The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-19
HUTCHINSON BEATEN
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Chicago Professional Drops
Hard Match to Macdonald
in Title Play, 3 and 2.
JIM BARNES ADVANCES
Mcleod and Mclean Also En-
ter Semi-finals on Engi-
neers Course.
ny INNS BROWN.

East and West share equal representa-
ton as the four remaining contenders
square away to-day for the semi-final
round In the Professional Golfers Assoc
ciation tournament at the Engineers
Country Club. Jim Barnes Of St Louis
END Bob Macdonald Of Chicago repre-
cent the West against Freddy Mcleod
OF washington. and George Mclean OF
New York for the Atlantic seacoast. BY
the. turn Of the draw West meets West
and. East battles East in to-day's
matches.
Yesterdays slSirmish over thirty-six
holes saw the finish OF Emmett French.
York. Jock Hutchinson. Chicago; Doug
las Edgar. Atlanta, and Jimmy West.
New York. They dropped before the on
slaushts Of Barnes. Macdonald. Nc
Leod and Mclean respectively. The
Western survivors encountered rather
stubborn opposition, both winning 3 and
:. whereas Mcleod and Mclean ran
roughshod over their respective oppon-
ents. the former getting an and 6
verdict and the latter Q and Z.
The tussle between Hutchinson and
from the Windy City, attracted the at
tention Of the throng almost from the
start. 1t was match we'll worth see
Ing. A great pair are they, Bob and
Jock. friends and pals, frequent team
mates. and withal as colorful a pair as
golf has to offer anywhere as to shot
making repartee and otherwise. 1t was
foregone conclusion that their argu-
rnent for the privilege of taking on Jim
n no
develop into a hectic affair.
Hutchinson Gets Lead.
Hutchinson took the lead on the Sec
ond hole of the first round. where neither
was good in reaching the green. They
finally arrived lying alike at four, with
Jock away. His try for a s left the ball
hanging on the very lip OF the cup.
perfect stymie for his opponent Bob
gave 1t what ball players call the old
college try. with distressing results. He
thumped Jocks ball in for a win. Bob
reversed the count to win the fourth, s
TO 6. evening the match.
The next two holes yielded no advan
tage. but Jock landed the seventh, 4 to s.
He stepped along and took the eight.
with a par 3. when Bob pulled his tee
shot to the left and needed two to get
on. But trouble befell the leader at the
ninth. He dropped this one without
making struggle because of a lost ball
Hutchinson was one up through the first
nine.
His lead was short lived. Bob dropped
his tee shot on the green at the short
tenth. and won in 8, and they were even
again. Jock was on the eleventh IN 2,
and sank his second putt. Bob failed to
make the green with his second and lost
X
on the thirteenth in the same figures,
and under the same conditions.
Then the tide turned. Going for the
tricky fourteenth Jock dropped a wee
tee shot short of the green. Bob hit on and
rolled over into sand pit. Jock MISE
his second and took to get on. Bob
boosted peck or two of sand out of tx,
pit with vicious niblick swing and the
ball landed some eight feet from the
cup. His putt was short, but he won in
when Jock trimmed the cup but missed
his try.
Macdonald Wins Fifteenth.
great iron second to the green gave
Bob a winning advantage on the If
teenth. Jock rolled over into the high
grass and after chipping on missed a
twelve foot putt for his 4. Bob laid an
approach putt dead for his third and
sank his next Came then a return of
favors Of the earlier holes.
Both reached the sixteenth green with
their seconds, with Jock inside. Bob's
approach putt left him a six footer for
his 4. Jock was two feet short on his
third. Bob missed holing his by a
fraction of an inch. leaving a full stymie
Whereupon Jock returned the compli-
ment of the second hole by knocking his
opponents ball in for a winning 4. It
gave Macdonald the lead for the first
time. He never lost It thereafter. They
halved the next two holes In As, to leave
Macdonald / up for the first round.
Bob left little room for Jock to better
his position for the first eight holes of
the second round. In fact the latter
was unable to hold his own. After halv-
ing the first Bob clicked off a pair of
birdie threes on the second and third.
Thev thon halved the next five, Mac
Donald being but one over par for the
eight holes.
Ninth Goes to Hutchinson.
The ninth offered Hutchinson an OPEN
ing, and he took 1t. Macdonald pulled
his drive into the rough back OF a big
pile of rocks. He battered away vigor-
ousiy, but his fourth left him still in
the rough. fully $50 yards from the
green. had
reached the green with his third, but
rolled across into the high grass. He
chir2ed back and finally won to 7.
Encouraged by this success, Jock picked
pD srcther at the tenth. Macdonald
was trapped from the tee, while Hutch
inson was on twelve feet from the Gun.
He rolled his approach up close and
won to 4.
The eleventh went to Macdonald
Hutchinson sliced a long drive far up
In the woods. After a long search n
was decided that the ball had landed out
OF bounds though 1t was never found
He could not make up his handicap OF
stroke. and Macdonald won in 4. The
next four holes were haived in par
figures. both playing fine golf
An Ill directed second for the sixteenth
green shattered Hutchinson's chances
Macdonald reached the green with his
second, where's Hutchinson was in the
rough on a mound to the left. His third
was far shot. and he missed his next
MaeDonald's approach putt stopped four
feet away, and he holed his A.
French Fights GameIy.
Emmett French hung on gamely in his
battle against Barnes. II was an uphill
fight from the very fret hole of the
morning round. but try as he did Barnes
could never shake the York entry loose
In the morning round Long Jim reeled
ok SO for the first nine holes, including
on the par 4 third hole That was
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