New-York tribune., 1922-07-12
British Title Holder, Paired With Duncan
= Has Card OF Ill, After Masterful Effort
Johnny Farrell, of Quaker
Ridge, N. Y, With 68,
Has Best Round of Day
By Grantland Rice

Asy moved his British golf crown a
.r;as ever the right ear in the hope
that by Friday night he might have a
companion eoronet to wear through the
coming year. No golfer in the long his.
tsry Of the game has ever worn the
British and American crowns together.
bas Hagen, by his brilliant play
through the Skokie Valley, proved that
ts 10 still at the top Of his winning
form and that nothing but SEN
sstional whirl will beat him from
dominating the twin heights Of. golf.
II Is no light trick TO be able to
sand with one foot on Sandwich and
he other on Skokie, 4,2oo miles apart.
kstriding this broad world of golf like
Colossus of old. Not even Colossus
tie First had any such spread Of feet
when he was at the top Of his most
resilient and elastic form.
Paired with George Duncan, and so
drawing the bulk of the gallery, Hagen
fought his way through a torrentiai
downpour in the forenoon for a II. In
the afternoon test he turned in 10
for total Of 141 strokes, moving along
as serenely and steadily as a fiawless
machine. He was hitting his shots
with consummate skill and confidence,
and once upon the green his putting
blade missed few chances to find the
bottom Of the cup from any reasonable
range.
Downpour Affects Duncan
The big gallery which followed Ha-
xsn and Duncan ran into series Of
thrills. The sun was shins brightly
and the gay, vivid dresses of several
hundred women lent tne ,ouch Of color
that not even massed football crowd
can show. There ~as fiutter of or
ange and crimson tints outlined
sgsinst the Skokie oaks and naples
and an added touch of excitement as
Duncan opened brilliantly with a 4,
8, 3, 4, three strokes in front of the
American star. At this point from out
Of the southwest cloud as black as
midnight scurried over the course and
within two minutes or more q heavenly
tidal wave sent the gallery scurrying
to cover under trees and shelter
houses.
This downpour, which lasted for
thirty minutes or more and turned the
green's into kavers for running streams,
seemed to dampen Duncan's mood and
q the same time spur Hagen along.
The Scot stylist lost his touch around
The soaked greens, and this lost touch
never returned. In fact, it struck him
With renewed force in the afternoon,
Were he soon lost all confidence and
stne stretch took three puts on five
isscessive greens after long straight
drives and fine pitches to the pin.
here is one sample of Duncan's
trouble after the rain began. Coming
TO the long fifth he was at the green's
edge on his third stroke. His chip
stopped twelve feet short of the pin
vater. stopped six feet short. His
sshird putt stopped q foot short and he
be had needed Z where two puts
would have given him 5.
Hagen at His Best
Hagen. twenty feet away from the
pin on the same green, pitched over to
the water to within a foot of the cup
where the ball stopped abruptly in the
golf it was the wonderful control
which Hagen showed with his short
pitch and his chip shot that held him
50 low. On no less than seven occa-
sions off the green he pitched to with
IN less than two feet of the cup, hit
ting each stroke with great boldness
and confidence with firm wrists and a
body as !nmovable as granite.
In the afternoon the sun was again
stssming hot with most of the water
well dried off, and when the pair
started out again the gallery had more
snan doubled with long lines forming
" and down the fairway upon either
eiae Of the course. 1t was through this
excited human lane that Hagen and
Duncan slashed the ball down the
course Hagen held to his steady
nsfen, making few mistakes. But when
ns aipped it was worth more than the
Pnee OF admission to see his spectacu-
af recoveries. For example, at the sec
Gao and tenth holes he was off the
green In the rough with bunkers or
mounds to pitch over. Yet in each case
X pitched to within twenty inches of
par. e-o '@p -ot n''
en- duncan who was up rs strokes in
s.e. .e forenoon, went out in 35 for his
n' nss. nine afternoon holes. despite
Sa.lS on the fifth and eighth greens.
ai Jas starting home he had cold and
..y s.smmy chills running up and down
asItefal nI.e thousand spines as he began to
~ 'Ss one short putt after another up
oh the greens.
% after fine, long drives and pitches
sasy .bay Twelve or fifteen feet away from
sjsvp Ie cup ne took 8 puts on the tenth,
Sayen,.. Srssp.h and twelfth greens II
;h n oeen this bad around the pin
,sL; long time" he remarked. "1'm
ana,Iag os where I might have IS. and
nn.;sannlhg Go seems to be right. I can
nr..a .ner get the range on my approach
quits nor hole the short ones"
Duncan Comes Through
~, ne followed this by taking puts
~ .s.. the thirteenth and fourteenth
greens, making five 8 putt affairs in
~ saotoken row. By this time there
tsa,n tss.s, 70 be dark visions Of thu spec
;susar ;assar Scot failing to qualify, but he
n;s.seased n;ased his range from the tee with
Ssh.y wallops we'll beyond Hagen's
sslses, sa, and with a stout heart soon
s,. me pack to earth for 76. The call
Lss zoo close for comfort. however, as
s ieit himself in the position to make
elect. A' anu iaho among Inc
,, mere is Hagen's card for the double
a.. MORNING ROUND
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