The Washington herald., 1922-08-25
MIKE BRADY HOLDS
LEAD IN WESTERN
OPEN GOLF MEET
Hutchison, Second, Four
Strokes BehindFar-
rell Is Third.
b. JOE DAVIS.

~ JOE DAVIS.
BIRMINGHAM. Mich, Aug. H.-
Shooting q superlative round of 60,
three strokes under par Of the Oak
land Hills course, Mike Brady. the
home professional, maintained his
lead In the open championship OF
the Western Golf Association today
at the halfway. mark. He led Jock
Hutchison, of Chicago, by four
shots. their respective totals being
141 and 145. John FarreN, the
young New Yorker. and Davie Rob.
ertson, the gray-haired Detroit vet
eran, tied at 14s for third place with
Laurie Ayton. of Chicago, in fourth
position with $50.
There were two major attractions
today. Brady and Hutchison in the
morning and Evans and Farrell in
the afternoon. The morning gallery
saw a wonderfully fine duel. in
which Brady gained a lead of two
strokes over Hutchison, while a
much larger gallery in the after
noon followed Evans and Farrell.
The after-luncheon gallery saw
Chick Evans started off like a race
horse and then on the incoming
round fritter away his chances by
playing four poor holes in success
sion.
Watching Jock in the morning
was comedy. Seeing Chick in the
afternoon was tragedy. The evils
that men de- live after them. So
let it be with Chick. He had played
the first four holes Of the incoming
teenth hole Is 461 yards. Chick
pulled to the rough. failed to get
home on his second, and finally
missed a three-foot putt. taking
six. At the next hole. 420 yards.
Chick was trapped on his drive and
took three to reach the green.
Eventually he trimmed a five-foot
putt and took six. At the next hole,
a par four. he pulled wide into the
rough. was short on his second. and
wound up by missing a five-foot
putt and taking a five. Farrell also
PLAYED this hole poorly. He missed
a three-foot putt. This brought them
to the seventeenth hole. the green
being on the top OF a hill 1s1 yards
away. Chick sliced to a Dit on the
right. and Farrell was wide of the
green on his tee shot Chick shot
his second over the green. and his
third was fifteen feet over the pin.
He got down in Ave. and with a par
four at the home hole. had a total
of AZ for the incominr round.
Hutchison and Brady started
their round when in a Scotch mist
the visibility being poor. but II
soon cleared and the rest Of the
round was played in fine weather.
Brady missed an eight-foot putt
for his four on the first green. and
on the two next green's did not
given the ball a chance. being short
1t looked as IL he was in for a poor
round. But starting at the ninth
hole. $50 yards, ne got into high
voltage and putting his tee shot
about three feet from the pin and
scored a birdie 2 at the tenth hole.
$50 yards. He holed a 23-foot putt
for a birdie while at the eleventh
hole.
Hagen Doesn't Appear.
Walter Hagen. the present West
ern titleholder. and former profess
sional at Oakland Hills. did not at
tend the present tournament be-
CduSe OF HdtShcs. ~
developed today that tho Oakland
Hills Club had decided to present
him with a purse Of $4,000 and give
him a testimonial dinner in honor
Of his winning the British Open
Championship. provided he played
in the Western open event.
Among others qualifying were:
George Kerrigan. Hayworth. n.
Y. 76-s1-157.
J. Breckett, Nutley. N. j., 7s-7s-
1877.
p. Harmon. Syracuse, n. Y, So
7s-15s.
c. s. Hymers. Erie. Pa. 79-so-
15s.
Jack Gordon. Buffalo. s3-77-16o.
Dan Kenney. Erie, Pa, failed to
qualify.
T. X. Manley, Beaver Falls. Pa:
Dahl Stevens, Pennville. Pa; w.
Bemish, Rochester, also failed TO
qualify