Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-16
WORLD GOLF TITLE
LOOMS IN 0FF|NG
Great Neck Has Started Some
thing In Match Between
Barnes and Jock Hutchison
"BIG jim" IS IN TRAINING
BY SANDY McNIBLICK

Any such crown as that Of world g
champion golfer is far. far away from
any earnest golfers sunkist brow. right
now. but it seems 90 be huttcring
closer.
In the absence Of anything official on
the subject, the inhabitants Of Great
Neck, l.. l.. have decided to step out
and settle the business first and let
the disputes follow, which is generally
good method.
Accordingly. II has picked the two
, most deserving candidates and the fact
they are both American residents doesn t
make any difference to Great Neck, l..
!. Therefore. on Labor Day. Jim
Barnes will play Jock Hutchison for
! the worlds open golf title.
Barnes is the American champion,
and Hutchinson won the British title
! this year. Each conquered the cream
of the two leading nations of the golf
world.
The purse Is $4,000. the largest
amount ever offered for two golfers in
mortal combat. 1t sounds good. 1t
unfortunately 1t isn't. It's just an ex-
hibition match between two Of the
worlds leading golfers.
| Great Neck, l.. ]. can't be the Tex
Richard of golf. because there never
has been any worlds title for anybody
to break some clubs trying to get.
Cant Lose
Jim Barnes laughs about the world s
championship part of the coming match,
which will be played at Sound View, n
new name for the old Great Neck club,
| where George Mclean used to be pro.
1T looks like a great match,
grinned Long Jim," out at Trcdyifrin
| the other day, because you can't lose.
The winner gets n cup and $3.50. The
loser gets $500. I'm glad / was in
vited to the party.
Anyway it will be a good golf argu-
ment and I'm going to play the best l
know how
After the match is over, the eager
scribes will doubtless hail the winner
rs the worlds champion. Why not?
But news of this will scorch the cables
going back to Great Britain, commonly
| called the birthplace Of golf, and my,
what holler there'll be then.
But 1t is certain that it would not
only be n fine thing for the pockets of
our best pro il there were n world
crown to knock off someone's brow,
but also that this very title Is going
to spring into existence some day.
The main reason is that international
competition has developed in a startling
manner since the war and this is the
only way to start worlds champion
ship.
The Walker Cup is intended to be
the start of international team supre-
macy like the Davis Cup in tennis.
Nation Aroused
II ~ .t
situation that Great Britain held our
open championship and we held theirs.
| Situations like this arouse national in
terest and pride. There isn't any
tourney to decide the champion of both
| countries. But the way things are
going there'll have to be soon
The Great Neck match may be a
starter. Official recognition may come
and then the fireworks will start
Say Barnes wins. A Hagen or
Duncan might challenge. a Great
Neck puts up a purse and the fight
Is on.
The champion would not have to
work any more. He could bask in
the rays Of the gold he would garner
| while the other boys were out trying
to get a reputation big enough TO war
rant fling at the titleholder. There
"Oulu pc uIiuOE luulCieS DlNStu between
worthy contenders for the right TO chal-
enge-.all that sort of thing the way
It wor ks out in the boxing world.
National champions would be eligible.
| A lot of good matches would he
| staged here and there which would ad
| zip to the golf news. We are all for it.
The Difficulties
The only trouble is the financing, the
only solution charging admission. AMI
the only drawback TO that the fact that
| folks don't watch golf, they play il.
It takes something big to make fan
| toddle ten miles cross country to look
at somebody else. But these matches
would be big and, especially If they
were International, would draw big.
So that's that.
In the meantime. Jim Barnes is in
strict training for the match with Jock.
Not on thirty six holes q day, not on
shots he thinks he'll need, not on cross
country walking, nor on sparring part
ners, nor on rope skipping, but on
onions. Real, big, tear compelling,
masculine onions.
He has just come through period OF
boils and Carbuncles. They put him on
| Il diet Of tomatoes, lettuce, spinach auI
things, but onions, appertif, dessert.
and in between-Onions. Onions put
him in shape to win his title.
And. besides, smiles Jim, as he
tackles a plate of 'em, ''thoy give a
couple of extra turns to those long an