The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-23

this championship tn4t Will STAND
classy field like this one sees the p
My prediction was that 291 would
two strokes of Of that figure.
viii always insist that It was the
two strokes he saved himself at the
second hole this morning when he
holed out his machie approach from
a distance of sixty or seventy yards.
II was . remarkable recovery from
the long grass where he had placed
himself by . siiced-tee shot.
The ball was half buried In the tan
grass. bat Jim dug 1t out and shot II
toward the pin. The ball landed in
the middle Of the green and came
to rest against tho nag pole. When
the pole WAS lifted the ball fell into
the cup.
Was Winners Luck.
1t was winners luck and reminded
me OF the hole in one / made at
st. Andrews In the British open which
practically gave me the champion
ship. i have always observed that the
better one plays the more luck seems
to follow him. When Jim got this
break in his favor, / knew then that
he would surely hold his lead to the
end.
1t was a game fight that Hagen
and Mcleod made, but they were
hopelessly out OF 1t as far as first
place was concerned. The big gallery
afternoon and was just as enthusiastic
over his golf as IL he didn't have the
thing sewed up tighter than q drum.
Jim made 1t worth their while and
never once did he play them safe. He
knew from experience that this fs
not the best thing to do as many bad
shots result instead of good ones.
Freddy Mcleod is deserving Of
great praise for his work in finishing
second. Every year Freddie gets q
piece OF the prize money. and this
time his slice was pretty large. 1t was
almost as much as when he won the
title ten or twelve years ago.
Freddy is a great little golfer and
despite the fact that he weighs less
than 100 pounds keeps pace with the
mightiest sluggers in the game.
Freddy knows how to use his mashie
which is a big asset to any player. 1t
LIS mashie approach that saves the
strokes
Say He's Golfer.
Just after finishing. Freddy got a
great reception and then went over
and shook hands with President
Harding. who he has played golf with
a number of times. 1 met the Presi-
dent today for the first time and was
pleased to shake the hand Of a fine
man and, they say, a pretty good
golfer. II he isn't a champion he
gets just as much pleasure out of the
greatest of all games.
The President presented the cup to
Barnes and Jim was mighty proud
OF the honor. Among the list of win
ners I noticed that Alec Smith was
tied for fifth. Before this champion
ship was begun i predicted that Alex
would be among the first ten. and had
II not been for slip at the seven
teenth hole this morning Alec would
have been closer to first place. He
is staging a comeback that liz mar
velous. Never have I seen Alec play
his shots better. He In surer Of his
game, too, which counts a lot in a
championship tournament.
Equals Smiths Mark.
AS I recall Jim's margin Of nine
strokes over the men in second place
equals the record once made by Alec
when he won the championship back
in 1906, in Chicago. Jim's total of
2Ss has only been beaten once. This
was accomplished by Chick Evans,
who got a total Of 286. I remember
this tournament very well, as I hap
pened to be in second place two strikes
behind Chick This same young man
beat me out this time as he came in
for chief amateur honors, 1t was a
great fight and an amusing one, too.
between Chick and Bobby Jones.
Bobby led Chick by q stroke. be-
ginning the afternoon round, but
Chick got II back and another one
with II. Young Jones fell down hard
on the fifth hole, where he took q
miserable nine II was hard luck. as
he put two brasAe shots out OF
bounds This rule, think IL unfair
on most golf courses.
When President Harding presented
Barnes with the cup he said many
nice things about Jim as a golie-, ard
how he played the game. Jim's reply
was characteristic of him. He replied
that the tournament was rho most
successful ever played as far as he
was concerned, and ! gueas he YVES
right.
Both cups win remain in America
this year. I will hold on to the
British while Jim will take care OF
tho United States cup. The Pelham
Country Club should be proud of Jim.
win never forget the treatment we
received there in the match with Dun
can and Mitchell