Evening star., 1921-07-19
!. J. FARRELL LEADS
GOLFERS WITH A a
Mornings Play at Columbia
Leaves Mitchell Second
and Hutchinson Third.

]. J. Farrell of Quaker Ridge. y. Y,
ledl the field up to o'clock today in
the first half of the qualifying round
for the open golf championship of the
United States over the course of the
Columbia Country Club. Farrell
turned in card of "a. He was one
stroke in front of Abe Mitchell OF
England and two strokes ahead of
Jock Hutchison, the British open
champion.
Hutchfxon on His Ga. :.
Jock Hutchison. the British open
champion. and Abe Mitchell of Eng
land turned in cards Of IS and 40.
respectively. in the qualifying round
today for the open golf champion OF
the United States over the course of
the Columbia Country Club.
Hutchison did not play up to his
usual fine game and had to work
hard to secure his IS. Mitchell. on
the other hand. played well within
himself at all times and notwithstand- !
ing six on the par four-seventeenth
hole finished with a IS.
The Hutchison-M Mitchell match carried
the gallery, fully 1000 people following
the players in the latter half of theiI
rounds. The scores on the incoming nine
follow:
Total 10
Mitchell. ...4 4 5 - 4 3 6 4-3I
Total. IS.
Hutchison was very erratic around
the putting greens all during his round
while Mitchell was very accurate and
did not miss holeable putt.
Drives Out Of Bounds.
At the seventeenth hole. 2S5 yards ir
length, Mitchells tee shot carried to the
and rnllp1 of hounds N,
CURED a two-stroke penalty, and had tC
take six on the hole
At the eighteenth hole. with a large
gallery banked around the green
MitchelIs second shot was sliced ant
struck a spectator. bounding bacl
within Ave feet of the putting green.
The scores turned in up to l o'clocl
were distinctly on the high side, nom
of the contestants playing as well a
they have done in practice rounds.
HutchisOn Is FavOrite.
All the contestants up to 10 o'clocl
went off on time. The weather wal
favorable for golf today. although TIL,
sky was overcast. The course wa:
slow and the putting greens had beer
thoroughly watered during the night
making possible pitches up to tn,
hole.
A half hour before he was scheduled
to play Jock Hutchison appeared OF
the practice tee and drove number
of balls down the eighteenth fairway
Hutchison was forced to stop his prac
tice for while just before 10 o'clocl
to face a battery of cameramel
anxious to secure a picture of th'
holder Of the British title. Whel
Hutchison and Mitchell teed of
Mitchell outdrove Hutchison by SOM
twenty yards in the tee shot.
Abe Mitchell of England reached tn,
turn in 3S, while Hutchison of Chicag,
went out in 40. Neither man playe,
good golf, both being erratic aroun,
the greens. Scores:
Hutchison.... 3 4 6 5 3 A
Mitchell. ...... "A 4 3 5-3!
AT the third hole Hutchison wa
short of the green in two and tool
three puts. At the fifth he put hi
second shot out of bounds and playet
his fourth on the green.
kirkwood Starts Well.
Joseph Kirkwood. Australian cham
pion. had a good outward trip. H,
made the nine holes in Sc, one owe
par. He made the 395-yard fourtl
hole with birdie three"
Scores for the first nine holes indi
Gated probable higher scoring in tn,
qualifying round than had been ex
pected on the basis of the practic;
rounds OF Sunday and Monday. Scores
of the first pair were Longworth. AZ
Ellis. 40. White. Wykagyl with
drew, as did Jack Dingwall in tn,
third pair. and Rowe. Germantow
Pa. was paired with William 4
Skelly. Hermitage. Richmond. score
being. Rowe. 40: Skelly. A. Othe
scores were Platt. Al; Manley, As
Lorms, ~; BeeSe. As.
Scores for IS Holes.
The first complete scores returne,
were those of Longworth and Ellis
The former came in in 80 for a roun,
of 80, while Ellis made the cours
in 81.
Other scores were:
Charles H. Lorms Inverness, Toledo
42-41-S3.
Arthur Beebe, West End. N J., As
39-S4.
James E. Ferguson, Spring Lake
n j., 3S-40-7S.
Wilfred Thomson. Country Club o
Virginia, 39-39-7S.
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