The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-21

Inc UiS SdueTy banked around the
home green gave Barnes a great
ovation when he put his second shot
few feet past the pin. Duncan
hooked his iron hole high to the left
and failed to get better than five,
while Jim, wasting little time looking
over the line. sank his putt for a
birdie three, much to the delight OF
the crowd.
Tense for Sone.
The scores ranged from Barnes
SO to the little group that stood at
rs. The boys in the latter notch
had something to worry about. and
few of them felt confident OF get.
ting in until the last pair strolled up
10 the last green and announced they
couldn't beat so.
The eighteen-hole qualifying round
is a cruel test, but most of the boys
bore up under the ordeal better than
we all expected. 1t is always d
tragedy 20 see some of the good ones
left behind. and this will always be
the case when the testing round is
played over the short eighteen-bole
route. ...
Tommy Mcnamara, Charles Hoft-
ner, Bob Mcdonald and Willie Ogg
and one or two others that l felt
would be safely in, lost out.
Several players who did qualify
had the same experience that Hagen
and / had when they found them.
selves with forty strokes consumed
up to the beginning of the second
nine. Bobby Jones and Chick Evans,
the two amateurs, had something TO
worry about at the ninth hole, aud
so did Leo Diegel, but all live to tell
the tale. The last nine appears to
be couple of strokes easier than
going out. This Is due to the fact
that some of the greens on the frs.
nine are a wee bit faster. The first
green is very fast and so is the third
Now that we know the course and
it's peculiarities. the scoring mystery,
/ think. has been solved and / luof
for total of 29l TO win the cham.
pionship. Some OF the boys place the
figure as low as 2SS. This was the
figure that / made at Minneapolis
In 1915, when Chick Evans beat ME
by two strokes and came between me
and the title. This course is much
harder than the Minnekada course
was in those days.
Crowd With Chick.
Chick carried great and enthusi-
astic gallery with him yesterday. He
was among the last to start. Evans
has the reputation of bad putter.
but he appeared steady enough on
the homeward journey when the
strokes meant something Chick fin
ished in a fine "a, after taking 20
for the first nine. He sank a twelve.
foot putt on the sixteenth for a birdie
two and another a trifle longer on
the last green for a birdie three.
These tuuo daNa ~ ho -
helped to educate the gallery, and
they win behave well on the last two
days because they have been taught
just what they can and cannot do
The Columbia course Is ideal for gal.
lery purposes. 1t is possible to stand
in one spot near the seventeenth
green and see four holes played. As
they are the last four. this is mighty
convenient, and there Is little use
tramping along at the players heels
every step of the way. 1t is not that
the players mind, as a golfer in the
heat of the excitement has little time
to worry about those following un.
less they should get in his way. A
big gallery sometimes annoys the
players just ahead or just behind.
l am not going to make any pre-
dictions about who is likely to win,
but IL one Is able to get any line on
the field by the qualifying scores
will say that at least ten or fifteen
have very good chances.
Sees Remarkable Golf.
saw some remarkable golf yester.
day. Barnes, Duncan, Hackney.
O'Hara, Ayton, and my old friend.
Mike Brady, appear to be right on
edge for this tournament. Mikes