The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
JIM BARNES LEADS
GOLFERS With 144
Four Strokes Behind Him Are
Murray and Mcleod, Tied in
National Open Tourney.
JONES rs IN FINE FORM
Young Amateur Has 149,
With Duncan Trailing and
Mitchell Out of 1t.
JONES rs IN FINE FORM
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

WASHINGTON, July 21.--With Abe
Mitchell completely out of it, Joe Kirk
wood, the Australian champion, away
back, twelve strokes behind the leader
and George Duncan struggling half a
dozen shots to the bad, America has
every reason to feel elated at the way
in which she met the counter attack
launched by Great Britain to-day in
the national open championship al
the Columbia Country Club.
John Bull may wish to interpolate
that he also is represented in the blue
ribbon event of the links by Charles
r. Murray and that the Royal Mon
treal professional is only two strokes
behind the leader, but Murray is like
one OF Uncle Sans own, the only diff
ference being that his home club is
located on the other side Of the border.
The end OF. the first thirty-six holes
found the tall sycamore Jim Barnes.
professional OF the Pelham Country
Club OF Pelham. n. Y, out in front Of
Tie field with total of 144 strokes.
with Murray tied with Fred Mcleod,
the nome DTOleSSlOndly dt lfo, ana IN6
brilliant If uncertain and highly tenn
peramental Bobby Jones fighting away
for place in the sun with an aggre-
gate of 149.
In the $50 group with Duncan, last
years British open champion, were
Louis Teller of Brae Burn, Boston ;
Clarence Hackney Of Atlantic City and
Alex Smith. Chick Evans. the national
amateur champion, shared with Emil
~ ptftcr,froh fha hnynr ~ hold
ing the 151 notch, these two being a
stroke ahead Of Walter Hagen, twice
winner of the national open title, who,
with scores of 70 and 70. brought up
alongside of r. A. Cruikshank. the Cor
Iner Scottish amateur, who is now as
sistant at Essex county. and Emmett
French of Youngstown, Ohio.
Barnes Again Equals 90.
What the wind did to Gilderoy's kite
and the Ratchet accomplished In combat
with the chicken, Jim Barnes should
have done to the field to-day. Jim In
the first round equalled his record score
of So, made the previous day in the
qualifying play, and had he not been
like so many Of the others, ready to
wilt under the terrific gruelling admin
istered during the week and to-day
again by Old Sol acting in concert with
the law of averages and retributive jus
ticc the third round would have found
him so far ahead that the boys by now
would be pleading with him to shake
dice and give them just one more chance
for the title. ~
Barnes, on top of his magnificent SO,
scored 10. That afternoon round was
good enough, far better than 1t seemed
II possibly could be at certain point.
Nevertheless. the only ones in the United
States who should have been anywhere
within hail of jim were the gallery
stewards. and they at all stages have
been about dozen up on everybody
and working like handful of yeast
cakes in half pint of home brew
Barnes'S CARTS were:
MORNING; ROUND.
Out i77a a--ss
hf~rr.RNOoN ROUND
ou 2 q g 3 .--aS
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Barnes coralled the honors OF the
morning play and Jones simply forced
himself into the public optic during the
later stage. Bobby. in fact. appears to
feel that It is duty to essay the role
played in the British open championship
by Roger Wethered. There was a time
when il did not seem possible that the
Young amateur star could miss shatter-
Ing Barnes's record He had gone out
in 60 at a time when the blowing Up OF
stars was causing noise and excitement
all over the links.
Jones Tames General Par.
That ha's way total of SO marks the
most amazing streak Of golf that has
been played over the first nine holes
since the, stars began to gather for the
present tournament. Barnes and one or
A.. -. 81 - RtrA
in SO. but that outgoing stretch has
been renning an awful toll 1t is par
35 and harder to break into than the
United States Mint, judging by the way
the scores have been running. Bobby
tanned General Par. however. and set
Off homeward on the shorter half of the
course under a full head OF steam.
On the tenth he nearly holed twenty
i've foot putt for 3. His 4 was good
enough. for the hole is a good drive
and pitch. On the eleventh he got a
par 4. but he dropped a stroke by play
ing wide of the twelfth on his second.
Steatlying again. he holed his par Q on
the short but dangerous thirteenth and
feed up FOR the next with an average OF
three umCer tours for the round. Even
then everything was pointing to 68
or better. for beyond the thirteenth there
Is one hole OF par 3 and several others
~eAeS
Jones about this time was playing
that k<ss - golf that made Roger
wethsrcn famous over night, golf OF
tfy.-red sort Strange to relate.
though. II was the easiest part Of the
course that proved to be the hardest for
him Approaching for the fourteenth
he cut It little too fine and his ball
kicked to the right and ran on down
the hill away from the green. Bobby
had TO play from the rough. Back
came the ball. but Il required two puts
more. and down went on his card
when he really ought to have had 4.
Tuck Temporarily Deserts Bobby.
On the next green Bobby had putt
for 9. but luck by this time had de-
serted him. Still, there was nothing
20 worry over here. The hole In par
and IL had come in the easiest way
imaginable. With continuance OF that
brilliancy which had marked his play TO
the turn Bobby should have finished
easily in the par OF 3, 4, 4. Instead
Of getting his at the short sixteenth
ne played his tee shot to the left of the
tablelilSe green and got when he
missed putt of some nve feet.
Putting again was to blame ct the