The New York herald., 1922-09-16

pouldH open SoiI championship.
As it was all these knights of the
cleek had to stand helplessly by.
baffled by a twenty-five mile wind, as
tickle fortune toyed with this golfing
treasure, and finally after tossing the
honors within reach of this expert and
that. dropped them at last into the lap
of Marty O'Loughlin of Plainfield,
from which they already had sprung
once or twice during the afternoon
after appearing at the end of the
third round to be in the keeping of
the New Jersey champion for good,
Marty won with a score of 800, Far
rell being second with 313 and Har-
mon third at 314.
At the start of the third round
OLoughlin led the field by a margin
of four strokes. After his two 76s
scored on Wednesday and Thursday he
had registered "A for his third time
around. Such golf on the part of the
Plainfield man had the field completely
beaten it seemed. Willie Ogg with a
rs was racing four strokes behind with
fifty-four hole aggregate of go. After
that came Barnes at 2S3. and then
had made a 70 for his third round.
Harmon and Farrell each played the
course in II. Marty was just looping
away with the honors.
O'LoughIin Goes to Pieces.
But with the start of the third round
there came upon the scene a trans
formation that was both dramatic and
puzzling O'Loughlin after his marvellous
work for the first three rounds went
all to pieces. Starting with 6, 6, 4, Z,
5. s. 8, he allowed himself to be caught
easily. and when he turned in As it
seemed that nothing could possibly save
him from disaster.
Ogg got start of 3. 4, 3. so that on
the second hole he actually had wrested
the lead from the Plainfield man. AT
the third hole he had made it two
strokes, and despite the fact that he
required to hole out on the fourth he
still retained his two strokes advantage.
A 3. as against Martyrs at the fifth.
made Ogg's advantage four strokes. A
cost the Worcester professional a shot
at the sixth.
But that was as far as Ogg led. At
the seventh black disaster overlook him.
Willie's second was hooked to a bunker
within mashie shot of the green, and
when he came to play his third shot he
found that 1t first was necessary to
cleave from his way a piece of wood
into the angle of which his ball had
lodged. The sphere flew Off at right
angles into the bushes, and Ogg next had
TO hack his way clear from this mess.
When he finally holed out he had used
up 9 strokes.
Farrell and Barnes were playing
steadily behind, but Barnes was not
making quite as much Roadway as was
the young Quaker Ridge instructor.
Starting one stroke behind the Pelham
man, Farrell was one ahead of Jim at
the sixth. When Ogg faded out of the
picture Farrell took the lead His score
up to the seventh in the. last round was
263 as against the 264 of OLoughlin
and the 265 of Ogg and Barnes.
A for OLoughlin and for Far
rell at the eighth brought these two on
even terms Barnes also had while
Ogg required 4. Then while
Barnes was taking a at the ninth to
make him equal with Ogg at 27S.
O'Loughlln and Farrell each had 4,
and so turned into the last lap neck
and neck at 271.
1t was over the final nine that
O,I,oughlin won the title. At the tenth
he beat Farrell by a stroke. and he
came home in IS. as against Farrell's Al.
Barnes and Ogg never again had
chance to catch up. As for Harmon. he
did not overtake Marty at any stage OF
the journey.
The following table analysis OF the
last nine holes of OLoughlin, Farrell.
orp and Barnes gives some idea of the
fierceness OF the fight In the concluding
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