The New York herald., 1921-10-01
Hagen Defeats Walker in P. G.
A. Meet, but Other Pair Con-
tinue This Morning.

Battling through riot of weather
Fhat played havoc all along the coast
yesterday afternoon. contestants in the
seuai-dnal round of the Professional
Golfers Association championship tour
pamcnt fell behind their schedules at
tho Inwood Country Club. Despite 1t
al, Walter Hagen came through by
5 and { victory ct the expense Of Cyril
Walker Of Englewood, but Jim Barnes
Of Pelham and Emmet French of
Youngstown, after six holes in the after
noon, made tracks Tor the clubhouse.
At that point Barnes stood 2 up.
Golf, one Of the few games supposedly
iramune to the elements. as q rule does
not countenance anything like O cessa-
ton, once play is started. though decis-
Ion one way or the other is left to the
committee in charge. Jack Mackie, q
member Of the p. G. A. governing board.
declared at the time that Barnes and
French quit that the course was prac-
tically unplayable. Hagen would also
have been glad to seek the genial shelter
Of the clubhouse. but Walker insisted on
playing it out. He said afterward that
he wanted to get it over with.
So as not to unnecessarily delay the
game, Barnes and French have arranged
TO renew their postponed match early
this morning. They will start at the
seventh tee and as soon as decision is
reached the winner will at once take UP
the final battle with Hagen.
When play began in the early hours
the professionals had nothing worse to
contend with than a strong wind. This
made the going considerably harder.
though Barnes, keeping the ball low,
made better work of 1t than any Of the
others. He got around in II, good
enough to place French down.
Neither Hagen nor Walker adapted
themselves well to the thirty mile wind
that threshed In from the ocean. AL
though he was travelling at 76 pace
Hagen managed to walk off the home
green up.
That morning session between these
two was interesting enough for al
though Walker at one stage found him
self down he gave his opponent plenty
to do on the homeward journey. At the
outset the Englewood PRO found trap
Mt the second hole and the stroke lost
there enabled Hagen. who made no mis-.
take, to win with a A. Walker lost the
third and he also made hash Of the
long fourth.
Hagen Fails to Reach Green.
Walkers first winning hole was the
fifth, where Hagen failed to reach the
green on his second shot. After a half
in at No. G, Walker pulled his drive
into the ditch at the seventh and losing
there became down again. The Penn
sylvania open champion won the eighth
hole in par and got a half in 5 at
the NINTH both making mistakes there.
Hagen was out in 3s to Walkers Al.
1t looked as though the Englewood
golfer was in for a bad lacing when
Hagen started the homeward journey by
winning the tenth in 8, Walkers tee
shot having overrun the green into
trap. Walker was also In trouble at the
eleventh and. taking there. became
down. It was then Hagen's turn to be-
come unsteady. the Western champion
losing the twelfth and thirteenth holes
He would have won the fourteenth had
Walker not made good recovery from
a bunker
At the sixteenth Hagen's second shot
q trifle too far to the right, gave Walker
an opening, and the latter, with a 4.
reduced his rivals lead to single
hole. A little later Walker pulled his
drive from the seventeenth tee and TAX
ing 5, became down again. They
lialved the home hole in 4. Walker bare
~ missing his long try for 3.
In the afternoon, despite the weather
handicap, the players managed to get
along remarkably well. Walker was
only down at the turn, but he lost four
OF the next five. The card: