The sun., 1919-07-24
BARNES WITH SO
EQUALS GOLF RECORD
Leads Field of Professionals
and Amateurs in Western =
Open Tourney.

CLEVELAND, July 23.-Equalling the
course record OF SO, James Barnes of
tho Sunset Hill Club, St Louis. present
champion, to-day led a field Of 1874 start
ers in the first round OF the western
open golf championship over the Mayfield
Country Club. Tom Mcnamara, former
champion, was second with 70, setting
a record for the first nine at S3, in
GLIDING eagle threes on the $50 yard
third and the 515 yard sixth.
Walter Hagen of Detroit, national
champion Leo Diegel. Detroit, Mich,
champion Fred Mcleod of Washington.
formerly national champion; Willie Kidd
of st. Louis, and Charles d. Thorn OF
Shinnecock Hills n. Y, each took Il.
The scoring was so good that sixty
four scores better than so. indicating
that a score OF 100 or better will be
required to remain among the sixty
four players who will remain In the
final thirty-six holes play on Friday
The largest gallery followed Hagen
and Bob Macdonald of Chicago and was
we'll rewarded both by excellent golf and
untoward Incidents. The national cham
pion was driving well as usual and
reeled of four As. a and two more As
like a golf machine.
He had taken only % strokes for eight
holes and cut down his average on the
100 yard eighth with a Q.
On the ninth tee with a 33 In sight
Ragens attention was distracted as-he
drove by some ones running UP stairs
to the parapet tee. He half topped the
ball against the side Of steep hard
hill 1875 yards from the tee. The pellet
bounded back and to the left high over
a clump of trees and landed at the bot
tom of a creek. 1t was impossible to
play ahead and so Hagen played across
to the fairway, only to find the high
woods still between his ball and the
ninth fairway fifty feet above him.
The champion then played further
from his right way to the seventh fair
way. There he found himself still 325
yards from the green Of the $50 yard
hole He played a desperate shot with
his midiron. lofting the ball 200 feet
in the air and carrying more than 200
yards back to the ninth fairway. He
put his fifth on the green and took
seven for par SO.
The Scores Below 90 Follow.
j; NJ; Barnss; st; Louis 50. atrds w. Tom
i Ss'. a. :" ss-7i; willie Kisd, St, Louis
Willie Kidd, st. Louis, ss. s5,,;7l; Charles
Wilfred Reid, Wilmington, Del, SO. S6-I2;
Alexander Cunningham, Wheeling 81, 80.
70; Otto Hackbarth. Cincinnati, IS. Ss-73;
Cyril Walker, Minneapolis. "a, as; Ar
thur r. Ciarkson. Kenosha, "a: ss-IS: Ed.
George Sargent. Minneapolis SO. ssS7.
man Clark; CLEVELAND, 81, s5-IHt' T %iiii'
Louisville. So, ss-I5; William Braid: Upper
MOntclalr. as. s7--;76;; Emmet French
MarnnpalI ChlCa n
3s. SIS; Frank Adams, Winnipeg &c. Sc
Harry Hampton, Richmond, Va, 81. ss-75
Max Dave Ogilvie, Columbus. 81. Ss-7e
W. o sherwood, Newark. Ohio. 81. 3s-5s
B e0 RSSsr.s Gasf F,t:Surs t s. SIS
oo;BrisS, Chicago, S. sse7j; George Bow
e efn sS''S ss.s Frank s's spross sP
d.Ts' tc;;Iae,nnsii,, 10; a2;-7i7: jack Ding
Louis Teller. Boston. 20. ST., Harm
Bees eIsyeana e. as ian haT Rnl,, cal! /,
e au j.. a. 81. to-71;' Tom N Boyd. '' Fox His
e. a. is JHfk B BSTssis A EIsSnrs
Ind: 40. SIS; y. X. Boie. Cleveland
H. c. walker. Muskegon: Sc, t2z7s: Tom
| oils New York. 40. ss--Ts Bob Simpson
Coronado Beach, Cal. 96, 4a-7s; Chick
Fraser. La Crosse, Wis. 50. SIS; Eddie
Loos. Chicago. 40. ass: walter Nelson
! Lafayette, Ind. 40, SIS; Walter Nelson
Indianapolis, 81. As.
G. Stark, Indianapolis, AZ, 37-7s: A. p
| Meyering. South Bend, 81, t?-Is; William
| Eutwistie, Syracuse, y. Y. IS, +1--7s; Ear
| Knight, Canton, Ohio. 80. +o-7s; Andrew
Brown. Lockport y. Y. ~. $50; Grange
| Alves. Cleveland, ~, $50.
]. II. Mcouarrie. Rock Island, 49, 30
70; John Roger, Dayton. 81, <2-7s; Joe
Roseman. Chicago. 80. 40-7s; 'Earle Row
! ley Buffalo. 40, B9-Is.
| Amateur.