Evening star., 1921-07-17

While the big three" of the cham
pionship, Jock Hutchison. the British
open champion. and the two Britishers.
George Duncan and Abe Mitchell. did
not put in an appearance yesterday.
there were enough good golfers ana
enough good golf shot yesterday at
Columbia to make the galleries forget
the absence of these three kings.
Mcleod Provides Thrills.
Fred Mcleod. the little professional
golfer attached to the Columbia Ciub.
furnished the fireworks of the day,
turning in a brilliant card OF % 10
establish a new competitive record for
the present course. Mcleod had one
of his frequent brilliant streaks, his
iron shots especially being particular
ly fine and his putting steady
He was playing in a four-ball match
with Guy NJ. Standifer. the crack Co.
iumbia amateur as partner AGAINST
Mike Brady and Alex tNipper) Camp
bell two we'll known pros. Brady,
runner-up in the national open OF lSls.
looked very good. but his game was
below that displayed by Mcleod and
his partner. who won by and ;. Tie
where both Mcleod and Brady made
2s. McLeod's pitch shot ending Just
two feet from the cup.
An instance of the accuracy of Me
Leod'S iron play was furnished at the
fifteenth hole where his pitch shot
the pin. bounced up and hit the pin.
Probably if the pin had been out. the
ball would have dropped in for 2. AS
it was he did not have TO putt for
his 3.
Has IA for sG Holes.
Willie Trovinger of Detroit turned
in the best thirty x-hole total of
the day. shooting 73 in the morning
and following this fine score with
II in the afternoon for a thirty-siN-
hole total of IA. a score quite good
enough for any man. Trovinger's
game was steady all the way and he
must be considered in the running
on the strength of his play yesterday.
Fred Brand of Pittsburgh holed his
midiron shot for one on the 22O-yard
fourth hole in the morning and fol-
lowed with at the long fifth. His
morning score was I6. Alex Ross of
Detroit. the well known course archi-
tect, shot fine 72 yesterday after
noon. and Orrin A. Terry. tn. tail nrN
attached to the Chevy Chase Club. had
1s-75 for thirty-six- hole total of Isl.
\ foursome that attracted some at
tention yesterday afternoon was
composed of Leo Diegel of Detroit.
runnerup in the open last year; jim
mie StandiSh. the well-known anna
teur, of Detroit: Nelson Whitney of
New Orleans and Jack Burke of st.
Paul, who tied with DieGel for sec
Ond place last year. None of the men
turned in cards. but the golf played
was very good Diegel in particular play
ing some very fine shots.
Many Good Scores.
Charles Fl. Lorms of Inverness,
where the championship was held
last year. had card of 73. while
Frank Coltart of Philadelphia had
the same score. Scottie Robeson of
Bradford. Pa. began his morning
round with four 3s and turned in a
"A and a rs. Harry Cowie of Bethle-
hem. N. H., had 1916, and Joseph
Collins of Tulsa, Okla, had 1916.
Jesse w. Sweetser of Ardsley, one
Of the best known amateurs about
New York, runner-up to ]. Simpson
Dean in the recent intercollegiate
championship, had two fine scores
of 10 and 75. Fred Bell of Denver
played the last three holes in 2, 3, 3, a
mark hard to beat.
Mike Brady had a 73 in the morning
and was tied with Nipper Campbell.
Neither player did as we'll in the aft
ernoon. Brady took a try at driving
the seventeenth green, and his ball
carried hole high, finishing in the
grass mounds beyond the green. P.
O. Hart of Marietta, Ohio. had a fine
72 in the morning and IS in the
afternoon.
Hutchison. Duncan and Mitchell.
Hagen, Barnes and Willie Ogg, win
ner of the Shawnee open, are sched-
uled to arrive at Columbia today.
Bobby Jones has wired Mcleod he
will arrive this morning, and Chick