The New York herald., 1922-08-26
BRADY IS WESTERN
OPEN TITLE WINNER
Oakland Pro, Competing Over
Home Course, Romps Away
From Field.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich, Aug. % (Asso-
ciated Press) Mike Brady, Oakland
Hills professional. after trying for
more than a decade TO work tho COM
bination of the lock which holds open
golf titles. to-day broke his way through
| by winning the Western open over his
home course with score of 29l for ~
holes-only three strokes over par on
what was conceded to be one OF the
toughest tournament links in the coun-
try.
| Mike outclassed his field at every
turn OF the three days play. taking the
lead the first day and sailing through
with the same ease that yacht moves
before a stiff breeze.
The second place score was ten more
| than Mixes. Laurie Ayton, Chicago.
shooting his way into a tie at sol with
Jock Hutchison. when the latter col
lapsed on his afternoon round after
having an excellent chance TO beat
Brady.
At the 3o3 mark. fourth place. was
George Sargent OF CoIimbus, while
next came Emmett FrIach OF Youngs-
town with 304, and the youthful Johnny
Farrell of Mamaroneck. n. Y, who lost
his chance to win by going to pieces on
his second morning nine to-day. finish
| ing with 307.
Among the amateurs "Chick" Evans
of Chicago easily was the leader with
314. Chick would have been an easy
| second or third place man had he not
lost control of every club In his bag
this afternoon, totalinE 81 for the final
| eighteen holes.
Brady's work outclassed that Of any
other player from start to finish 1t
was his party throughout for he got the
| A ~ t.,t1 A.. Al let,,
cile. and then In his own front yard
proceeded to beat them to frazzle.
| He outdrove most of them, outputted all
of them-perhaps because Of his famil-
iarity with the undulating greens-and
showed superiority in his approaching.
again being helped by the knowledge of
when 1t was best to pitch and when a
rup-up was more likely to find the pin.
Mike had been contender for years, but
this is the first time he ever came
through Back in 1911 he tied with
J. J. McDermott OF Atlantic City and
Donald Smith of Clearmont, Cali at
3o7 for the national open at Wheaton.
ILL.,, but when the playoff came Mike was
second to McDermott by two strokes.
In 1913 he was second to McDermott
by seven strokes In the Western open
at Memphis, Tenn. Then, in 1919, he
and Walter Hagen each finished the
national open at Weston. Mass with
S01. but the playoff found Hagen with
II card and Mike with one totaling 7s.
Because OF his many failures after
being near winning it had been freely
predicted by the gallery experts that
Brady would blow up to-day and that
Hutchison would take the title. Every
where It was remarked that Mike
couldn't be able to stand the pace that
Jock would set. When Jock finished the
morning round with 75 against Mikes
76 and was only three strokes behind in
the total the predictions were repeated
with emphasis.
But this afternoon 1t was Mike who
set the pace and Jock who blew up
Brady took tho heart out of the Chi
cagoan by sinking rs foot run-up for
a birdie 3 on the first hole. and the more
they played the better Mike shot and
the worse Jock handled his clubs.
Following are the fnal seventy-two
hole scores In the tournament.