The New York herald., 1921-06-22
By BERNARD DARWIN.


/ Copyright, 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD.
/ ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 21.-
America has two fine achievements to
her credit in the second days qualifying
play in the British open golf champion
Z ship over the Old and the Eden courses.
Jock Hutchison of Glen View, Chicago,
made a record score Of SO over the Eden
course, and Jim Barnes of the Pelham
Country Club did an even better feat
over the Old course. He went around
f. in 20, thus beating by stroke the II
done some years ago by George Duncan
( and by the late Willie Smith of the
J Mexico Country Club.
Furthermore, fourteen OF the sixteen
Americans qualified. and they had two
of their entries in the first three of the
field.
& How long the record of Barnes will
remain unbeaten 1t would be rash to
say. for the Old course is in wonderful
order, with plenty of grass on the
:greens, and IL the fine, still weather con-
;tinues somebody may we'll get into the
tsixties.
However, sufficient for the day is the
.record thereof, and Barnes played
graSldly. He played thirty-five shots
with his putter and thirty-tive with all
his other clubs combined. At the second
hole he took three puts. On the long
fifth hole he hit two gorgeous shots with
his wooden clubs and then ran down
"a fairly long putt for three. At the
seventeenth where is the fatal road
tfat cost Chick Evans so dearly yes
ferday. Barnes discreetly played short
fn two and then ran UP nicely with his
third and got down in one putt At the
Fifteenth hole he was just orthodoxy
personified.
/ He always reached the green in the
lowest number of shots and went down
jim two puts, the second putt being gen.
ierally a very short one. 1t was the
Sperfection of golf. Lately Barnes has
mot been well. but l do not think there
could have been much the matter with
sn to-day
Hutchison Plays Beautifully.
Hutchison likewise played beautifully
and whenever / saw him he was going
straight down the middle, and never
looked like anything else. l was par
ticularly impressed with his putting his
club passed over the ground so smoothly
and truly
Bobby Jones looked rather i'll pleased
with himself at the end OF the round
He had no cause TO do so. for he did the
same score as yesterday-76-and he
pidytu very well. score play SeeTUS 10
suit him better than match play, and
his going now strikes me as that of the
finest amateur golfer living. l hope and
believe he will do well in this cham
pionship.
Out of our own men. both Abe
Mitchell and George Duncan made the
Old course in rs. Both men were in
form. Mitchell's driving was so long
that to see him was to see golf made
absurdy easy. He has little pitch on
most of his holes after his tee shots,
where such golfers as J. II. Taylor. hit
ting the ball beautifully, have a good
hard iron shot to play. To-day Mitchell
played these pitches rather too cautious
ly In order to give the bunkers a wide
berth. He left himself more putting
than he need have done, but he putted
well despite this.
Ted Ray came sadly to grief. adding
an 80 to his 81 OF yesterday. He simply
could not get going and nothing went
right. When he is erratic he is very
erratic. and there were none OF the
usual fine recoveries we expect OF him.
lie had five SKIES and he earned them.
Harry vnrdon Does Well.
Harry vardon, on the other hand
played beautifully and added 72 on the
Eden TO his 75 on the Old course. He
had one hole that might truly have
been disastrous, for he got entangled
in the railway bridge at the second.
However. he got out wonderfully well
and went we'll afterward.
He is swinging his clubs as gracefully
and as easily as ever, and IL he can
keep his putting right he may be very
dangeroue indeed And yet. on the
whole, think II will be one Of the very
long hitting brigade who is going TO
win this championship. That continual
slmplifcation of the approaching prob
lem does certainly tell In four rounds.
L might add as postscript that Ray
just saved himself and qualified for the
very last pace.
Chick Evans failed to qualify, but
most or the other Americans live TO fight
again.
DR.. Paul Hunter did finely. with 73
added to his 80 of yesterday.
Pairings for Championship.
Pairings for tomorrow foilows
Armour and Buckle. Simpson and Ay-
tor, Anderson and Mitchell, Reith and