The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
WIN IN PRO TOURNEY Barnes Beats Brady In A Great Finish At .
 French Lick

FRENCH LICK, Ind, Sept. 16.-- Ending a day of brilliant golf in which nearly all of the S2 contenders shot pr or better over the difficult French Lick championship course, Jim Barnes and Mike Brady of New York fur nished a sun-down climax by playing a match that went three extra holes before Barnes finally won by chipping dead to the hole from trap and Brady was prevented from remaining in the national professional champion ship by piece of mud which stopped his putt on the lip of the cup for a half in birdie three. Most of the favorities in the sixteen matches sur vived the 36-hole grind although few upsets gave interest to the contest and chief among the latter was the defeat of Brady, for he had led the former national champions by four holes until near the finish of the second round.
 Gene Sarzen, defending his title, had a stiff contest with the veteran Fred Mcleod of Washington during the first round, gaining -enly a two-hole lead in that distance, but he finally came through handy victor, five and four.
 The British open champion, Walter Hagan of New York, had no trouble in defeating Tom Harmon of the same city, six and five, although the latter put up a game fight until the finish. The western open champion, Bill Mehl- horn, of St. Louis, did not play the game he exhibited in winning the wes- tern crown and he feR victim, four and three, to Francis Gallett of New York, who played splendid golf. Jock Hutchinson, formerly British open champion, continued the golf he had shot all year with poor putting and was eliminated, 4 and g., by Eddie Towne of Philadelphia.
 The largest margin of victory was scored by Bob Cruickshank of New York, who defeated Willie Ogg, of Worcester, Mass, and 5. Cruick- shank set record of g for the first nine in the morning and gained lead of four up.
 His long match was a heart-breaker for Brady, who has had a reputation of being an unlucky golfer since the time he lost the national open title at Boston in play-off with Hagen.
 At the close of the morning round Barnes was four down and came back in the afternoon, winning four holes in succession and was all square at the thirty-sixth hole. The two extra holes were halved in par four and then it was a remarkable shot that enabled Barnes to, win a pitch from the side of a bunker to ten feet from the pin, which was sunk for birdie three after Brady's putt. hung on the lip of the cup from a 15-foot putt.
 The best golf of the day was dis played by Henry Ciuci of New York, in defeating Charles Hoffner, Philadelphia, 4 and 2. Ciuci shot G in the morn ing round, but nevertheless he was one down at the end of the IS holes for his opponent had chalked up 62. The New Yorker scored one under par on the first nine afternoon round and thereby gained lead of 2 up, although Hoffner was shooting perfectly.
 In tomorrow's 36-hoIe matches, Will liam MacFarlane of New York will play John Farrell of the same city. Hagen will cross cleeks woth Al Wat rous of Grand Rapids and Gallett will meet Al Espinosa of Chicago. Cruick- shank has as his opponent Ray Deer of Philadelphia, who came from behind after being two down as late as the twenty-seventh hole and defeated Harry Hampton of Canton, Ohio, up.
 In the lower half of the golf, Ciuci will meet Dan Williams of New York, while Sarazen has for an opponent Larry Eabholtz of Lima, Ohio. Barnes must defend his position against Towne while the remaining match is between French and MOrtie Ducas, who did not have much trouble today in eliminating Leo Diegel of Washington.
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