Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1926, Page 31

AMERICA'S BEST PLAYERS' | WILL TRY FOR OPEN 153 Are Eligible to Contest in Tourney at Scioto Course, in. Columbus—Amateurs to Meet BY the Associated Press COI.L‘MHUS‘ Ohio, July 6—Mobi had checked in last night. Among the stars expected today Pros in a Preliminary Battle. ization ‘of 'the big guns of the golfing| " world is expected to be completed: today at.the Scioto Country Club, which will be host Thursday, Friday and Saturday to the 1926 national open championship. . More than half of the 153 qualifiers were Bobby Jones, 1923 champion, and favorite because of his victory of the ‘British open title; Bill Mehlhorn, Harrison Johnston, St. Paul amateur; Bobby Cruickshank, whe tied with Jones in 1923; Al Watrous Grand Rapids, Mich.\ pro, who ‘was. second i ock Hutchison, Chick Evans, Chicago, former Amer- ican open champion; Willie Klein, New York pro; Emmett French and Walter Hagen, two more favorites; Cyril Walker, 1924 cham Mackenzie, Washington amateur, an ion; Roland d Watts | Gunn, “youthial Atlantan. The chiet feature of tod pro- match, inyolving as it does three win- gram is the annual series of pro-am: teur matches for the henevolent fund of the Profoscional Golfers' Assock: tion of America, George Sargent, Sc oto Clib pro, président of the associa- tion, announced the persomnel of the foursomes last night. y Starting at 130 p.m., they are: Bobby Jones and Watts Gunn va. Walter Hagen and Willie MacFarlane. \ Max Marston and George Yon Elm vs. MacDonald Smith and Harry Cooper. Clarke Corkran and Chick Evans vs. Leo Diegel and Johnny Farrell. Roland MacKenzie and Keefe Carter wvs. Al Watrous and Bill Mehlhorn. Harrison Johnston and Deénsmore Shute vs. Bobby Cruickshank and Jock Hutchison. b Clarence Wolff and Eddie Held vs. Gene Sarazen and Willle Hunter, Special Interest attaches to the first ners of the national open. title, ‘in Jones, Hagen and MacFarlane, while Gunn was tied with Jones last year in thé American amatenr championships. The_ rough at Scloto continues to give the contestants plenty to think about. A mumber observed that Scioto as it stands is as tough ‘as any golfing test ip America. . Many of the pros picked up on varioug holes after they had been in the rough to keep their scores down. A heavy rain put the finishing touch on the course. The fairways, which a week ago were baked hard, have resumed their green appearance are again springy to walk upon. % With the advance gallery sale vir- tually ended, tournament officials again emphasized that ample facilities will be available, however large the gallery may be. 'YALE AND NAVY OARSMEN MAY MEET IN REGATTAS BY LAWRENCE PERRY. coach, ‘and the Navy rowing authorities to bring Yale and the N EW YORK, July 6—Plans of Edward Leader, the Yale rowing * Navy together in regattas will be applauded by those who are interested in seeing championship questions in various sports worked out. There is no reason to suppose that next year, or the year after —when the wmatter of selecting an Olympic eight will be on the tapis— Yafe and the Navy will not be well up among the leaders of rowing. The Biis have had exceptfonal crews in the past four years, and under the Leader regime may be ex- pected to continue to be represented by outstanding eights. So with the Navy. There is mno likelthood, however, that it regattas are arranged for the future the crews will meet in any race of over two miles. The long dis- tance events are rowed at Pough- keepsie and at New London. event, an eight-oar crew that defeats er In a two-mile race is most likely to repeat that victory over the longer route. An occasional excep- tion has been noted, but in a vast majority of instances it works out in this way. Ot course, had the Navy and Yale met this year nothing very definite would have been worked out, inas- miukh as Washington won at Pough- keepsle. The Huskies, it might. be said, ‘East with very ambitious desires ‘would have liked to have rowed against Yale, as well as Princeton, in. a rdimh-&y regatta, but the Blne evidently did not wish to depart from her season's schedule as ar- ranged. Washington, of course, is clearly be accepted as the cham- plon crew of the year. The victory en the Hudson alone was sufficlent to 'establish the title beyond all ar- gument. There i no question that had Yale rowed in the race on the Hudson she would have figured strongly, but nothing in her 1926 record indicates that she would have beaten either ‘Washington or the Navy. On the other hand, Yale did what she set out to do, and with greater incentiye ahead than a four-mile race against a Haryard crew trying to shake iteelf together after an inter- e war she might have prevalled. Inside Golf By Chester Horto! New we come to the wrist action in the forward swing. The drag-back of the clubhead from the. ball is em- ployed because, with expert. golf- ers, this principle anticipates hitting the ball, and it has been . proved that the drag-back yields the whip: ecracker efféct against the . ball that delivers the hardest and snap- plest blow. Also it is the most nal ural and instine- tiveaction — one ‘most closely paralleling the throwing _i-_fh a ‘w : or. stone. e in’ golf always fs to Swing in the matural, in- stinetive manner. There is 'nothing mysterious at ail about the golf swing.. Players make the swing difficult for themselves berause they go about it with such’ unnatural actions. Bo in dor’t take a chance bnoils -* “just ‘as good. All of which, however, is mere specu- lation, and the fact remains that the 1926 Yale eight was not so formidable as others that Leader has developed. OPEN GOLF VICTORS IN PREVIOUS YEARS On Thursday of this week the golfing stars of America, both ama- teur and professional, will tee up on the course of the Scloto Country Club at Columbus, ‘Ohio, to compete in the annual tournament for the open championship of the United States. In addition ‘to the American par- ticipants, there will be.a notable for- eign ropl‘.:lfilnfimg l'llu'.l cflArehlo ngignd, R. nning- ham of Canada and.Pete O'Hara and Thomas E. Howard of Australia, ‘The tournament will be, the thir- t‘mn annual competition for the open le. game. has been fighting since he was only years old. 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