The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-25
BARNES INCREASES
LEAD BY 4STROKES
Has Total Of 1879 for SO Holes
in Western Open Golf Tour
ney-Hagen Second.


20 to-day James Barnes increased his
lead TO four strokes over the nearest con-
tender for his title in the Western open
golf championship at Mayfeld Country
Club. Added to yester days So. Barnes
had total OF 1879 for thirty noles,
while Walter Hagen, national champion,
was second with 1913. He took 70 to-day
because Of Fit trouble.
Two strokes away stood Fred Nc
Leod OF Washington, ID. c.. formerly ma
tional champion. He scored - to-day
through poor putting
Bob Mcdonald of Chicago shared
fourth place at 1916. with Otto Hack
barth OF Cincinnati, the Chicagoan set
ting a new record OF SO for the second
nine in which he surpassed Hagen. his
partner. by one stroke. His II was the
second best score of the day Harry
Hampton OF Richmond. Va, later
| eoualled McDonald's SO after taking a
generous 40 to go out.
Tom Mcnamara OF New York, who
had second score at 20 yesterday. got
| tangled to-day at the start He took
: for the second hole and IL to get out
He came home in SO. registering l47
| tonight. with J. Douglas Edgar OF At
lanta and Wilfreh Reid OF Wilmington.
Barnes starts Well.
Playing with George Sargent Of
Minneapolis. former national champion
who took rs on account OF wildness with
| the wood Barnes started with birdie
on the 3s5 yard first hole. He found
! the rough with his drive on the 404
yard second and was unable to cut his
shot sufficiently going over into n trap
| He pitched across TO another bunker on
his third. but all but holed his fourth
| He scored another birdie on the 455
| yard third. reaching the green with two
mighty swlpes.
After scoring the next two in par
Barnes followed a fine drive on the SIS
| yard sixth with a sliced brassie and
the ball found Judgment in an orchard
behind the stump OF a whitewa ed
plum tree. which marked out OF bounds
He had to play out at right angles and
| had to take six. He evened this loss
with birdie on the 345 yard seventh
and barely missed n two on the short
eighth.
The champions best shot Of the round
was made on the $50 yard ninth. He
drove 275 yards but the pellet found
an old scrap in which 1t was half buried.
| Barnes had to use a mashie, with which
he cut away the hardened edges Of the
hole. The bali csrriedH20 yards and
with lunge reached the green. giving
him par four and 80 for the nine. one
under par.
! Lands SIX Feet From Cup,
II Turning for home the tall Corni shman
put his second six feet from the cup
on the boomerang eleventh. $50 yards.
but missed the putt. He did better OF
! the 525 ward eleventh scoring q birdie
four by holing n tricky putt over along
n ridge. After again nnding a trap on
the $50 yard twelfth and taking four as
yesterday. Barnes duplicated yester-
days birdie two on the 200 yard thir-
tenth by holins a twelve footer.
The st. Louisan dropped a stroke on
the 400 yard fourteenth by allowing for
! n stiff breeze which was shut Off at this
hole by a high bank and woods. taking
! Ave. With p ar on the next three holes
Barnes faced the home fairway needing
a four on the $50 yard hole for sec
! ond GO. He was over anxious, and try
ing to play a low sliced ball arourd a
bend in the fairway failed to get the
slice. He landed in the depths OF a
! trap. whence he emerged by breaking
the shaft OF his niblick clean of. He
put his third on the green IS feet from
the cup. but missed holins his fourth
by inches
The Summaries.
Those who qualified for tomorrow :
play with scores for to-day and total
flor thirty-six hoes. follow:
James barnes St Louis ,9IlS9: Walter
Hagen, Detroit, Is; Fred Mcleod wash
ILs: Otto Haekbarth. Cincinnati. ala: Tom
McSamsrs, New York La j Douglas
Edgar: A'lsnts 'i-lE; w,iiTsd REID ID; VII
72-ils: while Kidd. 81. Louis, 77--lS; Harry
Hampton. Riehmond Va rs LIS wu,. 10.
Atlanta 75-lts; Leo Diegel, Detroit. to
William rrovinger Detroit, Is-i6o; R. II
Sriass LOUISVILLE 7SniSo GsSrss s sS;nIt
cock Hills. 7s-l5o: W. c. Sherwood, Newark
Ohio, ;ElSS; Dave osiivie' ColgmSu' 1t- 10
Walker, MuskeEon. 7t-,52; Arthur clarkson
b1oDa Fra Cnc, Aas%' wsn Rs
bingham wheeling. n-lSt; William Brapd
Upper Montclair. 7s-i54; Louis Teller Bos
To Tom Boyd. Fo, Hit. n Y. ,7;zi;i; zach
Burke, St: Paul, 75Iii1; Alfred Haek6arts
G.. lbs; Frank sproEeli' Birmingham
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