The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20
DIXIE PLAYERS
 WIN HONORS IN
 NATIONAL MEET
Two Southerners Score Low Qualifying Cards at Co.,
 lumbia Country Club

mond Country club, of Virginia. led a field of 43 qualifiers in the open ing half of the qualifying round to- day of the National open Golf tourna- ment being played at the Columbia Country club. Both Whitney and O. Hara turned in scores of 8 for the Is holes and their eads totalled at the ninth and eighteenth holes show ed identical scores at s6-S7--73.
 Tine spread in the qualifying scores ranged from these two 73's to seven teen players who tied for last place with scores of 7S. Following Whitney and O'Hara came four players with A, including Walter Hagen, the 1919 champion and Jack Burke, runner up in last years open champion ship. Among those who qualified with scores of. 75 were Abe Mitchell the English star and R. L. FinNen- staedt, an amateur of the Columbia Country club.
 Ten score 76
 Ten players qualified with scores of 16 including Jock Hutchinson, the American who recently won the British open championship.
 The final l7 with 7S scores included Joseph kirl>wood the Australian eX- pert whose 36 for the first nine holes 1 proved saving performance wheh ne came home in 42. While pla yIng conditions were none too favorable owing to high ana gusty wind and slow putting greens the scores as d whole came within 1 the expectations and predictons i mades.by golting experus prior 10 the ! beginning of play. The performances i of the amateur entrants was also i an outstanding feature. The qualllS y ! ing of three of this class among the ] 43 survivors of d field including many l of the most eNpert protessiohals or the world was considered a remark able feat. | Winners Play Remarkable 1 The play of both Whitney ana | OHara was remarkably steady ana consistent throughout the IS holes. Whitney had an eagle three on the 5O5- yard twelfth hole and birdle three on the seventh 365-yard hole His card, like OHaras was only l three strokes above par. 0 Hara haa a birdie three on the second hole, which is normally a 320-yard par four.
 The complete cards of Whitney and l O'Hara follow:
 O'Hara: Out-434- 3o4-559-op' lh- 545-444-344--37. l Whitney. Out-544 454 -SS4-S6; in 3-454-344--37. Total 73.
 Qualifying List
 The full list of 43 qualifiers in the first half of the championship qualifying round with their scores are as follows:
 Pat o'Hara, Richmond Country club. 3e- -37--73.
 Nelson M. Whitney. Audubon, Se 37--73.
 35-39-74.
 w. H. Trovinger, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 37 37-74,
 Walter Hagen, New York, 40-34-74.
 Jack Burke, St. Paul. Minn., S5-
 Abe Mitchell England, SS-s7-75,
 R. L. Finkenstaedt, Washington, 3S-37-75.
 36-76.
 Tom Cowan, Oakley, Mass, 3s-S7- 76.
 Eddie Loos, Ravisloe, 4135-76.
 John Berdemus, San Felipe, Tex, 3S-3S--76.
 c. C. Betschler, MarIand, Arling- ton 37-39--76.
 Jock Hutchinson, Glen View, Chl7 cago. 4o-36-76
 R. A. Cruikshank Essex c. C., 3s- 37-76
 Al watrous, Red Run. Mich, S9- 37-76.
 James Donnachie, Hagerstown, Md, 37-39-76.
 F. G. Cannausa Westpoint, N r., 35-41--76.
 G. J. Rajodpi, Maplewood, N. J., 40-37-77.
 Capt. Charles Clark, Engineers 39-3s--77.
 Lewie Tellier Braeburn, s9-Ss-77. Tom kerrigan Siwanoy, 393S-77. Alex Campbell, Los Antiville, SS 39--77.
 Robert T. Barnett, Tredyffrin, Pa S9-3S-77 J. D. Rose. Pttsbul.s. ss-41-77. Emmet French, Youngstown, O.. 39-aS-I7
 J. J. Rowe, Germantown, Pa. 4o- 3S-7s
 J. C. Ferguson spring Lake, N. J., 3s- 40--7s g wilfred Thompson, Richmond, Va,  A. J. sanderson. Sleepy Hollow, 3S 40-7S. Joseph Kirkwood Australia, ss- Q 42-7S. George T. Savers. Marion, c. C.. 3s- 40-7s 5 Tom Boyd, Fox Hills, 39-ss-7s.
 Jack Forester, Westbury, l.. l., 3S-40-7S :. Frank Dellwood, Garden City, L. l.. 39-39--7s. W. c. Sherwood. Newark, O., 3e- ' 42-7s f Fred Baroni. Montour Heights. | 39-39-7S.
 Isaac Mackie, Canoe Brook. ST. 41-7S. .. Alex smith, shennecossett, ss- 5 Frank coltart Philadelphia, Ss- : 46-7s. : John A. Park, Maigstone Club. New 8 York. 3S-40-7s Lew chiapetta, woodway, Conn h 37-41-7S. : Joe Sylvester. St. Albans, N r.. ], 39-39-78. . Prominent players who failed to 2 qualify included C. H. Mayo, Willie Mcfarland Jack Bowling. Alex Ross, ,. Q. A. Terry, J. R. Thompson, 2 Frederick Doyle, Carl Anderson, D. ', Warren Corhran and J. Wood Platt. - : COLLECTOR SETTLES Tuscaloosa, July 1s-tspecial)-- frtx