Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1921, Page 4

ARNES APPEARS SURE WINNER |[n the Spotlight at Columbia Country IF HE-KEEPS UP PRESENT PACE "“Long Jim™ Playing Most Cautious Game of His Life—Freddy McLeod, Columbia “Pro,” Most Dangerous Contender. BY FAIRPLAY. Setting a dazaling pace which al- ready had left many a champlonship contender a complete wreck, worn and done by the wayside, Jim Barnes, the attenuated golfing star of Pel- ham, was fighting desperately today for the best chance he has ever had to win an American open tournament. With a lead of four strokes over his nearest competitors, Barnes, who ap- pears to be at the very top of his game, started the final drive of thirty-six holes this morning full of confidence. Barnes has never played such a careful game as he has shown in this tournament. He takes noth- ing for granted. He tests each green as he walks over it, and he gauges the wind with the ‘trained weather eye of an old man of the sea. In leading the fleld in the first day of championship play Barnes played almost perfect golf. He made prac- tically no mistakes in his morning round of 69, and in the afternoon breezed along easily, getting a fine 75. . Such golf as this is unbeatable, and the other contgstants, knowing this, did not have, a well poised equanimity to help them face the task of overtaking the fast-fiying Pelham “pro” today. The man most llkely to turn the trick, if the feat Barnes is probable, Is little Freddie AcLeod, the local club professional. Freddie faces the old tradition that 8 hor.e professional can never win over his own course. It is true that to date this tradition has never been broken, but there were many early today who believed it mi, be smashed if Freddie McLeod should hit a slightly swifter pace. May Do Even Better. The midget on the first two rounds had not extended. himself by any means. That does not mean he hasn’t played as well ag he knows how. But he hasn't done a8 well as he can on this course. He knows every angle of every hole, hasia wonderful follow- ing here, which is sure to help him, and has a world of confidence in knowing just whatihecan do on these lnks. 5 Everything depended today om how Freddie would dkive. His short: game putting’ are always sound and steady. He has a tendency to hook his drives, which has handi- capped him often in the past. Robert Jones may surprise the folks vet. As everybody knows, this youth- ful phenom has every shot that was ever invented. He can produce re- sults if he is so inclined, and with each and every tournament he is gaining in experience. Bobby has been banging near the threshold for several years now and is apparently due_ to break through. His wonderful 7L on the second round was the bestiof the day, with BARNES STILL TOPS GOLF FIELD, TAKING 73 ON THIRD*ROUND (Continued from First Pagq.) Leo Diegel, Lochmoor, Detrott 75 83—240 Isaac S. Mackie. Cance Brook, 1t, N. J ‘Smi of beating out} the exception of Barnes’ récord- breaking 69. Jones in making his total was out in 33, the best outgoing round that has yet been turned in. Others in the Rumning. Other players who have a chance for the title today are Clarence Hack: George Duncan, former Brit- ish open champion. Hackney, a burly fellow from the Atlantic City club, has played a lot of good golf in the past and appears to be right on edge for this meeting. Duncan’s game needs little explanation. He plays so flaw- lessly and so swiftly one wonders In watching him if this game of golf is really as hard as people make it out to . Duncan’s mistakes in this meeting have been made mostly on the greens. It seems as though he might get down more putts were he to play a bit slower. In any event Duncan is playing sound golf and has been ever since he came over. Once he starts sinking his putts it will be “curtains” for the others. After all {s said, the real outstand- ing surprise of the whole tournament ‘was not the marvelous rounds of Jim Barnes, nor the performance of Bobby Jones. Rather it the withdrawal of the Britls Abe Mitchell, ‘whose prowess known In every part of the globe. The “Babe Ruth” of golf, credited by many critics as being the best golfer in the world, got off to & Poor start yester- day morning, using 81 strokes to com- plete his journey. Game Continues Ragged. Mitchell had luncheon and then started his afternoon round—as poor- ly as he began his morning’s struggle. By the time the ninth hole was reached the noted Abe was still floundering, and, being hopelessly out of the running and apparently very much discouraged, he picked up on this hole. When this bit of important news had reached the clubhouse the large gallery clustered about the porch and other points of vantage was dumfounded. It hadn’t stopped talking today about the sudden and most unexpected actien of Mitchell. Just what the cause of the Briton's downfall was probably will never be known. Abe is a man who is not of a talkative nature. In answer to the question, “Why did you pick up”’ he sald simply, “I couid not get going and so I chucked it.” It was reported the invader had not been in the best of health the past week, and that the change in climate, together with the Leat, had sapped his strength. ‘Walter Hagen, former open cham- pion; the veteran Alex. Smith, “Chick” Evans, Emil Loefler, Emmet French and Tommy Kerrigan were still fight- ing hard today to keep pace with the leaders, but it dées not appear likely any of these will win out. Jock Hutehison, of whom so much was ex- pected, apparently overgolfed and needs a long rest. (Copyright, 1921 HOME RAIDED IN ABSENCE. Owner Is Away, But Officers Take Collection of Intoxicants. Revenue Agent Rose and Policemen Cox, Berry and Thompson of the fourth precinct went to the home of ‘Walter Dickhart, 916 Virginia ave- nue southwest, yesterday afternoon and seized a quantity of intoxicants, alleged counterfeit stamps and labels and a quantity of corks. ‘The officers reported the seizure of thirty-two gallons of alcohol, sixty- six quarts of whisky, two bottles of coloring matter and & bottle of glyc- erin. Dickhart was not at home Ifll G_STAR, National Open Golf Championship Is The American open championskip golf trophy on exhibition at the Co- lumbia Country Club. Upper: “Long J New York, who is lea Barnes, professional of tl s here shown in nction, Pelham Country Club, s every move being closely watched by a Iarge following of admirers, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22.—Can- dates were nominated by the repub- licans of this city last night for three offices. Action on nominating candi- dates for other offices was deferred till the latter part of August. The candidates nominated are as follows: | For clerk of the courts, Charles S. Stoler; for commonwealth’s attorney, of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanel, is a pa- | tient at the hospital, suffering from | two broken arms and a fractured leg. | He sustained his injuries as the re. | Bult of a fall from a porch at a house near his home. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22 (Special). —Mrs. Bertha O. B. Jones of this county. has filed suit in the circuit 1 e keen interest in the contest. Abe Mitchell, the long hitter from | England, v disappointment to Club, Where Béin Decided Vice Preaident Coolidge, whown talking with Bobby Jones, i taking a Gossip of the Golfing Fans Around Columbia Clubhouse {said several of the gallerymen were distinctly “not on the job.” PLAY IN TOURNEY THRILLS GALLERY Barnes and Others Play Super Golf as Former Stars Drop Out. BY W. R. McCALLUM. Long Jim Barnes, austere prince of golfers today dominwtés the Awmerfcan gpen golf* champipnshin, belng playved over the course df the Calugnbig Country Club. Ldng dim, who hangs his hat Just Bow In the profegsional’'sy ghop at the Pelhagy Cotuntmy lub, near New Voe—that s, whemghe 15 not trav- elipg abop? the) country showing “the natives how tolwield the driver and {mashie—breezed his way®yesterday around the course of the Columbia Club in a thirty-six total of 144, four strokes in front of Freddie Mc- Leod, the local entrant representing the home club, and Charles R. Mur- ray of Montreal, Canada, who were tied for second place with 148. Barnes tled his own course record with a card of 89 in the morning and then—breezing along under heavy wraps—got around in 75 in the afternoon for a thirty-six-hole total which has not been equaled over the present course. a spectacular and austere figure the links. His silence is aweso and his personality compelling. But when he hits a golf ball everybody who watches knows Barnes appre- clates his busificss and fecls his re- | sponsmility. For many yea#s Long Jim has been knocking at the door of the open championship of the United States. Several times Jim has been out in front. But each time some untoward Incident of the fickle goddess has thrust him back from the purple- fringed purapet which bears the champlon’s orown. Today Long Jim appears a likely winner of the open golf champlonship of 1921. He has not too much to spare. Four strokes don't mean a great deal over such a course as Columbia. But Jim is hitting his shots just right, and if he finds the greens to his liking today he’ll lead the field a merry chase—and probably one that no oth. er,competitor can match. McLeod Aceurate and Steady. Fred McLeod has already earned his place in the golfling hall of fame. Freddy was tied with Charles R. Murray of the Royal Montreal Club for second place with two consistent 745 for a thirty-six-hole total of 145. Murray had 75 and 73. Freddie mas- saged the ball around the course yes- alone Is master. spectacular. Sensationalism played. .Freddie belleves In to the nth degree. Thorough _familiarity fessional his second terday. Combinad with his accurate difficulties, chiefly with the gree The former Canadian champion wa: playing a very fine. Those mean yesterday. Don’t overlook Clarence Hackney Barnes i8{ the gallery. ] terday in the manner of which he the Firaight ice shot and the accurate | Spiech te the grecn” Jook (Ror pitch—and carrles out his convictions | Hutchison, the American who is the Britis| course apd 2 dciicate puttian tosen | pouent ul a elicate putting touc! e Taea ARy e utive Colaniba Do | e, R s lace notch yes- iron shots, he found it not at all dif- gfllll to brecze around in a pair of 5. more consistent game|on them for, than he showed in the qualifying round with Chick Evans Wednesday. | est.” His tee shots were consistently down the middie and his iron shots were ttle three- foot putts cost him sevcral strokes GOLF HASITS OWN SPECIAL LANGUAGE Travelog Boy, Tells His Young Readers wgat a Strange Game It Is. BY RUSSELL BURKE, The Travelox Bay. , COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLUB, July 2113 fakes nérve to play golf, and more nerve to wateh it. 1 will say 4the folks that ctgme opt here to see .the ,chgmpigna-Jook just Iike othes ofs®you wppld see most anywhere, YThey @et quiet, dlke, just as if they whres walting for a Jydge to hahd «down i great gahtence, or like. ,I wuppose, the crowdPacts when it Jaite €or the marsftoPcome to the window' and say “The king is dead.” There must be a 15t of people try- ing to play golf, judging by what 1 hear around the club and in the “gal. lery.’ The gallery in golf is not where you think it is at all, or at least where I thought it was. It is right down on the ground and not up three flights of stairs for 50 cents and the war tax. The “gallery” is the name for the folks that follow |lh¢ players as near as the ghards will let them. 1 saw Gen. My 3 in The funny thir about the game right now s that a. Amer- ican holds the British championshin and an Englishman—Ted Gray—holds the American championship. The last may be ail upset, for this is the American open that is at stake out here. They say that 2,000,000 people are playing golf every day, and that means that about 10,000,000 clubs are swinging through the air, sometimes hitting the ball, and sometimes not. With all the clubs there are out here 1 do not see that the swinging cuts down the temperature any. Do you know what your golf club is made out of? At the American Forestry Associa- tion the other day they told me that hickory makes the best “shaft” handle, but some makers use horn- beam. Maybe with that the player can keep his eye on the ball better. How Hends Are Made. The head of the golf club, the part with which You whack the ball, is, o course, very important. Sumetimes metal is used and sometimes a piecc of lvory is put in the head. (Some players, their friends say, do not need this at all) In the list of wobds for the head are maple, beech, hireh, lig- num-vitae, dogwood and persbmmon. What a shame to cut up the bedutiful dogwood to make a golf tick. {I hope they do not use much of it. E There are all kinds of funny names He does nf.thlalr' fnhrl golt m“.i Jim Barnes is favor- able to the cleek, which, th 1 removed from the McLeod conception | me. 15 great for shooting Into th of the way the game should be |wind. hooting info the Jerry Travers said it wi -ltnu n a “pitch to the green” Jock (not Jack) champion, uses a club of such loft” that it is a niflick win out here, began playing when he put on rompers and they had to saw the : | regulation stick in two for him. Need to Talk to The: 1 like golf very much and have three Murray, on the other hend, had hix | clubs that I have not tamed yet, for they do not quite do what I think they are going to do, but I keep working as the funny men sa “the first hundred years are the As soon get_better ac- quainted with my clubs I am going to learn the language in which they can best understand me. I think sometimes that is why I do not do bet- ter, for golf meeds a Wnguage all by tse yway that is what “Uncle George Duncan, Alex Smith and Louis |’r¢|ner. who are tied for third place, You see, when you pitch to the with totals of 150. Bobby Jones re- | greens you do mot do that at all, for | posed comfortably in fourth place|no one is allowed to touch a ball {with a_thirty-six hole card of 149.[except with the other end of a club, when the officers called, they report-|John Barton Phillips; for clerk of |court here for an absolute divorce! Chick Evans, holder of the United |80 you might be a good pitcher out Country Club_of Virginia, Richmond Bddie Townes. Shannopin, Pa. k Pirle, Woodmere rank C “l'rirk'fi Club. arry Hamptos, Rochester, Mich. 5 k, Easthampton, [Joseph Kirkwood, ¥red McLeod, Columbla, Wash- ington Campbell, . ‘Highiand, Tn- 5o T8 dianapolis, Ind. . t T. Barnett, Tredyffs ii, Pa. 2 B3I BPLARBIIBSABI IR a E orge M. Gordon, Was sett, Rumford, R. —— ENTENCES ARE ORDERED. ormer Seottish Rite Temple Jani- tor Put on Probation. Howard L. Jackson, colored, former nitor of -the Scottish Rite Temple, ho pleaded gullty to breaking into he temple and stealing money on two casions, was sentenced today by *hief Justice McCoy to serve five years n the penitentiary. He was placed on robation, the officials of the temple king leniency. # Julla Porter, colored, was sent to he penitentiary, for five years today Chief Justice McCoy. She was con- ?’cled of throwing a lighted lamp at he head of an old colored woman who %hoarded at her home. The lamp struck the woman on the head. Andrew Chapman was given three ears for grand larceny, and James "yrfl a like term for an assault with o pistol. Herman Powers will serve ‘three years for & similar assault. RAIL WAGE REDUCTIONS. 3 ‘Big Expected Saving Possible in “Brass-Collar” Cut. NEW YORK, July 22.—Financial cir- eles estimated today that the ex- penses of rallroads_throughout the United States would be reduced short- 1y $5,000,000 a year by & 10 per cent reduction in salaries of executive and * supervisory officers. Five large sys- k‘ ems already have announced such a eduction and others are expected to 4 follow suit. ~ The salary total of railroad presi. ents is estimated at $6,000,000, six ‘vexécutives in New York alo! receiv: ) ing $50,000 or more a year. The amount paid to general officers during 1920 was, approximately, $25,000,000, and that paid to other officers about the same. L0SS MAY REACH $700,000. CHICAGO, July 22.—Investigation by state bank examiners into the af- fairs of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, which was closed yesterday by order of the state auditor, indicates, it was today, that the loss to the bank ‘thro recent bad invest- ments may ‘total Between $600,000 and $700,000. Officers of the bank continue to pro- fess Ignorance of the whereabouts of T'resident Warren C. Spurgin, say, has not been seen at the since last §2_239|1s seriously ill at the Walter Reed ed, and no arrest was made. ROBERT S. MALONEY ILL. 70—238| Representative Has Appendicitis at 24 ‘Walter Reed Hospital. Representative Robert S. Maloney of the seventh Massachusetts District | Hospital, it was learned today. For some time Mr. Maloney had suf- fered with appendicitis, and in an ef- fort to save his life an operation was performed Wednesday night. Ph; sicians said today that witile he had rallied slightly his condition was still very dangerous. WED AT FREDERICKSBURG. Miss Bates Becomes Bride of Dr. Beachley of Health Service. Speelal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 22.— Dr. Dalph G. Beachley and Miss Caro- lyn M. Bates came here from Wash- ington and were united in marriage by Rev. E. L. Swift, pastor of the Baptist Church, at his residence. Miss Bates is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Bates of Wash- ington. Dr. Beachley was formerly of Hagerstown, Md., and is a phys! clan with the United States public health service department. —_— BUSINESS HOUSE BURNS. Flames Cause Damage of $40,000 at Petersburg. PETERSBURG, Va., July 22.—Fire, which destroved the drug store_and stock of Lum Brothers on West Washington street early this mornin caused damage estimated at $40,00 and occupants of an apartment house adjoining fled to the streets in their night tlothing. There was no loss of life and the flames were confined to the one bullding. CROP IS NEAR ESTIMATE. Xansas Wheat Threshing Shows Fourth Largest Yield. ‘TOPEKA, Kaa., July 22.—Threshing returns indicate that the Kansas win- ter wheat crop will amount to 13! 000,000 bushels, according to the monthly crop report issued today by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture. The probable yield will be 11.9 bushels on the area harvested, as compared to the June timate of 11.2 bushels, the report ated. The year's yteld is the state’s fourth largest crop. One-fifth _of the crop has been threshed. Wheat Is being marketed freely, the report states. Thus far the available car supply has been ade. quate, according to the report, ex: cept in some south central counties. OCEAN CITY BUILDING BURNS. OCEAN CITY, N. J, July 22—A large new building at 3d street and the lwalk, containing several apartments, a restaurant, fancy work shop, candy store, fishing tackle store. roof garden and dancing floor, was ies occupying nts _es- ca in their night attire. The building was owned by Dr. Amandus Johnson, an instructor at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. ¢ ———— 5 GERMANS GET MORE CREDIT. BERLIN, “July 21.—The Reichsbank nas secured a mew credit of §0,000,000 thi terdam Bank, and is l who, | gold J the gas, Ferdinand De Vaughn. All of the nominations were made by F. Clinton Knight, who stated that the republicans _expected to candidates for other offices. ~The nominees will rurf in the general elec- tion in November. Thirteen persons attended the meeting. The next meeting man of the committee. The meeting was presided over by John U Schwarzmann, city chairman, and F. -Clinton Knight was secretary. After calling the meeting to order Mr. Schwarzmann made a short ad- dress, and among other things, he said the state of Virginia receives between eighteen and twenty million dollars in revenue and that most of the funds received goes to the 45,000 officeholders for the two million peo- ple in the state. The state, he said, ahould cut off about 35,000 of the oftice: holders and give eight or ten mil- lion more dollars saved as a result to schools and roads. The speaker as- gerted that Virginia stands near the bottom of the column in education, being the forty-third state out of the [ forty-eight. Tl:'e speaker also declared that the republicans here expect to have Col. Anderson, republican nominee for governor, address a mass meeting here in the near future. On motion of Mr. Knight, the pre- vious campaign committee will hold over and the chair appointed the fol- lowing on the finance committee:*J. A. Eggborn, Thomas Bayne, Albert Mays, Charles Downey, F. T. Quinn. Deeds of conveyance for the follow- ing pieces of property have just been placed on record in the office of the clerk of the corporation court: L. Morgan Johnston ‘o Frederick W. Plock and Emanuel M. Berkley, four houses and lots. in section 5, Rose- mont; S. H. Lunt ° to Charles A. Strauss and wife. house and lot 310 South Washington street; Worth Hul- fish to Mrs. Julia V. Nalls, house and lot 1012 Prince street; Mrs. Mary A. Hayth to William T. Huitt and wife. house and lot 912 Pendleton st William F. Winn to Mrs. Ella L. F. Davis, house and lot 111 Prince stree Franklin C. Pullin ‘o Benjamin W. Pullin, house and lot 327 North Royal street; Benjamin W. Pullin to Franck lin C. Pullin, house and lot 321 North Royal street. In the circuit court for this city the will of Annie M. Pelton, dated June 14, 1915, has been admitted to pro- bate. Testatrix leaves her estate to her cousins, Mary Blake Breed, Susan Ethelinde, Lucy Breed and Annle Breed, share and share alike. Mary Blake Breed is named as executrix, but she declined to_ qualify and the court appointed Gardner L. Boothe in ‘her place, with the will annexed. The state corporation commissio has granted a charter to the Chesa: eake and Potomac Fuel Company, nc., this city, the objects of which are to engage in & general coal busi- ness. There are 500 shares and no common shares. Officers and incor- porators are: L. A. Snead, president; F. A. Wilmer, vice president, and H. M. Ferber, treasurer. All of the offi- cers are of Washington. Leo Harlow is named as local attorney. A free band concert will be given at 8 o'clock tonight at the Friends' playgrounds. A program of ten num- bers will be given by the band, under the direction of Director Julius Kam- per. After Harry Jackson, colored, had been sentenced to serve sixty days in jail this morning for an assault on his wife, he remarked, “You didn’t give me justice,” whereupon the court sentenced Jackson to serve six instead of two months, subject to the county roads. A Joseph 'Hutchinson, fiye’ years of age, of 105 North Fayette street, was brought to the Alexandria Hoepital last night suffering from burns re- ceived accidentally at the home of his pareats. nominate : be called by the chair- reely from Edgar K. Jonmes, charging that more than three years ago she was desgrted. According to the bill, the couple were married in Frederick on Upon the advice of Drs. Kress and Miller, the county commissioners have adjudged Mrs. Katie V. Mattoon to be of umsound mind and have di- rected that she be committed to Springfleld Asylum, at Sykesville, Md., for care and treatment at the expense of the county and state. In the place of Leroy Lochte, who declined the county commissioners have appointed Upton Perrell of Woodmont, dog tax collector for Bethesda district. A meeting of_the Women's Inter- denominational Missionary Union will be held in Christ Episcopal Church here Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Culber- son of the Washinzton Missionary Union and Miss_Ma Syn, a mis- {sionary from Korea. will he among those who will deliver addresses. John W. Holland, adjutant of Rid Iy Brown Camp of Confederate V erans, of this county has irsued a for the annual mecting of the e at Rockville on August 6. The annual Temperance da ‘Washington Grove camp meeting be observed at the Grove Saturday. July 30, under the joint auspices of the Montgomery County W. C. T. U., the Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League and the camp meeting asso- ciation. Among the speakers will be Representative W. B. Upshaw of Georgia; Roy A. Haynes, United States commissioner of and George W. Crabbe, superintend. —_—— ARLINGTON COUNTY. Announcement is made for the bene- | 8it'of overseas men of Arlington coun- ty that the charter membership list of Arlington Post, American Legion, will be open untii next Monday. All desiring to make application for mem- bership are requested to communicate with Df. Noland of Clarendon, Dr. Wellburn of Ballston or any other member of the official staff of the new organization. d A meeting of the executive commit~ tee of the Clarendon Citizens’ Asso- ciation is to be held this evening at the engine house. Chairmen of special committees are asked to be present. FIGHTING OIL FIRES. . - Blaze in Mexican Field Expected to Burn Two Months. ‘ January 1, 1916, and have no children. | prohibition | { the gallery yesterday. Mitchell in the morning was out in 41 and back in 40 for an 81. He was not hitting his shots through the fairway as he { usually does, although his tee shots were well played. Mitchell’'s chief difficulty, however, lay on and around the slippery greens. 1 Bobby Jones p fect golf through the fairways to s i cure his card of 78 yesterday morning. { Jones had 40 putts on the eighteen ! holes, leaving but 38 strokes for the rest of the course. His putting was | not at all up to the usua) Jones stand- ard. On the second. third, fourth and | fifth holes he missed holable putts. | Wilfred Thomson, the long-hitting Ipro from the Country Club of Vir- ginia, found the breaks going against h.m yesterday morning. He said his ! bal. was just finding the cige of the i rou h or the edge of bunkers. Zngland and Jock 1 open titlcholder, o secure threes on - in yesterday's hit his round found o Lwentys an down an of 11 at BN | five tee., while Duncan r eighteen-footer. Jim Barnes' fine streak of play is causing a great deal of comment around the clubhcu e. Nearly cvery one is hoping the taid Pelham pro will keep up the superlative game he hasi two days. Such too much, how: shown in the last k is askin 2 .0 of the Maryland Anti-Saloon League.| Leo Diegel missed three tee shots in his earsy rouas yestcrday, yet was around in 75. He was particulary good at getting ou. of trouble Diegel sald he found the putting easy. Bobby ‘Jones and Chick Evans, the two amateur cracks, are proving the: biggest single attractions of the tournament. Evans is conceded & chance to win, but Jones must play better golf than he showed yesterday to finish in the mone: t any time the Atlanta star is liable "t uncork two superb rounds. His golf is perhaps the most interesting of any of the players to watch, although many of.the galleryites fancy the fascinating game of the amateur champlon. To watch Joe Kirkwood of Aus- trajia play his trick shots it is hard to believe he cannot beat par on any course, One of the prominent District arized the trouble with Kirkwood's game, however, when he said his swing is not free enough to | permit of the necessary full shots. Jim By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 21.—A well- organized fighting, force, composed of a thousand laborers, is holding the fire in the Amatlan oil flelds to the four wells which have been ablaze for several day: These wells may continuesto burn for two months before they are extinguished, accort 1 ing to reports received heire. ? The belief prevails that the flamies will be restricted to lot 162, center- ing about .Amatlan, which contains l sixteen producing wells. |- Secretary of War Estrada is at Amatlan directing the work of the fire fighters. z SANTIAGO, Chile, July 21. ’flnlnca minister ed today that the tota] deficit In_the nation's finances for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922 would total ln,m‘:‘oo pesos. He proposed the immediate passage of laws to provide new revey nuyes. £ Congress has demanded that strong economies be put iato elally recommending a reductiod in Barnes’ style is fancied by many of the dopesters. Walter Hagen, titleholder in 1919, was another man to run his morning seore higher than was expected. Hagen had a 79, due to indifferent putting. Fred McLeod had the most cem- sistent score yesterday, when he had both nines in 37 for a 74. Fred must be figured to have a chanée in this championship. Dopesters who thought a card of 292 would win the tournament had their predictions knocked into a cock- ed hat by Jim Barnes’ remarkable card of 69. Barnes won't up such a hot pace, but with a start he will probably beat 299. The two big cups, emblematic of the American and British opén champion- ships, must be very valuable. It takes three members of the Maryland state cons to guard them. members of the of One of the energetic allery committee belleves some fellow committeemen would ra. see th y than take care of the -Archi aiading e Fiis man taie « H ed practically per- | Jack Burke, the wiry little player | from St. Paul, who was tied for sec- | ond place last year, had a dishearten- | ing experience ‘on the sixth hole. He { hooked two balls out of bounds and | took an eight on the hole. | Alex Cunningham set a new high | record, almost equaling George Dun- can's classic eleven on the fourth | hole at Shawnee. Cunningham had a | nine on the sixth hole, where he put his second shot out of bounds and generally misplayed the hole. After | that he didn’t care. He took a seven | on the seventh hole. Bobby Jones set a new reeord for the first nine holes in his afternoon round with a card of 33. Columbia golfers might wish to look his card over. Here itis: 434454324—33. Rather snappy golf. Alex Smith of Shenecosset, twice champion, failed vesterday to play as ) well as he did in the practice Tounds. Alex showed he doesn’t take the game too seriously when he jokingly said after his morning round, “Not so bad for an old man. What?" —_— FRENCH HONOR BUTLER. Columbia President Put in Class With Famous Monarchs. PARIS, July 21—Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia Univer- sity, New York, was present this aft- ernoon at a meeting of the French Academy. Buch invitations are ex- ceedingly rare in the history of the academy, the earliest recorded being that extended to Queen Christina of | Sweden, datnig back to 1658. A cen- tury later Charles VII of Denmark attended a meeting. Other guests o the academy have been Gustavus III, 1 King of Sweden; Joseph II, Emperor of Austria; Grand Duke Paul of Rus- . Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and the Empress Alexandra. Henri de Regnier welcomed Dr. Butler as the representative of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, thank- ing him for the kindliness America had shown French artists and writers. Dr. Butler replied and read a mes: sage from the American Academy ta the French Academy, associating itself with the celebrations of the third cen- I tenary of the birth of Moliere. NDOLPH LOCKED UP. | ra “Kidnaped” Man Is Held in $7,000 Bail. SHARON, Pa., July 22.—Thomas D. Randolph, & busiuness man of Sharon, who was believed to have been kid- naped last Monday night and held for $50,000 ransom, but who returned to his home Tuesday might and was ar- rested, late yesterday pleaded not {u(lly to four charges and waived the earings. When bail aggregatin $7,000 was not ?Muced he was re turned to-a cell in the city lockup, but will be removed shortly to the county jail at Mercer. Chief of Police Lansdowne preferred charges of attempt to obtain money under _false pretenses, attempted Blackmail and extortion and a‘statu tory charge against Randolph, while Postal Inspector. George V. Craighead of Pittaburgh preferred a charge of \'lulng the mails in & scheme to de- raud. An unidentified womau, alleged to have accompanied Randolph to Sto: boro, where he is said to e stayed duy the time of his disappearance, is being sought by Pittsburgh au- thorities in connection with the case. U. 8. ARCHITECTS HONORED. PARIS, July 21— The exhibit of American architecture which has be shown at the Salon of Freach Archi- tects has been requested for exhibi- tion by'the mry% institute of British tecture. ts exhibition wilt ‘place the midéle of Octoben - - States and western amateur manding position. Chick has the goi e finds his putts dropplag as the i@d on the t nine Wednesda: ] wilt put up a grand struggle for top honors. Murray Can Stand Grind. looked by ‘wtocky-built stand any man. Murray fs feliow—able to with. watched closel otwithstan: can at the close of Barnes, his cha siders ance yesterday afternoon. shouid do better tha today. His his 150 total partner, Abe Mitchell. withdrew first nine holes yesterday afternoon. He covered t! s on th itles rests comfortably im a tie for fifth jplace with Emil. Loffler at 151. Chick | is seven strokes buck of the i:ader and in a very sweet position—one from which a couple of fine rounds will very likely place him in a com- in him to threaten the leader—and if ueling grind of sev- He will have to be ding that George Dun- yesterday's play was only six shots back of Jim mces were mot con- serfously around the club- house, in_view of his poor perform- Duncan the long-hitting, well poised Britisher, 'rdm the tournament after a sloppy exhibition of golf on the first eight holes in 36— Ainth green in five— and asked his caddie to pick up his here, but mever be able to get a contract with Mr. Griffith, who runs the Washington base ball club. They have “birdies” out here, to Now a bird in base ball would be one that goes over the fence like B. Ruth can do it. If you put one over the fence out here I guess you would be in a terrible fix. Here you want to iget in a hole as soon as possible, but Chick i that is just what the pitcher does |not want to do in base ball. So, as I say, when you take up the game golf you take up a new language along with it. And if you can't This chap Murray cannot be over- | gpeak the language that makes it a {pad. “Grant” Rice and “Uncle Fred” Iboth sy the language is not one of one syilable sometimes, either. 1 i wonder what they meant? ¢ RUSSELL BURKE, The Travelog Boy. P. S.—The “nineteenth hole” is full of reporters and experts, like myself, on this game and you would think a world series in base ball was being sent to the papers. ' Again P. 5.—Oh, ves, out here you want a low score and in base ball you want as big a one ag you can ham- mer out . Still muddle?” So am L EXECUTION IS DELAYED. French Bandit to Be Guillotined ball, thereby withdrawing from the tournament. Father Oppoftunity knocked vai 1y for admittance into Bobby J golf Tocker yeste: young Atlanta fi the first nine in score of 33, two helow thing was breakime T young Atlantan od the first nine. Jomes Starts Missing Putts. After the tura, however, { into | missed putts. he did in segur out. His second hole was hooked wee bit chip shot wandered across th He took three puttd. At ti teenth his within ten feet, his put and he took § to the par sixteenth took thr putts for a 4. 10n the seventeenth green the Joune e Atlantan secured a took three putts. ag par 4 on the eighteent] Even with his bad-looking in_ nine jay afternoon. The breesed through a par-shattering par. Y- ight for the he ran a bunker of Gargantuan pro- portions, in the shape of a series of Bobby did not play nearly 80 weli_on the last nine holes is remarkable ot te the twelfth and his een. he four- itch was pushed to the right. and aithough he chipped up to was short ble. He got a t the fifteenthy but at the short But Judge Cannot Name Spot. EPINAL, France, July 21.—Antoine Savin, the first man sentenced to death in France for highway rob- bery with violence and attempted middle ages, has y by the court of appeals. Savin in 1919 assaulted an American _ Soldier, | George Goldham, leaving him for deag on_the high road, after riflins his pockets. Although the victim , recovered, the death penalty was im- posed. In pronouncing sentence the judes specified that Savin would be guillo- tined in the largest square in Epinal, but the court of appeais hag ruled that the judge exceeded hl! tauthority, as, while he had the righ to designate the city where he exs: ecution was to take place, he could not mame the exact t. vin the court of appeals has de< cided, must die, but the public square where his execution is to be carried out must be designated by the mayor. of 33, Bobby today stands well up among the leaders in_the tourn: ment. +His total for thi -six hol of 149 \entitles him to gerious co: sideratibn, and sithou; he winl the fiying Jim Barnes, he olf in him to do anythin, impossible;.The gallery ed and pushed its way i ing bills af Columbia yes ernoon will ngver forget Jonss had to set a for Columbia that would ‘sta: for many a year. J George Dumcan, er, open titleholder isle in 1920, fatr brnl‘y 72 yest: y, mornin found conditions & little m: cult in the ltter&l and h ;’ the ti lew aro . —the same score as $hat of ner, Clarence home-bred from Atlantlc City. Niechols and Sargeat Qui: Gil Nichols; long 4 extraondinary, and his partuer, Georg su‘m. were out In 44 aha 45 yes £ y afternoon and picked the inth, jolning A Geo! Bow! and othe! out of the rge pros, who are mg‘r!;hnhl the big pribe of the toarm s golf played Futchison and w H:::l.",;::u :ouer og J;c Irllt open tit! m hol open be forced to shoot supergolf 'fo overtake except the ich crowd- . the fiying Britsh- little !::4 n a but arm- B 78 Duncan is in a good position, with card of 150 for the thirty-six holes Hackney..the sunburned t be ll&:‘l, kgown st single gur- t was the bad ms Gante [ greens. \ COMMUNISTS PICK YUCATAN. MEXICO CITY, July 22.—The statq of Yucatan has been selected by t communist congress as headquarters for all communist - propaganda i Latin America, according to wor received by labor leaders here fro: the Mexican delegtion to the recen! Moscow assembly, who now are i Berlin, when he took 83. Kirkwood was ‘Sl He is practically out of the tourna- ment. As champfonship factors both Hutchison and Kirkwood may be counted out of the running. ‘Hutchison has never played the Co- lumbia course very well, while Kirk- wood's iron shots were straying fa1 oft the line yesterday afternoom. At the fourteenth hole Kirkwood had » chance to play one of his pet trick shots, but he fell down badly on his shot out of the high grass to the lef( of the green. His third shot was clean across the green on the other side. For some reason or other most “of the pros who have been playing sa well in practtice found conditions vastly different yesterday. The course was fast—so t that ghe ball travel- ed an enorimous distance off the wovds en clubs. The greens had been water- and retalned thelir stki g all through the day ifowever they were, veu to putt on, vneuaw all the con- tes reporting difficulties on the