Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-22

Now thar the professional golf
tournaments in the north have ended
dopesters are busy with their books
Of statistics trying to pick the leading
player of the year. AT first blush the
topped Scot from the Glenview Club of
Chicago, seems the most impressive. as
he won the patriotic tournament held
at Whitemarsh Valley and finished
third in the western. But on further
consideration Jim Barnes. the elongat-
ed clubwielder from Philadelphia. must
receive first place, as he did last year.
Barnes, by reason of bad start in the
Whitenlarsh Valley event in which he
was the victim OF an unfortunate local
ruling. did not show well, bat he went
through the western in a manner be-
fitting a champion. and did the same in
the Philadelphia open championship
Before the summer sun had warmed
up the courses of the north the names
of Gil Nichols and Mike Brady We're
the ones appearing most conspicuously
in tn news from tour narnents IN the
south. Nichols won the open event at
ASheEille. y. c., with a Very low score,
and Brady topped his success in the Au-
gUsta, Ca. tournament by winning the
north and south championship in I'M
pressive fashion, but following the
budding year north neither Of these.
men appeared TO play the same game
they produced in the south. and golf
in the north is L better criterion of the
game as a whole than the game as
played under dollhouse conditions on
the bermuda grass courses OF the
south True it is that Nichols annexed
I = Ii OF q n
try Club here. but was given a great
fight by the young homebred, Tom
kerrigan of Siwanoy, who should have
won the event .handily AS a result of
his fine morning score, but again the
value of experience told
Eddie Loos. the caddie professional
from Philadelphia. captured the Shaw
nee open and seemed to open the door
. for future successes, but Hutchinson
topped him in the patriotic event at
Whitemarsh Valley. Following the
tourney in the Quaker city an inter-
ma tional affair in four ball matches and
twosomes was arranged to be played on
three different courses about New York
city for the benefit of a war charity.
IN these matches the homebreds went
through the field practically without
opposition, winning their matches by
such margins that there was Ques
ton as to which country mustered the
better golfing team. Hutchinson. cap
| tanning the Scotch team. gained none
too impressive victory over the captain
of the American amateurs. Jerry
Travers carrying him TO the eighteenth
hole. where the tall Scot had to make
two tremendous wooden shots to stall
off defeat. These two shots viii remain
high in the annals of American golf.
All square at the eighteenth tee, Hutch
ison was home on a hole of 565 yards
in length in two shots. the second ne
cessitating a carry of 235 yards This,
of course. won from Travers. who had
to play short with iron.
Barnes Went through the interna-
tional matches without any trouble
losing pair of four ballers. but vim
ming all his individual contests. The
greatest player of the tournament in
point of victories won was Charles
Hoffner. a homebred connected with
Philadelphia club
The next big tournament of the year
the western open championship, was
all Barnes. Getting around the morn
ing of the first day in 81. he gained
such a lead the field that notwith-
standing the great efforts of Hagen
and Hutchinson they could not cut down
the lead of the tall Cornishman and he
won with two strokes to spare. Hagen
being second and Hutchison third
Coming on top of this his win of the
Philadelphia open championship, one