Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12
@ Ra Red Sox 7Ue A Ties Hagen for Canadian Open It'll
MATCHES 282 CARD
| BY A GREAT FINISH
Veteran Yankee and Briton
Will Play Off Tuesday.
Farrell Is Third.
BY the Associated Press.
"A ISSISSAUGA COUNTRY CLUB,


1ssIssAUGA COUNTRY CLUB
I'M TORONTO, Ontario, July IL
V Clipping four strokes from par
on the last nine holes, Percy
Alliss, British pro at the exclusive
Wannsee Club in Berlin, posted II
in the fourth round of the Canadian
open golf championship today to tie
the old master, Walter Hagen. at 282
and force a play-off for the title.
The play-off, at SO holes, will be held
Tuesday.
Hagen, whose pair of 6s's had given
him the lead after SO holes and who
still was in front after 81, faltered on
his final round when he needed IA for
a grand total Of 282.
Alliss, strokes behind the leader at
the start of the final 18-hole round, ap-
parently shot himself out of the cham
pionship picture on the first nine, when
he used up 80 strokes At this stage
of the game he trailed the leading
Hagen by strokes. But the Brlton
pulled himself together at the turn and
negotiated the final nine holes IN 81
for the II that beat par by stroke
and, more to the point put him In
tie for the championship.
Farrell Is Third.
With Alliss and Hagen in. Johnny
Farrell, smiling Irishman from Mama
roneck, N. Y, still was out on the fair
way and in a position to overhaul both
of the leaders. Johnny had taken 81
for his first nine of the final round and
a IS on the incoming nine would give
him tie with Alliss and Hagen and "a
would beat them both. But the brides
wouldn't click for Farrell when he
needed them most and he wound up
with 36-73 and 283, good for third
place.
Mortie Dutra of Los Angeles, who
gained fourth place with 284, played
the best golf of the day, clipping 2
strokes off par with 70 in the third
round and winding up with spectacu-
lar 68 in the final l8 holes. Two
strokes back of Dutra in fifth place was
the defending champion, Tommy Ar
mour of Detroit. British open cham
pion. A pair of 73's today boosted
| Armours total to 266.
Dudley Shoots a SO.
Ed Dudley of Concordville, Pa, smashed
through his final round in SO strokes
| for a 72-hole total of 288 and sixth
place The best Canadian score was
turned in by Jules Huot of Quebec. 29l.
while the 292's included Tony Manero,
Cyril Walker, Aubrey Boomer and Au-
guste Boyer.
Back of these were Horton Smith ana
Witty Cox with 1894 Willie Klein, 297.
and George Mclean 307. Among the
British Ryder Cup players, sgd Easter
brook had 293 and Archie Compston
! 302, the latter running his chances to
get up among the leaders with a final
round 30.
Alliss won his place in the play-oB
on the home green. He needed
birdie 8 at the eighteenth to gain tie
with Hagen. His approach landed
within Is feet of the pin. Carefully he
studied the lie while a crowd of 5000
looked on. He went boldly for the cup
and the ball rolled in for the 3 he
needed so badly.
Chance for Triple Tie.
! It was only a few minutes later that
/ Farrell came to the rome green in ex-
! actly the same position. His second
/ vas on t.ic gre-n end he needed to
/ ho'c lcng putt for ? 3 ID make the tie
/ for first Place a triple one. But luck
was aga-net Johnny and his crucial putt
trimmed the cup and his chance had
gone.
Although tie Mi7sissauga course
proved easy for some of the leaders. a
half dozen recognized stars found 1t
entirely too tough. Leo Diegel. who had
won the championship four times.
picked up on his final round. Others
who withdrew during the day included
Bert Hodson, Henry Cotton and Ernest
r. Whitcombe, all of England, and En-
NETT French of Southern Pines. N. C.
Alliss and Farrell, the last two stars
on the fairway. finished their rounds
in pouring rain