Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-22

r.,rmbia Country CiuD' o"o's o""'o'
-,w "T' 'RARNEs is out in front of
~. s,raining pack on the third
tnis sSe omen golf championship OK
- igr iwgrr,tsS I states, gliding along like
inc Mercury, four strokes up on
Mnwu hardy enough to stick 1t out.
~ tnosJl osollowed his straight hit OF 69
he morping, which tied his own
yestelSso a. the course, with the smoke
rscoIo - n solid IS in the afternoon.
sa,ei Gieeh was 144. They used to say
~ vi I'm Barnes get going right and
~ lad on the field the first day and
I'm never catch him. 4,
~ .hs other hand, there's the dis
vs,tine ~ fact that he generally has
0nchd hsd round, the round that has
ens en ...n @ nreyented him from winning the
mln.i,t t,tIe which is the ambition OF his
rgSu lie. Too, he must face the
scinam nerve strain of leading the field
soyeIh Ihoiding Il safe. The others are back
inp % Vanaaking up. One slip, and all
mefs ssrantage of a leader in play like
uS S,.;ss %S, running in the last two British
A.mnionships, Barnes has been out
. leading them all at the end OF
tneie thrss le holes, and twice has he
suIsbed ak in 43, to lose the title.'
Phys soundly
champions have been crowned who
haen ten, yes, thirteens strokes
p..S ,be first day. There is still very
E.h an open championship. and all
q sbe data may come a cropper ere
s'&tiall Anyhow, nobody can detract
Isn fhe brilliance Of ''Iong Jim yes
IvJ I..J., From the time he laid into his
"a E Ice shot to the tim0he sank a six
III III mutt on the thirty-six green, he
pp pp,ss;dent Harding will present the
an N tbe winner the first time in the
Wyyory of golf q nations chief has sc
Sorored A titular tussle. It is said his
~ssch Is all prepared, and all he has
y So Is write in the winners name.
M cup has been polished up for the
s.rssion. and a burly member OF the
wiiitary stands guard over it in the
s.cent;on hall Of the clubhouse to see
tsst no one claims it before all the
6gures are in.
All Set
The cup is a grand trophy. a silver
nm, which quite overshadows the
mailer pitcher emblematic OF the
SItsh championship which JOCK
Mtchison brought with him. the first
Hms an American ever brought this
ldoric cup across the sea.
The former pro at Whitemarsh car,
Nd the mob all day yesterday ant
n was a treat all the way. He turned
ant four 3's in O row and four bird'
out Of six straight holes, returning II
tAirty three strokes, the best back nin'
tbat has been done in the tourney.
In the afternoon he started badly
bdne FIVE over As for fourteen holes
BIZ from his cautious position at tn
nd Of the plateau to the fifteenth h
pitched beautifully to the green ant
crowded down a ten-foot putt for
bhdie 3 to the yipping OF tn
throng. On the next he was nicely Of
fos bird 2, but couldn't get over tn
hdges Of the green.
Hs all but holed long putt on tn
nssnteenth and the gallery means, a
nreries do moan when a ball hang
a the lip. An iron to the eighteent
dipped straight into the goal. Seldor
dos one see sight such as Barne
faced to make his iron to the thirty
hith green. Twilight cast its scarle
tinge over the great colonial club hous
dtang up there against a back groun
st tall poplars. Packed there on tn
banks was solid mass of humanit
hi all the white and gorgeous color
h warm day.
His second shot bounded wildly int