New-York tribune., 1920-08-11
Poor Playing
Of Favorites
Stuns Experts
Hagen, Barnes and Ray
Must Speed Up To-day TO
Avoid Being Eliminated
By Ray Mccarthy

1OLEDO, Onlos Aug. 1O.-The fea-
ture, or surprise, Of the first davis
whirl in the national open golf tourna-
ment was not the par breaking round
Of the hustling, bustling, aggressive
little Leo Deigel, of Chicago. Nor was
1t the struggle between young Bobby
Jones and the veteran Harry Vardon.
Nor, again, the find round of Jock
Hutchinson or of Harry Hampton. Ru
dolph Knepper and J. Douglas Edgar.
Inc thing that caused most. of the
folks to sit up and take notice was the
high scores Of number of the best
players in the competition. This in
cludes several Of the favorites. such
as Walter Hagen, the champion Ted
Ray, the English star, and Long Jim
Barnes. 1t is generally believed and
inquired that no score worse than 1853
will qualify.
If this is the case, it means that Ha-
gen, Barnes and Ray, as we'll as a
dozen or more of the other luminaries
VIII have to travel a rather swift pace
morrow to avoid being left out. Ap-
parent]y these fellows counted on an
easy canter of about rs, hoping to con-
serve their strength. But with more
than seventy-five having scores of 70
or better they cannot afford to do any
loafing in the second days play.
While some of those below so un-
doubtedly will shoot above this mark
tomorrow, many who had 80 or worse
can be counted on to move up and take
their places in the second round.
Hagen Must Travel Faster
Hagen got away to bad start, and,
travelling at easy stages, found him
self burdened with 78. Coming home
he played at faster pace. and did
the last half of the round in 81 strokes
IN spite of the four putts on the thir-
feenth green. Another 78 will in all
l,kelih9od Tx hood admit the title holder to
the select cotere that will fight it
out in the main test of 72 holes. But
Tor safety sake we advise friend Wal
ter Hagen to bring in 76 or better.
The same can be said for jim
Barnes, for Mike Brady and Emmett
French. Each took a 10, and will have
to do better tomorrow.
Other stars who will have to shake a
faster hoof on the second round are
Gharles Lorms, the local professional;
William Creavy. the young star from
Kansas City; John Farrell, of Quanter
Ridge; Jack Bowling, of Scarsdale;
Pat Doyle. of Deal, and Wilfried Reid,
of Wilmington. All of these took a 79.
But a moderately fast pace of IT or
thereabouts will not do for Ted Raw.
Stewart Maiden and those others who
went above the so mark to-day. They
will have to cut loose and shoot their
best to get in. Ray, for instance, GER
tainly will have to equal the score of
is made by his sidekck, partner and
collaborator, Harry Vardon. And
Maiden and Tommy kerrigan, of silva
noy, will have to better this tally.
French Champion Behind
Joe Mitchel's 81 was the cause of
much gossip also. Yesterday in prac-
tice the Montclair "pro" made the eigh-
teen holes in "a. Tom Armour, French
amateur champion, who came over from
Scotland with Hagen, had to be con-
tent with an 81, and Pat O'Hara, the
Irish champion, didn't get back until
he got SO strokes out of his system.
However, Pats brother, Peter, kept the
family in the running by shooting a
rs. At the metropolitan meet it was
Peter who did the failing down.
Gordon Smith, of Sunningdale, was
another who took 83. William Leach,
of Merchantville.. who played grand
golf in the metropolitan and Shawnee
tournaments, could do no better than
"a, and Willie Ogg, the expert from
Atlanta, went as high as SO. George
Ayton, brother of Laurie, who, however.
is not ranked as well as the frere,
went around in 81.
Much humor was furnished the
crowd by the wild shooting of some of
the stars. Ben Nichols, Of Brooklyn,
brother of the genial and popular Gil,
took 81 fer the. round, which in.
cluded seven strokes for the eigh-
teenth. He made good drive on this
hole, but sent his mashie pitch shot to
the green. In playing back he shot
ever to the other side. Finally he got
on, and then proceeded to take three
puts, missing a couple of less than
three feet.