wonder. pulling up with
backspin within three feet of the pin.
This putt was all he needed. The ball
struck the cup, disappeared for half
second and then popped out, leaving
him with 5.
Englewood, only needed a to tie the
had gathered in a II in the morning
and would have given him a rs for
the afternoon. But he, too, needed s.
This left the leaders as follows:
First-George Mclean, l46; Willie
MacFarlane, 146.
Second--Emmett French, 147; George
Fotheringham, lat.
Third--Jack Hobens, 14s; Tommy
Mcnamara, l48.
Here were the two leading cards:
Mclean Iforenoonl:
Out. fS 80: ,;.:...:: g: I ~ 5 CssSGn
G9' fs ......:. Hmm. S:ss !: 80: sE-ss-r.-,.s
MacFsfane's score forenoon:
q G', -: .....: ::iS' Sss5-7,
e Gs' .::::,.: ,::.," ::tts,; Essif tEsif-7s-l.s
While Gil Nichols failed to finish in
the money, he had a first class card, at
1913, for l49, four strokes better
than Jock Hutchinson and five strokes
below jim Barnes, two old rivals,
Barnes and Hutchinson, who are two
of the finest golfers in America, the
two who fought out the final round in
the professional championship last
year, were not at their best. They had
more than enough puts to take right
along. But putting was the chief COM
plant of the day. The greens were in
excellent shape, but for some reason a
trife tricky, enough to make more than
one star weep after he had played two
fine shots TO within poking distance Of
the cup. If a dollar had been collected
for every putt taken yesterday there
would be almost enough in the war re-
lief treasury to-day 10 finance things
for a year.
Kirkby Leads Amateurs
In the amateur brigade Oswald Kirk
by led the list, at ISL, one stroke under
his old rival, Jerry Travers.
Kirkby, who is still metropolitan and
jersey champion, had TIA for the
day. several strokes above his normal
status over his home course. Trayers
had a II IN the forenoon and rs at
the finish, for 1872 The two amateur
leaders played steadily most Of tine
way. Ned Sawyer finished in third
place among the amateurs, with 7S-fo,
for 155. ,
The two Atlanta youngsters finished
exactly even. Bobby Jones had s0-76,
for 1853, while Perry Adair had SIT,
for 15s. In the morning round Bobby
Jones started with 3-3, but after this
his putter went back on him, fault
i'm which he had a world Of select COM
pany. ,s
Tommy Mcnamara. who had 76 in
the forenoon. steadied down and turned
in a 72 1or his final effort, one OF the
best cards Of the day.
Walter Hagen, another Of the lead
ers. had a zig-zag way in the forenoon
He was out in 43, and then by hne
rally. where great putting featured his
play. he came back in 80, the best card
81 the day for nine holes. But he was
unable TO hold this pace in the after
noon. ;,h.
have done far better il his putter had
been working. Brady had rs in the
morning and u in the afternoon: AZ
iess, two instances of nsrd luck feat