The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-03

and sets q high water mark In golf ex-
cellence In this country. II makes uH
believe that the day Ia not far of when
America will challenge the world In golf
on an even basis.
But there has always been something
lamentably disappointing about Barnes'a
play in the national open. Give him O
round In the very low 70s for q
starter and we fancy that no would
be hard to catch. In other words, he n
a star front runner" while Hagen Ii
famed for his squirting toward the end.
There are golfers who when they play
poorly In championships get sore at the
game, sometimes break their clubs and
seldom win even when things break right
because they have not the tempera-
ment when the tight pinch comes. with
Hagen the harder It Is the more 'dar-
ingly careful" must he be. with q foun-
dalton Of confidence in his own powers.
Hagen an Automaton.
He thinks Of q hole as a par 4 and
feels that he must play a drive, a long
midiron and two puts, and therefore
that IL the only proper thing to do.
Automaton golf is the result, with little
mental disgust II failure is registered.
With Barnes we imagine II Is different,
on this subject He plays each shot
with what seems to be mental effort, and
when failure comes there IL acute dis
appointment, not at the thought OF a
missed prize or poor round or bad
hole but rather at the thought Of poorly
played holes, Of golf unworthy the best
that 10 In him.
To play the shots Just right more
often than not means that YOU score
well. but to have a fine score does not
at all signify that tho golf was good.
Luck runs In streake, and many q pro
will tell you that when he made a n
he played far better golf than when he
registered IT, Barnss's failures come
from his disinclination to put score
above play. His victory in p. @. A.
championship was due to his being able
to match high class play with high class
play through the incentive which was
present each round in tho strokes of his
opponent
When the day in an open champion
ship comes where Barnes leads the field
at the end OF the first thirty-si holes we
would almost guarantee that he would
win, and this statement is true, perha DIS,
or no other golfer in the land. But right
now Hagen is first and Barnes 10 second.
The outstanding feature all through
the international contest was the genuine
hospitality Of the Canadian golfers
Never have we seen a group Of men so
eager to provide every want In the
morning at $50. or by their standard
OF time 80, when the train from New
York arrived, the players were met by
half dozen gentlemen with an album
dance Of motor cars which whisked the
baggage and players to the hotel, where
the best rooms In the house had been
secured In the lobby Of the hotel re-
malned the chairman OF transportation,
who saw to Il that there never was
any delay in getting to the links. ten
mileo away.
At the course the best caddies had
been selected, while at luncheon IN.
food was carved and served by the mem
bers Of the entertainment committee.
which included most of the officers of
the Royal Canadian Association. While
the round was being played there was
absolute impartiality IN the matter of
applause for good shots. The ninth and
eighteenth holes are nanked by high
banks, and on these many hundreds OF
people rested. When both players had
holed out the cry went up: Tell US how
they stand and the score" Whereupon
exact status OF the match.
Tho scorers were a happy thought,
too, for they acted as u1npires in the
matter OF who was away, announced to
each the score and standing of the
golfers at each hole. and rendered as
sistance in other ways. Those chosen
were good golfers, and that they felt
and said their time was not wasted at
all was a tribute alike to their keenness
for the game and the all round good golf
displayed by the Americans.
Reception Well Organized.
II Is a fact that such hospitality des-
pite every readiness could not have been
as successful without organization and
that Is Just what the Canadians had in
full measure For the benefit Of those club
members who may have to make similar
arrangements at some time we give the
following list; There was a committee
on Transportation composed Of six men,
beers, each with an automobile, many
with O chauffeur: also a committee to
have charge OF the selection of caddies,
another TO arrange for the press accom-
modations and reports. another for lock-
ere, while still another had charge OF
the course, with at least ten men on the
entertainment committee ranging from
INC pIosluont OF Ino OdnAula-n SOlI AS
ISOLATION down.
No matter where you would stray
there was some one to look after your
wishes. Admirable is hardly strong
enough a term for the way in which
each man carried out his prescribed
duties The club members also gave up
the course for two days to the visitors
Americans learned q lesson and will
profit by II, we doubt not. when the WIS.,
ftors come here next year.