Evening star., 1921-07-20
SIDELIGHTS on FIRST
DAYS PLAY IN OPEN
TOURNEY AT COLUMBIA

Cy Cummings, prominent Maryland
politician and a Columbia golfer Of
no mean ability. yesterday assumed
the duties of official announcer, vice
Secretary w. D. Vanderpool of the
U. S. G. A. Cy's voice is just made for
the job.
When Capt Charles Clark of the
Engineers Club found himself with
out partner, owing to Withdrawals,
try Club player. paired with the visit
or. Mackenzie had not entered the
lists before today.
averse to being photographed before
starting title contests, but Jock
Hutchison, British open champion,
does not fear any jinx. With his
caddy. Joe Horgan. Jock posed for
the cameramen before teeing Off for
the qualifying round.
Joseph Kirkwood. Australian mar
vel. was the first to turn in a respect
able score for the outward trip. He
par. He got a birdie three on the
395-yard fourth hole.
Jock Hutchison. the blond-haired
Scotch flrebrand. who holds the Brit
ish open title, gave a remarkable ex-
hibition of gameness on the fifth
hole yesterday morning. He hooked
his brassie second shot out of bounds,
and then went back and played a
screamer that went to the green 275
yards away. He finished the hole
only one above par.
Abe Mitchelrs long tee shot at the
seventeenth got him into serious diff
Guilty. His ball yesterday carried
fag-high and ran over the green into
the railroad tracks, out of bounds. He
ended with on the hole.
There is only one Jock Hutchison,
and the player himsef realizes this.
On his caddie bag are the significant
words in the golf world, The Hutch"
Every one who sees the bag knows to
whom it belongs.
Hutchison match were agreed that
the British open champion had found
the homeliest caddie on the course in
the person of Joe Horgan. Joe is no
youngster-in fact he is older than
Hutch-and the latter frequently
Scores yesterday were very dis
tfnctly on the high side. Whether
this was due to the slow greens or to
round was not established. but the
competitors in the tournament failed
by a good bit to approximate the
scores made in practice last week
end. The greens were very slow and
on a few of them, particularly in the
morning. the ball picked up a lump
of mud as 1t struck.
The superiority of Hutchison in
pitching was quite clearly shown in
also showed the essential difference
between the American and British
styles of play-brought about un-
doubtedly by the difference in course
conditions in the two countries.
Hutchison's ball consistently dropped
and only ran a foot or two, while
Mitchelrs pitch shots ran quite dis
tance. On the third hole Mitchelrs
pitch. after a very long drive, struck
short of the green and ran over.
Walter Hagen made a good come
back after a bad out nine holes. He
breezed back in "a to tie with Joe
Farrell, who was low man up to late
yesterday afternoon. Incidentally
Robert L. Finkenstaedt. the Colum-
bia amateur. who played with the
former open champion, put up a fine
brand of golf to shoot a 75.
Arthur Beebe of West End, n J.,
put his iron shot dead to the pin at
the fourth hole and got his two. Joe
kirkwood, the trick shot player from
Australia, and a man who must al
ways be counted in the running for
the championship. sliced his brassie
shot at the twelfth hole and took a
z. running his chances for a score
below IS. He was out in 36 and back
in AZ.
The British open championship cup
and the American championship cup
are on exhibition together at the
club.
The British and American flags
hang together over the front en-
trance to the clubhouse, emphasizing.
the international feature Of the tour
ney.
Joseph H. Kirkwood. the Australian
professional star. was scheduled to
give an exhibition of his trick shots
at the Columbia Country Club at 5:3O.
o'clock this afternoon. Kirkwood Is
Ambtdextrous. and plays ~ we'll left
handed as right-handed, which 10 say
tnE , roo9 deal