The sun., 1919-09-04
HAGEN NOT TO PLAY
AT ENGINEERS CLUB
Failure to Qualify Eliminates
Him From Tourney-0ther
Stars to Appear.
BY INNS BROWN.

with the qualifying OF the Central
and Southwestern district representa-
tives at the Sunset Hills Country Clun
yesterday the full field for the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association tourna-
ment at the Engineers Country Ciuh
starting September 16 has now been de-
termined. The field includes practfcaiiy
all Of the top notchers in professional
ranks with a few exceptions. One oil
these exceptions is Walter G. Hagen
the open champion. The Detroit kingpin
will not be among those present for this
years grand Joust.
Hagen missed his opportunity to min
gle with the bunch In quest OF the as
ISOLATION championship by his failure to
show up in Chicago on August 20. when
the clan gathered for the elimination
heat at Oak Ridge. Bob Mcdonald led
that field with Jock Hutchinson, Eddie
Loos and other well known professionals
trailing close behind. George Sargent
former open champion who is located
near Minneapolis, also failed to put In
an appearance as did Cyril Walker, an
other crack player
The failure of Hagen to appear for
the qualifying round was ascribed to his
previous activities, among them his at
tendance at the national amateur cham
pionship at Pittsburg. which had taken
up much of his time. He announced
while in Pittsburg that 1t was very
doubtful whether he would be on hand
in Chicago the Monday following the
close of the amateur title affair on
Saturday.
Hagen-Barnes Tilt Impossible.
Hagen's absence will preclude the
possibility of match between himself
and Jim Barnes. the one player in pro-
fessional ranks who is in a position
to dispute the champions claim of being
Americas best golfer. AS matters now
stand they are winners in one heat each
of two events where both competed,
Hagen won at Brae Burn by margin
of twelve strokes. whereas Barnes beat
him out by equally as wide a margin
at Mayfield for the Western open cham
pionship. The Engineers Club tourna-
ment was considered to carry an ex-
cellent chance of bringing the pair to-
gether for a final settlement of the
question of supremacy between them.
The approaching tournament will not
lack in interest. however. because OF
Hagens absence. With Barnes. Brady
Hutchinson. Mcnamara, Mcdonald
Edgar and others on hand the field will
be a brilliant one For one thing II
will afford an opportunity for compari-
son between Barnes and Edgar, the two
stars who have displayed at various
times the most sensational golf the coun-
try has seen this season.
AS something of side line in connec-
ton with the approaching tournament a
fourball match that should create con-
siderable interest has been arranged for
the North Shore Country Club on Sun
day, September "A. On that date jim
Barnes, Jock Hutchinson, Mike Brady
and Douglas Edgar will meet in the
afternoon for the benefit of the benevo-
lent fund of the Professional Golfers
Association. Secretary Alec Prize has
arranged this meeting. Barnes and
Hutchinson will doubtless play Brady
and Edgar 1t was originally planned
to have Hagen take part in the exhibit
ton, but his failure to put in an APP
pearance for the tournament made II
necessary to drop him from the list.
On Monday the curtain raiser for the
tournament proper will be staged at the
Engineers. This will be an amateur
professional team match affair. The
Engineers Club has offered fat sum OF
prize money along with suitable awards
for the amateur members of the prize
VIII ming teams. The first three teams
will be awarded prizes.
Jersey Juniors Meet To-day.
Young stars of the New Jersey links
BIT gin their chase for the first Junior
championship of the New Jersey State
Golf Association at the Essex County
Country Club this morning. The first
pair will get away for the qualifying
round at o'clock. with others leaving
at intervals CT every five minutes until
they are all under way. They will
qualify in flights of eight, and 1t Is ex-
pected that enough will take part to fill
four Fights Twenty-six entries had
BEEN listed by Tuesday noon and the list
will be open right up until starting time.
Owing to the very short time allowed
for making entries between announcing
the event and the proposed closing on
Friday the time mas been extended for
entering the Ave days tournament to be
staged at the Sleepy Hollow Country
Cub, starting Monday. September S, by
the Women's Metropolitan Golf Asso-
citation. Entries will be accepted up
uatil Saturday at noon. Mrs r. Percy
Thompson, secretary OF the association,
10 receiving the entries and expects a
large field to take part In the ~tourna-
ment.
st. Louis bank officials are planning
to make golf leading feature of the
leisure hours of delegates to the Ameri-
can Bankers Association convention to
be held in the Mound City during the
week beginning September 20
Bonner Miller. president of the Mis-
souri, Golf Association and the 1919
manager of the transmlssissippi golf
tournament. has accepted the chairman
ship.
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