Show BARNES BARMES IS FIRST PRO PRU GOlF CHAMP By B United 1 to TIle The I MOUNT VERNON N. N Y Oct 14 James Barnes Whitemarsh Valle Valley Country club Penn became the first professional golf champion of the United States this afternoon when he defeated Jock Hutchinson Allegheny club Pittsburg rg one up The match was wasa a 3 hole 36 affair on the course of ot the Country club A put of slightly more than ten feet I proved the deciding factor It was equivalent to in cash a diamond medal and the title The losing p payer nyer received 2 O and a n gold medal Barnes Von Won after a a. poor start It was not until the players reached the twenty fifth hole that he stepped in I front and he lost the upper hand 1 at the thirty-first thirty regaining it at the thirty thirty- fifth His stroke for the thirty-six thirty holes w was s 77 77 73 73 to to 77 76 for Hutchinson S SA A gallery of ot nearly persons saw v the finish |