Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29
Hagen FAVOR|TE
! IN GOLF TOURNEY
Galaxy Of Pro Stars of Today
in North and South Meet
at Pinehurst
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

Pinehurst, N. c., March 29.-Walter
Hagen, open golf champion of the
United States, is favorite over the field
20 win the North and South open to-
day and tomorrow by clean, green
margin Of 100 bucks, as they say. The
Beau Brummell Of. the pros sold for
5000 In the pool, his nearest rival be-
ing Jim Barnes. price $500. Mike
Brady, runner up at the national and
famous shortman, sold for $3.50, with
Emmet French fourth at 400 berries.
About twenty were sold in all. the
total coming to $21O0. All Of the purse
goes to Freddy Mcleod that is won
for n little hitch He must finish first.
Fred is former open champion, and
the little Scotchman from Columbia had
stout admirer In the auction, who
paid $1I5 cash down for Mcleod, and
said he could have all the money IL he
won.
Freddy was still in a trance at the
| first tee this morning.
Twenty one hundred bucks" he
was heard to mutter, "a bonnie sum,
laddie, aye, n bonnie sum-" Then the
wee Scotland laid on his ball as IL he
would plunk IL square into that golden
S21O0 aurora that beckoned to him in
the glooming. '.... ....
tourney than this Is. tho early season. There
! was no better season furnished than a looi,
No. course. Vsf whers the tn che eSampionshIp @ f % 81
being played.
u Leo DiegeI. George Mclean. Gil Nichols
Charlie Hoffner. Clarence Hackney. Eddie
the stars wss sasaF onn nnd II t
swinslng clubs impatient for the start. The
ne.a wsTs Q, ~ pros ss numSsred .n about sixty They
"Lll bet you ! break 70" said Psdd,
his eyer,present buddy; Tom Boyd. so an
| other bet was swapped.
J., DOUGLAS Edgar. Canadian open ant
oytl southern champion is the 'psycholoseai
Of mind. His facial contortions as he droy'
on indicated that he was. trying to regis
tratlon. The bail took a lucky break 4
the clear.
The spirits Is WI ye." chattcd on
But Edgar sauntered off unconcerned. onl.
Ms eyebrows WORDING up and down. z
his frame OF mind.
Many Of the wiseacres are laying odd
on Emmet French to beat out the field
He has been tutoring down at Souther
supeSo "Sa nortbern @ same % IKE "q frsnd YS owe S
the sandy slopes OF Pinehurst He know
Witch sas SP to Ass the S bs s'%s 1ouch pcn
the winners Hagen gets all hts distanc
the ss ss.y chops ops them on WITH furo
the un-hardened course.
Rain. yesterday helped a lot. though I
cut out chance for a full round in tn
morning.
There was a lot Of good stuff az the poo
where there is the finest miniature sol
course In the county, though we cannc
abCS, out Ssr. the 81 s,d The pros EsT
sink 'em. Suddenly the light. went out. S
they putted by Carolina moonlight.
Barnes clicked a ball and there, was dea
B silence. The crowd heard suddenly III
familiar klup k!up Of the golf ball goin
E"S p ,hs dark sGi asySs se Ssys 70 Rss
VestSTsd walter asseS out sfH Of "i the soon loom
: Joke. because the North and South Is the
try-out before they side against tho Bri
| ishers next month.
II Had a lengthy interview with Mrs Ba
, low and Mrs. Gavin yesterday. Their name
were tasrnon rot ,hoss forwarded Ey Seer
sTT entries in the isds chsmpionship OF GTas
Britain. Result OF interyieY is secret; bI
scOoped, il We found oy. what they wi
do today. The main pairnss today WEI
2nro4 W"sSr tor Ss the m@'Sg
he Ssar Lac DsF sna M WTaS Gsas R.d HoTI
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