The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
Hutchinson
 Still Leads MGofMeet
Western and British Golf
 CTS Hold HonOrs at End of First Day of Ma ti0nal Tourney

Toledo, August 12.-West-
 ern and British golfers held the
 honors tonight at the end of the first thirty-six holes of the national open golf champion
 ship at Inverness Club, Jock Hutchinson of Chicago repeat ing his record sixty-nine this morning and adding a fair seventy-six this afternoon for a total of 145 strokes.
 He was closely pressed by his fellow townsman, Leo Diegel, and James Barnes Ul St. Louis, with l46; Harry Vardon and Eowin Ray or Great Britain and Walter Hapen of Detroit registered 147. Chick Evans, formerly national cham pion, led the amateurs with 74-7O-150, tying Witn nis- partner, Bob Mcdonald of Chi tago' ana being only one stroke higher than Eddie Loos, another Chicagoanl
 Evans might handily have led the field but for missed butts on the first round and two missed iron shots on the thirty fifth and thrty-sixth holes, where he scored and D.
 Willie MacraNane of New York was the first eastern contender in the list With 76-75-151, followed by the southern amateur champion, Bobby Jones of At lanta, who required 152 for the double round of the links. His driver refused to work well at times and his butter also developed a halting motion, running his imorning score to IS, from which he sub- ftracted four strokes in the second att tempt His score was similar to that of William Mehlhorn of Tulsa, who started with brace of sixes, but improved until he wore his count down to 152 Jack Burke of St. Paul. who with Il yes- terday was second in the qualifying rounds, and Fred Mcleod of Washington, formerly national champion, also had 152 Rudolph Knepper of Sioux City, who led the amateurs in the first qualification round with F, and slumped to Sf in the second circuit, finished well up in the list with 153.
 SCORES HIGH
 Many scores were surprisingly high to- day, not few experts going about 30 in either one round or the other, and several in both rounds, while John Rodgers of Parkersburg, w. Va, who scored four straight pars yesterday to qualify with the last contingent at 157, recorded total of 90 for the first round today. His total was 172.
 Aside from Evans, Jones and Knepper. the amateurs did not do so well today, W. c. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburg, former anna teur champion, taking 15S strokes T. D. Armour of Scotland 160; Harrison John ston of Toledo and John G. Anderson of New York, 161, and Howard Lee of De- l<roit, 165.
 Hutchinson and Hagen, the last pair to finish, drew the largest gallery all day, despite predictions of many professionals that the western open champion would fall off in his play today. but Hutchinson reeled off the first nine in B, the same as yesterday. bettering par by two strokes He could not improve on par coming home. but he made spectacular finish to keep under 70. His drive was 2s0 yards, but he sloffed his 100-yard mashie approach, landing on the edge of la trap. He clipped to within seven feet Of the flag, and his putt circled the lcup on the side hill and fell in from the rear side. He pleased the gallery by his finish on the final hole again in the afternoon by driving 300 yards to the