The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-12
BRADY AND HAGEN
TIED FOR GOLF TITLE
Wind Up Of Play in National
Open Tourney Finds Each
With 301 Strokes.
TO DECIDE ISSUE TO-DAY
Ouimet and Evans, Hopes of
Amateurs, Finish Far Be.
hind Leaders.
TO DECIDE ISSUE TO-DAY
BY INNS BROWN,


ner OF the twenty fourth annual open
golf championship rs still In doubt The
honors may finally rest on the brow OF
Michael J. Brady. color bearer of Hub
hopes, or It may settle down on the SUM-
burned crest OF Walter C. Hagen of De-
troit, forerunner for the Western con-
tlngent This pair was tied up at the
finish OF hostHities at Brae Burn this
afternoon with count OF 301.
To 'the brilliant gritty finish Of the
Western crack is due the uncertainty
which still hangs over the final outcome
Slipping from the greensward into the
parlance of the turf, 1t was a Garrison
finish, reminding of the old days when
the Snapper was wont to slide through
on the rail and bulge across the finish
line winner by a wink and no more.
There were almost 5000 persons scat
tered over the course gathering snatches
such as they could of the play. follow
ing first one pair and then another. A
very liberal gallery had tracked down
the fortunes of Brady. leading his near
est competitor at the start Of the morn
ing round by two strokes, and topping
Hagen by three. When Mike landed
home with his afternoon round totalling
301 for his full effort the crowd hustled
back to pick UP the other boys.
1t was known that Hagen had lost
another two to the leader in the morning
round. meaning that he must pick up FIVE
In the afternoon to tie. Tommy Nc
Namara. five strokes back starting the
day, had dropped one, needing six bet
ter In the afternoon to tie. And two or
three others were conceded chances to
overhaul the leader.
Rumors were drifting about the
course of all kinds OF performances
For time 1t was limited that Hagen
had slipped and was practically out of
II. Then came reports that Mcnamara
had shot his bolt and dropped back
But by the time Hagen reached the
twelfth tee he was tipped to the fact
that he needed rs for the round to pun
onto even terms with Brady. Then be-
gan his brilliant squirt. Also. then. his
gallery. already rather large, started
TO increase rapidly, so that by the time
he had finished the fifteenth. and from
there in, he had a small mob chasing
him around the course.
Hagen Turns In rs in Morning.
Getting back to his earlier efforts.
Hagen had turned of a $3.50 for the
morning round, losing one to Brady,
who did a "a. Starting the afternoon
Hagen clicked off a quartet of par As.
But on the long fifth he faltered long
ttCuSu W ldko d o. II TAXES lnTee SOOu
shots to get on there. and when he
missed his second he needed four and
took two puts for a G.
On the short sixth he dropped short
into the creek, this being his first dive
into the water in his four trials at this
hole. He played three onto the green
and holed out in 8. At the ninth he
overplayed his second into a trap and
finished with another 5, one above par.
Hagen was out in 80 and had managed
TO get back one OF Brady's four stroke
lead. He picked up and a 5, par
figures at The tenth and eleventh with
straishtaway work. But on the twelfth
he skidded once more when he hooked
his tee shot out OF bounds. This is 3S5
yard hole, and he could do no better
than ).
The thirteenth he did in par 3. On
the long fourteenth he played two
mighty wallops straight up the lane and
then pitched 10 within twelve feet OF
the flag. He made a bold try for the
cup, and his ball missed by less than an
inch. He took par 5. On the fifteenth
lie continued 10 clout for wonderful dis
lance from the tee. His drive left him
a very short chip TO the green. and again
he narrowly missed 'ong putt for a g.
1t was a 4.
The sixteenth brought out still more
terrific walloping and Hagen slapped his
second IL feet from the pin. He was
down in two puts. At this stage he
needed the next two holes in a total oil
seven strokes to tie. Driving off the
seventeenth, he put everything he had
into the shot and the ball came to rest
about 80 feet from the flag. His ap.
proach settled within two feet of the cur
and he holed his 3.
Followers Become Anxious.
BY this time the immense crowd fol.
lowing Hagen had worked itself into a
frenzy pushing and hauling about the
course, and chattering and fidgeting
nervously. He needed to tie Brady
and a. 8 was possible for him.
Another heroic effort from the tee
embodying everything that the player
knew of how to play the game to sa,
nothing of his full complement of phys
ical strength netted a wonderful drive
fully ESQ yards straight up the. fairway
leading up the slope to the green foul
hundred yards away. His second was
fine iron that scared and sailed straigh
for the flag and the crowd yelled 1t.
praise.
Arriving at the green he found hi,
ball about ten feet away from the cup
with the line from ball to cup unen
DuIIlnf
conditions. 1t was a sure four. barring
some mishap. And Hagen, least of all
was anticipating any mishap. A would
win. Hagen surveyed his putt, looked
about the crowd. grinned and banter
ingly asked, where's Mixer HageI
was counting that one in, no doubt abou
that.
Misses Chance to win.
He studied the shot carefully. square,
away and let drive. Far back in tn,
crowd that fringed the green seven anS
eight deep some chap. who evidently hac
only partial view of the shot. yelled
TITS in" He was wrong. The ball hi
the back OF the cup. bodied up. and set
tied only a few inches away. It was ,
simple tap to hole a to complete
round of 10, making a total of $50 70
the day. and tying Brady's sol for thu
full 72 holes.
Hagen's battle was game one, anC
he deserved everything he got. Anon,
topnotch golfers of the professional cIaI
five stroke lead Is no mean handical
when championship is at stake. An(
when four OF this five must be overcom,
In nine holes of play the odds are still
more awe inspiring.
However, the slowing down OF Brad
In the afternoon round helped mightiI,
toward tightening Hagen's burden. Tn
oakley golfer was slipping rapidl,
through the last lap OF the four tim
journey around the course. When II 4
STATED that he staggered over the flnisl
Hne, wei nigh "a groggy battler N
statement Just about outlines his sta,ns
The last nine holes In narticnis
weighed heavily on Rrady,s -L-,,S