Evening star., 1921-07-14

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Among the amateurs there is b. War
rem Corkran. the middle Atlantic
champion, and Robert l.. Finken-
staedt of Columbia. the District air3-
teur titleholder. HutchiSon is also
the holder of the western open cham
pionship. Evans is likely to retain
his western amateur title. as he is the
outstanding figure in the field COM
peting at Westmoreland. near Chi
c3go.
Committee Meets Tonight.
Tonight committee chairmen and
large number of volunteer committee
men will get together AT Columbia 10
talk things over and get everything
in readiness. There are many details
to be ironed out and the executive
committee in charge wishes to profit
by past mistakes and avoid any mis-
understanding.
Every facility has been offered the
newspaper correspondents. Direct
wire facilities for shooting" bulletins
OF the play from the club to all parts
Of the world have been arranged. and
the golfinG public will know almost
az soon as the shots have been played
what their favoriteS are doing.
@AisitinG golfers will have nothing
on the leading local professional play
ers in the coming test of skill if the
local men play as well in the cham
pionship as they did yesterday.
Local Players Score Low.
Fred Mcleod. J. Darcy Banagan
and Orrin a. Terry. professionals at
tached to local clubs. showed their
speed by shooting scores over the Co
lumbia course well down in the low
7gs. Mcleod and Banagan had -
each. while Terry, Notwithstanding
several missed puts and unfamiliar
ity with the course. had 13.
Banagans ~ was a fine piece of
-, nj cI fn1 h i'm,
a place in the select -. Mcleod and
Terry should have no trouble getting
A sbe list of qualif1ers. The little
Col ,mbia pro took off the check on
.s!s bag of tricks yesterday and holed
Ss, chip shots on the last three holes.
he defeated Jack Dowling of Scars
dale and Joe Novak of Spokane on the
last hole, sinking a niblick chip shot
from off the green for when the
smatch was all square; he had pre-
SYiously holed a chip shot at the six
teenlh, where three members OF the
ioursome made IS. Dowling, home
bred professional, and one who al
ways has chance at the open cham
Yfonship, had I5. while the long-hit-
ting Novak had II.
Otto Hackbarth, from Cincinnati. who
decided early yesterday not to go to
Shawnee, stayed at Columbia and show
ed his class by getting around the course
IN - Howard H. Beckett Of Atlanta,
formerly professional at the Washington
Golf and Country Club of this city, had
a77 in practice, playing with Terry,
Hanagan and James E. Davis. jr.. son
otthe director general of railroads.
Terry shows Good Form.
Terry. the pro at Chevy Chase, had
Visions of 6S until he began missing
Of 73 included four missed puts. He is
the first professional to secure on
the new fifth hole at Columbia. drive,
q spoon and pitch putting him dead
tpthe hole.
Bobby Jones of Atlanta, runner-up in
the amateur championship of 1919. will
arrive in Washington Sunday morning,
and is scheduled to play with Mcleod
and Gil Nichols that afternoon. Jones,
who was said by Vardon to be the best
SHOEMAKER among American amateurs.
will be one of the main attractions of
the tournament. as he has never before
played in Washington.
Sunday is likely to be a day Of much
golf a Columbia. with practically the
entire field of entrants practicing over
the course. Galleries Sunday probably
VIII see golf just as good as will be
played during the championship.
Brftons to Arrive Saturday.
Duncan and Mitchell the two big
guns of British golf, will arrive in
the city some time Saturday. Hutch
iSon and Kerrigan may drop in any
time from now to Sunday, as they
have decided to stay away from COM
petition and did not enter the Shaw
nee tournament. which began today.
: The remainder of the professionals
who have entered for the champion
ship, with a few exceptions, will ar
rive in Washington Saturday to be
ready for practice Sunday and Mon
day. Barnes. Hagen and Diegel. who
are all playinp at Shawnee. will DrOb-
ably come here Saturday.
There appears to be a slight sense
Of dissatisfaction over the fact that
the qualifying round for the cham
pionship will be at eighteen holes. in
stead of thirty-six. Some of the play