Evening star., 1924-06-26
HAGAN LEADS FIELD
ON H0YLAKE LINKS
Completes 36 Holes With
$50 After Bad Luck in
Morning.
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCIATED Press.
HOYLAkE, England, June 26.-Jim
Barnes. the former Pelham profess
sional, finished the first days play at
thirty-six holes in the British open
golf championship here with an ag-
gregate of 155.
Making 78 in the morning round.
Barnes went this a stroke better with
II this afternoon.
George Duncan, British star, who
played with Barnes, had 74-7e-153.
Barnes great trouble was failure
to keep straight
Walte' Hagen. with only one really
Iauity shot during his entire sec
ond round, scored 70 for a total of
$50. This is considered certain TO
put MIN among the leaders at the
halI-Way stage of the championship
Gil Nichols completed the SO holes
lor total OF 1853, making 78 for the
second round.
Wind Increases Scores,
High winds and high scores ruled
in the morning round, only 81 out of
the Sc entrants breaking 80, while the
only ones below rs were those who
finished early before the winds
sprang up.
cyril Tolley, crack British amateur.
with IS. led the field. Gil Nichols
was first among the Americans with
75. followed by Macdonald Smith, 70,
and Walter Hagen, II. Gene Sarazen
was thought likely to have put him
sell out of the running with an So
Hagan Has Hard Luck.
Walter Hagen used an iron to
drive down the fairway of the mar
row dog-leg first. His second shot
went out of bounds Playing his
on the green and took one putt for a
par 4. He had IS on both the tenth
and the fifteenth. being bunkered, but
finished with three splendid As. His
card:
In.... 6a5 46 A 4-3s-77
Gil Nichols got his rs by consistent
work. He had two brides on long
holes. and played all the holes well
with the exception of the sixth, where
the corner of large orchard inserts
itself as wedge across the line of
play, trapping many drives. His
card read:
Out. ..... 4 4 5 8 3 8 5 4-37
In. "A 3 5 4-3s-75
Macdonald Smith played with fine
precision throughout the morning
round. judging the varying gusty
"iHuS eACeeQlHSIy We'll. HIS cnleI
lapse was at the seventeenth. where
his drive was bunkered and his ap-
proach short and he took a 6. His
card:
Out .5 4445 40
In ........5 3 4 4 4 6 4-37-7S
Other Morning Scores.
Other scores for the first eighteen
holes were Len Holland, IA Mark
Seymour, "A; J. H. Taylor. rs; Arthur
Havers, 10: Roger Wethered, So; Alex
Herd, rs. and Aubrey Boomer, 10.
Gene Sarazen failed to keep pace
with the other stars in the first round,
taking SO.
Sarazen's high score was largely
due to his being almost hopelessly
out of touch with his putter. With
his SO this morning. he will proba bly,
have to average II for the next three
rounds to have a chance for the hon
OrS.
Gene took three puts, each on no
less than five green's. Some of the
puts of only a foot or so failed to
go in. He was almost invaria bly,
short on his approach puts. seeming
green's. He was out in 43 and then
played a row of holes in par, where
if he could have putted well he might
have secured brides several times.
He wound up with a streak Of lament
able putting, taking nine puts for
the last three holes. His card:
Out -....6 4 4 5 5-43
In .......4 4 3 5 5-40-S3.