The New York herald., 1922-09-15

Despite the handicap or a at Tn
Marty O'Loughlin's penchant for acti
again was brought to the forefront yes
round Of the seventy-two hole compel
pionship over the Lido Links at Lons
With rs Marty was resting COM
fortably at the end of the opening
eighteen holes, two strokes behind
Jimmy Crossan of Wheatley Hills.
Another rs shot the Piainfield profess
sional and New Jersey State title
holder into the lead and there Marty
means to stay provided his trusty
niblick does not become overheated
and explode in his hands this morning
or this afternoon.
And while OLoughlin was having his
day the Wheatley Hills professional.
who had astounded the natives on
Thursday, was burning up the excess
energy which he failed to expend on the
opening eighteen holes and sort of
averaging up. Jimmy this time had an
81 and so little did he think of the
effort that he went out playing In n
friendly match In the afternoon by way
of getting the noxious taste out of his
mouth With that 81 Crossan slipped
away back into tie for ninth place while
eight ambitious golfers Of more or less
renown picked up the harpoon and drove
1t home.
Barnes Close to the Top.
As the field lines up this morning Jim
Barnes is nearest to OLoughlin. with a
total of 154. and then there are Willie
Ogg Of Worcester, Mass, at 155, Charles
Hoffner OF Philmont and Willie Macfar-
lane of Oak Ridge, tied at 15G. and at
157, Tom Harmon of Hudson River.
Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge and w.
II. Cox of Marine and Field
On even terms with Crossan are +. S.
Gallett of Port Washington, Joe Sy-
vester of st. Adams and William i.
Hunter, former British amateur cham
pion. From which 1t can be seen that
an 81 is no score for man who hopes
to win a golf championship these days.
In this sentiment IT is quite likely
that Gene Sarazan. national open and
professional champion. will concur.
Gene had fine rs yesterday. but as he
rolled up an 81 for the first round his
thirty-six hole total is no better than
159. That leaves Gene with seven shots
to make UP on O'Loughlin In the next
thirty-six holes.
For that nine stroke Improvement
Sarazen owes something to his putter.
Yesterday the lost touch returned and
instead of taking three consistently on
the green Gene began to roll them In
from varying distances. His start was
almost phenomenal, for he holed thirty
footer for birdie at the first and a
| forty footer for birdie 2 at the third.
With such foundation to build upon
Gene went out in SO, and this despite the
fact that he had puts that might have
been saved at the fifth and eighth. Com
/ ing back Sarazen lost shots on the four
| teenth and sixteenth greens. but such has
| to be expected occasionally at Lido.
| where In addition to being tricky the
greens are by no means as true as they
might be. However. all's well that ends
well. Sarazen on the last green holed
another thirty footer.
A study In Contrasts.
The playing OF the last hole by Barnes
and Sarazen. who were paired, furnished
remarkable study In contrasts. Both
y,
employed there was vast difference
nevertheless. Barnes in the teeth Of the
wind played drive 100 per cent. perfect
for trajectory and direction right on to
the middle peninsula. and then with an
equally brilliant mashie iron shot laid his
ball hole high. He missed the by the
fraction of an inch
Sarazen. on the other hand. aimed de-
liberately for the left hand strip OF turf
from the tee. This is the path laid out
for the shorter drivers. On the part OF
the national champion this clearly was
tactical blunder, but probably Gene
was Influenced by the fact that he had
driven into bunker at this hole the
previous day.
Gene made the mistake of using his
driver for distance that his iron could
easily have accomplished. He over
played the plateau into the rough. His
second shot was out TO the fairway and
his third left him on the green. but wide
of the cup. However, down went that
long putt for 4. And, after all. that
was no worse than Barnes despite all OF
the latter's perfect golf.
The fourth was another hole In
Barnes's rornd well worthy Of special
mention This is the celebrated hole
where the golfer plays over water and
then over the sand dunes and sea grass
To a match Of turf once safely on this
match Of turf the player then has
brassie shot to the far off green, pro-
tected by water and then more hazards.
Yesterday the second shot was made
more difficult by head wind. but
Barnes. putting two magnificent wooden
club shots together. was on and within
putt for 3.
Sarazen on this hole hooked Into the
sea grass played his second safe and
then pitched TO the green In three. He
was down In 5. Barnes had his =.
Two Players I'm the Ocean.
The day had It's measure OF ups and
Gowns. One player had sand
wiched between a pair of 2s. And
then in the realm Of cards there were
two real games. George Kerrigan OF
white Beeches. the Massachusetts, State
titieholder who had rs on the FIRST
round. struggled around in 93 on the
second eighteen holes, while w. Doran,
unattached, who hal opened with 80,
brought In n "a. Such Is life at Lido.
Kerrigan was out In ~ and home In 46.
He had two eights In his card.
Then for probably the first time In the
history OF American golf two players
were found making recovery shots from
the ocean. They we're Dan Mackie OF
Century and Gene Mccarthy of Bluff
Point Maclkie was on the edge of the
seventh green In two. tuft of sea