The Washington times., 1921-07-17

Today the United States Golf Assoc
citation committee which will have
charge of the tournament arrived at
headquarters at the Wardman Park
Hotel and went to the Columbia Coun-
try Club. Headed by President How
ard +. Whitney, Of the Nassau Club,
the committee, composed Of j. #. BY
ers. of the Allegheny Country Club:
Wynant ID. Vanderpool. Of the Morris
County Golf Club. and Albert d. Locke,
Nelson M. Whitney, James d. STAN
dish, Wilbur II. Brooks, Is to settle
any question arising In the tourna-
nient and will conduct the affairs as
in past history.
The participants are practically all
here. The ruling body is on the
ground and the COLUMBIA County Club
course and committees running the
tournament are all set.
Big Guns Here.
Today the arrival OF Jock Hutchinson,
Abe Mitchell. George Duncan, Walter
Hagen. Jim Barnes, Willie Ogg. Emil
Loeffler, Charles Hoffner, Tom Kerri-
gan, Alex Smith. Jesse Guilford.
Thomas Armour, Gene Sarazen, the
big guns of golfdom, but edded to the
glamour of the championship affair.
lcries the greater part of the forenoon,
while the afternoon was spent In
watching the matches arranged In or
der to acquaint the players with the
course.
OF the starters in the tournament
Tuesday, there are no less than six
former national champions. Alex
Smith won in 1906 and 1910. Alex
Ross won in 1907. Fred Mcleod. the
Columbia pro, was winner In 1908 AMI
Ia playing his nineteenth open tourna-
ment this year. George Sargent was
the 1909 winner while Walter Hagen
won In 1914 and 1919. Chick Evans
was the winner i'm 1916.
Near Winners Entered.
1t is of further interest to note that
Alex Smith was runner-up In 1888. In
1901. 1905. and Gil Nichols was runner
up in 1907. Tom Mcnamara in 1909.
1912 and 1915 was runner up. He has
never won an open tournament. Mike
Brady, who yesterday drove the fam.
GUS seventeenth green. was runner-up
in 1911 and 1919. Chick Evans was
runner-up In 1915.
Last years field included Leo
Diegel, Jack Burke and Jock Hutchi-
son as tied with Harry Vardon for
second place position.
With Mitchell and Duncan, rated as
the foremost professionals in England
at present, the field is composed OF the
blue ribbon winners of golfdom.
Competition over the course will be
as interesting today as II will be from
Tuesday on. The golfers are getting
a try at the exacting course, excep-
tionally so because there are three
two-shot holes on which fine iron play
receives its just reward. These are
the third. tenth and seventeenth holes.
They are all reasonable two-shooters
demanding better placing OF the tee
shot and the succeeding second iron
shot than any others over the course
which will BIO traversed by so many
stars today and tomorrow.
Practically every hole on the
course is laid out with the idea that
q well-placed drive OF moderate dis
, lance is better than along te shot
that is off the course, although q
long ball with fine carry will reach
the green on the seventeenth. This
sort OF a shot is the kind such
players as Ted Ray are accustomed
to making.
The third hole is laid out in pretty
fashion. A brook practically paral-
lels the line of play to the left and
will catch a hooked bail, while the
tee shot must not be far off the
line or II will be trapped. The
hole is $40 yards in length.
The drive should be long enough
to get nearly to the top Of the hill