The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-27
Champion Has Close Match With Alex Campbell On Wednes-BarneS Has An Easy Victory

PELHAM MANOR, N. Y. Sept 26. Playing under leaden skies through mist that hung deep over the course throughout the day most of the players in the third 36-hole. round of the Professional Golfers associa- ticn match made a number of spec tacular shots.
 The feature plays of tho day were made by Joe Kirkwood, the Austra- liam George Mclean, the grassy Spain mentor of Bronxville, N. T.; Robert Cruickshank. the little Scot of the Shackamaxon club, Westfield, N. J., and Fred Mcleod, the Columbia Country club pro of Washington, D. c.
 Gene sarazen. the 1922 champion, had somewhat of a task in winning from Alex Campbell of Cincinnati,- but he finally downed the veteran. and 2. Walter Hagen won from John Golden of Tuxedo, N Y. and 3.
 There were two easy winners in the days play: Long Jim" Barnes, the Pelham pro, won from Cyril and William MacFarlane of Tucka- hoe, N. Y, defeated Jack Stait of Hartford, Conn.,, and &.
 Joe Kirkwood defeated young John Farrell of Mamaroneck, N. Y. up and 36 holes. When he finished the II to Farrell and when he finished IS he was three down. Between the eighteenth and twenty seventh he squared the match.
 On the first hole in the afternoon Kirkwood sank a 10-foot putt for birdie four; he won the hole. After a study of the yerraine he loosed club. The ball dropped three feet from the pin and he sank for birdie three. He then was one down. The next hole was halved in par five. On the fourth, KirkwCod's tee shot again dropped yard from the pin and he sank it for a birdie two and shared the match. On the fifth he sliced his drive again and took 5, one over par to get down, Farrell becom- ing up.
 A spell binding recovery from bad lie on the next hole enabled the Australian to get par four, while Farrell was taking three puts for a 5 on the thirty first hole, the thir- teenth of the course. par dog leg. where Kirkwood made an eagle yesterday, he got 8 birdie on 1t to- day, while Farrell took three .putts for six evening the match. Hlrk-> wood won the next two with pars' they halved the thirty fourth. Far rell won the thirty fifth with birdie four. KirkwoGd one up, one to go. Both made birdie threes on the last hole, giving Kirkwood the match.
 Cruikshank finished the morning round three down to Ray Deer of Gleenside, Pa., was one down when trey reached the twenty and even at the thirty-fifth as result of an iron shot Of about PTS yards dead to the pin, something like the shot that enabled him to tie Bobby Jones in the open championship at Inwood in July. This gave Bobby a birdie four, he won out at the thirty-sixth by holing 20-foot putt.
 Mcleod and Clarence Hackney were up and down all day. First Mcleod was in trouble then Hack- ney. They see sawed from hole to hole and when they reached the last one both were called upon to make almost impossible second shots. Fred did it and Clarence did not.
 McLeans unusual playing was per formed against a man who had set his first two opponents III ine championship on their heads with his shooting. .Ogg started out the same way this morning against MIG Lean and had taken a lead of four holes when the ninth was reacned. At eighteen he was five pp on Mc- Lean. The third nine saw the be- ginning of the fight. Mclean won back two holes. On the last nine lie squared the match with a series of. birdied holes against Ogg's pars. All square at the thirty-sixth they started the course again.
 Ogg had two excellent wood shots on the thirty-seventh and his ap- proach was well on the green. Mc- Lean sliced to the rough but re- covered nicely to the greens edge. He chipped on well and then both took putts for a half. On the thirty eighth Ogg was in the center of the fairway for a good approach but Mclean was off to one side in tall grass Ogg pitched to within ID feet of the hole and Mclean, with A Tshort curve around a tree was within 12 feet. Mclean sunk -hls putt and Ogg missed.
 Tomorrow Cruickshank will meet McFarlane; Barnes will play Sarazen, MeLeod will meet Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood will meet George Mo Lean.