Arizona republican., 1922-02-11
OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONS WILL
PLAY ARIZONA PROS TODAY
OvERCOUNTRY CLUB COURSE
Large Delegation OF Out OF TouOn Visitors In
Phoenix To See Open Champs; Local Pros
And Title Holders viii Play I8 Holes In
Morning And Is Holes In Afternoon

sport fame today with two of The
greatest players who ever carried 8
! golf club in our midst.
| Long Jim Barnes OF the Pelham
! Country club, American open golf
| champion, and Jock Hutchison of the
| Glenyiew club OF Chicago, British
open golf champion, will invade our
city this morning. The open champs
are due here at o'clock. A recep-
ton committee from the Phoenix
Country club will meet the celebrities
at the train and after breakfast they
win be escorted TO the club, where
Arizona golf history will be made.
Barnes and Hutchison won 10
games in California. lost two anG
halved two, and increased their earn
ings by approximately $1,000. But the
Los Angeles press says they were
worth every cent of il.
ID. Scott Chisolm, writing in the
Los Angeles Express, says:
That amount is not to be
sneezed at, but you were worth
every penny Of il and there is not
club that engaged you that
would not like TO have you back
for a return engagement. We all
know that your magnificent play
ing abilities combined with your
personal conduct on and off the
Golf courses have done more for
the advancement of the royal and
ancient sport in the Southland
than any one thing that ever
happened before.
Hutchison won the Northern Call
fornia open championship and Barnes
won the California open champion
ship.
Lewis Scott and Jim Wilson will
play the champions 36 holes. The
first is holes viii be played this
morning, starting at 10:30 o'clock.
The second is holes will be played
this afternoon, starting at 2:5O
o'clock.
Dinner will be served at the club
for those who do not care to return
to town and light refreshments and
tea will be served during the after
noon.
The committee in charge OF to-
davis program has issued an invita-
tioa 70 the public. An admission fee
of $50 will be charged, the fee Gov
ering both morning and afternoon
play. The gallery will accompany
| the players around the course ana
| sufficient accommodations VIII pe
provided for all who desire to watcn
the match.
! a heavy expense bringing the world
champions TO the city and a large
attendance will be necessary TO help
defray the costs. Phoenix and Ari-
zona will be given world publicity
through the news agencies and spe-
cial reports of the game that viii oe
carried in every paper in the coun-
try.
The appearance OF Barnes and
Hutchison is the biggest sporting
event in the history of the state ana
il is up to the boosters TO help put
the day over big.
Scott and Wilson will force the
champions TO play hard game ana
the spectators are assured OF Keen
competition in both matches. But the
fans who follow the open champs
around the course will see more than
n match-they will see the last WORD
in perfect golf play demonstrated py
two masters.
Lewis scott Phoenix Country club
pro-, and jim Wilson OF the tucson
Golf and Country club, played
round on the club course YESTERDAY
afternoon. Scott made II in 20 ana
Wilson in 76. Wilson was new TO tne
course and he will do better TINS
afternoon. Par is II on the course;
The following report OF one Oh WI.
sons spectacular stunts at the heht
country club, taken from a Grand
Ranids paper. gives an idea of the
playing ability Of one of the players
who will represent Phoenix in TO-
davis match play with Jock and jim.
6reaking his former course record
Of 20. which was made In 1915, James
CTin) c. Wilson, professional at the
Kent Country club, turned in q cara
Yesterday afternoon OF 60. His part
ner was Edward +. More, a member
Of the club.
Never in the history OF the Kent
Country club has this score been
eouaIed Some of Americas greatest
golfers have played the Kent course
and none ever has turned in a caro-
a low as that of Jim Wilson. Among
those WHIT have had their try at the
record are Jock Hutchison, who re-
Gently won the British open cham-
pionship: Chick Evans, America
omen and amateur champion, and
Walter Hagen, former open cham-
pion.
Wilson went out in 30. which is
five below par, and came in in 81,
two over par. More went out in S9
and came in likewise. For the first
10 holes, Wilson got five brides,
which is remarkable golf. Recently
the tees on the Kent course were
placed ahead, making some Of the
holes shorter, but Wilson and More
played them from the former tees,
covering the full course total OF 6429
yards.
The last four holes the plucky golf
ers played in drenching rain.
According to Jim, it was one OF
those days when he didn't feel much
like playing, but after he started
making one birdie after another. he
settled down and played cautiously.
Had ii not been for the misjudgment
of some Of the green's, which Wilson
thought would be decidedly slow af-
ter the rain he would have made
even better score than he did. The
club officials. however, feel proud TO
tack Jim Wilson'S score card in the
Kent hall Of fame, and defy Hutchi-
son, Evans, Harry Nardon, James
Brady or any other noted golfer to
better it. Edward E. More was the !
scorer Of Wilson's record card, which !
reads as follows:
Out ....... 3 . 3-32 |
In ........... ) 4--37 /
Lewis Scott is well known through |
out the East and Southeast where he /
played for several years. He played 7
HutChisou several times during the .
past year and turned AZ creGitah| i