The evening world., 1920-08-07

| lS<@ in the open this
vaz5ysz s.s..ss - doubly attractive
and a fine field of
1913 players are paired I'D waiting for
the call to the first tee. with Var
don and Ray on hand IL means that
we American golfers will have to he
at our best to keep the title from 60
Ing over to the other side of the At
lantic. AS present holder of the cup
] feel a responslAllity that would
not ordinarily hav6. Last year when
l won at Brae Burn I was not In tue
position of defending the title and
there was not so much to worry
lRbout
However, with Mike Brady, Jim
Barnes, Jock Hutchinson, Bob Mac
Donald and a few others to help, the
| American interests should he well
guarded. Only one time In the history
OF the championship has II been won
by an outsider. This was in 1900 = hen
| Vardon paid his flrst visit toAmerica.
Twenty years have passed since then.
but time in golf is net such haDdi-
cap as in other sports Vardon Is stun
the same beautiful golfer that he waa
then, and still Is capable of very fine
golf. The veteran may have lost some
OF his distance in the passing years,
but he is stu able to score with the
best OF them.
lExPEcTs RAY TO CAUSE MORE
TROUBLE THAN VARDoN.
Our own experts rather look to his
side partner Ray 20 cause us more
| trouble than the veteran Vardon. Ray
| will SUNRISE those who have not seen
| mis- long driving. I am sure he Is hit
ting the ball further from the tee than
| Abe Mitchell at the present time.
Should Ray continue to putt ami APP
proach as he has in the last fow eN-
| hbitions II will take a lot 10 beat him.
Two other we'll known British
| golfers who have taken positions in
this country are playing in their first
open over here. Laurie Ayton came
over from st. Andrews and brought
with him a very fine game. He was
we'll spoken of on the other side.
Charles Mayo Is an English golfer,
and arrived in this country a few
weeks before we left for England.
He is an internationaliSt, and while
he never won a big championship
has always played close to the top.
Starting of on Tuesday morning /
paired with Tommy Armour of Scot
land, and one Of the best British am
ateurs. He won the French amateur
championship the same week l an
nexed the French open. He is a fine
chap and a good golfer. He may not
stand out prominently in our open.
but II on his game should do well at
the Engineers Club in the amateur
championship. Armour came over on
the same ship with me, and we had
many long golf chats together. The
report was circulated that he intend
ed to become a pro, but he assured
: me there is no truth in the state
ment
REGRETS ABSENCE OF oUIMET
IN TOURNAMENT
Twelve amateurs are entered in
this tournament, but one OF our best
Is Ouimet. not down to play. We re-
, greet this. as he has won the title and
has proved that he has the class. The
) amateurs must look 10 Bobby Jones
as their one best bet. Bobby Is good
enough TO win a big event OF this
kind and may surprise lot Of peo-
pie.
/ was surprised recently when look
ing over the list of winners in the
national open. American golf talent
has held the honor of winning this
. tournament for the last ten years. A
decade of golf has passed since a for
, eign-born pro has won our title, al
though just previous to this II was
rather the exception to find a home
bred even among the leaders. It
: speaks rather highly for our own golf,
, as the quality of play exhibited by
the foreign born golfers has been OF
the very highest order.
The FIRST to break the ice OF the
homebred golfers was little Johnnie
: McDermOtt, who won in 1914 and
again in 1912. The previous year he
tied with Alex Smith, but lost in
' the play off. After Johnnie broke
r through no foreign-born player ever
II got the title back. Francis Ouinet
C won In 1913, won my first title in
+. 1914 and then jerry Travers won at
y. Baltusrel in 1915 and Chick Evans
= was successful the following year.
After two years interval during the
o war. / won again at Brae Burn,
x In the homebred ranks quite a few
|, have come to the front in the Lass
y three or four years. Leo Diegel Is a
n good golfer and one who is tmprov-
n ing very fast in tournament play.
p Emmett French Is another star and so
x Is Charles Hoffner, George Bowden,
=" George Mclean, Jack Bowling, Eddie
Loos, Mike Brady and the two Mac
Namara are two sterling golfers who
= are bound to shine near the top sooner
or later.
, The course here is a good one.
" Donald Ross went over It thoroughly
y last Spring and added many traps.
"a The greens are good and the golf
e should be OF the highest orler. We are
II looking forward to a week OF excite
/. ment.
II Barnes and myself regret that We
{. are not to play against Vardon and
= Ray in an international four ball
~ match tomorrow. Our matches now
l. stand one victory for each side, and
ID we hope to settle the dispute at To-
!, ledo. / understand they are waiting
~ for some word to come from Great
IL Britain before meeting us in an Of
ye ficaal match.
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