New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Hagen Favored
In inehurst
Open Tourney
National Champion, How
ever, Will Face Fornaida-
BILE Opponents Tomorrow
BY Raw Mccarthy

Old Man Golf, who has been SLOWLY
returning to life after lengthy hi
bernation, will take one final stretch
to-day, after which he will shake him
self loose from the Winter rust and
iclcles to stand up and take note of
what is in store for the coming season.
The first event of a crowded calendar
will be the North and South open
championship meet, which starts to-
morrow at Pinehurst.
With the women's tourney out of the
way, everything is set for two big
days of golf activity. The eyes Of the
links bugs" this week will be centered
en- the doings at the North Carolina
resort, for this is the only tourna-
ment OF any account in which the golf
stars of the country will appear to-
gether before sailing fo- England to
compete in the British national meets.
IN addition to furnishing a line on
, how the Americans are shaping up, the
Plnehurst tourney VIII serve as a
sort OF preliminary training or tuning
up process to the players competing,
and this list includes practically every
golfer of note.
Jim Barnes, of Sunset Hill, the WIN
ner last year, is at Pinehurst and in
shape to defend his title. But he will
have to turn in remarkable card to
beat out Walter Hagen, the national
open champion, if Hagen continues to
play as he has played over the vari-
Gus Southern courses this winter.
Hagen will go to the first tee a big
fayorite, which doesn't mean a thing
in these days of high prices and up
sets.
Many Notables on Deck
Nevertheless, Hagen is favored to
win, and every one can rest assured he
will be tough one to beat out. Also
Jim Barnes is very apt to swing a
mean niblick the uext few days And
there are a host of others, any one of
whom may break through without the
slightest notice if Barnes and Hagen
show the least signs of slipping.
For instance, Wilfrid Reid, of Will
mington, who was one of the first to
win title in the 1920 season Che hav-
ing won the Augusta meet Champion
to try his luck. Although Wilfrid ISN'T
counted on to bag the prize, stranger
things have happened. Then there is
Jock Hutchinson, of Glen View, winner
of the next important tourney in the
South this year, the De Land Club
title. In capturing this honor Hutchin-
son had to play par.
Then comes the redoubtable Hagen,
who captured the West Coast meet at
Belleair, in addition to snatching a
prize of $500 from right unLsr the
nose of the elongated Barnes short
time previous at New Orleans. Mike
Brady, OF Boston, was also winner of
a title in the South this winter. His
was the East Coast championship at
st. Augustine, which he collected
through the means Of phenomenal golf.
Mcnamara May Surprise
All of these champs will compete
against each other tomorrow and Tues
day, and they should furnish very en-
tertaining battle among themselves.
But it must not be forgotten that there
are others to be watched. They haven't
won any 1920 titles as yet, but they
have won enough at other times to bear
considerable scrutiny.
Tom Mcnamara is on the ground and
there is no telling whether he will
break through or not. He has been
known to do such thing when least
expected. Tom Kerrigan has been turn
ing in some good scores in his various
appearances In the South this year. lie
might cause the leaders more trouble
than they are anticipating.
Pat Doyle, Louis Teller, Tom Boyd
Leo Deigel, Brand. Mckenzie, Hackney
and Francis Ouimet are all entered and
are sure to 60 we'll. Ouimet has been
playing around every day since he ar
rived at Pinehurst short time ago
and will play in the amateur meeting
as we'll as the open event.
On the whole it looks like the big
gest early spring meet that has been
held in years. As far as performers
and numbers are concerned, it has all
the earmarks of a regular national