Evening star., 1921-07-15

AAAShS oPNhS.
The Columbia course is one which
needs a good deal of study. AS it is
ut present, it is vastly more diff
cult Columbia course than when Var
don and Ray played 1t last fall. The
greens committee of the club. in trap
ping the course in preparation Tor the
open championship. laid particular
emphasis on placing of one shot in
relation to the next. The profess
sionals who play here will find it i'm
nensely advantageous If they can
l.lace their tee shots in particular
spot from which it will be fairly easy
TO play their second. The course is
not open enough to play to the green
from any angle. and the drive must
be so placed as to open up the hole
for the second shot.
Practice Rounds Essential.
For that and other reasons the bulk
Of the professional competitors in the
open tournament are coming to WASH
ington several days in advance of the
event to familiarize themselves with
the course. which Vardon and Ray
pronounced the best they had seen In
America. By playing thirty-six holes
a day they will have only six fuli
rounds If they start tomorrow morn
ing. Six rounds is not too much to
learn the intricacies Of the course.
Hutchison, holder of the British
open title and the north and south
championship. probably will arrive to-
night. He has been in Massachusetts.
but did not play in the Shawnee event.
preferring to remain away from COM
petitive golf just before the open.
Tommy Kerrigan, who the pros say
pMyed the most consistent goif IN
highland Of any of the American team.
hAS taken the same stand and did not
Eak at Shawnee for that reason.
Esenness is a big factor in cham
p@nship golf and too much competi-
ton takes the edge off the players
game.
E. Brittons Are Keeping Busy.
Mitchell and Duncan. the two Brit
ishtprofessional entrants for the high
eft honors in American professional
& In, are PLAYING every day. however,
a IA will arrivein Washington tomor-
rdW prepared to play at Columbia in
tKss afternoon. Several of the matches
t6porrow afternoon are likely to
pfGve fully as interesting as any to
be tplayed during the championship.
Sunday. however. will be the day for
There will be practically no restric-
tions on the galleries Sunday. while
AN 1.-THE leading players will be going
oYer the course.
crack amateurs from Atlanta and
Philadelphia, will arrive here Sunday,
aid Chick Evans will probably get in
that night.
y President Has Good Shot.
president Hardings pitch shot is
just as good as that Of any of the
professional entrants in the open
championship next week If the two
he played on the sixteenth and eigh-
dications of the way he handles a
mashie. The President. at the re-
quest Of the Columbia Country Club,
played over the championship course
yesterday afternoon and declared it
was the finest he had played over.
He commented on the beauty of the
course as he teed of, and told former
District Commissioner Henry L. West
that he was very much pleased with
the condition of the links.
The President played with Michael
Gallagher of Cleveland. DR.. W. H.
Wilmer of Washington and Senator
Frederick Hale of Maine. He did not
keep a card. but said at the close of
the game that he had fifteen good
drives. His pitch shot to the sixteenth
green very nearly hit the pin and he
missed a two by inches.
1t the eighteenth, after he had hook
ed his drive, he put mashie shot al
mdst dead from $50 yards back and ran
down the putt. The gallery which had
iathered at the finish applauded him.
Pie acknowledged tne applause WIN a
cotsiial wave of his hand.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft,
snt enthusiastic golfer, has challenged
him to a game shortly. President Hard
ing said, adding that he hoped 1t could
besplayed at Columbia.
Assignments Are Made.
Committee assignments were distrib-
utsd at a meeting held last night at
the clubhouse and committee ctairmen
outlined their duties and the manner in