The sun., 1919-09-18
TWO LOCAL GOLFERS
In HUNT FOR TITLE
Mclean and West Only New
Workers to Survive Second
Round In Pro Tourney.
CzosE MATCHES FEATURE
Barnes Comes From Behind to
Beat Hackbarth-Hutchin-
SON Defeats Mcnamara.
~ rrrrs Bnowr.


Professional Golfers Association tourna-
snsnt ut the Engineers Country Club yes
tsrdny shot away the hopes Of three OF
the ave local entries who survived the
t,onflict In the FIRST round OF play. As
ne field Of eigh, lines UP for the third
round to-day George Mclean Of Great
Neck and Jimmy West OF Rociraway
Hunt are thu two remaining standard
bearers Of the Metropolitan district, and
they meet In to-day's match.
with two exceptions yesterdays
matches proved. decidedly closer than
those of the FIRST day. But II required
several brilliant rallies In the second
round to make some OF the close finishes.
From three to five holes were the popu-
lar margin Of lead at the close Of the nrst
round. In only one case did the rear
runner come through TO reverse the re-
suits of tho frst round
Jirn Barnes, the present champion.
tagged along behind Otto Hackbarth.
the ianky Cincinnati entry, at distance
of three holes when the two knocked on
for sunch. And Il required q victory on
the homo hole for Barnes to hold Il that
how. Hackbarth led by two holes on
the flrst nine and had run his advantage
60 four through the seventeenth. How
ever. his second shot on the eishteentn
drcped short and Barnes slipped past
him for q victory with q par =.
barnes overcemes Handicap.
The champion went about his Job seri-
ously from the start In the afternoon,
and picked up his handicap OF three
holes on the first four played. Con.
finuing his clever play he took the fsfth.
llnived the sixth and won the eighth to
become two up. He was one under par
for the seven holes.
Both played the eighth badly. and II
was haive6 In hves. Hsckbarth scored
lis only winning hole OF the nine at the
ninth. He played fine brassie third to
within six feet OF the pin, but missed his
four. The putt left Barnes stymie, and
IInckbarth's won
Starting home up, Barnes won the
short tenth and 6. Both found traps
with their drives. Barnes dropped his
second on, whereas his opponent played
across the green into another trap. The
eleventh was divided and Hackbarth
scored another win on the twelfth 4 and
8. Barnes failed to hold the green with
lis second and took two puts after chip
ping on.
The thirteenth was even. Barnes
made It two up by winning the short
fourteenth. Hackbarth's tee shot rolled
over into a bunker. and he wasted two
in getting out. Barnes was on In one
and Hackbarth conceded the hole.
Barnes COPIED the fifteenth and 8, and
the match ended with Barnes winner
{ and when they halved the sixteenth
in Is.
Mclean Overwhelms Brady.
The most noted surprise of the day
developed In the match between George
Mclean and Mike Brady. when the for
uler finished the winner 6 and s. A nip
and tuck contest had been anticipated.
with both carrying even chances to win.
But Mclean broke into lead on the
second hole In the morning round and
was never headed. He went out In 3S
and stood four up at the turn. They
both came home In that total. and Nc
Lean led by that margin of four holes
as they began the second round OF their
fight.
Brady launched a strong bid for q
comeback In the first nine holes OF the
afternoon. He cut on two of his four
handicap on the first five holes. He held
the advantage on the sixth and appeared
on the verge OF winning another when
he missed three foot putt for a bird g.
The hole was halved., Brady staggered
badly on the three remaining holes Of
the nine, losing them in row. He
finished the nine down. After halving
dropped the next two in succession. end
ing the match on the thirteenth green.
Kerrigan Loses Hard One.
Tom Kerrigan OF siwanoy and Emmett
French. of York staged one Of the
closest, steadiest contests OF the day.
carrying the finish to the home green.
with the latter winning 2 up. Both
played fine golf throughout the morning
round, with French having enough the
better OF the argument to finish 1 up.
Resuming the contest after taking
aboard lunch, French continued a Dit
stronger OF the two and increased his
lead TO two holes on the first nine. He
started with a win on the first. and
picked up another on the fourth, and
ran his lead to three holes on the NTH.
He sank par Is to win each OF these.
Eerrigan started an offensive OF his own
when he chalked UP a bird 3 to win
the sixth and took the seventh with a
par 4. He sSidded a bit at the eighth.
when his tee shot landed IN the rough
OF the green and he needed two puts
after getting on. French won In 3.
Kerrigan countered by taking the long
ninth with a par 5. leaving French two
up as they sat in on the last nine holes.
KerriKsn Wins the Tenth.
Kerrigan won the tenth. short one
On 3 for a starter. The next three were
ell haived. The diabolical los yard
fourteenth probably cost Kerrigan the
match. Both tee shots rolled over the
green. but F'rench's bail stopped In the
high grass on the slope. Kerrigan's
rolled into the sand trap. He swung q
vigorous niblick, lifting the ball over
into trap on tho other side His
third was almost a duplicate, the ball
landing back in the original dlfficulty.
lie took four to get on. French Clipped
his second on and won with 4.
After halving tho hfteenth in s.,
kerrigan COPIED the sixteenth and z.
French was short on his second. his ball
landing short OF tho steep terrace
holding the green. He took three to
get up. After dividing the seventeenth
IN n. French won the home hole. get
ting the green on his second, WHEREAS
Kerrisan was short and took two puts
after getting on.
Wilfred Reid OF Wilmington made q
great nght in the afternoon round to re-
'trlsve fve hole handicap from the
morning and barely fell short. He
gradually chopped away Jimmy Vests
margin through the FIRST nine holes and
continued to crowd up until he got on
even terms by winning the tricky four
teenth. II. was the usual story. He
held the green with his tee shot, whereas
his opponent rolled over Into the tran,
and eventually conceded he hole.
Vests drive going to the fifteenth
was as Wild MS the flight OF a leather