Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Lone Local En- tr ant
Playing Game of His
Career M ay Get
Bacon
By SANDY McNIBLICK

NNE lone expert from the ranks of the
" professionals of Philadelphia will play
tomorrow for the open championship of the
United States Golf Association. At least
only one entrant could be dug up in a can
vass of the club hereabouts today.
But the single entrant is our humdnger.
John Mortimer Barnes, premier pro of
Whitemarsh. has, been at the scene of the
fracas, MInikahdo C. c.. Minneapolis, since
last Thursday. Philadelphans feel that
this will be Barnes year.
He is about due to win the American
doors-open classic. The lanky Chestnut Hill
links tutor has always finished we'll inside
the money in most of the events he has
entered The year before last he won the
Western open title from field nearly as
classy as the national OPEN but some two
or three pesky little strokes always inter-
venes between him and the Big Bacon.
Barnes during the past week played the
game of his career at Whitemarsh in prac-
tice Reports from his admirers at the
club are to the effect the hls-and-hazards
Hercules has played on an average of "
and "A for all his rounds there in the period
just before he left for the Far Kest.
At Top of Game
week ago yesterday he played at
Huntingdon Valley Country Club with Dave
Cuthbert but had trouble in hugging so.
Dave beat the former Western champ home
by four strokes with rs.
But Barnes spent few moments after
that with his chin in his hand and decided
what was the matter
The next day he was out with the dawn
on his own course, picking deadly shots out
of the sunlt fairway and watching the ball
skip in a dewy shower pinwards. Barnes rs
capable of the phenomenal streaks of which
Gil Nichols is often guilty"
mt. nod RI
1t is generally conceded that the little af-
fair will be won by professional this year,
since few of the leaders among the unpaid
will be in the going
Hoffner Can't Play
I.ocalst Barnes is out to win this year,
and fans here are wandering if the city
will not be favored with title in the home
town
James Thompson, pro at the Philadelphia
Country Club expected TO make the trip.
but decided not to. The Bala teacher would
have had a good chance to finish in the
golden circle of the leaders,
Much TO be regretted is the absence from
the open this year of Charlie Hoffner, the
sensational youth who trains the hopeful
beginners at Philmont. Hoffner came with
in a shade of beating out Tom Mcnamara
i'm the philadelphia open last year, and fin
ished hard on the heels of the winners in
the national last year.
HOfIner has DeeH pibNlHB sparkling
brand of golf lately, but a look at his en-
gagement pad kept him at home, He has
COMPROMISED on the decision to play in the
Metropolitan open next month.
Juveniles Sensational Rounds
The golf that Meredith NJ Jack, winner
of the first junior championship cup offered
bv the Golf Association of Philadelphia was
of a lively brand.
Jack has won the event each Of the three
wears It has been played.
His best round was a 79, and this is
startling golf for a youth in the shadows of
20. To see slendeE boys in their tender
teens knocking out Shots for total around
IS over the lengthy and wicked White
marsh course is something to open the eyes
of the old folk, who wouldn't know how TO
feel with a card of 9s or thereabouts A
gallery of five was all that watched the
last gasp OF the match Saturday. Two of
these Joined the group at the final green.
Os, yes.
on the 18th hole an old red COW looked