New-York tribune., 1921-07-20
Staten Island
Star Exhibits
Great Putting
Former Irish Pro- Champion
inRare Form in Qualifyinr
Round of Title Tourncv
By Ray Mccarthy

By Ray Mccarthy
WASHINGTON, July 19.-Pat O'Hara,
crack professional golfer of the Rich
mond County Country Club of Staten
Island. and Nelson Whitney, former
Southern amateur champion, played
the soundest and steadiest golf in lead
ing the field in the qualifying round
for the open championship here day.
Both played perfect game practically
the whole distance. O'Hara in par
| ticular was going great guns and was
playing even better than his score in
dicates
The former Irish title holder was
especially brilliant in his short game
and in putting. In these departments
there is no golfer living who has any
thing on the slightly-huilt Pat. All
during his round to-day he was stick
ing his iron shots dead to the pin and
sinking every putt within reason. He
did not have one really bad hole in the
entire eighteen.
A Tie for the Lead
Whitney also was in rare form and
was driving at his best. He got off
perfect drives on every hole except the
+, eleventh, where he took a six. That
was his only bad hole. The cards of
the leaders were as follows:
2.HsSs; %Risssy: : s-ss s-s:
o,Hara......... 455 z4s4 4-sT-7s
Whitney. 4-S7-7S
Another fellow who was playing in
perfect form was young Johnny Far
youngster who broke into national
tournament competition last season,
finished one stroke back OF the lead
es. He had a wonderful thirty-hve
going out, playing easily and smooth
ly all the way. Coming back he eased
up in his play and simply loafed on
the homeward journey. In speaking
of his game, Eddie Loos, a New York
boy, who is one of the coming play
ers of the younger generation, said:
THAT fellow Farrell was certainly
playing wonderful golf to-day. He was
hitting the ball as easily as possible
without any apparent exertion. He
didn't miss shot going out, and after
the turn got three 5s in row, because
he let up in his pace. He will bear
watching"
Walter Hagen, Jack Burke and "" H.
Trovinger were the other who got 74s.
Hagen was out in 40, playing errati
cally, but settled down coming back
and began to burn up the course.
Record Crowd Expected
When Hutchison and Mitchell started
this morning gallery of more than
500 hardy souls Immediately picked up
the trail. During the afternoon more
than 1000 fans were clustered about
the eighteenth green, the clubhouse and
the scoreboard, in addition to those who
were out on the course following the
play. All of which indicates record
breaking gallery will be on hand Thurs
day and Friday, when the cham pionship
grind is being played. 1t is believed
some $4,000 will parade over the links
on Friday afternoon.
Among the most spectacular shots of
the day were Hutchison's spoon shot
from out of a trap on the eleventh
yards away, a marvellous blow; Hagen's
chip into the cup on the sixteenth
hole (there was a daub of mud on his
ball and rather than chance putt he
Clipped it into the tin from point six
feet away, and McLeod's two puts of
some twenty five feet for birdies-one
Of these came at the second, where he
got a grand 2; the other at the
seventeenth, where he earned 8.
The midget is one of the best putters
IL the business.
y Some Fine Work
1t is interesting to note the number
of brides made on the hazardous fifth
hole, where a series of traps and
mounds extend clear across the fair
way for eighty-five yards. There were
eight birdy As and four 8's in the
entire lot. The others were mostly SIS
or 6's.
Those who got the As were J. S.
Rowe, Charles Mayo, Frank Mcnamara,
F. Brand, E. Finkenstaedt, Tom Burke
and Alexander Campbell and Myers Of
these F'inkenstaedt and Campbell were
the only ones to qualify. H. K. 3.
Davis, R. W. Treacy, j. R. McNulty and
Orin Terry were the players who took
on the hole. The distance from tee
to green is $50 yards.
At a meeting CT the Professional
Golfers Association last night it was
voted to hold the annual professional
championship tournament on the course
of the lnwood Country Club, Long
Island, some time in September. The
association also rendered q dinner and
reception to the championship Ameri
can team at which the English stars,
Duncan and Mitchell, and Kirkwood,
the Australian, were guests.
Jim Barnes is looking as hale and
hearty as ever. The big fellow will
QuallIy TOMORROW, ana IS OeCerMlHSu
to make a strong bid for the title this
year He has been knocking at the
door for several years past, and many
figure he will come through this week.
Police Make Mistake
Concerning the protest of the pro-
fessional golfers that the qualifying
tests in the national championship
should be played over thirtysix holes
instead of eighteen, w. D. Vanderpool,
secretary of the U. S. G. A, said that
it was the request of the Professional
Golfers Association executive commit
tee that the qualifying round consist of
only eighteen holes.
The Maryland state police, a rough
and ready crew, who are very much on
the job here, apprehended one OF the
contestants as he stepped off the cigh
teenth green to-day. 1t was claimed
he was the fellow wanted for robblng
a bank here yesterday The photo of
the man wanted resembled this com
petitor, but the latter was able TO prove
he was only a common golfer.
The dark horse OF the meeting to-
day was j. B. Rose. of Pittsburgh,
former captain of the Princeton Uni
versity Golf team. Rose arrived here
this morning to witness the play. Robe
son, professional, had no partner
when his time arrived for starting.
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