The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Pride of Pelham Steady
AS Machine Until Finish
Clover Blossom Lucky Talisman. but Mighty
Drives, Accurate Approaches and
Puts Win Championship.
ny n. G. sHAND.

Twas the clover that did it,"
quoth long Jim Barnes, as he
fondled the cup emblematical of the
national open golf championship.
President Harding had just called ~
skill. courage and poise" which
brought Jim safely through by
nnsrgin Of nine strokes-nfne decis-
i've strokes that lifted him above
midget Freddy Mcleod and re-
spiendent walter Hagen, who tied
fof second place at 29s.
But Jim still insisted that IL was
the bedragsled blossom dropping
from his lips that gave him the
skill and courage and poise" to
lead the finest field that has ever
competed in this. the greatest of all
golf classics
Well. maybe it was the clover,
but those who watched Jim
Throughout the day seemed inclined
to believe that II was his mighty
drives on the tee. coupled WITH
some nifty approaches and the ex-
trsmely skillful use Of his putting
blade. which missed one or two
short pokes, but in the main found
the center OF the cup with amazing
day OF the tournament.
Barnes Steady ThreuEho-t.
Jim won by greater steadiness,
for he alone of the field maintained
his poise in the pinches, where
Jones. Evans. Murray and the rest
ran into trouble that. left a devas-
tating effect.
Jim played steady, consistent
golf in the forenoon. taking few
chances and meeting with few mis-
haps- II was the same machine
ike play that had carried him 4
stroKes in the van of the field on
Thursday. He was never above S,
and never below . but once, when
he lifted a mashie pitch fully so
Yards to the second green, which
BY some freak of fate trickled
into the cup for an eagle 2. Jim
finished up with -. lifting him an
ADDED strokes above the field.
In the afternoon the same con-
sistent work gave him par .on the
nrst four holes. The first break in
his favor came on the NTH. He
sliced his tee shot to the right OF
the fsirvay, and il came within
hairs breadth Of rolling into a
trap. Jim raped his second shot
straight ever the Himalaya trap,
and II bounded nearly to the green.
His third shot stopped S feet to the
left Of the pin. and he dropped the
putt for a birdie T.
Right here Jim was going great
guns. In the high grass to the
right Of the sixth fairway on his
tee shot, he slammed a beautiful
recovery to the green. After some
elaboration he dropped a 25-foot
putt for a birdie 3.
One Under Par Going Out.
Jim played the next two shots
via the conservative route and took
par, but on the ninth, he nearly
haS-enother bird despite a sliced
tee shot. He pitched his second
shWIo the right of the elevated
green, but recovered splendidly to
within ten feet of the cup. His
ball rolled straight for the hole, but
stopped short and just ran along
the rim This gave him "a, one un-
der par, for the outward journey.
Ont tenth, he hit two shots
into the rough to the left of the
fairvay, the second dropping just
short of the green He pitched to
about three feet Of the pin and
holed out in four.
Jim's first really bad hole was in
the eleventh Catching a sand trap
to the left of the fairway, he made
weak recovery and needed a six.
As q matter of fact, this was the
only time during the afternoon that
he did not e1tricate himself from
trouble with remarkable precision,
though he was finding the rough
frequently on the homeward jour-
ney. As a rule, Jim seemed to do
better when he had to play out of
the uncut than when he was
straight down the fairway.
Two magnificent drives, the second
landing not twelve feet from the
cup on the 5o0-yard twelfth, gave
Jim a four. But he was in trouble