Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-19

Walter Hagen again tops the pro-
fessional heap and Miss Marion Hol-
Inns. several times winner of the
title. once more won the Metropolitan
women's championship. This summa-
rizes the championship events held on
golf courses during the past week.
Hagen won after a game uphill strug-
gle to tie with Mike Brady over the
Brae-Burn course near Boston. while
Miss Hollins. always strong conten-
der for national honors. went twenty
one holes to win from Mrs. W. A.
Gavin at the Arcola. n. j., Club.
Play preceding the annual champion
ship of the Western Golf Associatio
already has started at the St.
Louis Country Club. Francis Oumet,
present holder Of the title. won by
him at Midlothian in 1917. has an
nounced that he will not play. but it
has been definitely settled that Charles
last week. will compete. The west
ern is merely a workout for Chick.
as he won the event four times and
looks upon it more as frolic than
as serious golf 1t was not thus in
other days in the west however-in
Axe days when Mason Phelps, AL Sec
KEEL. Paul Hunter and others were
playing real golf. Bob Gardner is
silent as to whether he will enter the
western, although 1t is probable that
he will not play championship golf
this year, with the exception of the
national.
Next week local golfers will have
their innings in the annual competi-
ton for the championship of the Mid
die Atlantic Golf Association to be
held over the splendid course of the
Columbia Country Club. A large en-
try list. probably larger than in any
previous tournament. is looked for at
this event, for it is known that Co
lumbia will make a strenuous bid for
next years national amateur cham
pionship and all players in the mid
die Atlantic section will be out look
ing over the course The champion,
ship starts June 20 and the final will
be played June %.
Hagen's victory in the national open
was won only>after the most severely
testing kind of golf With Mike
Brady galloping away out in front.
right up to the last round, and appar-
emily hitting all his shots extremely
well, it is doubtful if Hage thought
he had a chance, for Brady led him
at the gfty-fourth hole by five shots,
however. this game of golf is a pecul-
far one. and anything may happen.
II you don't believe 1t, asa Charlie
Doing of the Washington Golf and
Country Club. At any rate. Hagen
hung on. playing every shot on his
final round with the ease and conf
dence Of a champion. and when called
upon to get four on the last hole to
tie for the title he played perfect
second shot to the green and was
down in two puts. He came near
killing Brady's hopes on that eigh-
teenth. too, for his putt for a three
Tipped the cup. In the play-off, ali &C
counts agree that Hagen was lucky
to have his ball jump the brook in
front Of the eighteenth. That this
did not worry him. however, is pat
ent by the fact that he hit scream
ing brassie to the edge of the green
and Clipped up almost dead. holing
three-footer to annex the title 1t
was the old. old golf story of a man
coming from behind, looking up at
the heights and with the aid of for
tune. pulling match that seemed lost
out of the fire. That Mike felt him
self slipping is also history. for the
championship strain. where every
shot must be carefully watched, is a
large assignment. even for SO steady
a player as the Boston Irishman.
+. J. Brennan defeated A. Zappone
and Charles II. Doing, jr., won from
j. fardley Turner in matches PLAYED
to date in the June tournament being
held at the Washington Golf and