New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30

A a result or the nrSt naif or play
IT thirty-six holes, Marty Mclaughlin,
ii the Plainfeld, N. J., Club; Fred Nc
1eod OF the Columbia Club of Wash
;nrton, D. c., and Louis Teller, of the
Brae Burn Club, are tied for the lead
With i46 each. Barnes is two strokes
hack, having card of las, while
Hagen. the national open champion, is
six strokes behind the leaders, and
Brady seven.
AS one eminent golfer put it tonight,
"a handicap of half dozen strokes is
no small handicap in such field as
this" That is why the supporters of
the national champion are not feeling
very optimistic this evening.
The day was extremely warm. but
strong wind held sway. making good
golf almost impossible. Considering
the conditions the scores were excep-
tionally good.
Unable to Hit Stride
On the whole it was bad day for
the national title holder. He never
seemed to get into his proper stride.
although he made several sensational
shots. for which he is noted.
In the morning round Hagen got off
to poor start. but picked up on the
turn. only to slump again near the
finish In the afternoon he again
started off poorly and had 40 going
out. However, at the turn he took a
decided brace and finished well. Many
look for him to come back strongly to-
morrow.
Barnes like Hagen, did not too we'll
in his morning round. The wind
seemed to pull some of his long, high
drives. as it did Hagens. The St.
Louis pro also missed out on long puts
by whisper. But in the afternoon
the elongated Scotchman missed very
few tricks. He was down the middle
or every one of his drives, made good
on practically ali o. his iron shots and
lost no opportunities on the greens.
There was nothing sensational about
Barnes's game, but neither were there
any Inconsistencies or flaws in it. His
was machinelike play after midday,
and il is just this kind OF game which
is likely TO bring home the "kale." At
this particular moment, if we were to
pick the winner, we would name jim
Barnes, simply because steadiness ap-
pears to be his forte.
Little Teller Looms Up
From to-day's matches, the little
French pro. Teller. from up Boston
way, looms up as a formidable con-
tender. He played a superb game. and
he continues his present pace it viii
require some mighty fine golf to beat
him out. Teller had 73 in each round.
Mclaughlin and Mcleod also did finely.
but the wiseacres do not think they
Will go along in the same manner to-
morrow.
Emmett French, Wilfred Reid and
Tom Boyd are counted on to turn in q
few surprises after their game to-day.
No one need be startled if one of this
trio should go over the top. Each is a
consistently good player, and all
showed they are in good form. With
the national champions far back and
with the field well punched, as it is,
interest is at high pitch for to-mor-
rows matches.
Play to-day was held over No. 3
course, and to-morrow's going will be
over No 2. 1t is a toss-up as to which
course is the harder
The cards OF Hagen and Barnes were
as follows:
Hagen ......ss--4o-7S 4o-ss-7S-l5s
The scores of the twenty leaders:
Fred Mcleod. 7s-7S-l4s; VI. ]. Nc
..soughiin. 72-74-14s: Louis Teller.
cS-rtys-lf5; Emmett French. 74-73-147;
:: Eackney. 72-75--147; Jim Barnes,
sssr-,-1S-l4s: J. Mclean. 76-73--149; j.
IIssasses,er,; 75,-75-150; Alex Ross. 76-74-
Gordon. 7s--75-l5i: walter Hagen. 70
10 Jim Boyd. SO-72-l52; Pat
PfTI Nss., H.73-152. Miae ]. Brady 10
80; A Murray. 7s-75-153; George
f.iIotlniinghan, 7s-76-l54; Tom Kerrigan.
N.h,s-lo4' Leo Deigel. S1-7s--154; c.