Evening star., 1925-06-25
MAC SMITHS 145
TOPS BRITISH OPEN
Breaks Course Record on
Second 18 With So.
Barnes Gets 147.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRESTWICk, June 25.-Returnina
a card Of SO, a new course record, for
his afternoon round in the British
open golf championship, Macdonald
Smith, American professional, with 145
for the SO holes played today, took the
lead from Long Jim Barnes, who had
147 Smith had rs on his morning
round
Smith played brilliantly and on sevea
separate green's got down in one putt.
, While on the others he never needed
! more than two.
Other leaders for the SO holes ares
Ton. n Fernie, w. II. Davies and 8. Wins
gata each with 152.
J. A. Taylor, Abe Mitchell and Ted
Ray IN I'd 153; Alex Hurd, 154; Georges
DuncaA. 156, and ]. L. Cruickshanks
158.
Gets Hole i'm One.
The vetene IN j. H. Taylor, five tines
| winner of the British open, holed hiS
drive to the short second this afters
noon.
The hole mex sures only 11S yards.
and Taylor dropped mashie shot on
the green, the fatl running straight
for the cup This is the first hole in
one accomplished Ia an open cham-
held at Sandwich in hl22.
1t was the tenth time in his long
golfing career that Taylor experienced
the thrill of making hSe i'll one. His
caddy, in accordance with the old
Scottish custom, will have bottle OF
whisky to take home tonight.
Barnes Also Sets Record.
Barnes, American professional,
brought in a II for the second round
to add to his morning card of 20.
which was the lowest for the opens
ing Is holes.
Barnes first round score also sal.
course, breaking by two strokes the
previous low score of 72, made by
James McDowall of Prestwick.
His card for the record -brea king
round was:
Out 3 4 3 3 5 3-34
IN 5 8 4 8 5 3-36-7a
Barnes afternoon card was:
Out 4 SO
In 4 5 4 4 D 3-3S-77
| Joe Kfrkwoed, American. returned
a 20 for the second round, giving him
an aggregate of 1872 for the 36 holes
played today. He had an So in the
| first round.
| hlTh"OOu dfN4.
First round:
Out 4s6 454 s{-42
In 80. 6 8 6 J 3 3-41--S3
Second round:
Out .5s74 $50
In -. 54 s 4 4 i 4 4-39-7s
Putting Is Praised.
| Except for being off the line a lit.
: +Io l,-;,r
around the course in t1awless fashion.
| His approach shots were remarkable
| in view of the hard-baked nature OF
! the turf. a condition which other piay-
erS found not to their liking. HIS
putting. expert observers said. was
the best ever seen in a British cham-
pionship.
Barnes had four brides during the
round. His second shot TO the sixth
hole was dead for birdie 8. He lost
| a stroke on the seventh, where ms
was bunkered, but picked it up with
| another birdie, at the 4S5-yard nm
| iSh. where he sank long putt.
Barnes was badly bunkered on the
seventeenth and took four TO reach the
green. One putt of yards gave him
a 3. He then drove the home green
and got his fourth birdie on the last
hole.
Followed by 5000.
Paired with the veteran Alex Herd,
Moor Park. professional, Barnes was
followed by gallery which sometimes
numbered more than 5000. His shots
| We're watched intently, his hard
struggle for low figures during the
afternoon round being the central at
traction of the Prestwick course.
Barnes encountered some hard luck.
several we'll hit shots racing into
trouble because of the run Of the
fairways and green's. His nibllck re-
coveries however. were all good.
Fully half the field failed to break
so this morning including the Whit
combe brothers, Cyril Tolley ana
| Arnold Massey George Duncan had
~. Harry Vardon. 70: Arthur Havers,
II: A Compston, 76. and Alex Herd,
70.