The New York herald., 1922-07-27

SHAWNEE ON THE DELAWARE, Pa, July
26.-The annual open tournament OF
the Shawnee Country Club. that jagged
rock upon which in recent years Harry
Vardon. Ted Ray. George Duncan and
Abe Mitchell have crashed and foun-
dered, sent another pair of craft from
Britannias golflng armada reeling Off
in distress to-day when j. H. Taylor
and Sandy Herd. respectively. returned
score OF 159 and 156 for the first half
of the seventy-two hole competition.
Herd with his 1856 was exactly eleven
strokes behind the leader and with the
five times winner of the British open
championship. Taylor. spotting the
leader fourteen shots it was pretty
generally agreed that Shawnee once
again has been saved for the home
brigade.
The fight. with the conclusion Of the
two rounds had narrowed to a razor
edge keenness. with John Golden. the
Tuxedo homebred. occupying the post
which at the same time at Skokie In
the national open championship was
held by John Black. the California
grandpa.
Golden Leads Barnes by Two.
Golden made a brilliant 20 In the
morning. and he supplemented this with
a 70. His 145 led Jim Barnes Of Pel-
ham. last years American open cham
pion, and Dan Williams, the assistant
professional at Shackamaxon, by two
strokes. Johnny Farrell of Quaker
Ridge came next with 148, and right on
Johnny's heels, at 149, were Bob Mac
Donald of Bobolink, Chicago, holder Of
the metropolitan open title. and Joe
Mitchell of Montclair. Bobby Cruick-
shank Of Shackamaxon and Emmet
French OF Youngstown were next in line
at $50. and then came Wilfrid Reid Of
Indian Springs and Cyril Hughes of
Lancaster at 161. Thus at the end of
players clustered at the top of the list
within half dozen shots of the leader
Willie Ogg of Worcester, Mass. who
won last year when such players as
Duncan, Mitchell and Joe Kirkwood. the
Australian, were in the fleld, sadly hurt
his chances Of repeating by taking 79
this afternoon following an opening total
of IA. Ogg the second time around was
leaving himself wide on his second shots,
fault which ran him into more fves
than he we'll knew what to do With.
AS to the British former champions.
Taylor had a steady rs in the morning,
while Herd required an 80. Then in the
afternoon Herd made rs, while Taylor
ran his card up to 81. taking AZ for the
first nine holes.
de- lob hn I'M
the mid-Surrey expert had encountered
trouble of that heartbreaking nature
which beset George Duncan playing In
this tournament a year ago. Duncan. It
may be recalled, had an II In his card.
Taylor Accumulates His Misery.
Double figures cannot be blamed for
Taylor's showing, however. The mid
Surrey man had nothing higher on that
first half Of the afternoon round than a
T. But with z. two 6s. four 5s and
two As II Is quite easy to see that there
was a deal Of accumulated misery for
the renowned John Henry, even II fate
did spare him the anguish Of double
figure hole.
Taylor Troubled in Rough.
To the rough around the greens. can
he traced most OF Taylor's troubles on
that agonizing first nine OF the after
noon The former champion inclines to
the belief that such rough Is not alto
Rether just The sand In bunkers pre-
vents an easy problem by comparison,
he finds. for there is rough and rough.
Taylor's ball had a way OF hiding itself
In these matted masses about the green's
and by the time he had completed the
process OF hacking 1t clear his score
was ruined. 1t was unfortunate. for
Taylor in the morning had shown dis
position to step with the leaders. even
IL he did fnd II hard getting home In
2 on many of these modern length
holes Of about 450 yards. where such
as Bob Macdonald hammer the ball to
the green with an iron.
Taylor started homeward on tho az
ternoon round with a pair Of nvee. rep
one over par, then he ran
out of tho cloud Of misfortune and holed
a pair OF brides at at tho twelfth.
by 8. He had a at the
then two moro threes. the
FIRST Of these being under par.
Taylor was making UP for his dismal
work outgoing. but at the seventeenth
he got Into the bank of the roadway.
then into the rough. short Of tho green
in 4 and there once again he had 7
In his card. He finished with for a