New Britain herald., 1920-08-12
HUTCHINSON'LEADS
 AFTER RECORD PLAY
Western Open Golf Champion Gets
 a 69 at Toledo

Toledo. Ohio. August 12.-Hardly the sugg gestion. inference suspicion of the called upset discerniblc to the unrobed eye fin the returns on the second days play concluding the 36-hole qualifying test for the national open golf title at the Inverness Club here yesterday. occasion that witt messed the toppling of the competitive course record for the second time within a brief span of 24 hours.
 Jock Hutchinson. Of Glenview. a most recent addition to the ranks of western open champions. past and present. is the new record holder. He played extremely plaus- ible golf from tee to green and beyond made Leo Diegers day-old record vanish into thin air and took remarkable 69 that might just as we'll have been from one to two strokes lower but for pair of ob- stinate butts that refused to proceed further than the edge of the cup on the 17th and 18th greens.
 Hutchinson. of course. topped the field for the qualifying round and thereby falls heir to whatever honor goes. with the complishmcnt. He scored a 72. 69--141 the finest exhibition of the current season. but it gets him nothing in particular. There is but slight and inadequate nourishment in
 figures that declare monetary dividends and honor is as heeting as a chance sum- beam.
 Favorites Stay In.
 AS 1t was. the predetermined favorites qualified in the main without stretching the point into an interrogation mark Hagen. Barnes Nardon, Ray. Edgar, Tellier, Jones, Evans-in fact. all but a disiiiusioned few of the championship possibilities. managed to make the grade in casual walk. They realized that cracking 75 yesterday by no means indicated further T5's today. and Friday, when good rounds will count like n cashier in an aII-night restaurant and conducted themselves accordingly.
 True, some lowered dangerously near the grim dvide-notably John Farrell. of Quaker Ridge: George Mclean. of Great Neck: T. D. Armour. the French amateur champion, and Jack Bowling. of Scarsdale- but. nevertheless, notwithstanding and re- gardIess. they will go into the champion Nhf with neither hiOt hlemish upon the collective escutcheon, as good the next and the world before them.
 But. the other and remaining hand. others were not so fortunate. According to the schedule outlined. the 64 best scores and ties were to qualify. but it was not until the late afternoon that an absolute headline at 157 was definitely known.
 Some Good Ones Done.
 This reIegated to the outer darkness such eminent individuals as Emmet French. of Youngstown, O, one of the country's best: game little Tom Boyd. of Fox Hills; Jack Forester. of Meadow brook. and Charles H. Honner. of Phffmont Unfortunately enough. the quartet missed the division by a single stroke. but 1t might just as well have been a cool minute. They were simply few among the many who finished without the pale. and such, rank neither better nor worse than the rest.
 The failure of French and Hoffner may we'll be cIassed the only real and tangible surprise of the meeting to date. French, fguratively miles or his short game, took Es ishment. the longest route home and finally a downcast departure from the scene of his trials and tribulations. Hofner- gave his ultimate best in attempting to reclaim profigate Sl of Tuesday with commend able 77 yesterday, but it not to be. His was tendency at odd moments to emulate the wild, wild denizens of the forest primeyal and his intermittent sallfes from the path of rectitude placed too great strain upon resources and finally cost him a place in the elect.
 Another instance of more or less surpris- ing proportions may be cited in the case of Frank Canausa. of Oak Ridge, who finished in R stygian mixture of twilight and gloom Tuesday with a 75 and then, with every thing in his favor yesterday. suddenly dis covered that he could not drive with any degree of accuracy and turned in an s4 Furthermore. 1t will be noted that the names of Arthur Reid. of Ardsley. who piled an s1 atop of 77 with dire conse- quences. and Pat O'Hara. of shacl<amaxon: Joe Mitchell. of Montclair. and George Ker- riEan. of Northampton. are conspicuousiy absent from the list.
 From Now on. But they are mere exceptions and by no means representative of the spirit of the day Waiter Hagen. Ted Ray, Mike Brady. Willie MacFarIane and Pat Doyle. all con- serving their best against the demands of at I5s. There was little of moment con- nected with the activities of this group. All were obviously content to qualify and let it go at that.
 Hagen sauntered in with 77: Ray with & 75: Brady and Doyle with a Ts. and 1 MacFarfane in 7a.
 Ray however. was forced to uncover | something above and beyond the ordinary | nuesse in order that he might overcome a | bad so of the first round He did succeed | in separating himself from all the untoward 1 tendencies that marked his approach shots on Tuesday. but replaced them with marked aptitude the greens. Otherwise his score would have ranged well down | around 70.
 | He was out in par IS. and getting a birdie ? at the short 13th by driving the green and dropping q 3-foot putt. was we'll on his way to q great score when his short | game suddenly collapsed. He played the last five holes for a total of 24, and the answer may be found in the fact that he | RuccesSfxeiy missed short butts at the 1Ith l and 18th. took all of three from the edge | Of the green at the 18th. and after getting 1 off the 18th tee with what he subsequently, | declared to be his longest drive in America ! a ponderous 3eo-vard affair-pitched his l second into a trap and took five.