Evening star., 1921-07-22

Abe Mitchell. the long hitter from
England, was a disappointment. to
the gallery yesterday. Mitchell in
the morning was out in Al and back
in 40 for an 81. He was not hitting
his shots through the fairway as he
usually does. although his tee shots
were well played. Mitchelfs chief
difficulty. however. lay on and around
the slippery greens.
Bobby Jones played practically per-
feet golf through the fairways to Sc
cure his card Of IS yesterday morning.
Jones had 40 puts on the eighteen
holes, leaving but 3s strokes for the
rest of the course. His putting was
not at all up to the usual Jones stand
ard. On the second. third. fourth and
fifth holes he missed holable puts.
Wilfred Thomson. the long hitting
pro from the Country Club OF Vir-
ginia, found the breaks going against
h m yesterday morning. He SAID his
bal. was just finding the edge OF the
rou h or the edge Of bunkers.
Il: oee HunCaa Of England and Jock
4. .,r!i-.il open tltiehoider,
w.. : the o NY men secure threes on
.ici. ,en.l h. in yesterdays
ii 4 t h:sc.; hit his
u, II, of IL round
ltt II = found
~ .ro-.I t~enty-
Ave feel. while Duncan ran down an
eighteen footer.
Jim Barnes fine streak of play is
causing a great deal of comment
around the clubhcu e. Nearly every
one is hoping the tail Pelham pro viii
keep up the superlative game he mas
shown in the last two days. Such
t; SIX is askin., .:-ti- too much, now
r, even foI. Ji.l u rlcs.
Leo Diegel missed three tee shots in
his eariy reuaa yesterday, yet was
around In rs. He was particularly good
at getting ou. of trouble Diegel SAID
he found the putting easy.
Bobby Jones and Chick Evans, the
two amateur cracks, are proving the
biggest single attractions of the
tournament. Evans is conceded q
! chance to win, but Jones must play
better golf than he showed yesterday
to finish in the money. However, at
any time the Atlanta star is liable to
uncork two superb rounds. His golf is
perhaps the most interesting OF any
Of the players to watch, although
many Of the galleryites fancy the
fascinating game of the amateur
champion.
To watch Joe Kirkwood Of Aus.
tralia play his trick shots 1t is hard
to believe he cannot beat par on ans
course. One Of the prominent District
golfers summarized the trouble with
Kirkwood's game. however. when he
said his swing IL not free enough to
permit of the necessary full shots. jim
Barnes style is fancied by many OF
the dopesters.
walter Hagen. titieholder in 1919
was another man to run his morning
! score higher than was expected
Hagen had -, due to Indifferent
putting.
Fred Mcleod had the most cen.
sistent score yesterday, when he hat
both mines in 81 for "a. Fred mus
| be figured to have q chance in thia
championship.
Dopesters who thought a card oi
292 would win the tournament haf
their predictions knocked into a cock
ed hat by Jim Barnes remarkable carr
Of 80, Barnes won't keep up such 8
| hot pace. but with such start hi
|, viii probably beat 2se.
The two big cups, emblematic of TIL
American and British open champion
ships. must be very valuable. It takei
! three members Of the Maryland stat'
I eonstabulafy to guard them.
One Of the energetic members of tn,
gallery committee believes some o.
] see the play than take care of the 5ct
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