New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Mcleod Badly
Beaten In Title
Tilt ON Links
Sunset Hills Golfer Gets
Poor Start. but Then
PLAY Brilliant G. IN e


Golfers Association title by defeating
Fred Mcleod. erstwhile national cham
plon. by up and 10 play n the final
round al thlrty-s.X holes over the En-
gineers' ConatrA Club LINKS yesterday
For a time IN the morning Mcleod.
who kept uD the deadly putting streas
he mas had all wecn. more than neld hiz
own gong out. For instance. Barnes
got IN bad a the beginning. when his
second sho, At the first hole left hv
in trap and he needed two shots I.
extrlcate himself He could not ge-
better chan Is there, whereas Mcleod,
with drive and an iroN. reached the
green in and won with a par 4
he second mole wa played perfectly
by both. Barne~'S bal. after ms drive
and approach, WAS about twelve feet
from the pin. and Mcleod on the lks
Wa Ten feet away Thc tall Britop
sank his. and moment later the erst-
while national champion followed suit
so that i was half in = bird" a 3
Barnes Squares Match
Barnes got his second bird" at the
rhird mole. where 2 iawleSs approach
left his ball scarcely = yard from this
cup He won there. squaring the
match. and he had 20 negotiate 10
foot putt 10 save hall IN ! al the
next.
The Western champion became ] up
after his opponent topped MS drive
going 20 No .. but the other came
ght back al the il6-yard sixth. Nc
Leod'> mashie shot LETT HIM some ten
leet from the min. his opponent on the
like being within clubs length Of
the cup. The Western champion
missed his putt. but Mcleod ran down
his in iine style and the match was
again all square
A half IN at the seventh followed.
and Mcleod became ] up when the
other hooked drive 10 trouble ana
took two shots 10 get clear. The Go
lumb'a professional Won there in t. 70
for his opponent As has been the
case all week. the ninth hole bothered
the players, and they halved in s after
requiring four shots to get home. Nc
Leod was MP at the turn. having gone
out in 81. to 20 for his opponent.
To the short tenth Mcleod had the
honor and he showed a toe shot to the
trap close to the fence. while the West
ern champion failed 10 hold the green
his ball rolling INTO a trap He at-
tempted 10 get over the bank OF h
next. and after q lnsJy niblick shot the
rubber core flew clear across the green
out of bounds Barnes then conceded
the hole. as Mcleod had reached the
green In two shots A. that point Nc
Leod WIS : up.
PLAYED the eleventh hole perfectly.
winning n l. HIS opponents second
shot was trifir strong and II over
ran the green. He couldn't get better
than a even though he recovered
well. Mcleod proceeded 70 toss awav
the rest OF has advantage by missing
putt Of Tess than two feet or the
twelfth, Barnes winning in 70 >.
Both Players in Trouble
Barnes became up again a. me
difficult thirteenth hole. Both were n
trouble on their second shots. bui the
Western golfer got closer, his cppo-
nent's ball coming TO rest hole high
10 the right Of the green. From theIe
he failed 10 chip dead and missed the
putt. Barnes got a ! and he increased
his lead by "sreaiing' - the shor'
fourteenth.
They both we're ON the green from
the tee. but the Briton brough; of q
ten-foot putt. the bah rolling true al
The way. Barnes reached tins green IN
, on the next, bat Mcleod fell bit
short and needed ,. not good enough.
IS his opponent had par T.
Barnes was tnen 3 up. having Wor
Eve 'sttaight holeS To the sixteenth
Mcleod sliced his by,li out OF bounds
and after driving another he reached
home Or HIS tnlrd- Barnes pulled ms
approach TO the trees at the top OF the
hill ana they naiV Cd the hole n .. re
Western champion Won the last Two
holes and finished She morning up,
going around in - TO AcLeod's -.
Win thar comfortable advantage 10
start The aflernooa, Barncs must. havr
felt fairly safe he apparently had
hA4 tt fi4f
drive TO Ghe lrst Aoie. bat MS approach
was too strong ano. attel ehpplnt
back, n missed long try fol A Nc
le0d was on t1r green ln and GO
his 4. although Ae h.d So sink "a put'
OF f.Ne feet Ifllt lei the little Scot
i down Mcleod played The second
hole poori.. inst >.sseg ais dlate -
the rough and taen taking two more
snots 10 reach tae green. 81 1ne'
Halne- won st. .u s. la . Now up
Barnes proceeded lo ..az good golt
rhez Aalsod tne thsrd noie m 1. but
nj the fourth AcLeod newer had
chance after reaching the nap on his
second shot From the sand he played
too strongly. lhc b.. ANing clear over
the rreen INTO rough stDH. They looked
a minute Tor the ruODe f-core and then
Mcleod gave Up the nole. SO that IL
went 10 Barnes IA AZ appropriated !
10 y. ne tai BjlluN was tDen up.
Barncs Won tie utth ho-e IN il man
ner that drew murmgrs of apprecia
lion from TIE gallery. HIS second shot
had bro Ggnt Gp n trap 10 The left o
The green Mcleod on his second
reached the far edee and then LETT
himself siX-foot put for Il ! In the
mean time Barnes, play.rg out Of the
s~nd laid his ha twenty feet beyond
the otrer. II was practically = stymic.
bur me tai. kr~-ler.aan. taking acvAn
age Of tne'roii .n the vfern. .putted so
the righ' WI Ju-, enough borrow 70
enable thc bait 20 nrlag around past
NcI.eod's and dron .r'0 'se hole
They halred ta~ siatl % bat Nc
i-eoa pcn 1he aeAt whru Harness sec-
OVID sro, Mas w-a. lnen came tie
eighth hole. wheie +ne 0n. snectscslas
'uciden Mt of tne MATCH vas recorded
This hole is .l5 vaTds. aad Mcleod
pulled mrs drive 10 d 'rap 10 the lef'
Of thc green. Barnes with.a long driv-
ny ron shot. reached the green Ne.
Iced found Ms bal IN an almost I'M.
possible place" on me SIDE OF ths
stance ln the treacaeroas sand. h
wn4.ed away m.LA Als .iD.lck and ths
ball few clear across The green lntt
the tall rougn on me other side. +
looked almost anv odds then that Barne
would WIZ me hole. W.th possibly
couple OF strokes To spare
Mcleod. however aftef finding ~
bzN. took another "ctack" a. 3, witt
his aiolicA and TO the amazcmeHt q
hlase and The gallery the rubber cor