The New York herald., 1921-02-20
M'LEAN'S OLD SCORE
EQUAL TO DIEGEL'S
Two 65s at Dunwoodie as
Good as 67-63 at Pasa-
dena, Says George.

PiNEHuRsr, N. c.. Feb. 19.-George |
Mclean, who played lot of good soIt |
at Pinehurst this month. and who is now
making his way leisurely to Florida in
company with George Fotheringham'
has dug UP an old score card which
he offers to match against Leo Die
gels sensational 81. 63-13o. recently
achieved at Pasadena. McLeans cara
is a valued souvenir or the qualifying
round in the Dunwoodie club champion
ship, May, 1916, when George. who was
then connected with Dr-,woodie, played
around with w. w. Harris. member
of the club, and disposed of the thirty
six holes in 65, 65-130 a straight
medal play This is the best that Nc
Lean has ever done for thirty-six holes
and it's a trifle better than has been o
far claimed by any of the other pro-
fessionals now at Pinehurst.
Phil Carter and Emmett French, the
Youngstown professional, are the only
players who have broken 140 for two
consecutive rounds on the championship
course here, although Mike Brady holds
the official record with 81 achieved IN
the final of the North and South open
q few years ago. Unofficial 6fs, IN
four-ball matches, have also been re-
corded for French and Parker WHITE
more. the Brookline star.
The most mcnorable Of frenehs 0ts
was the one achieved last year IN
match between Charlie Motherselle ard
French on the one hand and Francis
Ouimet and Perry Adair on the other
a match in which Ouimet went around IN
par II and failed to win hole
(Which" quoth Francis sadly is sone-
thing that never happened to me before
and that devoutly hope will never hap
pen to me again"
During the winter months the resort
OF Southern Pines claims French's al
legiance and he comes over to Pinehurst
once or twice week and cleans up
There is a good deal of talk around here
of the possibility of his going abroad
next summer as member of the profess
sional team It's hard for the Pinehurst
crowd to "see" anybody but French this
season, so far as the local courses are
concerned They got up big purse for
n professional medal play tourney here
the other day and one chap subscribed
BY Offering to add FLYER for each score
better thai Frenchs. lie admitted
CnGgTtullN ht hdu IbNiililS d1hi'isN N~A''
mot and was actuated solely by motives
Of economy. u didn't cost him anything,
as things turned out. although there
we're seven other good pros in the con-
test.
over 1T Southern Pines a fortnight
| ago. French established new course
! record with a ca, all puts holed OUT,
and followed It up with SO In medai
/ play event the next day. The 81 IN
! cluded. In the first place, two strokes
| lost when his ball jumped out OF the
Gun after jumping in for an apparent
| b~aco of as on par ( holes. And in
| fine second place 1t included two short
nutts missed on the last two greens
! n,ttts which in both cases had been con-
4 coded nv his opponent but which French
/ insisted on playing for purposes or rec
ord. He came TO tho seventeenth tee
with fairly easy and for 90 ana
finished with 81.
/ Fmnlct's low scores at Pinchurst are
usually made in Sunday play. when no
teaddies are available and the sand
Greens are left unswept. The latter are
in pretty bad shape by the time the
i a afternoon comes around. but so far from
\ hat bothering French 70 any noticeable
\ extent he seems 70 play better when
! they are In bad shape than when they
/ a.. as smooth "a q billiard table. In
: .3igmatc II played on recent sunday
I afternoon Just after heavy rain. I'm
\ y = didn't slip UP once on the greens
Until hc came 20 one that an Innocent
! v-tander had moppod up and smoothed
down with the Persian rugs They pfe
here for shat purpose French wasn't
used to iuxuries OF this Kind and he
promptly took three puts after getting
wcll On. All that man nceds.' said The
discomfited ann teur greenrkecper. lis TO
have water spout and q two-horsc
plough 70 ahead Of him around tho
course and he'd mako phil Carter's IA
mous G6 look like one OF my own best
rounds in the eleventh division"