New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
BY Ray Mccarthy

PlNEHURST. N. c., March 31.-The
best as we'll as the largest field that
ever competed for the North and South
| open golf Championship will tee off
here tomorrow morning. Every pro-
fessional of note in the country
seventy two in all--wth one exception
Will take crack at the prize. The ex-
ccption is jim Barnes, the crack golfer
of the Pelham Country Club. The big
fellow is suffering with boils on the
back of his neck, and unless miracu-
lous cure is effected by morning he will
sit on the bench during this meeting
1t is extremely unfortunate that he
is unable to play, inasmuch as the field
is so classy. Nobody is more disap-
pointed than he in being forced out
1t is simply another irony of fate
Barnes has taken the best care of him
self the whole winter in Florida and
came here Sunday night on edge for
the fray. On the night he arrived a
little red pimplc blossomed into fam
ing crimson boil, which has sapped
most of the strength OF the Pelham
star.
Barnes probably would have been the
favorite had he been in condition to
play. AS it is, there is no outstanding
favorite. Hagen is liked by many to
win, but the happy Jack Hutchison, who
ran wild at Asheville and won that
tournament with a 27S, and Leo Deigel,
the fiashy little Detroit phenom, who
arrived here from the coast on Sunday,
have about as many supporters.
Mcleod Now Holds Title
Freddie Mcleod, the little wizard Of
the Columbia Country Club, who holds
the title, and Clarence Hackney, the
burly Atlantic City club player, both
are counted on by many to set the pace.
Tom Kerr:gan. Emmett French, George
Mclean, George Fotheringham and
some Of the others are being figured on.
j. II. Kirkwood, the crack player and
fancy SHOEMAKER, haling from Aus
traliat is the mystery man of the field
Nobody quite knows how to figure him.
He showed some wonderful shots in
his exhibition play and he had per
formed we'll in playing with some of
while others are wagering he won't
finish even among the first ten.
However, everybody feels kindly
toward the lad, who is fine young
fellow of twenty-four years. He is
modest and able and if he should win
nobody will begrudgc hiu his honors.
Among those who hays played we'll
| O'Hara, Kirkwood, Joe Sylvester and
George Fotheringham. Mcleod no
sooner landed Yesterday than he and
Foth eringham Immediately engaged
their old rivals, Deige and Wilfrid
Reid, in best ball match
In the half dozen times these two
teams have met Reid and Degel have
yet to win victory. Even last year
at Ashevile, when Deigel broke the
course record by scoring a 65, Mcleod
and his partner were able to break
even, the former sinking putt Of
thirty feet for the last hole to get a
haive,
Sylvester Shoots "a
This morning Fotheringham, shoot
ing 70, was able, with Mcleod, again
to hold Dcigel and Reid to All even
score on the eighteen holes.
In the afternoon Reid teamed with
Hutch and this pair managed finally
to beat the others by / up. Playing
arc und in the morning, Joe Sylvester
shot "a.
Tommy Kerrigan, George Mclean,
| Charlie Lorms, Peter O'Hara and sew
/ Cidi VI tHc OlHcIS tVOh lHc dlCeIHOOu
off and visited the races, hoping there
by to improve their Judgment by try
! ing to pick them.
Tommy Mcnamara, Of the Swanoy
7'u5, and j. Merriman, of Boston, will
.v.,d Fhc parade to- day. This pair will
get a1ay at S:15 a. m. Hagen on his
first l>and will play with j. H. Kirk
wood Needless to say, this couple will
attract large gallery.
Jock Hutchinson will play around with
Charlie Hoffncr. Tommy Kerrigan is
paired with Leo Deigel end Freddie
Mcleod and George Fotheringham will
accompany each other. Pat O'Hara and
George Mclean are paired with each
other on the first trip. By nightfall
the first half of the journey of seventy
two holes will have been completed and
then the alibis will start to roll in.