The Washington herald., 1921-07-14
Youthful Golfer
Turns in ~ Ouer
Columbia Course
So Do Mcleod and Hack
berth, But '.Red" Bran
nigan's Clever Playing
Surprises Fans.
By r. G. SHAND.

BY N u. SHhNDs
|. Three professionals, Freddy Nc
Leod, Otto Hackberth and DARCY
Brannigan. playing over the CO.
lumbia course yesterday. turned in
cards of 70. Both Mcleod and
Hack kberth's performances were i'm
pressive enough, but the work OF
Red" Brannigan was the surprise
of the day.
RED" is only a youngster Of 20
or 81, and has been playing at
Columbia ever since he was
youngster. Though entered in the
"open," ne has never been looked
upon as serious CONTENDER.
Yesterdays performance indicates.
however. that he has an excellent
chance OF qualifying. IL he can
play mis- usual game under the
strain OF tournament competition.
The short eighteen-hole qualify
ing round is bound to give COM
parativeIy unknown players VINO
are thoroughly familiar with the
course a decided edge over more
prominent players who are not con-
Yersant with the traps and ounKers
which line the fairways and greens
at Columbia.
McLeod's work of the past two
days indicates that Hutchison, Nit
chell. Duncan and others who are
being picked to finish l, 2. in the
open" will be forced to play re-
markable golf to shut out the little
Columbian. Hackberth. tremend-
Gus driver, has also played splendid
golf for a man who up to two days
ago had never seen the course.
With the greens and fairways
thoroughly soaked bv the rain of
the last few days, 1t seems next to
| impossible that even Abe Mitchell
or Siege Gun" Jesse Guilferd will
he able to reach the bunker guard
| ing the fairway on the fifth hole
with their tee shots. The bunker
Is some 900 yards from the tee, and
on a slow course. even these Big
Berthas" of the golfing world will
be forced to shatter existing records
to find the trap.
Seventeen men are now at work
| putting the greens in shane under
the watchful eye of DR.. Walter Har-
ban. who is out there daily from Z
| o clock on
Everything.iI in readiness for the
installation of the field telephones
Plans have been completed. the ap-
paratus is on hand. and the Army
Signal Corps experts who have
charge of the work state that il will
take them but two hours to COM
plete the installation. This will not
be done until next Monday.
The big "get-togethcr" meeting Is
scheduled for tonight at the club
house. Committees will get their
hnal instructions, and all voIun-
teers for taking care of the gallery
and the scoring are invited. A
nunet supper will be served at S
o'clock
The list of entrants for the
tournament has increased to $50,
ana the executive committee of the
I. >. ~ A. has announced that no
new names will be accepted unless
IL can he proven that they were de-
layed in transmission. Following
are the new additions to the list,
together with their starting times
Tor the qualifying rounds:
Tuesday. July 10.
e29-Robert White, wykagyI; John J.
Rowe. Germantown, Pa.
S:3o-Art W. Longwayth. RIpe6eId u
va: Harry Ellis, Woodbury.. L. I.
S:35-Jack Dingwall. Staunton Heights:
william G. skelly. Hermitage. Mich.
o:p-J. Wood Platt. whitemarsh Valley:
p. n. Manley, Beaver Falls, Pa
S:45-Albert c. Cinoin, Milford School
Sonn.; Guy NJ. standifer, waverly, Port,
land Oreg.
s:J0-Charles Fl. Lorms. Inverness. Tol.
Arthur Beebe. West End, n. j.
S:3O0Nelson II. Zimmerman Westmorr.
land, Pa; Horace Brand, Highland, West
View, Pa.
Wednesday, July 20.
S:2J-Laurie Ayton, Evanston, ILL.,; Wal
ter Loenler. South Mills, Pitts
s:30-John Petranck. Virginia Beach
Joseph Ternesi, Fairvie. n. Y.
S:3o-Sewton c. Mair. Shackama Ion,
Charles d. Thoms, Shinecock Hills.
S:4o-Walter z. Ward, Penna Grove n.
j.; Chris Callawsy, Port Washington, n Y.
S:45-Nicol Thompson. Toronto, Canada
Hentry T. BolestH. Palma Ceia. Fla
S:J0-Bayard Beebe. West End, n. j.;
Walter Nelson, Highlands, Indianapolis.
s:JI-Archie Loeffler. Breckenridge, Pitts.
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