The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-26
BOBBY JONES IS LEADING FIELD lN
 GOLF TOURNE Y
Atlanta Youth Is Ahead In the Western Meet al
 Cleveland

Cleveland. August 25.--An anatfut from the south with the remarkable score of 69-70-139 led in the contest for the open golf championship or the Western Golf association at the end of todays play at Oakwood club, Bobby Jones of Atlanta with machine like golf topping the scores for the best professional golfers in the world, including Jock Hutchison of Chicago British open champion and James Barnes of New York, national open champion. A repetition of his score for the second half of the contest to be played by G7 survivors tomor- row would give a total of 27S for 72 holes, five strokes better than the events record of 2S3 made twice by Barnes and eight strokes better than the record set in the national open by Chick Evans, national amateur champion.
 Jones Almost Duplicates Scoring was not so spectacular to- day SIS on Wednesday when three players scored under 70, but Jones bdi Ciy AhAHScu d ilNt-ipOl PGAt Oh thN home green for a second 69 In two days. His 70 equalled today by only one other player, Laurie Ayton of the Evanston Golf club, Chicago. Only two players equalled par 7l, today: Jock Hutchison, defending his title and Robert Simpson, the only California contender who took l5 strokes off his first days score, show ing flash of the play he exhibited | in winning the championship twice in years gone by.
 Out of the nearly 200 starters only the 67 who made l5S or better for the first two rounds will continue in the play and while nearly all the well -known professionals were in the contest, none of the stars failed to remain in the struggles, although seldom. if ever, was such low figure required for qualifying.
 !! The perfect weather and excellent turf made low scores possible and to- day 24 players shot 74 or better, an- other unheard of performance. French Falls off
 | Emma French of Youngstown, who set the golfing world agog yesterday with d record of 65, today fell off 10 strokes, but was still in second place with 140, while Bob Peebles of Peoria, failing by four strokes of duplicating his 6s, was in third place with 142. i Walter Hagen, twice national and western open champion, playing with Jones was tied for fourth place with Hutchison at 143, taking 72 today to the latter's 71 and scoring better than he played as he expressed it.
 Make Brady of Detroit whom Ha- gen defeated in a playoff for the national open title two years ago at Boston, was next with 145, while F. O. Hart of Marietta, Ohio a new player in the national events, by virtue of S2 on the second nine to- day was seventh with l46
 Bob Mcdonald of Chicago, metro- l politan open champion, slumping to 76 today despite that he went to the shop last night and put new shaft in his mashie by artificial light, was tied at 147 with Willie Ogg of Wor- cester, Mass, and Dawes Ogilvie of the home club.
 kirkwood off
 Joe Kirkwood, the Australian cham pion, although he thrilled large l crowd on the home green by jumping lballs over stymies into the cup from all distances, was off on ordinary putting today tand took 75 for a total of Ns, tying with William Mehlhorn of Shreveport and Frank Adams and Tom Kennett of Chicago. There were four scores l49 includ- ling James Barnes and three of l50, including George Sarget of Columbus former national open champion.
 The only amateurs besides Jones to stay in the contest were Nelson Davis of Cleveland. 154, and Charles Hymes of Erie, Pa. l56.
 Two freak shots were made during the day, Jock Hptchison holding a mashie shot on the 43S-yard second for a five, after he had got enmeshed lin the rough and Gunner Nelson oi IaLaFayette, Ind. sinking l50-yard approach shot for two on the 4lo- yard eighteenth.