Evening star., 1925-09-18

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He came to Washington yesterday
to play the final half at the Columbia
Country Club, with top-heaVy leao
of 9 holes, amassed on the nrst 90
holes PLAYED at Philadelphia last week
and ended the contest on the 25th
green. outplaying and particularly
outputting MacFarlane throughout.
MacFarlane, who has suffered re-
cIIrrence of the sinus trouble that IN
canacitated him last Winter, came
to Washington suffering from an eye
affection that impaired his usual ac-
curacy on the green's. He played the
match yesterday against the auEice Vi
his physician, who has ordered MIN u
, stop competing for the year.
A match was scheduled for today at
Richmond and at Baltimore on sun
day between the two champions, put
both were Cancelled.
Barnes Is Brilliant.
Against the MacF'arlane who was
brilliant at Worcester in winning tne
national open championship and the
NfacFarIane who could not find the
cup yesterday, Barnes was brilliant.
He started with a birdie in the morn
ing TO go into the lead on the last 80
holes of the match, a lead he never
reltnuuished, even though MacF arIahe
squared with q birdie on the seconu
hole. Barnes was over the first nine
holes in 50, one under par, against 80
for the American open champion, anu
finished the morning rouno Win -
up on the rs made by MacFarlane,
and - up at the end of the fifty
fourth hole for the championship.
Rarnes finished the match in just
that way, maintaining his 12-hole
lead to the twenty-fifth,' where he
won by 12 up and IL to go. Ihey
finished the So holes for the gallery
and for cash prize put up by the
Columbia Country Club, whlch
Barnes won with a 36-Aols score
of lat to Isl for MacFar'ene.
MacFarlane explained that al
though his long game wan all right
mechanically, because his giving
has been grooved by years OF r.ac,
tice, his pitch shots, chip shots ana
putting were all unsteady because
of his physical condition. Barnes,
on the other hand, was piaylng
with all the accuracy which won
him the American open title at Co
lumbia in 1921.
MacFarlane took three puts on
three greens in the morning round,
three mistakes that cost him three
holes to Barnes. In the afternoon
he was ust as uunsteady around the
green, 1fllSSiIlS d "OS OIiS O. e~
eighteenth, shorter than the S-footer
Barnes had holed for a birdie 3.
The heavy lead Barnes had
amassed took away much of the in
terest when it was seen that Mac
Farlane could not overtake the
British open champion. MacFarlane
faced an impossible task in the after
noon, but the contest for the low &C.
hole score still was on, with Barnes
leading by four shots.
the afternoon, but the contest Tor
the low 36-hole score still was on
with Barnes leading by four shots.
Each Gets 78.
MacFarlane was out in 38 in the
afternoon, gaining a shot on Barnes,
and picked up two more on the tenth
and eleventh. But he missed short
putt on the twelfth, took three puts
again on the sixteenth and missed
another at the eighteenth, to give
him a total for the round of 76-the
same as Barnes.
Both men were about level in dis
tance from the tee, although Mac
Farlane was more consistently straight
than Barnes. Barnes made up for his
3naccuracy from the tee, however, by
brilliant recovery shots, one coming
at the fifth in the morning where he
topped his second shot into a trap
and yet got a par with a great iron
shot and a fine putt.
A gallery of less than $50 persons
followed the match.
Fred Mcleod, the Columbia profess
sional, open champion of 1908, was
the referee.
The cards follow: