New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Barnes May Be
Unable to Make
Trip to England
Illness May Force u. S.
Golf Star to Withdraw
From British Tournament
By Ray Mccarthy


In this merry life of ups and downs
Mr.. Tickle Fate plays one of the lead
ing roles. This is an axiom requiring
no elaboration on our part In sports
and in the game of golf particularly
this invisible creature gets in his best
iicks. His presence in the draw Of the
British amateur meeting has served to
hamper the chances of the Yankees in
that tournament, the majority having
been regulated to the lower half. Just
ut present Mr.. Fate apparentl, IS doing
his best or his worst to blast the hopes
Of the American professional golfers.
If he is successful in his latest en-
deavors the best hope probably the
United States has in the British open
meeting will have TO withdraw. We
are referring to jim Barnes, star pro
OF the Pelham Country Club. Since
the latter part of March the big fell
low has been having a tough battle
with boiis. To date he has had three
carved out of his neck. And only last
Saturday he had to 60 under the knife
again.
During the seige he has lost fifteen
pounds Of flesh, and although Long
James is no weakling he cannot afford
to give away this much weight It is
certainly one Of fate's little ironies
that this fellow of the twelve chosen to
go abroad should be selected to be the
goat. For not only is the Pelham
player one OF the best if not the lead
ing performer on the squad, but he is
extremely careful of condition at all
times.
Far From Real Condition
Despite his ilIness Barnes has man
aged to play several rounds of golf
since his return from the South. And
although he has been hitting the ball
well he is far from being in condition
for real golf competition. He is going
ahead with his preparations for the
"trip abroad on the Gath, but he an
nounced yesterday that unless his
health improves in the meantime he
will cancel the trip. Which would be
sad blow indeed to the American
teams chances.
Members of the New York Athletic
Club-that is, those who aspire. to be
golfers, will gather at the Fox Hills
Golf Club to-day for one-day tourna-
ment. This competition will be mix
ture of medal and match play. The
first nine holes of the morning round
will be devoted to medal play by four
somes.
The second half will be match play.
The winning pair of these foursomes
will line Up against each other on the
afternoon round, while the losers will
struggle against each other.
The Garden City Golf Clubs annual
invitation tournament will be played
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Veterans Grooming Youngsters
The veteran or star professional
golfer renders the game great serv-
ice yearly bya turning out some pro-
tege; You will always find a top
notcher grooming some youngster for
future fame and glory on the links.
A Professional of whom little is
heard these days, but who is one of
the best of the old guard, is Jack Inglis,
of the Fairview Country Club. Inglis
is so busy in his present position he
has little time for tournament play.
He did most of his playing back in
1905, when Walter Travis was in the
hmelight.
But this veteran still finds time TO
coach number of youngsters every
year and to prepare them for the pro-
fessional end of the game. Several
youngsters who are rapidly coming to
the fore learned their game from
Inglis. William Creavy, of Kansas
City, for instance, who did so we'll in
the Western open last year, is pro-
tege of Tnglis.
So is Louis Costello, Quogue's nifty
little representative. Fred Decker, of the
Knollwood Club; Jimmy Farrell. of
Quaker Ridge; Joe Matthews, of Kan
sas City; Johnny Madden, of St. Louis,
and Mickey Gallagher; of Augusta,
Ga, all learned the art OF golf play
and club making from the kindly Jack
whose friends in this game are legion,