Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-13
Two Strokes Behind Lead
ers, Present Champion
Looms Up Like Winner of
Great Golf Meet at Toledo
BY SANDY McNIBLICK
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tOftuO. W., aug lo'
LNRIDAY, the thirteenth. meant moth
L ing in the lives of the scintillating
field Of stars who entered today on the
final two rounds for United States open
golf championship at the Inverness golf
club. Jock Hutchison, the battling
Scot, badly shaken, his cap pulled over
the side of his tousled head, and none
too cocky, to be sure. teed of one
stroke to the good this morning, but to
man the stars believed he was due for
q crash.
The sang froid, the gay laughter. the
not unseldom carelessness of the open
ing qualifying rounds has disappeared.
There is a tense thrill in the atmosphere
at Inverness today. Hands trembled
as the ball was set out on the tee;
players stalked up and down for all
the world like Gagged tigers, at the
slightest delay between shots OFF the
tees or through the fairways. No care
less laugh greeted missed putt. These
kings of the links walked quickly to
| their shots. silently. grimly 1t seemed,
seldom exchanging words, muttering ex-
asperation many times. =.
For the open crown. most sought OF
all American golf honors. was due to
brow at twilight today. Jock Hutchl-
| son has led the play from final quail.
! fying round to the first tee today. All
eyes were on him today forgetful, per-
! hans. of the closely punched brilliance
but one or two shots behlnds.
Jock High Strung
Hutchison led the second qualifying
round and was top man at the end OF
the first days play. He's a high
| strung golfer. very mindful of his lead
| ing position. the nros will tell you here
today. They point to his 16 Yesterday
| afternoon, seven strokes worse than hls
| brilliant 60 Of first round, as the be-
! ginning Of the end
Leo Diegel a home bred, tied for
second place. they will tell you, il
| replica of Hutchison. They do not be-
| lieve Dicgel either can stand the pace.
! They believe that Jim Barnes, tied in
| second place with Diegel. will not fin
! ish fast enough to win the title. They,
! nuint rather to the menace OF these tled
| for third place.
They believe the championship lies
between these three and they favor
| one Of the greatest home breds America
| has ever produced. This points the
| finger of expectancy to Walter Hagen.
He's the champion, and has been once
| before. He has seldom been in such
nosition at the end Of the first day.
cnly two strokes to make up on the
leaders. His best feat is making up
back strokes in the last gasps Of big
championship.
HutchisOn led today with l45 Barnes
and Diegel. 146: then Hagen, l47.
Down to the last trailing pro. they be
lieve Hagen will break 146 today, and
20l is the mark at which the leaders are
aiming. They believe that total will be
good enough to win the championship.
Hagen was tied at nightfall yester
day with two who had been more or less
forgotten after two days to qualify,
Harry Nardon. six times champion Of
Great Britain.
Yet as silently as the night. the Brit
ish "menace" was posted on the score
board down at the finish. Vardon and
Raw had silently and unostentatiously
eased into third best total. Their feats
here and abroad are too well known 10
be easily forgotten. Can the Americans
head them off?
Three did yesterday in day Of tri
umph for the Yankee golfers.
Best Players
Hutchison. Barnes and Diegel all fin
ished in front, and Hagen. in his fa .
vorite position, was tied with the Brit
ns for fourth.
These six have been playing the best
golf here and are the faVOrites. All the
betting last night was that one Of them
would win There is little talk Of an
amateur winning. "ChiCk" Evans is five
strokes Back. bobby Jones seven. Nor
are there any whispcrings of OZARK
horse" coming through.
There Is only one golfer back there
in the field who looks dangerous, and
that is J. Douglas Edgar, Canadian
open champion. When Edgar started
Yesterday morning with Mike Brady
the first pair off, the grass was heavy
with dew, thick. murky fog hung over
the course and the atmosphere generally
could not have been less congenial to a
record round. On oil sides the course
looked like the day after church pic
, mic. The bare ground around the club
house newly built, was tramped down
hard and sleek ms concrete pavement
Papers and all sorts of litter bespoke
the thousands who had focked to the
championship. There were few pres
ent to see the go-Off.
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Stockholm. Aug 1a-'rhe All-st LouiI
| AssOclation football team played Its fourth