The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-11

Charlie Hoffner, the youthful profess
sionsl OF the Philmont Country Club,
went away winging in the FIRST round
Of play in the Metropolitan open golf
championship at North Shore yeeter-
day. He romped around the eighteen
holes with nice total OF ~. and stood
one stroke under Emmett French Of
York, another Pennsylvania entry, whose
card showed 10.
1t Is no new sensation with Hoffner.
this thing Of sprinting home ahead Of
the opposition, regardless of the class
In the FIRST heat of competition. He did
II at Brae Burn several weeks ago In
the National open tournament And sin
gularly enough he hung up the same
total in each case. But yesterday he
travelled bit further along the road
to premier honors for the event He
hustled home in the afternoon round
with q 10, totallins 145 for the flrst half
Of the seventy-two holes Of scheduled
play. and leading the field.
It was tho one stroke that Hoffner
shaded French in the morning round that
gave him a margin over the York entry
at the finish Of play for the day. For
French had gone out and duplicated his
trick of the morning. delivering another
70 for his second journey around. What
10 more, he even duplicated the count on
the two halves OF the course. netting So
on tho FIRST half and So on the second in
both sessions Of play.
Hagen Finishes Third.
Walter C. Hagen, open champion and
likewise holder OF the title now at stake.
finished in third place for the day. He
turned IN a 70 In the morning and came
back with q rs in the afternoon to total
fn ~ l~$x -al~
Hagen six strokes behind Hoffner. He
10 spotting the Philmont pro twice as
many strokes as he was conceding to
Mike Brady at the end OF thirty-six holes
In the national open.
Brady was never able to hit his best
stride yesterday and finished with 15S
for the day. He is therefore thir-
teen strokes back OF Hoffner and seven
behind Hagen. The Oakley professional
explained that his game was erratic in
several departments, More than once
he was handicapped by poor tee shots,
and his approaching and putting were
his previous play.
Willie MacFarlane finished in fourth
place, one stroke back of Hagen. He
put together rounds OF II and Is for his
1862. George Mclean, the Great Neck
professional, followed right on the heels
of MacFarlane, He took a IS for his
morning round and then came back with
| a rs later IN the day, to finish with 1853
Gardiner s. White OF Nassau topped
the list Of amateurs by a good wide
margin. He totalled 1855 for the days
, effort and ended In a four cornered tie
for seventh position in the standing He
played with Walter Hagen and sue
! ceeded In making an even break with
the open champion at rs in the first
round. However. he skidded a bit IN
the afternoon and took 10.
| HoRner Gives Fine Exhibition.
| Hoffner's exhibition for the day left
but slight room for criticism. On the
| morning round he finished of the first
| nve holes, two strokes under par. But
at the sixth he found trouble with q
sliced tee shot that landed him In the
woods. It Is a par I hole. and he lost
back the two strokes ne had gained ur
to there with a 6. Starting again ht
ran through the next seven holes In ex
actly par figures. At the 424 yard four.
teenth he failed to get on with his sec
ond and needed a 8. one over par. The
next three were handled in par and h,
ran down a bird 8 on the $50 yarc
[ eighteenth to finish the second nine, and
the round in even par figures
In the afternoon he again reached tho
| sixth tee two strokes under. This time
| ne ran one over par for the hole, taking
a s. His card for the next three hole,
ran I, 3. 4. and he finished the nine with
a IS. ono under par for the distance
Starting the second nine he played a BIZ
| loosely on the first two holes. taking q
stroke over on each. But he finished ou