Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-03


IL Association championship moved
into the second round today with
the SaraZen-BarneS match the out
standing tilt of the day.
The matches today lacked the spec
tacular aspect OF yesterdays jousts and
the stage seemed set for another of
those interesting battles between Hagen
and Sarazen in the Semi-tinal of the
tournament. The Stocky little Italian
American from New York matched shots
with Jim Barnes today, but was a ia
Norite to trim the lank Cornishman,
who has twice won this title.
Although Barnes beat Tommy Armour
Of Congressional yesterday by a and
2, he is by no means favorite to beat
Sarazen, for Barnes, to tell the truth,
did not win. The fact of the matter is
that Tommy beat himself. And we do
not mean to diSparage Tommy's game,
either, for Barnes said after the match
that had Tommy putted as we'll as he
can putt the verdict would have been
in favor of the Congressional pro.
Hagen Picked to Win.
Walter Hagen, in quest of his fifth
consecutive professional match-play
championship. should win without trou-
bic today, for he played against Julian
Blanton of Ohio, who lacks the expert
ence of the champion. But the Sara
zen-Barnes combat took the major part
of the picture as the pros started today,
for this was the only match of the day
in which two recognized stars met.
Barnes won the title in 1916 and
1920. while SaTazen was victorious in
1922 and 1923, vanquiShing Hagen on
the thirty-eighth hole of the title
chase at Pelham five years ago. Since
that time there has been nothing but
Hagen, for the sleek-haired New York
er started his winning streak back in
1924 at French Lick. and hasn't lost
match since that time.
Tommy Armour is out because he
worried himself out OF half dozen
puts over the first round. He out
played Jim Barnes through most OF the
"a holes they played yesterday. but
Barnes was the Steadier of the two on
the putting green.
Putting like tyro at the game, Tom
my, time after time, lost holes he should
have won, or at best got only half.
He had no fewer than six 3-putt greens
over the morning round of the 36-hole
match with Barnes, to turn 3 down to
Long Jim at the luncheon interval. In
stead of being or up, Tommy had
missed enough puts to be 3 down.
In the afternoon it was much the
same although Barnes made two truly
remarkable recovery shots to halve the
first two holes, both of which Tommy
should have won. Great iron shots
at the seventh and ninth enabled
Tommy to turn only 2 down. And he
had a splendid chance to win the tenth,
but missed 10-footer. He did win the
eleventh where Barnes hooked his Sec
ond shot, and the stage seemed set for
an Armour rally when he won the.
twelfth to be but down. y
But a spectator bothered Tommy at,
the short thirteenth, where he had but
a 10-footer for 2, and he missed the
putt That was the end of the rally,
for Barnes won the next two holes
with a par and a birdie to end the
match on the sixteenth, which they
halved in regulation fours.
Sarazen Is Pressed.
Gene Sarazen had a rough battle
with Bill Mehlhorn, but finally closed
out Wild Bill on the sixteenth green,
by and 2. Mehlhorn was in front at
the halfway mark, but Sarazen steadied
down in the afternoon, took advantage
of Mehlhorn's errors and won the six
tenth to end the match, 3 and 2.
Leo Diegel has at last found his
game. Three up on Tony Manero OF
New York at the halfway mark, the
jumping jack of the game, who used
to be located in Washington, shot the
first nine holes in 81, four under par,
to close out Manero, 10 and 8. Hagen
playing the same steady game that has
characterized his golf here, was in a
dog fight with Willie Ogg Of Worcester,
but won in the fifteenth, and 3, when
OpU n1jccad his fee shot
Al Espinosa. who won the qualifying
round Monday. again uncorked the best
golf of the day. He was II up on
Johnny Golden of Paterson, N. j., at the
turn with SO and even though Golden
shot the first nine holes in 80 in the
afternoon he picked up but two holes.
Espinosa, however, closed him out
by and Z.
Glenn Spencer, who qualified from
the Midatlantic sector with Armour,
won his match from Fred McDermott
handily by and 6.