The Washington times., 1921-07-18

on Wednesday and plays eighteen
a counting OF noses to see who tf
qualified. 1E
This twenty-fifth golfing cham
pionship has all the earmarks OF
dark horse race. The reason is two
fold and requires some explanation.
In the first place the u. s. G. A..
stipulated that IL tho entry list was
more than 200 the field would be split
holes. This In itself Is declared to be
the prize bonehead deal OF the present
century.
In the second place, the green's at
Columbia. with the dry weather. are
rapidly approaching the sickness of a
Washington real estate operator.
The eighteen holes In qualifying is
fair for all. but mighty tough on the
player who happens into one bad hole
during the short trial course.
VIII Halt Many.
The short qualifying round is going
to eliminate many good ones who
would stand out in a longer prelimi-
nary round. The fast greens leave too
much of an element of luck. The
result therefore appears to be a gam
BILE with a dark horse likely to figure
in the going.
Despite these untoward factors
the cracks continue to turn In record
figures. as Is evidenced BY the So pro-
duced by Bobby Jones, the Atlanta am
ateur yesterday. Jones hoped off the
train and proceeded to establish q rec
ord Z.
Pat O'Hara, of Richmond. got a
So; orrin Terry. the Chevy Chase man.
got 20, as did Wilfred Thompson, of
Richmond. who won the Scotch title
last SUMMER, and John Edmonston, OF
Lanerch.
Long Jim" Barnes, OF Pelham;
George Mclean, Of Grassy Sprain,
and Clarence Hackney, Atlantic City,
all got cards Of II. AL Watrous, of
Red Run, Alex Smith, former open
champion; William Creavy, Of Hill.
crest, the Kansas City pro, and j.
Mitchell, Of Montclair. all got 72's.
Harmon, of Hudson River; Cowie.
Of Bethlehem; Jim Duncan, the Brit
Usher; NJ. J. O'Loughlin. Of Plalnfield.
and Jim Carberry, of La Grange. shot
10. There were scattering 74,s and
76's, but beyond the twenty cards
of rs or better the 200 rounds played
yesterday produced nothing to brag
about and much to substantiate the
claim that II the greens continue to
dry out to their apparent glassiness
there will be deal OF serambling to
get In the ~ select.
win Pick 30.
In tomorrow's field thirty-six golf
ers of 100 playing will be selected on
low scores, ties counting. Wednes-
day the same procedure will be fol-
lowed. Thursday the U. 8. G. A.
will announce new pairings and the
entire qualified field will go thirty-six
holes, eighteen in the morning and
eighteen in the afternoon.
Friday the seventy-two lucky play
ers will conclude the thirty-six holes.
The player having the lowest score will
be crowned king Of the golfers and
winner OF the twenty-fifth open cham
pionship.
In tomorrow's qualifying round the
match of the morning 10 the Hutchinson
Mitchell engagement slated for 1910
q. m, In the afternoon the Chick"
Evans-Charles r. Murray setto will
probably draw the gallery. This en-
gagement 10 set down for 12:40 p. m.
Tomorrow Joseph Kirkwood, the
Australasian wizard. will start with
Pat Doyle, OF Deal, at $40, so the early
golf bugs will have a chance to get
going before 1t gets real warm. At
1855 Walter Hagen. who showed up
late, will play with Bobby Finken-
staedt, District champion. Fred Nc
Leod and Grantland Rice are due to
to appear on the first tee at 1885.
Amateurs Prominent.
On the books tomorrow are J. W.
Plat. the Philadslphian; Reuben
q. Bush. b Warren Corkran. Max
II Marston. and Nelson, Whitney. all
amateurs Of the first rank, and WI
fred Thompson. Orrin Terry. Tom
Kerrisan, Pat o'Hara, Alex Ross,
Alex Smith. Louis TELLER and other
prominent professional players.
Ing Wednesday contains an equally
famous sroup Of amateurs and PRO-
fssHonals.
Bright and early tomorrow morning
the United States Golf Association
officials win make a round of the
course and Tx the tournament holes.
AZ SIS entrants. caddies and off,
oial scorers will begin their trials
over eighteen holes and will con-
ttnus until 1:4b. when the last pair
tees of.
Bob White, former Professional
Golfers Association president and
former Chevy Chase pro, now at
work here In Washington. viii tee
off with John j. Rowe President
Harding is expected to drive the
first ball
JACK BENTLEY LEADING