The New York herald., 1922-06-23
Crowd Cheers Taylor, 81,
for Fine Round of 70
Veteran Has II in Sight, but
Wind Battles Him on Last
Two Holes.
BY BERNARD DARWIN.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1922. by THE New York HEnLp.
SANDWICH, England. June ga
thrilling finish was furnished to the first
thirty-six holes Of the British open golf
championship to-day and America holds
the lead through Walter Hagen. The
latter was well up the list at the conclu-
sion Of the morning round, but the palm
really belonged to ]. H. Taylor. VINO tied
Edward Ray at 70.
In the afternoon Taylor. finishing like
the gallant warrior he Is. brought in a
IS and temporarily tied George Duncan
for the lead. Ray fell away and went
above 80. but Hagen played magnifi-
Gently and took the lead by two strokes
II ever there was a fighter, Hagen Is
one. He was one under As for eight
holes, then missed one Of the shortest
puts one ever saw go wrong. He had
at the ninth. then followed this with
disastrous at the tenth. Quite un-
dismayed by this he played the last eight
holes. which are very long, in a heavy
wind in 81.
I never saw greater feat of courage
and skill than this. Hagen finished In
7S, and this gave him 149 for the thirty
six holes.
Meanwhile Barnes. last in the field,
was giving wonderful display: He
had one bad bit Of trouble at the fourth
and got when he might easily have
taken z. Otherwise he was impec-
cable. Everything was near perfection,
and when left him at the turn with SO
he looked as II he might do anything.
Hutchison had "a in the afternoon and
finished two strokes behind Duncan.
Barnes's game rather broke down. He
Rocked and got into trouble, SO that he
took 43 to get home. This made his
total 15l. two behind the score of Hagen
and equal to that of Duncan.
The British hopes started early. the
Americans and Kirkwood. the Aus
tralian. later. This was piece of de-
cided luck for our men. for the breazr
almost non-existent in the early morning.
developed into y : r3n~ "iNd latt.
day. George Duncan. who began at $50.
nnished in circumstances that were not
any too good. But just as | am writing
he has played his second round in Is.
which is infinitely better, and his 15l
for the two rounds sets the field a good
round pace.
After Duncan In the first round came
Aubrey Boomer holder of the French
championship. at -. and Roger We,h-
cred, the amateur. who last year tied
for the title With Hutchinson. ADt
Mitchell. who had soiae bad lapses on
the greens. returned 81 n. Next of the
big ones to finish was Tdward Ray, and
he had 73.
This was not an unlucky round for
Ray, for some of his long iron shots
were weird and wonderful and he had
to make some remarkable recoveries
Coming home he settled down to some
really good golf however. and his 81 for
the second nine was very fine.
Kirku ood Starts Badly.
Kirkwood struck bad patch. He Is
not stylist and when things are not
going well he makes the game look very
difficult His long game was decidedly
weak to-day. and though he stuck to IL
and saved himself with several good
finishes his 70 was not very good.
What was good. nay. magnificent,
was the 70 of ]. H. Taylor, now on the
verge of fifty-one years He was full
OF fire. dash and youthful vigor. Hc
was hitting the ball with all his old
time crispness IL not quite his old
length and thoroughly enjoying HIM
self. He was out in 80. then dropped a
stroke or two but holed a couple of
fine puts at the fifteenth and sixt-