Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1921, Page 4

. golfing firmament entitled to play, ths Eighty-Eight Contestants Starte BARNES AND HUTCHISON PICKED |Held the Interest and Attention of Enthusiasts ASFAVORITES IN OPEN TOURNEY Second Day of National Open Golf Tourn Both “on Their Game” and Playing Steady Golf—Little Hope to Lift the Cup. BY FAIRPLAY. (Copyright, 1921.) With the qualifying round safely passed and all the real stars of the first two rounds of the seventy-two- hole endurance contest of the national open championship were under way today on the verdant slopes and fair- ways of the Columbia Country Club. By reason of ties in the qualifying scores eighty-clght golfers are en- tertained in the champiouship play instead of the seventy-iwo to which the field was supposed to be limited. By tomorrow night the new n tional champion, successor to Ted Ray - of England, should be know! although there i3 a likelihood that! there may be a tle, in which event a piayoff at eighteen holes will be held Saturday. In the first rank of eight or ten players there is little to choose | in a seveniy-two-hole contest, and consequently a tie would be by no means unexpected. As the field got away this morning, the outstanding figure in the tourna- ment unquestionably was long Jim Barnes of Pelham Country Club, New York, whose qualifying score of 69 was not a freak performance by any means, but the result of good, sound golf. the kind of golf that Barnes al- ways plays. It came easy: that's the best part of it said Barnes as the qualifyin round ended. *“I only hope it lasts, he added with a wistful look as he chewed on the bit of clover which is always in his mouth during a compe- tition. Barnes Going Great. Barnes is going great guns just! now. He was just recovering from Seen for Britishers But over him hangs the heavy tradi- tion that no profesrsional ever has won the_champlonship over his own course. MolLcod may upse tion. Today's two rounds may give him the fighting spirit that is neces- sary to carry a man on to the heights of success. Despite the splendid showinz mad by Abe Mitchell and Georze Duncan of England and Joe Kirkwood o apprehension hamplonship cup, just returned from | ngland by Ray, will lsave the shores of its native heath during the next twelve montha. The line of American defenders is too strong to be success- fully attacked. Here again there is tradition to be met. Only once since 1911 has the cup been won by anything but a home- bred professional or a strictly Ameri- can amateur. Eight tournaments have been held since 1911, and of these {four were won by home-breds. three by amateurs and one by Ted Ray, the lanky Englishman who hits them a mile with driver, brassie, mashle or niblick. The champlonship was omit. ted in the war years of 1917 and 1918, Mike Brady to He Fenred. An ominous figure in the champlon- ship ranks Is hard-hitting Mike Brady of Detroit, who made a 70 in the qualifying round, treading close upon the heels of Jim Barnes’ 69. Twice Mike has tied for the champlonship |only to lose in the play-oft. He tied with John McDermott at Wheaton in 1911 with a 307. Agaln, in 1919, he tied with Walter Hagen at Brae Burn with a 295. “A come-back by the eminent Brady Is by no means out of the ques- tion, and if he should be involved in a tie for the third time there is a pretty general belief that this time he would be able to pull out a victor in the extra dociding round. a long illness when he competed in ‘The amateurs, who have made such the British open championship, but|an excellent showing in the tourna- at that he made three sterling rounds: ments of the last ten years, are by no of 74 each, only to crack on the iast,means to be left out of consideration lap for an 80, which threw him out | of the championship race. Old-time golfers, who know the men in all thefr moods. are picking Barnes and Jock Hutchison as the final contend- | ers in the heart-breakinz grind of 72 | holes, with cach stroke having a bear- | ing upon the championship. Barnes and Hutchison are such dependable players that the choice of their fel- low professionals is not remarkable. There are other flashy performers in ! the tournament, but the oldtimers de- clare they cannot carry their speed over the long journey. One of the men to bo feared in the tournament unquestionably is Fred- dic McLeod the home professional TIE OF MATCHES INOPENTOURNEY Contestants Paired Off. Start at Same Time Today and Tomorrow. Pairings and starting times for the eighty-eight players who will com- pete for the championship, beginning today, were announced last night. ‘They will be the same today and to- morrow. The first time given is the morning time for each pair and the second time is the time they start on their second round. The pairings follow: 8:00 ._F. Natale, 12:00 m.—W. J. Damen. 8:05 a.m.—Joe Sylvester. 12:05 p Jesse P. Guilford. 8:10 a.m.—Cyril Walker. 12.10 p'm.—*John G. Anderson. m.—Tom Rovd. p.m.—Louls Chiappeta 20 a.m.—John Golden. Jack Kenneds. eorge McLean. 2:30 a.m.—Charles P. Retschler. Clarke. 1 Watrous. James Dounachle. —R. A. Crufkshank. —Jack Forrester. —TLanrie Avton. Joe Novak. —W. H. Trovinger. rles R. Murray. —J. 3. Farrell. alter Locfller.. ixon M. Whitney. iter Hagen. Alex Campbell. J. Rowe. in the present tournament. There are only eight of them against eighty pro- fessionals in the championship flight, but these eight are sturdy men with wood and iron. Chick Evans thrilled an immense gallery yesterday when, after going out in 40 he came back in a dazzling 34, with a 5 on the dog-leg fourteenth. As a last word, as the players get away, it may be stated that the open championship {s more open this year than for many a long day. By tonight something may be known ‘as to the winner. In any event a great many would-be contenders will have drop- ped 8o far in the rear as to be no longer considered. The Jock Hutchison Is Beaten by Woman In a Special Match Mrs. Thomas W. Brohany, the | acknowledged woman's putting champion _of the Columbia Country Club, defeated Jock Hutchison, the British open champlon, in a special putting match Inte yesterday afternoon over the practice ecourse at the Columbia_Country Club. Mrs. Brahany won, 1 up in twenty- three holex. Hutchison staged quite a re- markable comeback on the lant two holes, where ke wan dormie 2 down. Mrs. Brahnny misved a short putt for half at the mev- enteenth and Hutehison holed his putt for a 1 at the eight- eenth to carry the match in; extra holes. The first four ex- tra holes were halved and the British champion misned a three-footer for half ‘on the fifth extra hole. At the conclusion of mateh Mra. Brahany was rou 1y applauded by the gallery which stood around the putting greens to watch the match. SECOND DAY SEES MORE G0OD SGORES Better Golf Displayed by| Players Than in First Qualifying Round. Jim Barnes of Pelham, N. Y., be- came one of the favorites for first place in the tournament as a result the | of his record-breaking 69, scored in the second half of the qualifying round yesterday. The two Britishers, George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, also were considered as strong competitors for the champlonship, as were Joseph H. Kirkwood of Australia and Charles Evans, jr. of Chicago. Some of the experts belleved the club's course to! be particularly suited to Evans’ game. Other outstanding favorites for the ' title included McLeod, Hutchison and Pat O'Hara, the Irish open champion. Mike Brady of Detroit also was ranked in the list of those conceded a good ! chance. Brady, who was runner-up in i 1919, had a seore of 70 yesterday. ! Following s the list of qualifiers, with score, in the second half of the qualifying rouna: i Jtm Barnes, Pelha; sa-u' M. J. Brady, Oaklane 33—10 Peter 0'Hara, Shackamaxon. . 88 36—T1 Clarence H. Hackney, Atlantie City. 36 3571 George Duncan, England.......... 38 84—72 Laurie Ayton. Evanston. ack Burke. Jexse W. Sweetser. —John Bredemus. ‘—James C. Ferguson. 9:35 a.m.—Jolin_Petranck. 1.35 p.m.—Frank Bellwood. 9:40 a.m.—Leo Diegel. Tsaac 8. Mackie. 55 a.m.—T. J. Ra Joppi. ‘m.—Fred C. Canausa. —George Aston. Mothersole. ordon. ne Sarazen. obert T. Jones, Jr. Wilfred Thomsoa. Eddie Townes. 15 a.m. 15 p.m.—] a.m.—Harry Hampton. 25 p.m.—John A. Park. 30 a.m.—Jock Hutchison. 2:30 p.m.—Joseph Kirkwood. 10:35 a.m—Fred McLeod. Gene Sarason, Titusville 2:35 p.m.—George Bowden. ey 10:40 a.m.—P. O. Hart. —74 | 2:40 p.m —Eddie Loos. i 10.45 a.m.—George T. Sayers. ‘-'Hi p.m.—Emil Loeffler. 10:50 a.m.—Jim Barnes. 50 p.m.—Peter 0'Hara. 10:35 a.m.—James West, 2:35 p.m.—J. Victor East. R. L. Finkenstaedt. Charles D. Thom. Frank Coltart. W. C. Sherwood, —Emmet French. ries R. . Edgewnter. John Petrarck, Virginia Beach. Walter Nelson, TH i this tradi- | | entablishing a_record low score im The smiling face of Jim Barnes of Pelham, N. Y., who turned in a 69, comp The photograph shows the noted player holding lways 1o be found there, it is said, when he 1 ¥ EVENING: STAR, WASHINGTON Today on Long Grind for Open Golf Championship [ What Kirkwood Does With Ball ey| And Sticks Is Simply Astounding tion on the Columbia course. his niouth a four-leaf playing or having hi¥ Live Golfing Notes Picked Up Around 19th Hole at Columbia Charles Evans, jr., the amateur cham- plon of the United- States, came into | Washington Tuesday and played at Chevy Chase. Hé ceild not play in the championship Tuesday, however. The two big cups emblematic of golf. ing supremacy’ on both sides of the At: lantic repose side by side in the club. house. They will be on exhibition dur- ing the playing of the championship proper. Should Jock Hutchison win the open ; champlonship at Columbia he will be the first man in the world to hold the two open championship titles. The members of the American pro- fessional team and the two British en- trants for the title were the guests of the Columbia Country Club at dinner Tuesday night. Joe Kirkwood, the Australian, showed Pat O'Hara, former Irish champion, how to circumvent a stymie after lunch yes- terday. Kirkwood appeared to be able to make the ball do his will. O'Hara, however, pulled a new one, when he played a stymie with his driver. Of course, he pushed the far ball into the ground with his foot. ‘Willie Ogg, winner .of the Shawnee tournament, got off to a bad start. The gallery watching the Duncan-Barnes match finish, stood all around the first tee and Ogg was so disconcerted he hooked his tee shot into the woods. He then had to play 3 from the tee, finish- ing a 6 on the first hole—a dishearten- ing start. Everything appeared to go right for Jim Barnes on the putting greens yesterday, whereas nothing went well for George Duncan, his partner. Barnes holed a 10-footer for a 3 on the second hole after Duncan had run down a 16-footer. All the way round Barnes consistently ran down those annoying eight-foot puts, sinking an eight-footer o the eighteenth green for a birdie 3 to make his 69. George Duncan probably missed more three-foot putts yesterday than ever before in a single ronnd. 17~ 5| missed four three-footers. In each case he would have gone below p.r for the hole had he holed his ball. His pitch shots at the fourteenth and fifteenth were perfect, yet in each case he missed the putt. At seven- teenth he blew a short one for his George Ayton, Kahawaki. 1" Loefer, 11:20 8:20 a.m.—Louis_Telller, p.m.~Tom Kerrigan, 11:25 a.m.—John Cowan. 8:25 p.m—Otto Hackbarth. 1180 a.m.. M. Gordon. 8:30 p.m.—A. J. Banderson, 21:35 a.m.—*J. B. Rose. $:35 p.m.—Alf G. Hackbarth. *Amateurs. JURY GIVES WOMAN $35,000. DETROIT, July 21.—A verdict for for $35000 was returned by the regorder's court jury that considered the suit for alleged breach of promise brought by Miss Monica Hatton againgt. Arthur Stott, wealthy De- B e e thersole, Cyril Walker, Englewood. Jack Gordon, 'Buffs Jack Kennedy, Pitisbargh *Jesse P. Gilford, Woodland. *Amateurs. Among the prominent players who failed to qualify were Thomas D. Ar- mour of Scotland, whose 79 was one | stroke too high; Willlam Grevy, Kansas City, with an 80; Robert McDonald, Chi- B Wworinington of Bianor, Sotk EESBARRBENLEEBERRBLLRBBRNLLIRBBIN S S .~Abe Mitchell. Fmlil kmont. —Wallle Nelson. o friiH Robert T. Barnett. § wa 78| practice over the course and missed another short one on eighteenth for a 4. ofi;flner of Philadelphia, one ing professionals of the succumbed to the dangers of 6le qualitying round. Hoff- tnree 68 on his first five holes ¢ withdrew af he Charle; of the ner bac and turn~d vith 43. the ninth uoles James A. Kennedy of Tulsa, Okla., another man who fell out in the 18-hole test. Kennedy hat a 72 in Mon but too hard yes! v to found the goin arn ECard below 80 turn In a cal Notwithstanding Harry Hampton's sore thumb, the long hitting pro from Detroit curned in a fine score of 75. Fred Miley of Homestead, the-other who had -been - troubled with physical difficulties before the tourna- ment, withdrew. tournament to date, and frequently howed its appreciation of the fine. game of the amateur champion dllllr:n! his round by applauding his shots. Tommy Armour, the crack Scotch amateur, found troubles on the greens and turned. in a card of 79—too high to qualify for the final test, which be- gan today. Armour won the French amateur “championship a couple of years ago. George P. Jam chairman of the committee on scorers and galleries, supplanted Cy Cummings of Montgom- ery county as official announcer ye: terday. Cy was not lacking, however. His stentorian voice was heard on the seventeenth green all through the day warning the .gallery to “keep off the green. There will be a meeting of the greens section of the United States Golf Assoclation at the Wardman Park Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. All persons interested in upkgep of golf courses are invited to attend. Mike Brady of Oakiand Hills, run ner-up in the 1919 champlionship, had the best in nine of the day to secure his 70. Brady was back in 33, after an ordinary out round of 37. His part- nn:l‘.t Johnn)l'l Anderson, who writes golf as well as he plays f So0a 1T, plays it, had a —— Although the tng greens were as true as they could be and quite fast, most of the competitors found difficulty with the three and four foot putts. The work of most of the men around the greens was very erratic. — THREE D.C. GOLFERS OUT. Local Men Find Difficulties on Greens During Second Day. Thrée Washington golfers—two of them professionals—failed to qualify in the second da; play of the open championship of the United States yesterday. They were Charles L. Ryan, professional at the Town and Country Club; Richard Beattie, pro- fessional of the Bannoekburn Golf Club, and H. H. Thomas, an amateur from the Washington Golf and Coun- try Club. By All the players reported difficuities around the putting greens. They did not have any complaint about the ::‘ll;n“t.h :!‘e Iho' lmt Rather, they 3 awkw: "‘g‘e’d """,“‘%"l hu _short 'putts orge J. Voight of Washi: g}fl :nt turn l;l 3 “Pdi H..n;l :: , however, five strokes tquunmg.K Fadk ; fonshiah OWar: eckett formersl; - fonsional at the Washington Goif and Country Club, now attached. to the Capital City Club of Atlanta, Ga., had a card of 81. DIES IN NURSE'S GARB. EMBRY, Miss., July 21.—After d; ing herself in the Red cm:r nul;el-: uniform she wore when she returned Miss Ilcrvz Lee -Oliver * She a request that she be burled in Vg Mg B SR - R EL R 4 D. O, THURSDAY, JULY .21, 1921 1 pure and simple, however. iwith a golf club simply cannot be ‘ln an exhibition of tricks shots late esterday afternoon at the i BY W. R. McCALLU! lia is a golfing marvel. He the clown of golf. What he cannot do done. If any one doubts this state- ment he can ask any of the gallery | of more than 700 people who saw him ountry Club. Kirkwood talk. And They are not accidents | Pretty nearly all Washington golfers | have had advance tales of the mar velous shots of the young Australia giant. Now they know Kirkwood fully lives up to these advance tales of his, He is not a (rlck';ho his own in any golfing company, matter how fast. Kirkwood yesterday took a righ-hand- ed club and played a left-handed shot— that Is, he turned the toe of his right- handed club to the ground ahd played either a hook or slice at will. He teed three balls one on top of the other and played either the middle or the top or bottom ball—furthermore, he made either or any ball since off or hook at will. Then he teed a ball on the toe of his Australian golfing partner, J. Victor East, and_drove it 250 vards down the course. From under the toe of East's shoe, which was propped on a ball, he drove the ball even further than the one on top. ‘Then he took his left-handed clubs from his bag and called a hook\or BARNES, WITH A 69, LEADS GOLF FIELD IN FIRST 18 HOLES prowess. no (Continued from First Page.) Onto Golf Lochmoor, Detroit | slice. This chap Joe Kirkwood of Austra- | &deud stymie to either side—sliced or | he calls them. | With the fron ‘elubs he showed he was a marvel.' He 2 to be able to make the ball hook or slice fifty yards to either ide of the straight line of play. His performances on the putting greens are nothiug, sort of marvelous. He can take “six balls— put them in a straight lihe—and pitch them all into the hole. He can play a hooked at will. * Kirkwood §: very 1ikeable chap, and has made ' himself very popular among_the professionals in this &oun- try. He has resigned his post ih Aus- tralia and expects to locate with an American club after he completes an | exhibition tour of the United States which will take him into ail the prin- cipal cities of the country. Uniljke mokt of the professianals, playe | KKirkwood is built along generous lines stands six feet in height and welghs 175 pounds. _His constant golf —he plays every day—keeps him in good physical condition. ‘Among the professionals Kirkwood is known as one of the most serious the world. Most of the { “pros” take r game in a rather | matter-of-fact way, joking over the |way the game is going. Kirkwood, once he: gets off the first tee, is quite | different. His entire game shows his |delermlnatlon. and he is a golfing pic- | ture of grimness. Constant practice {has developed his game around the greens to the highest point of perfec- | tion attained by any of the profe sionals. - They all concede he has not an equal at getting down in two from | anywhere twenty yards from the pin. | golfers 1 | Emmet French, Youngsto ! town, Ohio . | Ave " Mitchell, ‘En | Walter Nelson, By {,“"‘“ 5 ighiand, *“Indianapoiis, | JUGOSLAV MINISTER SHOT BY COMMUNIST Leo Diegel, Isaac_8. Mackie, Assassin Is Arrested After Drash- kovics Is Murdered in Canoe Brook, Summit, The victor and the vanquished. Mrs. Thomas W. Brahany and Jock Hutchison, whom she defeated in a putting contest. Hutchison is shown examining Mrs. Brohany’s style of putter. lery watching Bobby Jones, jr., of Atlanta and Leo Diegel sh on the eighteenth green. Clubhomse is shown im finished with a card of 77. of Lochmoor the background. Each CHCK EVANSFS| “REALPUTTNG Y Amateur Champion - Fairly Scintillates on Greens in Qualifying Round, BY W. R. McCALLUM. The metamorphosis of the tadpole into the full-fledg. 1 frog has nothing| on the transformation of Charles Evans, jr., United States amateur champion, from one of the worst put- ters in the country to one of the best. Chick, who holds the two major; amateur titles of the country—the na- | tional amateur and the western ama- | teur—proved his putting ability with- | out question in the qualifying round: yesterday. Turning with a card of 40 for the out nine, Chick faced a rugged ! task. He knew he had to negotiate the second nine of the Columbia course | in 38 or better to stay in the tourna- | ment. Chick locked them over care- | fully on the second nine holes and putted himself into the tournament. | Putts that strayed away and would | not drop on the first nine hole ap- peared to be drawn into the cup as’ if by & magnet on the second nine.! Chick’s putting has been ver: 'y appar- ent from that day to this—and we hope Chick's puttin, ekt - 8 will never go l i Shoe for Men—A Sale Here’s a Real Bargain Event for Men. Every pair of white m." Toledo, Maplewood C. est Point, N. ¥ Pits lex. Cunningh . Ra_Jopnl, Canausa, W Charies H. Kowe, Oakmont, George Ayton. Montreal. Pinehi Jack Gordon. !’i‘:hll.:’“ b Gene Sarazen, Titusville, Pa : Atlanta A, C., At- Charles Mothersel hurst, N. € SRobert T. Jones, ir. lanta Wiltred ginia, Ed Townes, Jack Pl Nicol Thompson, Toronto Fpton, - Brookiand Thomson, Country Richmond . annopin, mere Club, Harry ~ Hampton, Dochester, Mjch. John Jock Hutchisor Joseph Kirkwood, Australia Fred McLeod, Columbia, Washington. George Hawilton, Cizcinna; P. 0. Hart, Merietta, Ohlo. Eddie Loos, Ravisloe. Homewood, George T. Sagers, Merivn, Philad Pittsburgh. cLeod, Bowden, 1l 1ph Emil_Loeer, Oakmont, Jim -Barues, Pelhum, Peter 0'Hira, James West, Rockaway Cedarhiurst, alls ‘olumbia, Washing ck Hills. S J. Vistor East, Aus °H. L. Finkenstaedt. C Our 7th St. Stores—Closed All Day Saturday—In Midsummer Our 9th St.and Pa. Ave. Stores Open Saturday Until 6 P.M. =~ s of White Croatia. By_the Amsociated Premn. BELGRADE, July 21.—Minister of the Interior Drashkovics of Jugo- slavia was shot dead this morning a young Bosnian communist. The as- sassin was arrested. The shooting occurred at Delnice, a large market town in Croatia HEADS LAW BUREAU. Secreta:y Hoover Appoints Archi- bald J. Wolfe to Post. Secretary Hoover announced today the flpnnfn!ment of Archibald J. Wolfe of New York as head of the newly created division of commercial jaw of the Commerce Department designed to keep American exporters in touch with the codes ang regula- tions of the various countries ir which their goods are marketed HEADS NORRIS PETERS CO. George W. R. Harriman of Bosto has been elected president of the Norris Peters Company of this city He has held the office’ of vice presi dent for scveral years SAVE! - Using the mongrel Schenectady putter, which made its first appearance in the | bag of the champlon at the Engineers’ course last year, Evans found himself unable to miss & putt on the incoming nine. Play on Fairway Weakens. His play through the falrway— usually the most brilliant part of his game—faded gradually on the last nine holes. But Chick didn’t need to worry with his magic putter working in such fashion. At the tenth, after he had just missed the bunker at the left of the green with his second shot, he rimmed the cup for a birdie 3. Chick never was on the fairway at the eleventh hole, yet he secured a par | 4. What's the use of playing fine drives and irons when a& man_cani hole ’em from anywhere, quoth Chick as he surveyed the greens, which had suddenly turned from 'his worst! enemies into his best friend: The champion sliced his tee shot at the eleventh Into & trap and played his second shot into another trap. From the second trap he chipped up to with-| in ten feet of the hole and ran down; the putt. At the thirteenth Chick's usu- fine iron shot was hooked into a trap, yet he ran down & six-footer for a four—one over par—and at the sixteenth he Holed another eight-footer for a two. Chick’s crowning performance, how ever, came on the eighteenth. where, faced by a gallery of about a thousand persons, he sank a twenty-footer for a scintillating three—one“under par— giving him a 74 and a surety of being in the list of men who qualified for the final two days’ play. How He Once Missed 'Em. A Chick, a8 every one who has watch- | ed him in previous years is aware, was | for years one of our leading experts— in the matter of missing putts. Chick could ' take more putts around the greens when he was not in a putting mood—and that was very seldom— than some motor cars can develop ra tles after the factory guarantee has run out. i Things are quite different these! days—that is, as regards Chick's putt- ing. The amateur champ hits his ball differently. He putts with implicit, confidence—nonchalantly withal—and | the ‘ball finds the bottom of the cfp: more frequently than it did in years| agone, Chick lays his impraved putta ing 0 the careful coaching of K. L. (Snake) Ames, the old Princeton foot ‘who is a careful student n or wtlc;:::. e - ‘weak exhibition of putting, put this 4 Sch 3 in his hand e 3 1d him to hit the ball as If he ‘meant -to - nolaTit shoes in our Men’s Sections is included in this Sale. Costs or For- mer Prices have not been considered. 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