Evening star., 1923-06-12
SARAZEN, BARNES
FAIL TO QUALIFY
U. S. Professional Golfers
Make Poor Showing in Brit
ish Open Tourney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TROON. June 12.-Gene SaraZen
Jim Barnes and Charley Hoffner
American professional golfers, failed
to qualify for the British open cham
pionship in the two days qualifica.
tion play which ended this afternoon
Walter Hagen. American holder OF
the British open golf championship
just managed to squeeze by, tying
for last place with an aggregate OF
159. -.=a-
a Others Qualifying.
Americans who qualified besides
Macdonald Smith, San Francisco
75-77-152.
Johnny Farrell. Quaker Ridge, n
Y, S0-7T-I57..
Frank Clarke. Asheville, y. c.. 20.
S0-159.
Leo Diegel Washington, 77-S2-l5s.
George Aulbach. Boston. S0-75-155
now resides in the United States, 76.
76-152.
Americans. who failed to qualify
besides Sarazen were:
Jim Barnes,> Pelham Manor, y. Y,
S0-80-160.
Charles Hoffner, Philadelphia, 79-
s2-161.
T. d. Armour, former Scotch anna
teur champion, who now lives In
New York, 7S-S4-162.
Sarnxen Takes mn S5.
Sarazen. American open golf cham
pion took 85 today in the final eight
cen holes of the qualifying round
making his total leo. Sarazen had
trouble with his driving and putting
On the second drive he bunkered and
took a five to reach the green. Alto
gether. he found eight bunkers and
missed several easy puts His card
read:
In ..... s 6 - 4 5 5-42-s5
Hagen Erratic.
Hagen was erratic on the outward
nine holes, but pulled hims elf
together on the homeward route. He
WAS in distress on each of the first
five holes and appeared on the verge
Of being eliminated. On the sixth he
took a birdie 8, following this with
another birdie on the par seventh
hole. but again his game fell off and
he finished with a 8 and a for a
total of Al a. the turn. From then
on he was his usual brilliant self
ard cane home in even As. His card:
Out. s 6 i 5 4 3 2 6-41
LII O-00-g
Barnes Putting on. r.
Long Jim Barnes fell down on the
last nine holes. where three 6s helped
like Hagen's, was particularly faulty
The greens were slowed up by a
heavy rain in the late afternoon and
many puts were short. Barnes card:
Out. :. : : 3 : : ! ! ! aEsLse Es
Macdonald Smiths II for today s
round put him among the leaders. His
shots with the wooden clubs were
invariably straight and his irons were
deadly. He was seemingly careless on
the greens, however, missing several
easy puts. Both he and Hagen were
forced to play part. of their round III
a driving rain. Smiths card:
fn nnt IT.: -. Z s ! ) 8 Z Io7a
DfegeI Gets Into Rough.
Leo Diegel was seldom straight of
in the rough, but he was putting wei
and steadied down on the <homeware
Johnny Farrell got "a In his sec.
ond round today. despite on the
second hole, where Sarazen. hae
Armour went badly on this round
getting an "a, which gave him ar
aggregate Of i62, while Farrell was
Ave strokes lower, with 157. Armour
likewise, had a on the second. but
failed to steady afterward. while
Farrell settled down following his
mishap. The weather was wild and
wet today. -.
>- Hagen Shows Staleness.
Hagen is no longer a decided IA
vorite. Those who watched. his poor
round of 81 yesterday thought they
saw symptoms. of staleness :. in. his
game and are sure they saw signs OF
WEAKNESS on his face. This is at
tributed to- his constant playing
month after month, for year and a
half. ~.
A Scotch spectator after watching
Hagen fail. time after time yesterday
to drop puts usually easy for him
said: Hes most unhappy man
something nobody. has. eyer been
known to remark before about the
usually unbothered champion.
Scores for Thirty-six Holes. e
Scores in the qualifying round. in
Guiding today's score, and the total
for thirty-six holes follow:
Gene Sarazen, 85-160.
Charles Hoffner, 82-161.
Leo Diegel, s2-15s.
walter Hagen. 77-159.
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