The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-26
BARNES WINS GOLF
TITLE, EQUALS MARK
With 283 Strokes, Worlds
Record, Carries Off Western
Open Championship.

CLEVELAND, July 25.-Equalling the
, worlds record OF 2s3 strokes for an open
: golf championship. James Barnes of
. Sunset Hill Club, St. Louis. to-day won
: the Western open golf championship
!. from 13o leading golfers cf America over
the $3.50 yard links Of the Mayfeld
I. Country Club. leading Leo Diegel OF De-
troit by three strokes and Jock Hutch
: inson of Chicago by four.
Barnes also earned the distinction OF
being the only one to win the title three
times He won in 1914 at Interlachen
: Club, Minneapolis. and in 1917 at West
moreland Club, Chicago, where he set
the lowest score recorded for seventy
. two holes medal play. He held the title
!. over 1918 on account of the war.
In addition to the three leaders, Fred
: Mcleod of Washington and Otto Hack
barth of Cincinnati. with 2SS each, Bob
Mcdonald OF Chicago, with gel. Walter
. Hagen of Detroit. national champion
Z. and Harry Hampton Of Richmond, Va,
: with 292 each, and Willie Kidd OF st.
Louis. with 29e. also finished in the
money, while George Sargent of Min
peapolis Emmett French Of York. Pa,
and Tom Boyd of Fox Hills, N. Y. tied
: fer tenth place.
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Barnes led from the start. scoring a
: record SO, one under par for the heavily
trapped course on Wednesday.
He took par 20 for the second rouno
on Thursday, leading the field by four
/. strokes.
This morning he went out in 80, one
!. under par, but got tangled on the second
line for 3s, making his total % for
= fifty-four holes. Diegel with SO this
morning came within two strokes OF
overhauling the champion. but with a
II this afternoon Barnes added oneSfo
. his lead as Diegel took ~.
Diegel, who Is only 20 years old,
played well all the way. He started
with n. added "a and then So and ~.
But Hutchinson earned third place only
by to-day's play. He took &c for the first
: round and az for the second. His SO
this morning was the third of the tour
nament, to which Hampton added a
fourth this afternoon.
: While the tournament did not furnish
the excitement OF a tight finish or re-
versai of leaders in the last rounds. the
: golf generally exhibited was the best
: played at a national meet The surprise
of the event was the comparatively poor
: showing of Hagen, who recently won the
: United States Golf Association meet at
Boston with sol, while Barnes tied for
eleventh place Win $40.
OF the sixty-five who started the last
two rounds, having qualified with 100 or
: better for the first thirty-six holes. seven
withdrew before the day was over.
Among these was GIL Nichols OF New
York, who added fine II this morning
: to a pair of 7Ss, only to get bad start
this afternoon. This SO exasperated the
veteran, known to two continents. that
: he broke up his clubs and threw them
away in disgust.
Scores OF those who finished, with the
final round and grand total for three
days. follow:
The Scores.
James Barnes, St; Louis. az1-2ss; Leo
piegel. Detroit: 72E2ss; Jock Hutchinson.
ION. 12-2ss; otto Hackbarth. Cincinnati.
Bob McDonaid, Chicago, 1884; Walter
i Richmond 69--2s2; Willie Kidd. st. Louis
: 1876; George Sargent Minneapolis,
Emmst French. York; Pa, 7Om2e7; Tom
Boyd. Fox Hills. n. Y. 73-297: Willie
ogg, Atlanta, 13-2gs; Wilfred Reid. VIII
: m ianis. 4::1. a''' = D0usi"S EDGAR AT
Alex cunningham. wheeling. 7s-sO2;
Garrison. Kenoshs, fS-sos Tom Nc
Namara. New York. so-303; w. C. sher-
wood; Newark pd Ohio; sonsot; ,o.. r,.,o
Loos. Chicago. 1886; j. j. oBrien.
Chicago. 1886; Charles Thom. SHINE
cock Hills, 1906; Cyril Walker. Minne-
spolis, 1906.
Ellsworth Augustus. Cleveland. S2-3Os;
Jack Burke. st. Paul. 1860; Frank
Adams. Winnipeg, 5000; Dave Ogilvie.
Cleveland. 7s-so7; Alfred Hackbarth. Chi
cago, 77-30S.
w j. Bell. Chicago. 7s-sos; J. e.
Blakeslee, Elkhart, 1870; II. G. Walker.
Muskegon. 1910: r. II. Craigs. Louis
Vile, $50; Grange Alves. Cleveland.
sTom Kerrigan, New York. so-sI1; Jack
Dingwall, Pittsburg, 75-312; william
Brand. Upper Montclair. NJ J.. sl-3l3;
Charles Lorms, Toledo S5-51s; W. H
Way. Cleveland. Sl-315.
:, William Meihorn, Chicago: ss.3ls; ],
NJ. McQuarrie. Rock Island, T6-317: Alex
; Girar1. Cincinnati, S3-317; ]. F. Mathews
Kansas City, s2-317; Norman Clark,
Cleveland. Si-317.
Harry Rees Cleveland. Sl-sl7; Walter
Nelson. Indianapolis. so-3l7: Chick Fra
ger. La Crosse. 77--31s; Andrew Brown
Lockport, ". Y, s0--31S; Roy Robertson,
e Lafayette, Ind. s1-319.
Jack Burgess, Asheville. n. C.. s4-s1s;
j. c. Brophy, Cincinnati. S4-32O: Dave
Robertson. Pittsburg, s6-321; Thomas Ed
wards. Steubenville. Ohio. $3.50; Dave
Wilson. Milwaukee. s4-327; William Rein
ders Cincinnati. s6-S35.
Amateur.