New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-02
Rival Title
] Holders Play
/ Great Match
!. I'D Course Is Scene
Ds 4 Sensational Struggle in
Which Pelham Star Fails
pv Ray Mccarthy

3,,,,sr Of golf. PLAYING the game OF MS
w tse Inwood Country Club yes
- defeated the national open
.;o,. Jim Barnes, OF. the lnwood
- Club course. Hagens margin
,.,oyv was three up and two to
III ~ and thc wonderful conquest gives
,ss professional golf championship
~. United states for 1921.
.nd Barnes. rivals OF old. have
- many hard fought and mar
,.s. mstch, but it is doubtful If any
y,hs;r previous meetings equaled
IN exhibition on this fine course to-
y, Barnes, called by many the great
:. .so.msker in the golf world, was
4 hut he was not disgraced.
FeN"', ss If the pace at which this
B Az ~; travelled can be gained from
..rrss In the morning Hagen had
NJ !. I - psrnes's II, and that IL Of Long
W. ;rs,uded two out-ofbound shots.
~ '" sfsernoon the dashing Walter,
~ .. y. along like Man O War, was
~ a four strokes under par. on
&s ss - round Barnes had q par ".
Hagen Takes Zig Lead
III :, -. an this round that the former
.,;orsl champion obtained ms pig
an u.s a..r his tall rival. And although
:. psiham Prince hung on like bull
,ac and uIayed the very best game he
v vsv how. he could not shake on the
8c.her champion.
~ u.x.r for several months past has
~. m's silently of his game. His trouble
.h;say concerned with his putting.
3R~, last month at the Western Open
rnionship tournament, which he
,nu Hagen displayed all Of his old
;ne farm. 1t was in that tournament
:. rerained his putting touch.
H,ren had an easier time OF 1t dur
H.. he week than Barnes, but he won
fss match each day decisively and with
Nm sny great e1ertion. In fact, his
Huhy indicated he, too. was on his game
|Ka,i heading for championship.
|# fhe break. as we see it, came yester-
|T.u Barnes struggled twenty-four
4bol.s with French in the rain and then
Fl !. was decided to call halt and to
phy of the remaining holes this morn
w. Hagen, on the other hand, at the
3;usstence of Cyril Walker. completed
is match and had nothing to worry
bin but the final issue.
Barnes, up at $50 a. m. yesterday,
had to travel nine holes with French
|5lafore tackling Hagen in the 1inal.
1h.re Is no doubt but that the strain
Handicapped him somewhat. But that,
+ course, doesn't alter the fact Hagen
~ playing wonderful golf Only that
hmss might also have knocked off
avrsl strokes under different condi-
tess
il the morning, in fact. Barnes
faysd a little better golf. And yet he
finished one down at the end of the
rund. He was outdriving the great
Walter and was inside Of him on most
cf the holes.
A Twenty-Five Footer
For instance Hagen dropped twenty
j Eve footer on the first hole. One up.
4 He holed out from off the green on the
second for another bird 3. Two up.
Barnes on each of these holes got as,
sasy. The big fellow got back hole
a. the fourth, where he got bird 4,
while Hagen over the green on his
second took 5.
81 Barnes squared matters at the sixth,
where Hagen took three puts, and took
The lead at the next hole, where the
champion again took three puts. He
|$vss out in "a to Hagen's SIS, and was
ere up at the turn.
|# Hagen squared the match at the
aath, Barnes taking three puts, but
8ssaes got back the lead at the
asvsnth hole by laying his second
sa'k dead for bird 8. Long Jim
us ont Of bounds on the next hole,
yet managed to get par 4. But Hagen
|Yfot ), so the par meant nothing.
Il Hagen then won two holes in sue
tssson, Barnes being out Of bounds
sTaln at the long thirteenth. There his
bal vas just over the line. Barnes
v'a the sixteenth with good Thus,
e.sEy hole on that morning round was
piaysd IN par or under.
Champion Gets Poor Start
Sasnes got off to bad start in the
IstHcon. He pulled his drive TO
Xes q the first, or nineteenth, hole,
81 *anorgh ne got out we'll enough,
Upgnt another trap just short of
sssssep- Hagen skied his drive there,
- re got home with wonderfully
ws' nigh mashie pitch. When its
s.@ss 20 using the mashie Hagen has
hyperion.
Ia, lag nasty Walter came through with
sasf exquisite mashie shot on the
saa hoie, laying the ball up to with
A., ~. iest o. the hole. Barnes had a
b . .sg.'oot putt, was short on his an.
- pp'f. and took 5, losing the
ane becoming down.
Il t,s- og fellow quickly braced. and
r..s saen on did not make one mistak.
H.. We hhal mole. But it was too late
10 nagen gave him no more open
h. are one al the fourteenth, which
~ u .z advantage Of.
ssa holes resulted from the acc
ssI.'w me seventh. On each Of these
aasgen and Barnes missed puts
~ aDepsr. |. wag heartbreakinp to
d -. 70 in which the ball refused
se, ~ ssSer rolling up to the brink Or
;. corner II vas i'm possible to
4Ay e'oser ard miss.
Barnes Misses Chance
.s ssss ;esesth hole Hagen ran down
ssses. 100 s., patti and became up, as
.,ss ~ ..'S. .. nis chance Of about FL
.fss;s.. ;, hey halved the eighth. At
bss s ss,s ,.agen played over the green,
4 + d. me rough laid his ball dead
q lad, zap and earned a half. Each
i aa.,s s't q. 2 st The tenth hole.
slssssss' an the back Of the cup at the
i 70, 4 4. ~. h'ie' bat the ball remained on
n tssss s. ri earsa. No luck. Fourg at
b .ftsssw ard another pair at the
81 rzh ~ Ity ~ Re would Barnes
q kESn snake off his rival. Both
q AsiDss, ~ er'yes n the rough at the
ID ~ ssr, %, Hagen had trouble ali |
n fs = spe green. ard Barnes won !
M rs 80 ria Zee shot TO within four |,
Il "a pr IN the next hole. Barnes |
r. asssa'y'foot putt for hsg two
Hssss snppsd right On the brink
~ ~ pusssd and after he had |
MszA - pal stepped forxard 10 |