New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-24
Brady Leads i'm
First Round Of
" estern Open
Oakland Hills Pro i'm RICH.
at Home and Sets The
Pace With a Card of Y

oAhLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB,
Birmingham, Mich, Aug. 90 (By The
Associated ress),--Playing over
course in perfect condition, but which
proved to be one of the toughest prop
contest, approximately lao golfers to-
day shot the eighteen holes of the Oak
land Hills links III the first qualifying
round of the Western open tournament,
with Mike Brady, local professional,
leading the field with a 70, the only
par score of the day.
Following close behind Make was
Johnny Farrell the hoy professional
o. the Quaker Ridge Club, at Mamar-
oneck, N. y, with q 73, and ranking
next with "a each were Chick Evans,
Of Chicago, who led the amateurs, Pat
petranck. of Nutley, N, j., compare
Nelson, Of Lafayette, Ind, and the
famous Jock Hutchison, of Chicago,
former holder of the British open title,
The feature of the play was the alti-
tude of the scores, for most of them
were in the eighties, only twenty eight
running under the four score figure,
This, in the opinion of veteran golfers,
was not due in any way to lack of
class in the field, for it contained the
/,
but was brought about entirely through
the fact that the Oakland Hills course
had been made into one of the toughest
courses in the country
Changes to Par IL
BY action of the officials of the West
ern Golf Association the course. always
considered a par "A, was changed to par
70 to-day when it was found that two
,al 1yy or
yard short They were made 4s.
This, with the fairways corrugated with
traps and the numerous greens placed
on high hills, made Oakland Hills
niue hmore difficult course than Skokie,
at Chicago, where the national open
was played, or Hillcrest, at Kansas
City, where the Western amateur was
staged
Such we'll known players as Emmett
French, of Youngstown, Ohio; Bob
Cruikshank, of Westheld, N. j.; P. o.
Hart, of Marietta, Ohio, and Elmer Low
ing, Royal Oak, Mich, turned the cards
of 30 for the day, fair indication of the
difficulty of making par II on the 6,S61-
yard course. "Chick" Evans was the only
amateur to score under the 80 mark.
although Jimmy Standish, of Detroit,
equalled that figure.
The tournament will last three days
,''io'heA oiSIeeeh-hole qualifying round
being played tomorrow and the thirty
six hole finals coming on Friday, with
Saturday left for play off of possible
ties.
The final scores will include the
,, cs.ds- for both qualifying and final
rounds, however
One of the surprises Of the day was
the showing made by eighteen-year-o
Bob Shave, of Detroit, a former caddy,
who turned in card of 3S-39-77,
| much better than those of many ma
t,onally known stars. John Elphick,
Detroit pro, was another surprise with
a 37-42-79.
The real feature of the day, how
ever, was the work f Brady, Evans
and Farrell. Brady play took sec
ond place to the others in way, de-
spite his low score, because he was
playing on his home course, where he
knows every blade Of grass johnny
Farrell did sp.e idly, but Chick Evans
stepped off a train at 9 o'clock this
morning, rushed the twenty-five miles
TO the course in taxi, and without
any warming up or practice over the
course, tied for third among the low
scorers, through as pretty bit of
shooting as has ever been seen on
this course.
only Falr 10 Draw GaE&>ry
Chick and Farrell were paired to-
gether ard they were the only pair
OF the day to draw real gallery. Jock
Hl5utchison, Mike Brady, Emmett
French and such players went out
practically unattended, but Evans and
Farrell drew approximately five hun
dled. They started with birdie threes
and from then on the match was a
wonder. Chick repeatedly trimmed the
cup when sinking would have meant
brides, while Farrell's run ups after
bad approaches brought much APP
plause.
The play with these two was Of the
type appreciated by the gallery, for
each frequently got into trouble, only
to pull out through spectacular shot.
the rough at the edge Of the nit, but
with a bad lie and bad stance, sent
210-yard spoon shot onto the green.
Following were the lowest scores in
to-day's play:
Mike Brady. Detroit. 37---35--72.
John Farrell. Mamaroneck. N T.. &c.
Pat Petranck. Nutley. N. r., 8s-ss-74.
Chick" Evans. Chicago. sS--ss-74,
Jock Hutchison, Chicago 3s---3s--74
Gunnar Nelson. Lafayette, Ind. ss--
Jack Blakeslee. Muncie. Ind, ss-.37---ss.
George Kerrigan. Haworth. N. j.. a.
Lloyd Gulllclsson, De Kaib. III. ss--
Tom Kenneth, Matteson ILL., a7-ss--47s.
Bob shave, Detroit. 3s--3s-77
AL Watrous. Detroit, ss-39-77
Alex Ross Detroit. Ss-3s-7s.
Dave Robertson, Detroit. 87---41-Ts.
41--T9.
Otto Hackbarth, Cincinnati, Ao-ss--7o.
Charles Hiigendrof. Detroit, so--4O--79
Harry Kenneth, Glencoe. ILL., 3S--41--T9
Pat Doyle. st. Louis. ss--41--79.
42-79.
George Carney. carlinville, III, TO-
39--79.
Jack Beckett NutIey, N. j.. s7-42--7s.
81. III. Lang Peoria, Ill, 3e-40--Tg.
J. w Kennel, Toledo. Ohio, 39--4o-H7e.
Laurie Ayton Chicago. 4o--3e-7o
John Elphic. Detroit. a7--ss--7s.
s5 sAHateur.