Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
Callers Who Break 100 To-
dnv Likely to Qualify in
National Open Tourney
pv SANDY McNIBLICK

IUItUV. We nus
.c1,HE race is not always TO the
swift" applies equally well to
=, Imam and the struggle on at the
the tunss nu Golf Club for the open cham
IIinrsbip Ihvri Of the United States.
pTm,a ,,,. socond Of the thirty six holes to
l,K Tor the championship proper at
quam,tSr two is being played today:
sevenS third Of the huge field OF S4
Nsa,i Nnoi starters tccd off with hrst
aound acud 70 its credit under ~. Matcn
luz Iou,o of the leaders fall back TO-DAY ou'
sy ~ rho favored sixty four whose aggres
:. .sts o. will qualify them. Watch some OF
hose trailing this, morning ease .ne',,
selves gracefully into the running ~
pightfall A., -
,,,how the betting at the first tee
.,;s norning was stil u that It woula
,n nIr br necessary to break l0O TO get
., Gn" Thcre is not any particularly grave
.pi alarm that Walter Hagen; the cham
a;on with rs. or Jim Barnes. pro
yossional association champion. WIN
iesS'oT n Tod RAY. OK British champion.
~. '" ,,orh;d SO. won't make the grade
>today. =, /,
re- the same token. the = by Leo
niercI or the rs of JOCK liutcnison.
r r. Kncppcr. amateur. anu na,s
,,ar Indication that they will win the
.uh.Snmnionship. u.S, Individually or collect
tm%' ,rnir or even that they will lead the
sn,oiifvino round Mt dusk today.
Far all that the qualification round
,.as r"t rcnlly mean anything. On
tSo pnrt of u veteran dccently on his
came ,r there should be no trouble at.
,ached TO uaying M to eligibility
Standard Outside of that there's moth
Inc 70 bc gained by two brilliant ses-
sions in the qualifying play. no prizes
or ANYTHING. and the scores made don t
oornt II tcrncv tinker's tut tut. toward
tbo winning total in the championship.
4 man might win 100 yard dash trial
boot hS ninety. nine wards. but II he
oon't win the final heat he has not
rainpd much. This qualifying round is
likewise a trial heat.
Good Rounds Last
There is not much use Of breaking
rib" to get in. A couple OF fair
rounds in the high T0's will be enough
saw the pros. Save the good rounds
for the championship.
This last certainly must have been
the motto Of the Philadelphia contribu-
ton to the srorcboard. Jim Thomp-
son. Country Club. was the only one
to get under so yesterday with a neat
II. Charlie lIoffner. Philmont. had
81: William Lccch. Merchantville. 81.
and W. -. Robinson. Cricket Club:
John EdmondSon. s. Llancsch and Jack
Sawyer. Torresdalp. all SO.
George Sayers. Merton. turned an
D. To nf A =
antic City. is rated in the Philadel-
phia district. and he had fine %.
Hoffner was out in low figures. but
had all sorts of trouble coming home.
which he generally made into mountains
by pling up three puts after missed
shots His worst holes were the fif-
teenth. where he muffed his tee shot
and the seventeenth where he landed
creek.
Jack Sawyer and Leech both had
trouble putting with mud on the ball
after the high pitches required. Rain
fell briskly in the afternoon for quite
while during their play. Both were
confident they would do better today.
and most excellent rounds they had
earlier in the week would point that
way
Sayers Worried
George Saycrs strolled around all
afternoon with puckered brow. frankly
worried over his 81. The Philadel-
phlanS are all anxious, to make good,
hut to man they appeared upset yes
terday over their showing. Naturally
they could not afford to be too nom
cchalant. but their ennui was certainly
IN contrast to the easy confidence of
the past masters. veterans and favorites
In Championship meetings.
Over in back room of the club house
at Nardon and Ray. filing a large and
bclSterous group with stories with and
without the British III. Theirs was
the sangfroid of countries. Ray prob
snips IN many countries. Ray prob
aoly thinks no more of making an 80
IN a championship than he would of
losing his right eye. but you could
never tell it by watching him puff on the
n hagen. persopifcation of Wait Till
tomorrow, was out there giving tIIe
iair fans treat in his very latest golf
sulting from abroad. his thoughts ap-
Parently as far as possible from the Is
ne mad played that day. He jOked with
everybody in sight and paid not the
slghtest attention to the constant
parade to the eighteenth flag as the
contenders for his title struggled to
quallty. He arrived at the clubhouse
just about in time this morning with
o"t care In the world visible on his