New Britain herald., 1921-07-23
LONG JIM BARNES
 WINS GOLF TITLE
Pelham Club Pro. Earns Earns
 American Open Championship

WaSnlngLOn, July lo.-J ameS M. Barnes of Pelham, N. Y., who won the open golf championship of the United States over a course of the Columbia Country club, near here yesterday, came very close to setting a new record for the open championship. Had Barnes putted as consistently on his last nine holes as he did all the rest of his winning way through the tourna- ment he would have broken the record of 2S6 made by Chick Evans of Chica- go, when he won at Minneapolis in 1916
 Barnes putting, the department of the game that gave him such a large lead at the end of 54 holes, deserted him almost entirely on the last nine where he showed signs of weariness after the strain of three days of steady play. He took three butts on two greens and missed three short butts of the last three holes.
 Throughout the final round, how ever, it was quite evident that Barnes was playing simply to win. He seemed to realize that he had lead that could not be overcome except by super golf on the part of Walter Hagen and Fred Mcleod and in consequence did not attempt to force his game. The re- suit was that he played carefully and with confidence.
 Barnes, by his victory yesterday, takes rank with Jock Hutchison of Chicago, holder of the British open title, as one of the outstanding figures in American golf. His win over the greatest and strongest field that ever gathered to play for the American open championship stamps him as President Harding pointed out in presenting the championship cup as a 'golfer of skill and courage
 Career of Champion. James Barnes is said to be the highest paid professional golfer in this country. He was born at Corn wall, England, tWenty-six years ago. He developed his golfing ability al most exclusively in this country. He had never before won the national open championship but is many time winner of the Western open and has a long list of many other
 minor championships tucked away Ito his credit. While at the Sunset Hills club of St. Louis he was the lwinner of the Western open in 1914, b1917 and 1919.
 | In 1916 he won the Professions lGolfers' title, which held over until
 1919 because of the war. The pas 1.-two years have been the busiest in his golfng career. In 1919 he won 1.-the North and South open, the West lern open, the Southern open, the | Shawnee open and was the winner jI the Yahnundasis and Deland tourna
 ments. He was fourth in the Bocs Grande event, ninth in the Eas tCoast cham pionship in Florida, sec ond at Pelma Ceia, at Tampa ani fSt. Augustine and fourth in tn sAlhville tournamnt of that winter !He finished twelfth in the Nationa iopen last year and was tied for thiro in this years British open.
 | Last year Barnes was seventh il the North and South, second in tn Canadian and Metropolitan cham !pionship. He won the Shawne iopen, tied for second in the Westerr lopen, finished seventh in the Ma tional open and fifth in the Britisl iopen.
 : Barnes record as a golfer is eX ,tremely interesting. Even in th
 early days of his career while a Tacoma, Wash, he displayed cham pionship form so much so that Var , don in 1915 was led to remark o 7 Barnes, This is the real golfer. sThat was when Barnes was but II Syears old. Barnes rise was yer, srapid. In 1913 at Brookline, Mass iwhen Francis Ouinet tied with Var sdon and Ray at BOA and later wol .the play off, Jim Barnes was onl, < three strokes behind, tying witt tWalter Hagen, Louis Teller and Mac iDonald for fourth place.. In 191 Ii he went to the Valley Country cluh 's Whitemarsh, outside of Philadel phia, thence to Broadmoor, nea Denver, and finally to Sunset Hill ) from which club he went to Pelham ' Bay
 l There are few golf .professional