New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-20
0'HARA SETTING
GOLF|NG PACE
Irish Pro. and New Orleans
Amateur Turn in rs


honor Of Old Erin at stake, Paddy
u Hara OF. the Richmond County
Country club, Staten Island, former
holder of the Irish open champion
ship and member of a famous golfing
family, raced in ahead of the other
professionals who, played in the first
division Of the qualifying round for
the national open golf championship
over the sun-parcheds links at the
Colum pla Country club here yester-
day. Paddy did not have all of the
glory, however, for an amateur, Mel
son Whitney of the Audubon Golf
clup, New Orleans, shared the days
honors with him. Each had identical
scores for the 1S-hole journey, thir-
ty-six going out, thirty-seven coming
nome, for a grand total Of seventy
three, which was a stroke in advance
OF the nearest competitors.
Considering the fact that such able
marksmeE as Jock Hutchinson, Brit
ish open champion; Abe Mitchell, the
hard-hitting Englishman; Walter Ha-
gen, former open champion, and Jos
eph Kirkw God, the Australian mon
arch, were shooting at the same OBJ
O'Hara and Whitney in topping the
field of 125, has a considerable
amount of merit.
Finishing. up in the stretch, just
/ stroke behind were J. J. Farrell of
Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck; Walter
Hagen, who has shifted his allegiance
from Detroit to New York; Jack
Burke Of Town and County, st. Paul,
and w. III. Trovinger of Bloomfield
Hills, Mich, the latter a newcomer
in the tournament world. They were
followed in turn by three players
with IS, Abe Mitchell, Freddie Nc
Leod of the Columbia Country club,
and R. l.. Finkenstaedt, an amateur
representing the home club
Hutchinson Home in 76.
Jock Hutchinson, by dint of hard
labor, got into the rs class, which
also included John Cowan of Oakley,
Mass; Eddie Loos of Ravisloe, John
Bredemus of San Felipe, Texas;
Charles P. Betschler of Arlington,
Md; Robert A. Cruikshank, former
Scottish amateur star, who has come
to the Essex Country club recently;
AL Watr.us of Red Run, Mich;
James Donnachie of Hagerstown and
Fred C. Canausa of West Point, N. Y.
Following them, in the Seventy
enth Division, which included eight,
were E1rmet French of Youngstown,
Pa, captain of the American team
that made the recent visit to ST. An
drews;l Robert T. Barnett of Tredy-
! firm, Pa T. J. Rajoppi of Maple
| wood, n. j.; Captain Charles Clarke
| of the Engineers, Ros1yn, l.. L.; Louis
Teller Of Brae Burn; Tom Kerrigan,
the Siwanoy professional; Alex Camp
| bell of Los Antivi1Ie and J. B. Rose,
an amateur of Allegheny.
In the last division, the seventy
Fighters, appeared Joseph Kirkwood
| one of the favorites for the title;
John A. Parks of Maidstone, N. Y;
Isaac Mackie of Canoe Brook, Alex
ander Smith OF Shennecossett, Frank
| Coltart of the Philadelphia Country
club, J. J. Rowe of the Stenton Coun-
try cub. James c. Ferguson of Spring
Lake, II. j.; Wilfred Thomson of
| Richmond, Va; A. J. Sanderson of
| Sleepy Hollow, George T. Savers of
the Merton Golf club Tom Boyd of
Fox Hills, Jack Forester of Meadow
| Brook, Westbury. L. l.; Frank Bell
wood of Garden City, w. G. Sherwood
| of Newark Ohio: Frederick Baroni
of Montour Heights, Louis Chiappetta
| Of WoodWay Conn, and Joe Sylves-
ter of st. Adams.
| This gives a total of three amateurs
and forty professionals left for the
on Thursday.