Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-10
Toledo, o., Aug. 10.

iuns fovoritcs for the open champion
iS% ,S;r Of the United States. s.,
'n,r There we're 277 starters. the largest
81. tbot ever competed in an open
IseU,unn;onsbip Ie,u anywhere, according. to
.hadt la data furnished out here. Two points
.ne conceded by nearly everybody. One
o. ai ,hot a pro will win the title and the
n,hsr Is that "class" is going to tell.
Tha gsu,I course is partly responsible for the
,.ttsr, ntt There is nothing tricky about It
snJ from start to finish 1t calls for all
the shots played right.
Tho fairways are narrow and 1t is
.ro NJ the best trained courses in the
onurtrv. The most useful shot here,
according to the pros, is long.
shot Is a half iron q good putter mas
nothing to fear. The green carpet
around the flags is not treacherous and
inst the right speed. all agree.
Therefore long hitters like Hagen,
p,rnes and Ray are expected to scintil-
late and a straight player like Iardon
sboud stay with the leaders all the
way.
,so Strokes Should Qualify
II Is prophesed that score of 100
will qualify. Eighteen holes will be
nlayed today and eighteen tomorrow
Tbe sixty four players with the lowest
scores will then play two days over
seventy two holes for the title. The
scores of the qualifying round will not
count in the tussle for the titles.
Thus. less than 25 per cent of the
field will qualify. but a pair of eighties
are expected to be good enough. Just
how long the scores will be depends
more on the weather than on the course.
II Is exposed to the wind and il heavy
gales come up, the balls will take lot
Of punishment in the traps. 1t rained
hard yesterday morning, but the sun
came out in the afternoon, which pro-
yded Just the. proper combination.
A thrill ran through the whole town
Of Toledo last night on the eve of what
Is expected TO be the greatest struggle
for the open championship ever wit
messed in this country. The streets were
dotted with bronzed invaders, wearing
the large buttons in token of being Of
fcially connected with the champion
ship. The village band came out to
receive applause or other things, and
excitement prevailed in general. The
course is easily accessible as to roads
except that they're so long taxi
meter bushes. or should. Anyhow,
there are plenty of taxis.
The clubhouse and whole Inverness
layout bears evidence of the work and
money that has been put into it since
the award to it of the championship
clubhouse, a pale red brick affair. is
low, huge and rambling, with every
convenience to take care of the visi :
tors. The old clubhouse has been
turned into combination press room,
lunch room and general convenience
house. while there are several temper
ary shelters and tents. 1t is pity the
club did not have few more months to
prepare the lawns and general appear
ance right around the clubhouse as
proposed, for it's largely new road =
ways, walks and barren ground. But
the course itself is beautiful.
Looks Like Sunny Brook
The green's remind me of Sunny
Brook stated Charlie Hoffner, "only
l think they're better. They are soft
enough to hold the approaches and
absolutely true for putting, not too fast
nor too slow. 1t is one of the best
courses | have played. The player
who hits long ball from the tee and
gets down in his two puts will have
little to fear"
:, Hoffncr has been greatly gratified with
his own game here. He has had some
very low rounds. which included a 20
yesterday. He figres if he fails to get
good place it would be due to his put =
ting, of which he says he is not yet
too sure.
Driving into the grounds Yesterday,
the first Philadelphians cspicd were
George Sayers. Merton, and Jim Thorn
,on, Country Club. They were engaged
IN me gentle art of putting on the
practice green's. Their first rounds here
were Il for Sayers and ~ for Thomson
1t IS a course on which you can
score very low said Sayers, "if YOU re
gong right, but if you're off you'll be
Vardon, Ray and Barnes were all
Immensely pleased with the course.
IasGn arrived yesterday at twilight.
ttEHnmiing the setting sun with the
onrIlIanCT of his garb. He had them
al wondering if he was going to appear
VI not put came in at the last minute.
tNoocdy knows just what he can do,
~. tS from past performances it looks as
'"oush 1t would be aplenty.
Edgar Ranks High
,.other hhother player who ranks high in the
prehmlnary data is J. Douglas Edgar,
dian champion. = ''' O"""
,,a lie has two 72s, a 73 and a 75 by
way Of rehearsal. -
O. The course" said the stocky
scotchman, lis made to order for nv
sshe and Harry Vardon. If I'm in the
so1oo me frame of mind l ought to 20
o,,J,L., Douglas then vanished into the
fJ'Tsc, fnJ N s, presumably to see If he could
,o VII Nichols, like Hoffner, had n 70
is,eroqE y, and is showing a great game
fornoine me veteran, whose past per-
,eS coroodoS nave dazzled so many, is
.UnTyeued yd very excellent chance IN
qualify well up. Ben Nichols who o
iu 70 De pro at Lu Lu, is also play.
tIs well these days, particularly On
, Tue greens. He narrowly missed boId :
Eighteenth '"''s oh 'he
boia bine eighteenth is the one "mean"
dr;vo Vi the courses. It-cals for a long
by bI uown fairway closely crowded
tSo "an traps. a short ball will stav on
tIot ',ope and provide a very difficuIt
sio sLUt 10 the green, which is NOT overIv
tnrro eu at the shot and is guarded and
tbuhued ystbouied by difficult traps. Quite n
nS'anS nrSy Ing assembled there to watch the
WIN thai hiake 1t and very few were on
ist i'I Io .helr seconds. Bobby Jones Anal
n b naSt year for the amateur titlc %ot
tba OeSutltul tee shot which rolled iosSn sU'
sotbipe "s bTi,ope to the fiat, But his bitch bad
grean ns on it and he rolled across the
aid el'n INTO trap. Up in the air, as of Of
with "S S;. thrcw his club and then posed no cd
rnIIaru a nlS : hands on his hips before % tbe
emotiNSu iS ne carried, in all his well known
prevent oyer bier missed shot. This didn t
intA ~ MN, however. from stnnnins