Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-08-14
RAY winner
Golf Title at Inverness
Taken by En- lishnan
Victory Comes After 2sS Strokes -
Varoon. cissei ara Hutchinson
Tee for Runner. ur with Pos Eac'l
Evans anu Barnes 29s. Jones 2eo

Toledo. Ohio, Aug. 1S-Edvard Fay
Of Great Britain today won the Ma
uorai Open golf championship Of
America Al Inverness. with a score
Of 295 for - holes. thus carrying tie
cup o England 9or the second tine.
Harry Tardon having won the title
years ago ana lacking only Two
strokes Of capturing Il again today,
Il was only by a stroke LhaI he
long-d-,vIng BrlI0n sraIched the
honor. ttree young Americans. Leo
Dlegel and Jock Hutchinson Of CHI
cage. ana Jack Burke OF St Paul.
missing puts by inches. ID &c I1a
score Of the winner VINO also GUY
stripped MS count-yran. Va-don. by
q single stroke.
Ea7don seemed 70 have me TIE
c.tacaec nearly ali DAY. starting only
slightly behind this morning and
leading by i stroke al the end Of the
first Is holes with IS, while Leo Cl2-
&c ana JOCK Hutchinson mad - and
RAJ 20. Tardon increased MS
chances 5v scoring IS. one over pa.
on me first nine IF the last FOUND.
but he began 20 miss his shots JoL1
from he ZEE anG On the green. -ak.ag
SIX m ne J22@@-va~1 twelfth and me
4S0-yard seventeenth and three ives
for a - IN me ina lap.
Ray also showed fatigue n he
-ast nine. but MS forty was Offset
by a par - OF he d-si hat When
he finished me long contest Vardon
vas already n With 29s ryln- ne
score returned by Burke and tn
enormous gallery that covered me
1al-waT IF The 18Th hole was on tip
toe % sac whether the finish IF DIE
gel or Hutchinson could nod The
tile n America
Diegel was Erst "a finish after Pay
AID word was PASSED that ne needed
three on the last hole 70 re ne Brit
on 5 score The young professional.
Waiter Hagen last years champion.
While his assistant al Detroit drove
I'D yards down the center Of the
falrway ana crisplv pitched a well
cut approach hole nigh. but 1S-faer
70 The right OF the nag He PLAYED
The putt well ana II grazed The edge
OF The cup, bur ref used 70 drop
Hutchinson came % the last tee
confronting the same problem. his
partner. Hagen. having run I'D a
score that all but crowded nm on
Of the money. The western open
cham pion also drove well and la :
ms approach n almost ne same
spot that DlegaIs bail had occupied
and despite 4 careful effort his pun
failed by hair % ne RAYS score.
Ray said ne had expected 70 VII
from the American contestants but
had not felt that he would outpiav
VarCon. especially after Ta-don LED
him a. me emu of toGays f~Sr
round. He accepted the cup. en-
blemar1C Of the title with b-,ef
words OF thanks and ne trophy VIII
repose A. 0xey club. England. until
some one Else WINS L
Ray has gained 4 reputation as
long-dr!ve- but he did not extend
himself during the contest. taking
more care 20 keep n The narrow
pain cut Of trouble. His putting was
good nearly all Of the time and he
sank i 4ti-foo1 one n the forenoon.
His irons we're well cut and for tire
most part well judged for distance.
Burke. Dlege. and Hutchinson nut
up a noble fight to retain the cup IN
America. The St. Paul PLAYER scored
TWO excellent Us today ana he had
recorded a Il N the qualifying
rounds but had some bad luck n
yesterdays second round which ran
his score up TO - Els total for TO-
dav144. was the best returned for
80 holes N either days play. al
though Hutchinson s score. -o-69. IN
the qualifying rounds, vas better
Hutchinson also had the second best
scare for 36 holes leading the feld