New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-19
s6 to Qualify at Opening;
Others Play Tomorrow
On Columb ia Course
By Grantland Rice

,.ss4and the keen excitement prevail
ass az. Lsre ON the eve ef the open golf
issmn;onshin from thu fact that Fred
, ,.s,sy Of Homestead, Pa, let fly at the
ssn IN the first tee to-day with such
pssr;Sr force that he aisloeated two of
&. NEST important ribs. No wonder.
&c swift couriers were bringing in re-
r.s Of mighty hitting, Abe Mitchell
g.ssbing the ball for unbelievable
i a.ssnees. reducing the grand old game
s..sn on substantial holes to drive, a
Nm shot and putt.
s' M;trheu was around in Q, and two Of
q. far-clouting feats consisted of
saascbing the edge of the 5G0yard fifth
zen With drive ard an iron, while
:. the 270-yard se'enteenth, placed
s:sh mon a plateau calling for extra
lsn he dropped spoon shot hole
.iss and sunk his ,utt for q 2.
az Eo,nmbia's rolling terrain has been
s.;TIv Uttered witt golfng talent all
ssy from every seton of the globe
With 200 entries taking their final
N wy in preparation for the first
sssl;fvinp test n Tuesday, the flock
si Snlf balls f1yhg through the air at
4 s;nes resemble 'hrapnei.
Hard Tst Starts To-day
Far there int a starter hero that
,.aenu annreiate the hard test that
~.;ts in thee 1S-hole journeys that
We 70 decie the 70 survivors for
america's reatest open championship,
hat opens Thursday morning. There
;sa certai, tragedy in connection with
\ Ills fest. Two weeks ago, under the
are of 2. Hardin, the putting green's
s~re masels of perfection. And then
witbont earning a combination blight
nd droght fell upon them, leaving the
sgst f, greens in bad condition and
tssreb adding TO the hazards of the
snalif.ng pursuit, where one or two
wand ing puts may easily drop a
! s,ar ON any further communion with
eSapionship glory.
En- the leaders in this big field are
.sm too confident of getting the n
orhe IS that will be needed to place
an beyond all worry. For Columbia
gwell trapped and there are numer-
s ravines and bitches and trees and
ouble from start to finish where err
tic work can pile up the fatal figure
4 efore the crushed golfer knows what
Il is all about.
To-day in playing around with
i Waiter Hagen we saw him move Sc
reneley on his way until a pair of tee
shots slightly hooked cost him IS on
par 4 holes, and Hagen is marvel
! ssemerging from disastrous shots with
I bis cool confidence and powerful wrists.
As 1t was, the former open champion
Jnoved around IN IA, missing four short
1 fasts on the inward journey, none of
fhem beyond three feet. Hagen also
} duplicated Abe Mitchell's feat of plant
tag his tee shot upon the seventeenth
aasteau and then dropping the putt
pr an eagle 2.
Good Round for Sylvester
4 The star round of the day fell to
he Sylvester, once of Van Cortlandt
ark and the 77th Division. Joe raced
at in 36 and returned in 33 for q SO,
4st one stroke above Bobby Jones's
secured on Sunday. Jones and
&bng Jim Barnes spent most of the
~ together and both were playing
Hll. One of the main absentees was
!{shiek Evans, amateur champion, who
WyiTed that he would be on hand to
Htart Wednesday morning for his
Qualifying test.
Upon the eve of battle the six ia
4Ysrites stand in the names of Jock
3autchison, Walter Hagen and Jim
lsrnes, of America, with Abe Mitchell
GCsorge Duncan and Joe Kirkwood, of
Great Britain, hailing in order from
| grgland, Scotland and Australia.
I itese six are favored against the
Nld, but the odds against any one man
ae ten to one with so many other
tdlliant performers geared up for
4 battle
Few of the oldtimers peicrt that
7aa outsider is due to slip through, and
there is surely enough outside talent
to make a gallant bid unless one of
he big six runs Wild and fairly de-
yours the course. The amateur array
headed by Evans and Jones is strong,
tlt these are the pnly two in this
fdFiscn conceded {hance.
In addition to the championship, ex-
Ia features have been added that
should make the OCCASION notable in
ether ways. Jock Hutchinson has
brought the British Open Cup to
Columbia and this far famed and
ancient trophy will be placed side by
soc with the American Open Cup, re-
turned by Ted Ray,
Harding to Present. Trophy
The two greatest trophies of the
game will be set up on the clubhouse
lawn under the guardianship of two
marines and on Friday afternoon
Resident Harding will present the
American cup to til new owner. If
Autchlson can comethrough again the
amazing Jock will b the first man on
record to hold both tophies at one and
me same moment inhis two freckled,
saa-tanned fists. Apther Wednesday
feature will be a putting match be-
tween Hutchinson nd Mrs. I. w.
b!ahany and a trik exhibition by
MHkwood, the Australian Merlin of
wood and iron.
1 considering all thse spicy episodes,
Columbia Club offici,s have overlooked
y ehance to make tbs the greatest of
81 american opens, where tremendous
s4iieries will be giva theNtime of their
!oahg or ancient les. If they don't
y! sufficient huber of thrills by
snaay night they sould move to Rus
80 OF the Balkans. 10 far as the tour
asaeht IS concerne our only predic-
pn TO date is thaiwhen the British
saa american cups re fanked by two
nslulhes, the stamlde of photogra-
apaers to the sp will break the
"Slse record by chit or ten jumps.
secretary Winant Vanderpool and
issa are already OF the scene, with
resident Howard Whitney and cabi-
nss arriving early tmorrow. In the
as.sanMwhile, the seer is now all set
1T ssi Tuesdays openiy gun. when the
tbs;. qeaiihers stariforth and place
sjs sss late upon tn raw test Of a
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