New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-16
Three lin a Tie
For I'd Place
I'm Links Fray
Winner Complies 298S Score;
O'Hara, Mitchell, Kirk
wood i'm Deadlock at Sol
By Ray Mccarthy

BY Ray Mccarthy
SHAWNEE ON-DELAwARE, July
1s.-Willie ogg, the stockily-bu,lt
Scotch professional of the Worcester,
Mass, Country Club, who tow-roped
the lofty field Of golf experts in the
srst two rounds of the Shawnee open
tournament yesterday. retained his
lead throughout to-day's play and won
arst money.
ogg, who had total score of 29S,
was the only player in a field of more
than 100 stars with tally below the
500 mark.
O'Hara Drops Back
Peter O'Hara, New Jersey state open
II champion, who was in close pursuit Of
y oge all the way, dropped back when
81 he came into the home stretch on the
snal round and finished in tie for
second money with Joe Kirkwood, the
Australian phenom, and Abe Mitchell,
England's long-distance larruping SEN
sstion.
Each of these performers had total
Of sol, and Of these Mitchell's was
easily the greatest and most sensa-
tional.
Yesterday the "Big Bertha" golfer.
s. vearied and handicapped by the excess
sive heat, had the struggle of his bril-
q liant links career to pull down total
Of 15s for two rounds.
That total, comprising II and an
50, constituted astonishingly high
scores for one of this fellows marvel
1 Gus ability. Mitchell considers it a
bad day whenever he slides over the 70
mark, yet it is no exaggeration to
say Abe never worked harder in his
a life than he did to-day.
Duncan's showing yesterday was
even more dismal than his part
ner,s, and Mitchell evidently realized
# their reputation was in jeopardy, for
both cut loose to-day and played per-
& feet golf. Abe in particular was per-
q forming in his usual form.
d Despite another heavy rain, again
a forcing most of the players to use
mashies on the green's, Mitchell knocked
81 out grand rs in the morning and then,
d afternoon, ran wild over the course,
IS bagging a wonderful SO.
Some Fancy Driving
y On this round Abe was showing the
81 natives some fancy driving, Babe Ruth
y stuff that caused more than one person
81 in the gallery to wonder if he was
81 using O cannon instead of driver.
81 The thoroughbreds were all forcing
Ia .hn ,aoca to-day Kirkwood'a n in th q
81 afternoon, which landed him in a tie
with O'Hara and Mitchell, was a nifty
q niece OF golf knitting. In making that
81 score Kirkwood displayed an exquisite
81 short game and fine putting, for which
81 he is noted.
81 Walter Hagen, former open cham
b picn, in the morning played wonderful
III golf up to the pin on every hole, and
had he got down one-half Of his puts
81 Of eight feet and less he would have
q 0ettered Mitchell's SO.
n lie was driving we'll and playing his
famous mashie pitch shot with all Of
his oldtime brilliancy and uncanny &C
Z cHracy. Hole after hole he was il
close to the pin for brides and every
! time barely missed sinking the putt
4 the ball either Tipping the cup or stop
+ pag short on the very edge. Hager
managed to land fifth money in spit,
OF 1t all.
George Duncan made grand come
back and turned in two corking goot
rounds of IA and 72, but his disastrous
trip yesterday afternoon ruined hi.
chances of finishing in the money. Hi.
total for the four rounds was $40.
Helped by Long Puts
Ogg, after getting good comfort
able n in the morning clinched frs
money with more satisfactory 76 il
the afternoon. He began the last roun,
very well, playing steadily and &C
cIrately. However, along about tn
sixth hole he began to roam off thu
line and only his ability to make eff
tectlye recoveries saved him. Severa
4 long puts also helped him materially.
At the sixth he was trapped twic
getting to the green yet managed t.
reach the green in three shots and t.
get 8. AT the seventh hole he slice,
his drive far to the right Of the fair
way and made another fine recover.
which gave him 5. He got his 3 a
the eighth, but at the ninth hooked hi
tee shot, but again recovered in goo
b form to get 8.
4 Coming in Ogg sliced his brassie sho
and another resulted. Beginning a
the fourteenth hole his putting begal
to slip and he took three SIS in
row. Three puts at the seventeenth
cost him another 5, but by that time h
mad the prize practically in hand an
although his tee shot landed near tn
caddy house at the eighteenth he go
on easily enough to get a.
|V Oggs cards:
A''0'"s,s : ! =: 8 &c. s-ss
afternoon IS 3 SIS
2 s 8 4-3s--7
III OHara Passes Up Chance
Peter o'Hara, starting only thre
strokes back of Ogg on the last rount
played perfect golf going out, and a
the turn was on even terms with hi
b rival. But coming back Peters pla
Tell OFF and he missed several cas-
q puts.
Little Gene sarazen, who PLAYED won
aerfully steady golf all through tn
tournament, followed O'Hara, Kirkwoo
ana Mitchell, with the good score O
So2 Emmett French, Louis Teller
Willie Macfarlane and Harry Hampton
were others who finished in the none,
q Mitchell's card, the best of the meet
ing, was as follows:
In. 3 3 5 : : { gss-s
= The summary:
Two days play
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