New-York tribune., 1921-10-01

Yesterdays deluge forced Barnes a
former was 9 up going to the twcnt
Hagen and Cyril Walker. tho Fngle-
wood pro, however. decided to finish
their game and they played on through
the mud. the rain, the darkness and
the lightning, Hagen getting the YER
dict by score of ) to !. How they
ever got through the storm that ragged
over lnwood yesterday is beyond the
comprehension of any of the gallery
that started to follow their play. Even
the hardest of the fans that followed
the trail gave UP in the eighth hole.
Hagen did not play the same Kind OF
golf yesterday he has shown in most of
his performances this week. The high
wind that held sway in the morning
bothered him somewhat. But Walker
was playing none too we'll and Hagen's
game was good enough to hold his op-
ponent. The Western title-holder has
tendency TO play his opponent rather
than to concentrate upon his game and
that may account for his score of yes
terday. For when the going is hardest
is the time the former open cham
pion is at his best
Morning Game in 76
In the morning he travelled around
in 76 strokes and obtained a lead of
2 up while Walker was struggling
to break eighty. This pair started out
after Barnes and French in the after
noon and then the merry making began.
They halved the first hole but Walker
won the second where Hagen's drive
went to the rough. Play was halted
at this point while they waited for
the storm to abate.
They played the third mostly through
casual water and Hagen won the hole
with good 4. Another halt Fives
resulted on the fourth hole, and came
another rest. Finally, Hagen and
Walker started out in the downpour,
and at the fifth hole the former piayed
a wonderful mashie pitch shot to the
green after long drive and got an
eagle g, winning the hole and bccom-
ing up. BY that time most ot the
course was under water. However, they
groped their way along, and Walker
nnaiiy managed to win the short sixth
With 4. Play continued in that man
ner until the turn was reached.
The storm was now less furious and
they were able at least to see where
they were going. Hagen promptly got
down to business - the business of
anlsnlng this mud race as quickly as
possible. He laid his tee shot stone
dead for q birdie 2, picked Up win
at the twelfth hole, where he got a
tine 4. grabbed birdie 3 on the next
hole and clinched the issue at the long
fourteenth with q par 5. Considering
the conditions it was a wonderful finish
The cards:
MORNING
Hsfse Msiser. out on..t 80 5 ss-ss
EEsfss Eafssf. n IN a a s-ss-7s s-ss-7s
AFTERNOON
F.iser. sssi 0ol out '...t ...s s-ss s-ss
sagen. in ..,...9 -
Walker in ...s s
This fellow Barnes doesn't appear to
,.e human being at all. His golf all
..ais week has been like machine play.
10 for each round. Long Jim is simply
grinding his way along in his usual
teady. methodical stride. and if he
pets into the final to-day, as it appears
he will, you can count on q great
struggle between these two great rivals.
Shoots II in Morning
Barnes shot = II Yesterday morning,
and was up on the stalwart Emmet
french, who IS one Of tha finest players
the country.
In reality Barnes should have had
50. AT the long fifth hole he got
tremendous drive that left him an easy
mashie pitch shot TO the green. When
ne came 20 his hall he found 2 big
daub Of mud on its side. Just where the
club would strike it. This ball is go
ing 70 SKID when I hit. IT," said Barnes
Sure enough it did, and caught trap
10 front Of the green. lnat cost him
TIE hole.