New-York tribune., 1920-08-18
New York Golf
Star Defeated
BY .Westerner
By Ray Mccarthy

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fLOSSMOOR, ILL.,, Aug. 17.-Eipbt
Western, six Eastern and two southe m
players survived the first round of the
professional Golfers Association cham
plonship at the Flossmoor Country
Club to-day.
Inc sixteen matches, in the main, ran
true to form, although the defeat of
W Mlllle MacFarane, of New York hv
Alex Cunningham, the big scotchman
from st. Joseph. Mo, and the defeat of
Tom Boyd by Joe Sylvester. 4 and 3.
were unexpected
Ohlcagoo this morning was envcloped
IN thick fog, but breeze from the
lake dlsslpated this, and the first pair
got away in fine sunshine. The greens
were IN fine condition and the scoring
averaged we'll.
Charley Hoffner, of Philadelphia,
and Laurence Ayton, the new Scotch
professional at the Evanston club, fur
nished the feature match of the day.
the Chicago man winning on the thirty
ninth green. when he got down a long
putt They were close all morning,
their cards approximating rs. Hoffner
won two holes on the out round in the
afternoon, Ayton taking two, so they
squared away on the last leg with the
Eastern player leading, up.
Ayton squared at the tenth hole,
ID, but Hoffner took the short thir-
teenth, 2-3. He held this lead until
the seventeenth tee, and from there
he pulled into the rough and followed
with d bad second, which eventually
led to 6, Ayton. who was trapped on
his long drive, winning, 5 to 6. Hoff-
ner was trapped to the left of the
green at the home hole, but chopped
up to eight feet and got half in s.
They halved the first two extra holes
in 5 and 3.
Jim Barnes Extended
George Bowden. the Massachusetts
champion, gave Champion Jim Barnes
a close run in the morning. the ST.
Louis player leading, l up. Jim had
"a, 37-71, Barnes getting 35, 37-72
barnes shot even fours going out in
the afternoon, and led up, eventually
winning. 4 and g.
The duel between Peter O'Hara and
Pat Doyle ended on the thirty-sixth
green with a win for the former
Doyle was wild from the tee all day
and only his fine recoveries kept him
in the running. Doyle was 8 down and
3 to play in the morning, and then put
his iron second dead at the sixteenth
hole and got a 8. He holed a So
foot putt on the next green and ten
footer at the eighteenth.
George Thompson led Isaac Mackie
3 up In the morning, but the veteran
won the first five holes in the after
noon. Thompson was 3 up at the
turn, but Mackie won the next two
holes. Then his opponent won three
of the next five.
The Bob Macdonald Diegel
match attracted some attention. The
big Scotchman was at his best. He
was out in SO and led / up, coming
home in 81. On resuming Macdonald
won the first fifth and sixth holes, go
ing out in 36, and leading up at the
twenty y-seventh hole. At the eleventh
and thirteenth hcles Bob scored twos
and won and g.
Jock Hutch insin, who gained entrance
in the tourney by the default of Ar
thur Clarkson, of Kenosha, defeated
Eddie Loos, the Ravisloc homebred, l
and 3, after getting 76 in the morn
ing and leading l up.
Boyd Loses, 4-3
Harry Hampton, Of Richmond, had
the best round of the morning, 81
$40, four strokes under par for the
6,4S8yard course. He led Jack Cor
don up at the internal. Joe Sylves-
ter led Tom Boyd up in the morning
and kept this lead, winning and 8.
Douglas Edgar was 2 down and S
to play against Pat O'Hara, and won
up. Edgar was trapped at the nine
teenth. but got a good out and made a
long putt, O'Hara missing short one.
At the next hole O'Hara hit tree but
got fine second, and won 4-5, O'Hara
again missing short putt O'Hara
& bc1
and lost 6--5. They halved the home
hole, both having longish puts for
fours.
The summary:
,, A. cHnniqshami st. Joseph, , No, de-
e; George Mdisan ys' ersas "a Mex ss N Y. de-
feated A. F. HacNbarth, Hinsdae
j. Edgar. Atlanta. defeated Pat
OJIara. Shackamaxon. up.
!. Sylvester, New York. defeated Tom
HGy' X MaeadnaIa KDs id Hob ah" o > Link defeated
y. Mshihorn. Talsa; Okla. defeated W.
Harry Hampton, Richmond, defeated
Jack Gordon. Buffalo. and s..
George Thompson, New H,So,, York, de asfested
C. II. Hackney. Atlantic City. defeated
p Hcssler, Tulsa. and 2.
j. Barnes. st. Louis, defeated G. Bow
dem Boston, and 3.
c. Mayo. Edgewater, defeated L. Gull
ickson. Westnoreiand. Chicago. 2 and l.
l.. Teller. Boston. defeated Joe Rose
man, Westmoreland. IL and 10.
L. Ayton. Evanston. defeated c. Hor-
ner Philadelphia, up 80 holes.
j. Hutchinson. Gienview defeated e.
Loos Ravisoe. and 3.
Tigers Get Pitcher
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Aug. r3.--
The Detroit Americans have secured
the services of pitcher George Cum
ningham, of the local Southern Associa-