The sun., 1919-06-11
BRADY TAKES LEAD
] IN GOLF TITLE PLAY
with 148, Has Two Strokes
Advantage Over Hoffner in
National Open Tourney.
8 ARE TIED FOR THIRD
Teller, Bowden and Hagen
Have ISL for Two Days.
r. Competition.
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WEST NEWTON. Mass. June 10
Michael ]. Brady. homeored professional
of the Oakley Country Club, wrested the
Z lead from Charlie Hoffner, the young
Philadelphian, In the second days play
@of the open golf championship over the
Brae Burn course to-day, and now leads
the big field with a total score OF 14s.
This Is a result of two rounds OF ~ each
scored in the two days competition.
Homer, who topped the field on Mon
day with a fine ~. equalling the course
record, registered a rs to-day, and now
finds himself in the position OF runner UP
with a total of $50 for the two days
Following close on his heels come a trio
linked with the total OF Isl. They are
Louis Teller. the French midget pro of
the home course: George Bowden, an
other local player attached to the Com
monwealth Country Club, and Walter
Hagen, former title winner, now located
at Oakland Hills, Detroit.
- 1t was a great day for home bred tai
'ent, Just as 1t was yesterday. Four OF
the first ave places are held by native
soma In fact, but two OF the first nine
men come from the other side Teller
q Is tied for third. and Jack Hutchinson.
the rollickinR Scotch fellow from the
. Glen View Club of Chicago, stands ninth
ouimet and Evans in Select Circle.
Francis Ouimet and "Chick" Evans
are the two amateurs up in the select
circle. the latter leading Ouimet by two
strokes. against lead OF one that Ouimet
held at the finish of play Monday. Evans
negotiated a rs to-day, one stroke bet
ter than his Monday round. whereas Oui-
met ran three strokes over his card Of 76
for the first day.
q Considered in the light of Mondays
play. several of the prominent contenders
picked up sharply, whereas others fell
below. Walter Hagen. regarded as a
very dangerous man. sprinted to the fore
with a fine 49, and Tommy Mcnamara
turned off a similar round. thereby add
ing confidence to the wise ones who had
figured him a prominent contender in ad-
vance of the opening.
OF the two brilliant amateurs Ouimet
s. as stated above. fell off. whereas Evans
improved his pace ever SO slightly. Brady
was old man John J. Consistency him
self. with the same card not only for
both rounds, but for both halves Of each
eighteen. On both days he was out In
Sc and back in 3S.
Barnes. Turns I'm . IS.
OF course Hoffner found his first
days pace a bit too stiff. and fell back,
but still ranks we'll enough to occupy
second place. Jim Barnes, a prominent
figure in the national open for several
seasons, went badly on the second nine
holes, and turned in rs, one stroke
over his first days effort.
Twas the work of Hagen and Tommy
Mcnamara which drew the closest at
tertion to-day, though they were not al
-. ways attended by the largest gallery.
iff1af ND axaI
winners. are always the centre OF wide
interest as soon as they walk onto the
hrst tee. But OF was Hagen and Me-
Namara who the wise ones were watch
ing most closely.
Hagen was playing wonderful golf ex-
cept for his putting. His tee shots were
a ma gnificent and his iron work through
the fairways left little room for i'm
provement. His card fails to reveal any
glazing weakness in his game. but 1t
takes no account OF the grand oppor-
tunity that Hagens shots to the green
were Offering, only to have his puts go
astray on him. leaving his holes in par,
which his usual speed at putting would
have netted birds"
Coming to the sixteenth hole he had
A. and 4 possibles for finish OF II,
setting a new record for the course. But
on the sixteenth, after getting on In two
and running his approach putt up to
within less than three feet of the cup,
he missed his next trial. and had a 8.
Again on the seventeenth he Clipped
close to the cup, but could not get his
first putt to drop in and he was forced
to count for the hole.
Mcnamara Puts Poorly.
Strangely enough it was in lbs putting
that Mcnamara found trouble. Tommy
Is not a long player as long players go
in this company. But he Is straight all
the way, and his short iron play is well
nigh perfect However, he played the
first nine holes with only one 3, whereas
he had several chances to get down in
three. had his puts been dropping as
they usually do. on the eighteenth he
had two footer for a 4 TO tie the record
for the course which he set In 1913,
but he missed II.
In spite of the fact that Mike Brady
duplicated his card for the first days
play. his golf wasn't nearly so sound
as on Monday. No difference can be
gathered from the figures OF his card
OF course, but there was quite a diff
ference. on Monday he was always well
within his mark on each hole. That
is to say, where he scored a II was
a plain matter OF course following the
very sound way he has played right UT
from many errant shots that enabled. him
to equal his Mondays card.
A recital OF events on one hole will
suffice to explain Just what Brady was
doing on the seventh he hooked his
tee shot far over into the high grass
beneath some trees. His second was
safety shot Just onto the course. His
third was short OF the green. and his
fourth not any too we'll played He
saved himself by boiling a nine. foot
putt for his Ave. Again on the six.
teenth he sliced to the rough, was shor,
on his second. and then further gummed
his score by taking three puts afteI
reaching the green.
Ouimet Erratic.
'' Francis Ouimet's play for the day
gave his supporters but little encourage.
ment for the final outcome. Possibly
as one expressed II. Improvement may
be expected tomorrow, because II Is hard
to figure how he would be any more
unsteady and erratic than he was to
day. He was struggling hard for thc
10 which he scored. and II might eas.ly
have been several strokes worse had ht
been inclined to crack because of lis
unexpected lapse from form.
e After getting away TO a very &c. d
start on the first two holes, he pro.
ceeded TO play the third like a duffer
His tee shot was hooked, but a goot
beak befell him when II kicked bach
onto the fairway. With an open fair
way ahead and nothing to cause trout |,
should he over play. he fell thirty yard,
snort OF the green into trap. III,
out was feeble. leaving him stlll shor