The New York herald., 1922-08-16
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

OAKMoNT COUNTRY CLUB PIrTsBURoH,
Pa, Aug. 15.--There Is no telling where
the lightning is to strike In this old
game of golf. Yesterday, by virtue
of his victory over Jim Barnes of
Pelham, Johnny Farrell the brilliant
young professional of Quaker Ridge.
monopolized most Of the limelight for
the first days play in the annual
championship tournament Of the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association Of Amer
lea. But to-day it falls to be recorded
that Johnny was eliminated on the
classic, slopes OF the Oakmont Country
Club In the third round of the COM
petition for the title OF the salaried
brigade. and that, too, by his near and
dear neighbor, Tommy Kerrigan of
Siwanoy, the player who last year won
second money in the British open
championship. The margin was up
and to play, SO there is no room for
argument over the merits Of the case.
Kerrigan had his man 8 down on the
first eighteen holes and he was very
careful to see that Farrell was suffi-
ciently fettered with such handicap
as they took the field for the afternoon
eighteen holes. Two holes after the re-
sumption Farrell had the deficit down
to 2. but the turning point came at
the fifth, where with Farrell five feet
or less from the cup Kerrigan sank a
twenty or twenty-five foot putt for a
winning 8.
The Quaker Ridge lad said at the fin
ish of the match that that fifth hole
did the trick. Naturally, Johnny, had
been looking for this one. He certainly
did not expect to lose it. Winning, he
would have been one hole to the bad,
but losing the fifth it again left
him where he had been at the start of
the round.
Farrell Pcrseveres.
1t remains to be said that Farrell by
no means gave up the ghost at this
unhappy turn Of events. 1t was break.
Of course, but in no way to be COM
pared for cussedness to that which
Kerrigan had experienced at the previ-
Gus hole. For on this long fourth Ker-
rigan dropped a short approach within
clubs length of the hole and would
probably have won with a had not
Farrell closed the door on him COM
pletely with stymie.
Again at the eighth Kerrigan was
stymicd when he had the hole virtually
at his mercy. From this 1t may cor
rectly be judged that Kerrigan did not
win his match because OF the breaks.
In the morning Farrell had Jumped a
stymio at the thirteenth, but Kerrigan's
stymies were not Of the jumping kind.
Tommy did have a shade of luck
when at the short sixth his mashie shot,
none too well hit. insinuated itself be-
tween the bunkers and wallowed to the
green. They halved that one and also
the seventh. Then came the stymie
which made of the one shot eighth q
half in a stroke over par.
Two stymies In four holes was bad
business, but Kerrigan took these as q
matter of course. At the ninth he ac-
cepted chance offered him when Far
rell hooked his tee shot into a bunker.
Tommy himself was in the rough to the
right Of the course Both required three
to get on, but the advantage was de-
cidedly with the Siwanoy man, who with
the shorter approach was enabled to
play much closer to the pin.
Farrell was wide to the right and If
he was on the green that is only be-
cause at this point the green is part
oe the practice strip which stretches out
from the front of the clubhouse.
Johnnys long run up was short and
Kerrigan won the hole in to 8, turn
ing up.
Kerrignn Looks the winner.
It did not look now as IL Kerrigan
would lose. or course Tommy had no
intention of allowing his opponent even
to work in close The tenth was halved
in T. Then TO the eleventh both drove
so far that they reached the ditch
Kerrigan had a lie that enabled him tc
reach the green, whereas Farrell had a
hanging shot from which he could do nc
better than bang the ball farther into
trouble. When the pair started for tht
twelfth Kerrigan was s UP. He dropped
one Of his lead at this hole and another
a. the fourteenth after both had tried
their best TO give the short thirteenth
away.
1t looked to-day as II kerrigan hat
Intentionally cut down his swing HI
was hitting easily and getting good re
suits. But at the fourteenth he dropped
back into the old rut and was bunkered
on a hook He finally gave up. Bu
this was merely prolonging the agony
Kerrigan now was up with to play
and at the fifteenth the match came tc
an end when Farrell took an extra putt
and s as. against his opponents par 4
The morning half OF the match was q
ding-dong affair as far as the last foul
holes. They were all square as they
started for the fifteenth. but on thil
ono Farrell overapproached to a traI
and paid the almost inevitable penalty.