The Washington herald., 1922-10-23
KIRKWoOD AND HAGEN LOSE
TO TEAM OF MLARYLANDPROS
Visiting Champions Pleased
with Indian Spring Course
After Exhibition.

Shooting sensational golf in the
closing stagss Of their match. John
ny Farrell. the brilliant young
Quaker Ridge pro. and wiifred
Reid. the Indian Spring pro. yes
terday defeated walter Hagen.
American holder Of the British
open title. and Joe Kirkwood, Aus
tralian open champion. In q spe-
ciai exhibition over the Indian
spring course. The aryiand pro.
fessionals won, up and to 70.
IL was the remarkable shooting
Of the youthful Johnny Farrell
which gave the local professionals
their victory. He repeatedly out
shot both Hagen and Kirkwood.
who 10 one Of the finest trick shots
in the world. Farrsii's two cards
Hagen shot 7s nd 81. with q kirk
wood getting 70 nd 81. Reid, how
ever, eve the youthful prosplsndid
teamwork, shooting cards Of 70 and
Reias- shsstfng aevfaes Issus.
Reid did the. best work of the
four on the greens and It was the
Indian Spring pros shooting in the
closing stages OF the match which
enabled the locals to overcome the
visiting champions lead. The
course was excellent. both Hagen
and Kirkwood commenting on that
fact after the match.
A large gallery followed the exit
bit--ion and the match was staged
without any untoward incident.
Club officials were well pleased with
the interest displayed in the match.
Although the match was won on
the sixteenth hole. the quartet shot
out the two remaining holes. both Z
which were wn by Farrell with Q
birdie . and . birdie Q. This gave
the Marylanders an actual edge of
hve holes on the 3e-hole match.
In the morning round. Farrell won
the frst hole with q birdie .. The
second was haived but on the third.
both Farrell and Reid got down in 4
with the visitors both shooting Is.
The next six hles were haived. On
the sixth Farrell and Kirkwood both
got birdie 3s while on the eighth,
Farrell and Hagen tied with Is.
Lecals Win Morning Round.
On the tenth hole. Farrell put the
locals . up with 4. but on the
twelgth the visitors won their first
hole when Hagen got a birdie 3.
Reid scored for the first time on the
thirteenth with a 4 and Hagen came
back on the following hole with an
other birdie 8. Farrell tok the ff-
teenth. Reid the sixteenth and Kirk
wood won his first hole on the seven =
teenth with a sensational birdie ..
The eighteenth was halved. giving
the lcals the morning round up.
In the afternoon card the first two
holes were halved. Then Reid
scored for the Marylanders with a
birdie 3 on the twenty-frst hole.
The next FIVE holes went to the Wis
iting champions. three when both
Hagen and Kirkwood got fours
against fives for Farrell and Reid.
On the twent-fourth hole Kirkwood
got another birdie two. At the far
turn the visitors were ! up.
The first homeward hole was
halved and Reid then tied the match
with a birdie three on the twenty
ninth hole. Farrell won the next.
giving the Marylanders the lead
again. The next was halved and
then Reid made the match certain
by taking the next two holes in a
row with a three on the thirty-sec-
ond and a 4 on the thirty third. The
thirty fourth hole was halyed and
the two club pros were victors three
up and two to go.
The cards, with only the best tea m
shot showing for each hole. fol-
lows: