The New York herald., 1921-09-30
Cyril Walker Succeeds
Where HutchiSOn Failed
Englewood Golf Pro Defeats Gene Sarazen, 5 and a
in P. G. A. Tourney at InWood-Banes, Hagen
and French Other Semi-finasts.
by KERR N. PETRIE.

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Three players who were selected for
the American professional team abroad
survived for the scmi-fnal round of the
Professional Golfers Association cham
pionship yesterday on the 1nwood links
at Far Rockaway, while the fourth place
was drawn by one who, while he did not
so to st. Andrews, has been climbing to
heights OF form as high as any in tho
various tournaments held this year in
the East. The name of this latter in
dividual is Cyril Walker, instructor at
tha Englewood Country Club. With
Cyril into the last bracket but one came
in the order of the draw Jim Barnes OF
Pelham, the national title holder; Emmet
French of Youngstown. captain of the
American pro team, and Walter Hagen,
former national open champion and pres
ent holder VT the Western crown.
Considering the calibre of the players
who had survived the second round yes
terday's golf was productive OF margins
that were startling in their one sided
ness. Jim Barnes drew the big prize in
the way Of an easy match. and this
despite the fact that he was paired with
the man who fought it out in the final
of the same tournament with him at the
Engineers Country Club two years ago.
Freddy Mcleod Of the Columbia Country
Club of Washington. While Barnes was
winning the open championship at Co
lumbia this year Fred was tying Hagen
for second place. a good few shots be-
hind Long Jim. it is true.
Barnes evidently felt that It was up to
him to impress upon the Washington
midget that the one horse showing in
the u. S. G. A. open about represented
the true run OF professional golf these
days. In any event Barnes took Mcleod
into camp by the time the match had
reached the turn in the afternoon. the
score that went down on the board being
the startling one of II UP and to play.
John Golden of Tuxedo. who stalked
un against Hagen, was in little better
plight than Mcleod, for the Western
champion added steadily to his lead OF
up achieved in the morning and pei
ished off Golden with seven holes of the
course unplayed. Walter at the time
was up.
In the other matches French accounted
for George Mclean of Grassy Sprain by
and 8. while Walker triumphed where
Jock Hutchson had failed so dis,nally.
defeating Gene Sarazen of Titusville by
up and to play.
Two Matches One sided.
or these four matches only two showed
any semblance of fight once tho half
way mark had been passed. With Barnes
and Hagen each 6 up. 1t was only a
question of where the big fellows would
finally pick the bones of their victims.
French went to luncheon 4 up on Nc
Lean. but George got two of these holes
back on the first three of the afternoon
and the American team captain had to
extend himself in the afternoon to an
extent not shown by the margin of 5 and
3. At the twelfth Mclean was stll no
more than two to the bad, but on the
next three French began 10 sinl; brides
and that kind of golf brought the match
to head on the fifteenth green.
Sarazen in his watch with Walker
was very different being from the lad
who the day before had SO easily and
decisively overthrown the holder of tho
r. G. A. and British open championships. |
He got off to bad start and all day
long was handled very clevcrly by
Walker. At the sixteenth In the morn
ing the pair were on an equality. but |
the Englewood professional annexed the
last two holes in fours and carried an
advantage Of . UP with him into the
second eighteen.
Walkers cool and deliberate methods |
seemed to worry Sarazcn. All the gen.
eralship that there was to il was de- !
c'dcdly on the side of the holder OF
the Pennsylvania State open champion
ship. who took his time about his shots
and never hit once until he was conf |
Gent he could get the best out Of the
shot. 1t was very obvious to those
who followed the game closely that
Faraxen was greatly lacking in this
very vital matter OF experience. More |
over, IL was noticeable that while he |
has thoroughly mastered the art OF
frivc approach and putt there are |
many things about the game that are
G closed book 10 Gene.
Tho one thing that struck the gallery |
most OF all was the way Sarazen |
iungled his lines when confronted with |
Il stymlo on the ninth green OF the |
fternocn round. Walker in putting |
rolled his ball past the cup and almost
81 sainst that OF the lad from Titusvilie.
who despite the fact that the spheres
wore not three inches apart took out |
nibliclS and tried to pitch the stymie. |
Evidently Sarazen has not yet heard |
that player is allowed to lift his op-
ponents ball when the spheres are not |
six inches apart.
1t may be argued that Walker should |
lave removed his ball, but for the pro-
fossional golf Is something more than
y BpOTt. II lS Il DuSiHesS. ana LneIt /
are more things in this business than |
mere driving from a tee and approach
ing and putting for the cup. Perhaps |
Walker was perfectly justified in reap
ing the benefit OF his rivals ignorance |
walker Takes Four Straight.
Fortunately this little misplay did not |
fleet the result. After q string of five |
halves at the opening of the second |
round WaIkr came with a rush and |
gathered in the sixth, seventh and |
eighth to stand up. Sarazen's blunJer |
kept him from having the ninth. but |
the Titusville lad got tho tenth when |
Walker pulled his teo shot into trap
and then drove his recovery clean
ecross the green into the rough
Sarazen had grand opportunity at
tho tenth, but he was playing the game
of defeated man by this time and when
Walker pulled his tee shot into the
trees and sacrificed a shot getting clear
Sarazen laid his second on the edge of
the green and then took three more to
get down. After that Walker had
merely to hang on and play for halves
to win the match. Walker was around in
73 In the morning and out in 36 in the
afternoon, so Sarazen In this match had
an entirely different brand OF golf to
cope with than that which Hutchison
showed.
Barnes played another SO 10 put
Mcleod so badly in the hole In the
morning fha national chatnnion going