The Washington herald., 1921-07-22
PELHAM GOLFER OUTSTANDING FAVORTTE TO WIN TITLE
Long Jim Barnes Is Leading
Open Field By Four Strokes
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he remarked. Badly overgolfed and
a bit depressed by the warmth, his
game temporarily had merely gone
to seed. and while he might still
have finished In the money by a
brilliant round he was quite wiiline
to call II full day and gather In
a breathing spell for the long tour
that begins on Sunday.
Hutch Ost Of Run.inr.
Jock Hutchison. British cham
pion. fought a brave but uphill bat
tie, but he has yet to recover the
stride that carried him to his st.
Andrews triumph and the nerye-
Wracking effects of that tempestu-
Gus assault have left their momen-
tary mark upon his skill. After
taking 75 In the morning the GAL
liant Jock had to use up SO strokes
for his second round and this
struggling march leaves him as
much chance as Mr.. Volstead has
of getting three cheers in the beer
less Bowery. -
So after all the chatter with the
last scores turned in, Jim Barnes
was the only member Of the Big
Six to hold his speed and pace.
Barnes with a four-stroke lead.
playing the game he offered two
big galleries yesterday. will of
course be unbeatable. But up to
date one bad round has always cut
him down upon the edge Of glory
and there are still determined fght-
ers fairly close in keen pursuit.
Mcleod. the smallest golfer in the
field. and Murray. the largest, are
in position to take advantage of
any slip. as both yesterday played
with rare steadiness throughout
One stroke back of these and only
five strokes back of Barnes is
Bobby Jones. the golfing Jewel OF
Georgia. who. after taking 40 puts
and 7S in the morning went out
over the hard nine in SO for his
second trip and finally finished with
II when at one time he had a
fairly simple IS in sight. Young
Jones showed vast Improvement in
his second round and IL he happens
to get away briskly this morning
he will be a big factor in the final
award
Duncan Totals $50.
One stroke back of Jones we fnd
George Duncan, Clarence Hackney
and Alex Smith. a rare delegate
from the Old Guard. These are
punched at $50. At one occasion
1t looked as il George Duncan
would keep even pace with the bril-
liant Barnes. Duncan had a 72 for
his first romp and in the afternoon
he was under way at top speed
until he hooked out OF bounds al
the sixth where a long lane OF
quiet and brooding naples held the
doom OF more than one before the
day was out. After this six Dun.
can never quite recovered his old
poise and after going out in 80
taking another s at the ninth, ht
needed IS to round out his card
for the afternoon.
Affairs were not breaking any toe
gently. for his luck was none OF
the best. The master artist, from
the standpoint Of ease and grace
and execution. is not out of IL vet
by any means, but he has now
reached "a place where he can't af.
ford another rocky round. He mus,
be at top form to come through
the steamy stretch to arrive In
front.
Smith Steady Throughout.
Alex Smith had one of his old
fashioned days lifted from his cham
pionship reign eleven years ago. The
veteran, who won his last crown
in 1910, was the steadiest man in
the field. He was the sole con-
tender who failed to have worse
than for his card where such
stars as Deigel and Pete O'Hara
were running into double figures.
Mcleod and Smith are the surviv-
ing delegates from lost days of glory