New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Emmet french, OF loth, rem, ore
! of the leading Eastern players, finished
with a brilliant II and landed fourth
money, with total Of 232. Fred Ne.
Leod. of Washington, former Ma
.ional champion, took last prize, with
total Of 294.
| Six Prizes Offered
The prizes were $500, $500, 800, SIS
and $50, Barnes taking the special
prize Of S25 for the best round, which
was his record-breaEing 81 on III.
opening day.
The victory Of Barnes was a bril-.
| liant achievement in one OF the great.
est tournaments in the history OF n.
Western Golf Association. Last year,
at Blue Mound. over shorter and
easier course, Hagen won the title
/ with a total OF 2s6, which both Barnes
and he bettered here, and Hutchinson
d tied.
J Barnes. Hagen and Hutchinson ar.
rated as three of the greatest tourns.
nent PLAYERS. and were the logical
favorites. At the halfway mark they
were leading with scores Of 1913. III
and l44. respectively, and nothing
short of a big reversal OF form could
have kept one Of them from winning.
In the morning II looked as II
Barnes would throw away his chances
on the putting green, but his game
ness in the afternoon won the title.
Hutchinson started the crucial round
| with a 5, his putt for par four jump
ing out of the cup. This mishsp was
| followed by a drive 10 the rough. and,
with things breaking badly, he reached
the turn in 80, putting his chance or
the ragged edge. He needed some
thing better than normal golf 70 pu,
himself back In the running, but This
was not forthcoming. and the doughty
Scotchman had 10 be satlshed Win
third place.
Galleries Follow Winner
He was first of the trio 70 finish,
and this left the battle between Hagen
and Barnes. both being followed By
good-sized galleries. Hagen opened
with a par four. but az the second
hole his drive just reached a trap on
the right. He had 20 take goats
chance ard reach down for the oalb
which went twenty yards up the
course. and he finished with a D. Three
| puts on the next green were the re-
verse of encouraging, but he played
perfect golf 20 the turn.
A birdie 3 at the eleventh hole was
ray of sunshine, but he went one
over par at the short seventeenth,
being short on his approach putt. Al
the sixteenth, of $50 yards, he drc-s
to the edge Of the green and laid his
! n,. harap ne
was 10 feet short on his second anc
was 10 feet short on his run-up.
Barnes started better than his two
predecessors. A fine approach after
Sliced drive, at the second hole, gave
him a seven-foot putt for 4. which
he made for "A birdie. lie took three
puts a. the short fourth. and then hi
par 70 the turn, going out IN 80. Ihs
left him a margin Of 81 70 come hom'
in, and he began the last lap with
birdie 3, due to fine chip sho: to
three feet from the pin.
Five Holes in Par
Five holes in par all were riyets
in helping 20 fasten down the title
and when he made another tne CHIP
shot and notched a birdie 3 on me
sixteenth. nothing but an explosion
could upset him. He putted for
on the sixteenth, 425 yards, and took
5. At the home hole, 4J3 yards, D.
was home in ? in easy sailing. Hl'
o0-foot approach was six feet from
the cup, and he WAS down in TWO more
Although Barnes finished two stroke.
ahead, the race might have beer
closer. At the last hole in me morn
ing he pulled his second into thlei
shrubbery. and played another bal
which went sixteen feet by The pin.
Other scores for the second SO hOla
and totals were:
Peter Ollafa. PlusiursA li0--lf Ilmss Dr.
a!dson. Chicago lj0-2e5. Gil Nichols Nss i1s
a. -296 Tom McNImara Nas hprh. GO,
Frank Adams. Chicago i52-.t., " Brpty. -
ton. lj2-2yS ". q. Sherwood Memphis. l'e-r
L. LOerlrr Pittsburgh 1880. Leo U!ep, "
troit. 1850: A.frci Escsts-rl Cl.cago, u
3O2. Alec Smith. Wykagyl 1906 4. VI. TAG
Louisville. 1885,. OTTO Ea-k1Arth, Ci5caasss
1896 Tom Bod Fox bi.s \. y. l5j-sgs
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