Evening star., 1923-06-14
HAGEN COMES BACK.
NEAR GOLF LEADERS.
Brilliant II in Afternoon Gives
Him TAT, One Stroke Be-
hind BritiSher.

TROON, Scotland, June 14.-Walter
Hagen, American holder of the Brit
ish open golf title, was among the
leaders when the second round Of
play for the open championship was
half completed this afternoon. Scor-
ing a brilliant II on top of his 76 for
the morning round, Hagen had an ag-
gregate of 147. and was but one
stroke behind the British stars, c. A.
Whitcombe and A G. Havers, who
had 146
Hagen's only faulty shots in the
afternoon round were on the tenth
and elevent holes. but took the tenth
in a pa.' 5, and the eleventh in one
over par He had hard luck on the
greens, several long puts stopping
on the rim Of the cup. but made
brides Of the fourth. eighth and last
holes. His afternoon card:
Out .......4 9 4 2 d-S4 -,
In .........5 8 . 8 S-31-1l
Early Putting Weak.
Hagen got his I6 Oh the morning
round by playing consistently well.
except for his putting. until he was
bunkered on the short seventeenth.
where he took a 4. On the eighteenth
his second shot found bunker and
he was barely out in 5. Then he
took a 6 for the hole.
Hagen's morning card:
Out ......5 A ar
In ......4 4 6-39-76
Johnny Farrelrs card for the
morning round was:
In .........5 4 S 3 5 A 4-S9-7s
Farrell shot 70 in the afternoon,
giving him l52.
Smith on His Game.
Mcdonald Smith, in taking so this
morning, did not play the golf he
displayed in the qualification rounds.
On the first hole today he almost
drove the green, a distance of $50
yards, but his chip shot was short
and he took three puts for a. +.
On the next four holes he was down
had another lapse, taking three puts
for a 8. over par. This. together
with an extra stroke on the 3S5-yard
ninth. brought his total at the turn
TO 40. He was l over par on the
thirteenth and over on the fifteenth
where he had a bad lie on his drive
and his second, hitting the face of
the bunker. went high into the air
and dropped back into the trap. His
card:
In .... 81 375 3 4-40-S0
Joe Kirkwood made the 70 in the
morning by escaping every bunker
and making but one lapse that
counted during the round. This was
the sixth hole. where he took puts
and required to sink. He was of
the line with his drives in only a
cnteenth, where he got n par 3 by
sinking a 6-yard putt. His card:
In n%...:.5 I 3 4-s7-72
DieEeps Putting Poor.
Leo Diegel of Washington, D. c., the
first of the Americans to finish the
morning round Of eighteen holes,
brought in card Of 80.
His drives and approaches were crisp
He took on each of four holes. ana
at the sixteenth, which he made in Z.
his drive kicked Off the fairway into a
trap. His card:
2a': fn.::: :::tt g ! S,fs s-ts-so 80
Diegers 80 in the afternoon placed
him far behind, with total Of 100.
Twenty-Ycar Old Leads.
C. A. Whitcombe, a twenty-year
field with a score of 70 when all the
players in the British open golf
champion ship here had completed the
morning round. Last year at Sand
Wlcn " HIlCOIfDe hHiSneu Min III tHc
open championship with a score of
303 for the ~ holes and in the quail
flying round for this tournament he
was one Of the three who led the field
with aggregates Of LAG for the SO
holes His afternoon round of 76
left him in a tie with Havers for first
place.
The first fifteen in the morning
round, in the order of their standing.
were as follows:
c. A. Whitcombe. 20: Joe Kirkwood,
70: II. Roberts, 73; A. G. Havers, 10;
r. r. Fernie, 73; n. Scott. "a: G. r.
Buckle, Is; ]. Macdonald. IS: G. Gadd,
rs; w. NJ. Watt. 76: Walter Hagen,
90; F. Ball, IS: ]. Mackenzie, 76; Fred
Collins, rs, and Abe Mitchell. II.