The New York herald., 1922-08-15

Johnny is that same lad who won I
He has been shattering records cons
Oakmont Country Club links he shaft
Pelham In the second round of the a
Professional Golfers Association.
Farrers margin was no more than a
single hole. but 1t was conclusive enough
and while It advances the Quaker Ridge
home bred to the third round of the
classic IL also eliminates Jim from
further competition in championship,
which since It's inception in 1916 he has
strangely dominated.
Barnes was the winner In that opening
year at Siwanoy. He won again when
the play was resumed at the Engineers
Country Club. following the war. He
was out OF IL in 1920. but again last
year he went through 10 the final where
he fell before Walter Hagen, who is not
defending this week
The match in which Farrell overthrew
Barnes this afternoon was the feature
of the day in which the field was thinned
from an original starting list of sixty
four contestants to a surviving squad of
sixteen
< 1t was found on arrival here to-day
that the p. c. A. had decided on eighteen
holes for the first two rounds as an Off
set 10 the doubling of the field from
4 thirty-two 10 sixty-four this year.
Thirty-six hole matches all the way
through would have left the finalists on
the links on Saturday According to
\ the new plan the Oakmont members
will have the course to themselves on
Saturday.
Farrell smothers Campbell.
To come together in the second round
Farrell had to eliminate Jack Campbell
of Old York road. in the morning. and
Barnes had to clear out of his path
George Mclean OF Grassy Sprain
N. Y. Farrell won his match by and
s, and although Barnes eliminated Nc
Lean 2 and /. the contest contained
elements of interest particularly toward
the finish.
Five down at the tenth. Mclean won
two of the holes back. but Jim went to
the sixteenth tee dormie 3. Mclean was
bunkered here and he was over the
green while his opponent was on with
his second Tl.s1 Grassy Sprain man won
the hole, nevertheless, by holding out
on his chip
IT looked at the next as II Mclean
would take still another hole. He was
within Q yard Of the cup in two whlie
Barnes was within fifteen feet. How
ever. the putting made all the differ
ence. for while Jim holed George missed.
Barnes has had an erratic streak IN
his golf of late, and 1t cropped out again
to-day. 1t cost him the match with
Farrell. for. although he settled down
and played brilliantly and heroically on
the incorling nine. he was then battling
uphill with a cehcit of three holes 10
collect.
jim started to pull in the slack at the
~ got another hole back
at the thirteenth That left him only
one to the bad, but Farrell practically
sewed the match when he sank a M
teen foot putt for a birdie at the SIX
teenth to become dormie.
II was here that the championship
class began to show itself In Long Jims
game. Farrell hit long ball up the
hin for the seventeenth. but 1t was a
trife hooked leaving Johnny to play
his second from the rough
Barnes Takes Seventeenth.
seizing his chance Barnes sent
haautifrl ball uphill TO within a few
feet Of the green. Farrell chipped out
Of the short rough 70 within ten feet or
the Gun and Barnes laid his sphere
less than a yard away. Jim won tnat
hole with a birdie and so forced the
match to the home hole.
He was | down of course. but the
prospects Of drawn game became ex-
tremely bright when Farrell sliced DIS
second 10 trap that same trap. In
cidentaliy. from which Francis Oulmet
played in his match with Chick Evans
IN the national amateur three years ago.
Had Barnes had a good lie there IS
M doubt MS TO what would have nap
pened. This time. however. Jim had 70
stand with one foot on the side or p
ditch. He used mashie and although
the ball hit on the center OF the green
Il bounded away beyond. Barnes played
back. but the ball rolled fifteen fcet
over the cup and 70 the snort rousn.
Farrell came out Of the bunker on MS
third and with his next he was dead 70
the hole The resultant half threw the
match to Farrell by ] up.
Had Rarnes shown on the outgoing
%,tf ANYTHING like the golf which he
displayed On thessecond nine he prop
ably would have eliminated Farrell
but Barnes allowed his brilliant young
opponent 10 get too much OF hoid on
him. On the first Jim missed a short
pu,t and lost "A par hole 70 a 3. Both
had pulled into trouble on the drive On
the third Barnes required three puts.
Losing this. he became down at the
fifth. where his second was hooked to a
bunker :,
Barnes won the eighth when Farrell
overplayed the green on the short hoie
with a brasse when a cleek would have
done the trick. The ninth saw both on
with an iron for the second. Both we're
wide OF the cup on this spacious green.
Barnes to the left. Farrell short. Both
were short ten or a dozen feet. haif
4in would have been fair value for the
play thus far. but soon was not TO be.
Farrell sank his putt and so once again
regained his lead Of 2 up.
At the eleventh Farrell sliced his Sec
ond. but played magnificent approach
from cop bunker. enabling him 20
score the par 4. Barnes from the left
side OF the green was short. but Jim
holed the putt for half.
Long Jim Holes In Two.
A grand mashe 10 within clubs
length Of the hole enabled Barnes TO
win the eleventh. and he got the short
thirteenth when he laid another brilliant
shot within seven feet Of the flag. Jim
scored . here. a would have given
him the hole. as Farrell sliced into a
trap and found the green at this point
80 narrow that he was unable To hold
on his recovery Johnny slipped over 70
the bank OF the trap on the left hand
side and then chipped dead. lie was
too late. The rest Of the story has been
told The card Of the match
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