Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-24
AMERICANS HOLD
LEAD AT ST. ANNE'S
Bobby Jones and Mehlhorn
Tied at IA; Hagen Scores
las, Mcleod 146.
By the Associated Press.

I45, Mcleod 40.
By the Associated Press
| ST ANNE'S, England. june a.
/ Americas golfers still were showing
the way to the British with the fecs-
ond round partly completed this aft
ernoon in the British open cnam .
pionship.
Bobby Jones, amateur champion,
| and Bill Mehlhorn, Chicago pro, LED
with 144. a stroke ahead of waiter
| Hagen, who followed his. record
breaking 6S of yesterday with
! loosely played II.
Al Watrous and Fred Mcleod were
up near the top with 146 each ana
George Won Elm, Los Angeles anna
! teur had 147.
Hagen Loses Lead.
Walter Hagen lost his commanding
| first round lead in the British open
golf tournament with a loose a today
The American professional star
fought valiantly all the way, but the
figures would not come. He failed to
| d
three, the rest being As and IS.
On the outward journey he dan
gerously Rugged the bunkers and rail.
way To the right of the fairWay and
was trapped six times in the first
nine holes.
Hagens first shot was trapped to
the right Of the green. He clipped
out nicely but missed four.foot putt
! and took four for the par three hole
He had a perfect four for the second
and birdie four at the 452-yard third
hole. being safely on the green with
a drive and brassie and was down
in two puts. Hagen's tee shot from
the fourth was trapped. He blasted
it out. but the ball was caught In an.
other sandpit at the edge of the green.
The hole cost him FIVE. He dropped
another stroke at the short Nth.
where he was eigth feet shy on his
chip. His rather difficult downhill
putt hung on the lip of the cup and
| he took four.
Bunkered Twice on Seventh.
He played a fine iron TO the tightly
trapped SIKH green. His first putt
was short and he sank the next for a
! four. He was in trouble all the way
TO the 543-yard seventh. He played
| his second and third shots out Of
bunkers to the right Of the fairway.
Still short of the green he pitched per.
fectly 10 within a yard Of the pin for
FIVE.
He was again at the right with
his drive on the eighth. the ball rest
ing few feet from fence sepa
! right Of way. His second went true
TO the plateau green and he took 4
The short ninth caused him another
stroke, his tee shot being deeply
bunkered He recovered perfectly
but missed foot putt.
Hagen took par figures at 4, 3 arG
I on the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
He missed 4.footer for a birdie
on the tenth. At the long eleventh
he pulled his third to the left o,
the green and then Clipped feel
beyond the hole.
Trying to get home with his drive
on the 3l3.yard twelfth. he wa:
caught in the short rough. He chip
ped 20 feet past the cup and was
down with puts.
Hagen sliced his tee shot into a
trap on the thirteenth and took 5
He had another on the fourteenth
playing a short chip poorly. Ia
On the short fifteenth he was just
over the green. His chip back hit
the cup and he took 3, which
seemed to encourage him. a par
! followed but he needed a 5 on the
seventeenth. He finished with a reg
u!ation 1.
Jones Starts Well.
Bobby Jones started out 3-5-4.3
equalling Hagens aggregate up TO
that point by scoring a birdie three
on the fourth. Hagen needed a FIVE
at that hole on his round today.
Bobby played the second badly.
His tee shot went into the rough and
his next into a. bunker He Clipped
eight feet past the cup, missed the
putt, and took a FIVE.
For his par three at the fifth. Jones
PLAYED what friends declared was one
of the finest shots of his career. His
tee shot. trickled into deep trap Of
Inc. loose sand. Bobby went into the
trap and, executing delicate half
explosive shot. laid the ball within
eighteen inches of the cup.
On the 431.yard sixth. he was putt
ing for a three, but took par four
The long seventh Melted him par Ave
after a risky chip from bank beyond
J the green. He putted for a three
from IS feet on the eighth. 3s7-yard
hole, but barely missed. The cham
pion finished his outward journey
| with a par three on the ninth.
Nearly Sinks 25.Footer.
Bobby nearly sank a 25.footer for
! three at the tenth. He added q
par FIVE to his card on the eleventh
the longest on the course, after an
unsteady passage through the rough
at the left of the fairway.
irving for distance on this hole, he
pulled his drive badly. His second
dropped short rough at the edge OF
| bunker. His third was a beautlful
iron near the edge of the green. which
drew applause from his large gallery
He Clipped IS feet past the pm ou'
holed the putt.
/ The twelfth looked good for three
until a. n,iscalculated chip shot hit a
mound. turned off line and came tc
| rest in short grass off the narrow
| green. He took two puts.
At the thirteenth Jones second, ar
iron, was wide of the green he
Clipped to within an inch OF the cur
for an easy four. His tee shot on
the fifteenth was perfect ana ne
nearly got a two. On the sixteenth
his drive went into the rough, but
he recovered we'll for the regulation
four.
| On the seventeenth his second went
through the green to a bank beyond
! His chip was six feet short and he
missed the putt, taking f1ve. He mn
ished with a par four at the eight
eenth. -
Bill Mehlhorn (Anerican), 7o--74-
144
Bobby Jones american amateur
champior), 72-72-144.
Archie Compston, 76-74--150.
Abe Mitchell 7s-7s-l5e.
Joe Kirkwood (American), s1--76-
1877. 49,.
George Duncan, 75-7S--l54.