New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
Barnes, i'm 90,
Sets Low Mark
In Golf Match
Pride of Pelham Races In
With 33, One Ahead Of
Brady, Furnishing Sensa-
ton of National Tourney
88 in First Round To-day
All Stars In, With Contest
Too Evenly Balanced to
Hazard Picking Winner
By Grantland Rice

WASHINGTON, July 2O-The gaunt,
angular shadow of Long jim Barnes,
the Pride of Pelham, fell across the
field to-day, leaving the others in the
shade as he strobe majestically around
in the record breaking figures of 50,
the sole delegate from the long two
day caravanserie to dip below 70
through his wizardry over wood and
iron. Long jim, of the hawk-lke fea-
lures and the Ostermoorish mop of
hair, with a freshly plucked clover leaf
dangling from his mouth, led Mike
Brady by single stroke as he raced
home in SO, just a trife faster pace
than even the brilliant Duncan could
follow: Barnes's magnificent round
5hat added forty-fve new names to
Tuesdays list, leaving Lightweight
SURVIVORS who start tomorrow in the
big steeplechase for Americas open
championship cup, where the test will
call for ~ holes of medal play.
Once again 78 proved to be the magic
number, although those drawing rs
to-day barely skidded into port. There
were thlrty-three at n or better as the
class OF 70 hung around the big score
board and offered low mutterej prayers
to the gods of golf for safe deliverance
from an unkempt fate. Jesse Gull
ford, the new Massachusetts, champion.
was one of these, and for the greater
part of the afternoon the Boston Siege
Gun looked as happy as a man who had
just lost right eye.
All Ready for Big Show To-day
AS it all worked out everything is
now in perfect detail for Thursdays
big show. All the stars are in The
three British delegates, Duncan, Mitch
ell and Kirkwood, are set for their
big offensive to take back the cup.
But with Barnes, Hutchison, Hagen,
Brady, Mcleod, Evans, Jones and a
gallant brood of other stars manning
the ramparts, only super brilliant work
by outside talent will leave an empty
niche in Uncle Sans cupboard, where
the sedate old gentleman is making
quite collection of late.
Two big galleries in to-day's test
were supplied with enough thrills to
last fortnight. In the forenoon they
saw Jim Barnes and George Duncan
make the ancient game look ridiculous
With the crimson arm bands of the
scorers and marshals and the usual
gay and gaudy bedeckmenus OF the
generally fairer sex there was vivid
splash of color to the gallery which
swung out after Long Jim and Light
ming George, who were taking par by
the throat and shaking its teeth loose.
Barnes was out in So, with Duncan
taking 38. But upon the homeward
journey both stars unfurled every kinls
with display of genius that kept the
steam;ng multitude in an almost un-
broken roar Of applause. Duncan, two
strokes back of Barnes at the turn,
took his first jump forward by drop
ping a at the 440yard tenth, and
from that point on the brilliant Scot
was in his finest mood up to within a
stride of the pin. He caught Barnes
at the eleventh, and at the 5o0-yard
twelfth, after two slashing drives be-
yond the 3O0-yard marker, both barely
missed their S..
Both played the short thirteenth in
par IS, and at the fourteenth, 4Oo yards
long, Duncan planted his approach less
than three feet from the pin, only to
have his putt hit the rim and hutter
out. Again at the fifteenth Duncan
planted his approach less than three
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