New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-01

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Incidentally, this is the second time,
Hagen has had to beat Barnes in a
play-of for the title. In 1916 Charlie
Hofner, of the Belmont club. tied with
the Detroit star and the St. Louisan At At
the end of - holes of play. and in the
play-of Hagen was the victor.
Barnes and Hagen have played
against each other on several different
occasions this year. and each time. with
one exception, the fashy title holder
has been victorious. Barnes can in
var.ably win from any other golfer in
this country, but when he stacks up
against his chief rival he falters.
Hagen apparently has the Indian sign
on his slender opponent.
Hagen Comes From Rear
On the opening day of the tourney
Barnes set of in front. coming home
with the record score Of 60 On that
same round Hagen took II. The next
day Barnes continued in his steady
stride. and by going around in "A was
able to remain in the van. Hagen on
this round fell down on several puts
and came in with II, which left him
trailing in fifth place, five strokes in
bick OF Long jim.
Then came the final round on Friday.
Before the start Hagen had been
counted out by most of those who had
been following the play 1t appeared
impossible almost for him to overtake
Barnes. who evidently was right at the
top OF his game and headed for the
crown. But Hagen accomplished the
seemingly impossible, shot SO, equal
ing the course record, and at the start
OF the final eighteen holes was out in
front by TWO strokes. However, Barnes
who had fallen down badly in the
morning by making IS. staged little
comeback Of his own, and by scoring g
fine II in the afternoon was able to tie
Play-ofF yesterday.
Hagen was confident and smiling as
usual when the start was made.
Barnes appeared to be trile nervous.
But he may not have been. The tall
fellow Is q very serious looking indi-
vldual and often gives the impression
he is i'll at ease when the contrary is
the case.
A Form Reversal
But yesterday Barnes, the steady, the
methocica man who errs so seldom in
his play. was quite erratic. whereas Ha-
gen, who is noted mostly for his erratic
but brilliant performances, was as
rhy,hm'cai as i pendulum throughout
the entire round. Not that Hagens work
Yesterday lacked any color or bril-
lisncy. His game at its worst always
contains these qualities. But com
bned with the luster of his sharp
shooting was the steadiness which
stamped him the winner long before
the end had arrived.
Hagen virtually made only two mis-
takes. These were short puts of less
than four feet each, ard should have
been made easily it seemed. Yet the
Detroit player failed on both. This
seems TO be & weakness with him. The
first slip OF this kind came on the
eighth hole and prevented him from
going out in par figures. The other
was on the fifteenth, where he failed to
sink roll of three feet. These two
miscues prevented him from breaking
the course record.
lie GOT Of the course on the seven
teenth. the only time he did, ard took
five on par four hole. Barnes was
as long as Hagen from the tee, but his
direction was not nearly as good. His
IRON shots also we're not as accurately
played as Hagen's, and IN putting Long
jim did not do quite as we'll as his
natty looking rival, although he made
several that were extremely difficult.
Barnes Leads Again
Both hooked their drives to the
rough from the first tee. The recoveries
We're we'll made and each took two
puts after reaching the green. Barnes
pitched 10 the right Of the green on the
second hole, while Hagen was on and
&c. down in two. Barnes played short
ran past the cup By eight feet, He
missed this putt and took a four, Civ
ing his opponent the lead. They halved
the next hole IN regulation play.
At the fifth, a par five hole, both
whaled tremendously long drives, fol-
lowing these up with brassie clouts
that, whjstlng like rife shots, carried
within 100 yards OF the green. Barnes
then played beautiful mashie shot
that landed within eight feet OF the
PIN, while Hagen's shot went to the
further end Of the greensward. Barnes
efficiently holed his putt, while Hagen
TOOK five, thus sQuaring matters.
However, Hagen got back this stroke
on the very next hole. He hammered
out good drive while Barnes found
trap. Despite this, the St. Louisan
managed to put his second on the
green, as did the champion. Instead of
tapping his putt dead to the hole for
MS third, Barnes was way short, and
TOOK two more puts to get down.
Challenger Meets Waterloo
me seventh proved the undoing OF
the lanky pro" His drive carried to
the rough, whence he made miserable
recovery that landed him in a trap
across the roadway. He managed to
reach the edge Of the green in three.
But then he made a hard tap of his
Dali for his fourth shot, which car
RED him some ten feet beyond the hole,
and necessitated his taking two more
puts.
Harness drove another trap on the
seventh, but managed to halve the hole
n hVe when Hagen missed short putt.
barnes in turn missed a putt of three
sSeet on the ninth, so that Hagen was
Jour strokes to the good at the turn.
Long Jim managed to cut down this
lead stroke by shooting bird two
on the tenth, holing a putt of eight
leet The title holder. who always
manages to go. his opponent one better
when he accomplishes a rare feat. made
a bird" three on the eleventh by sink
ing putt of more than twenty feet,
while Barnes, playing short on his APP
proach, took five.
Barnes loses Last Chance
This put Hagen five strokes TO the
good, and when he grabbed another bird
on the twelfth, par three hole, he as
good as clinched the issue. On this
mole, located at the top of hill, Hagen
pitched TO within fifteen feet Of the pin
and sank difficult putt. He dropped
another putt of ten feet on the thir-