Evening star., 1922-04-06

Wofld OF goi1.
Yesterday afternoon Jock Hut
Championship, gave to large gale
exhibition of putting that has seldo,
when he won the pro 72-hole event
The Hutch" dynamic golfer. and
bundle Of nerves, who has not an
equal In the golf world when he Is
right" missed but one holeable putt,
could amply afford the mistake. Play
ing a brand Of golf that was excel
lence itself. Hutchison. known as one
of the greatest money players in the
game got the big end do%n OF the tpqss
stroke lead Of Johnny Farrell, the
Quaker Ridge pro. and coming
through with four shots to spare.
Hutchison's total was 295. Farrell
had set the pace from the a start ana
attack of his more experienced op-
ponent.
Hagen Finishes Third.
Walter Hagen Of New York, twice
winner of the national open cham
pionship. with 3o2. gained third
money, two shots ahead of Mike
won the national open title over the
Columbia course last July. was fifth
with 800, with Laurie Ayton of
Evanston, Chicago, trailing him at
3o7. George Kerrigan of White
ton of Detroit, with 313, were the
other players to obtain money, posi-
tions.
The afternoon round between
Hutchison and young Farrell was
golf epic The youngster played the
Chicagoan to a standstill in the morn
ing, and, although he dropped
stroke to Hutchison, he still main
tanned a two-stroke advantage when
the pair left the first tee for the final
round.
Putting Tells story.
Putting alone told the story of the
Hutchison victory. The pair were
with the irons. but on the putting
green's it was the magnetic Jock who
surprised by jamming down putt after
putt; Each OF these puts closed more
firmly the door through which Farrell
hoped to spring into fame and first
money.
Farrell took three puts on three
greens during the afternoon round
and missed five from six feet down,
while Hutchison consistently found
the bottom of the cup from any rea-
sonable distance. his lone mistake on
the greens coming on the fourteenth.
where his chip shot left him five feet
short.
A brace of twos on the fourth and
eighth put the British title-holder in
n position from which he could break
through the defense of the youngster
from New York and go ahead to win
first money. both brides coming as a
result of good tee shots and fine puts.
Farrell Misse. Chance.
On the first hole of the afternoon
round Farrell missed chance to
gain a stroke on Hutchison when he
took three puts after the Chicagoan
had gone deep with his niblick pitch.
Farrell got the stroke back at the
second hole by chipping dead and
sinking his putt for 8. Farrell
again took three puts on the fourth
hole, leaving him still two shots in
the lead, but this margin was wiped
out at the fourth, where Hutchison
hit fine spoon shot seven feet from
the pin and ran down the putt. Far
rell's equally good tee shot ran over
the green and he took 4.
Farrell. after two fine shots to the
fifth, again missed a short putt and
for the first time during the tourna-
ment was behind. Two SO at the
sixth left him still a'shot behind. but
he again forged ahead when Hutchi-
sons hsoked mashie second shot to
the seventh green went out OF bounds
and he took to Farrells 4.
Gallery Is ON Toes.
With the gallery on its toes
Hutchison played magnificent spoon
shot to the pin on the short eighth
while Farrell hooked his shot to the
left and took 4,missing four
foot putt for a Hutchison nom
chalantly ran down his second 2
of the round. Hutchison picked up
another shot at the ninth by virtue
of fine chip shot.
Farrell again missed a short putt
down a four -footer for a 4. Hutchi-
son barely missed his three on the
a lead of four strokes The twelfth
was halved in 5 and the thirteenth in
3: At the fourteenth Hutchison's chip
putt, while Farrell, still fighting
gamely,- was down in four to cut
Hutchison's lead to three shots. Even
here, however. with his back against
the wall, FarrelIs lack of confidence
in his putting was shown by the fact
that his ffteen-foot putt for 5
was short of the cup.
Although Farrell played fine shot
from a hanging lie at the fifteenth,
the veteran Hutchison was also on
4. Both men got 3s on the sixteenth
and Hutchison regained a shot at the
seventeenth, where his pitch shot laid
dead to the pin.
Both men were to the right OFF the
eighteenth tee, but Farrell got his ball
ing lie, played superb spoon shot
just beyond the pin, barely missing
his putt for 3. Hutchison's total for
the round was 72, while Farrelrs was
rs.
Mcleod Takes an Eight.
Fred Mcleod staged a weird exhi-
bition of putting on the eighteenth
green in the morning, where his ap-
proach putt trimmed the cup for 8
and he took 8 to the hole-six puts
in all. Thereafter Freddie faded gen.
tly from the picture.
Cyril Walker, most deliberate Of the
pros, who was considered to have a
chance at the end of Tuesdays play,
blew higher than the proverbial kite
yesterday afternoon. amassing the
grand total Of 80. He withdrew, as
did Bob Mcdonald. the long-hitting
Scot from Chicago.
Joe Kirkwood. the Australian cham
pion. never was in the running, al
though he had a 76 in the morning.
Summaries:
Jock Hutchison, Chicago. 147-78t72-295;
John Farrell. Quaker Ridge, 144-77-7a-299