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

ever faced the barrier. Long Jim, q
, the pinnacle Of golfdom, because, Il
played mastery of the game which
club to control the ball at his will.
all is said and done it. might be sum
played golf, real golf Of the sort Il
At the conclusion of Barnes record
, breaking performances. as he walked
off the green. he approached Presi-
dent Harding.
II had confidence in you from that
start," said the President. From the
qualifying round right through have
followed you. knowing you would win.
It's a great thing to be winner.
Barnes" said the President
1T Is. Mr.. President" said Long
Jim, and, after a slight pause. when
I are we going to have our match?"
The President just about summed
} up what the followers of the game
thought of Barnes after his qualifying
Z round of So, in which he set a course
record
Not to be denied the lanky one
came back. and In the morning round
! of Thursday shot a SO again just 10
show that the first time was no fluke.
Field Is Deadened.
This first round Of 50. with Duncan.
/, the Britisher, playing ~. and Evans,
! the amateur, shooting 70. deadened the
field. @
Changing the scene about a bit, II
! was as though Barnes, meeting his
opponents collectively in the first
round of a ring battle, had delivered
J a staggering haymaker.
After that SO in the qualifying
-
up, and that other 50 in the very
|. first round of the tournament, the
field was literally beaten to the
1 punch.
Barnes, with flying lead. refused
ito entertain the proposition of his
! one bad round which had followed
! him through nine years OF search for
the open title.
At the conclusion of that historic
first round, Barnes, retiring to the
| dressing room before starting out
again. was congratulated. IAN
you've got to do from now on, Jim,"
, said an adviser. sis just to play
! golf"
II guess that's So" said Jim. look.
J ing up quickly, as though suddenly
. struck with the idea.
An analysis of Barnes totals re-
/ veals the fact that he negotiated
iseventy-two holes in 2S9, an average
4 of 1-72 strokes per hole. Coupled
, with his qualifying round, or for
! ninety holes, the lanky one consumed
356 strokes, which total brings his
{ grand average to 8 $500 strokes per
hole, a trifie more than "a strokes
for the journey per hole. truly
amazing performance.
Against the field Barnes perform
ance was even more remarkable. For
, the four rounds the champion had
! SO, rs, 70, 70 for a total of 289. Ey-
Guiding Barnes scores, the best the
entire field could produce against his
totals was, by rounds, George Dun
can, of England. ~; Bobby Jones, of
Atlanta, II; A. f. Natalie, Lansdown,
T3; and ALI Hackbarth, of La Grange
These four low scores, excluding
those of the champion. totaled 2SJ.
( just four strokes below what the
champion produced.
With the qualifying round included,
Barnes would pick up one stroke on
the field, as Pat O'Hara, of Richmand
hcounty, shot 70 for the next best
Qualifying score.
Small wonder Is expressed that
+, Barnes won and by the same margin
that Alec Smith won the title years
and years ago. Smiths performance
was made against a far less formidable
: field and under greatly different con-
ditions.
No small need of praise is coming
TO Freddy Mcleod. the Columbia
player. Mcleod had wretched luck in
the second days play. He failed sig
nally to get the breaks on the green's.
otherwise he would have come closer
10 Barnes total and would have beaten
out Walter Hagen. of New York, who
tied for second.
Putt Robs Mcleod.
Hagen's final putt on the eighteenth
was an example of bull luck. The
New York man had forty-foot try at
the home home. Below the pin and
with two menacing knolls winging
over a tortuous path ahead of his ball,
Hagen cut loose with a twisting roll
ing putt that wriggled over and up the
difficulties and plopped in the cup.
In looking back over the play it is
easily seen that Barnes with his 50 in
the qualifying round and another SO
on the first eighteen hole lap took the
steam out of the field.
Two things were essential in over
hauling the Pelham pro. One was that
he would crack somewhere along the
route. The other that Jones, Evans or
Hagen would uncork super-golf. Me-
Leod, Smith, Loeffler and Hackney
could be depended upon to slip in If
Barnes blew up.
The lanky one. after delivering that
lcft-right in the qualifying round and
first round, breezed through to the
final pin with the field either stagger-
ing or Keeling from the blow or swing