The Washington times., 1920-08-12

national golf championship is concer
The weather is threatening. There
is a promise of rain. 1t is somewhat
sticky and muggy around the course
but play will continue despite this
weather hazard.
Scores which the players tried hard
to get in the opening rounds were
forgotten today. The field of seventy
starts even today despite Jock Hutch
inson's 141 and the twelve who just
got in the qualifying round with
scores of 157.
There are seven amateur players
scattered in the seventy who are con-
tending today Chick Evans, who
tied with six players for sixth posi-
ton with $50; Bobby Jones. with ISL;
Howard Lee, of Detroit; Harrison
Johnson, of Toldo; w. c. Fownes,
John G. Anderson. r. Z. Knepper, and
T. ID. Armour, the Scotch amateur,
are listed in play today.
MCLEOD IS IN.
Fred Mcleod, the Columbia Coun-
try Club man, of Washington, d. c.,
is well down the list with l56. Nc
Leod shot II and rs.
1t remained for Jock Hutchison. the
Chicago pro, recent Western cham
pion, to display almost perfect golf
yesterday in getting 11. Hutchison
negotiated the last eighteen holes in
60. a new record for the course. His
golf was at all times flawless, and
but for several short puts missed
would have turned in So or 6i
Nardon. Ray, Hagen and Barnes
were well down the list OF siXty-nine.
The claim made that these players
have gone stale seems substantiated.
Bobby Jones, playing well within
himself, was two strokes better than
Harry Nardon. Edward Ray, the
Oxonford golfer, from England,
found himself in extreme difficulty
and being afraid of failing to quail
fy slashed out tremendous drives.
WENT 200 YARDS.
One of Rays shots off the tee went
for 800 yards, his longest in America.
Ray finally got 155, and was pretty
well in. a couple of strokes would
have made a great difference in his
play and he was almost beside him
self until he found he had qualified.
Aside from Hutchison's great per-
formance there were several note
worthy things about the qualifying of
the field. After Hutchison comes
Jack Burke. of st. Paul; Gene Sarazen.
of Fort Wayne; Frank Adams, of
Winnipeg; William Melhorn. of Tulsa.
Burke's 146 gave him second place
in qualifying honors.
Few of the others are known in
Eastern golfing circles and il is not
until Louis Tellier's name is reached
that the best-known players become
apparent in the sixty-nine qualifed
Today all stand even, however, and
the seventy-two holes to be played.
thirty-six today and thirty-six to-
morrow, will count for the champion
ship.
HISTORY REPEATS.
Golfing history shows that the win
ner of the qualifying round is never
a figure in the title. Hutchison fig
ures upon history repeating itself.
which is a good sign that any one of
the sixty-nine players has a chance
today and tomorrow.
Those who found themselves with
an abundance of strokes collected
about the course in trying to qualify
are stars OF the realm. Those who
find themselves out of the running
today are: Tom Boyd, Cyril Walker,
of Englowood; Jack Forester. of
Meadow Brook; Arthur Reid. OF Ards
ley. and Carl Anderson, of ,Bronxville.
Then. strung on down the list were
such other unfortunate Fasteners as
Fred Canausa, OF Oak Ridge: Joe
Mitchell, OF Montclair; Joe Sylvester,
of St Albans; Alex Smith, of Shene-
cossett Isaac Mackie. of Canoe Brook:
Pat OHarc, Sohackamaxon, the
Irish champion; George Low, Grant
land Rice. and Martin Sykes. Even
such headliners of other times as
Charlie Hoffner, of Philmont and EN-
nett French, of Youngstown, today
became spectators instead Of con-
tcstants,