The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-14
Two Days Of Tourney
 Play 10 Decide Title
List of QuaIifiers Brought to 79 by Yesterdays Round. Macdonald Led Thursdays Field
Rr Associntea Pzsss

Skol5ie Country Club, July 13.-The qualifying rounds in the National Golf tournament ended tonight, ant tomorrow 7g players, many of then champions, and all survivors of g field representing every golfing na. ton in the world, will start the F hole finals for the American open championship.
 Officially, the winner will be champion of the United States, but .c many he will be considered holder of the worlds golf title, for victory will be obtained only through de- feat of champion club swingers from all golfing sections of the universe
 Twenty four men won their way into the finals in todays qualifying round Robert Macdonald. the long driving Chicago professional. leading the field with q score of 72-71-143, the scoring necessary to qualify again I52. All of the better known stars qualified except A. A. Armour, Scotch amateur, title holder, and Freddie Mcleod, the Washington D. C., pro, who formerly held the open championship.
 Four Amateurs Qualify
 Four amateurs were in the list of today successes, Willie Hunter, former British champion, leading the way among the on-professionals with a score of 75-70&145, while Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston, St. Paul. took three strokes more. Dewey Weber and William Rautenbusch, Chicagoans. were the other amateu IS to qualify making the total for the three days 13.
 For a time today it looked as if rather high scores would get by. but gradually the totals became lower and lower until finally it was found that there were IT men under the l50 mark where there were only IS Monday and IA Tuesday. Willie Hunter spoiled the hopes of the players with 153 and 154 when he shot the afternoon round in par TO. his 154 total being all that was ne- cessary to push out those beyond 152.
 Bob Mcdonald, in leading the field. played an exceptionally good game. at times being on the verge of bril- liancy, but at others falling down on opponents to break par total.
 Hard Driving
 Time after time he sent the ball sailing straight down the fairways for a 290 or 800 yard carry and, but for the soft fairways, which held up the rolls, he would have made some record breaking tee shots.
 On many holes Macdonald made pars easily and would have had bir- dies had a few long butts gone in instead of trimming the cups. One under par for seven holes of the hA on the twenty fifth ard on the twen- ty-sixth through bad green work and took a six on the thirty sixth, where he usually takes four although par is five, long woods generally getting him one under.
 Macdonald paired with Pat OHara of Richmond Country, N. Y. O'Hara after some very bad holes pulled himself together with some great putting-putting having been his weakness at the start-and ended with 147.
 P o. Hart's work in the afternoon was the most remarkable of the day. He was 12 over par in the morning. In the first afternoon nine he had a six on five hole and a five on a four hole, which with other bad luck gave him s7 against 34. He settled down and made the last nine in 33. three strikes less than perfect figures, totalling 70 for the IS and 152 for the thirty s1X-exactly few enough to qualify.
 Eddie Towns of Shannopin, Pa, brought in a n in the morning and handed the card in to the score keep CT without telling anyone he had made the 1S0 yard thirteenth hole i,, only wbAn the card was being copie6 on the bulletin board that it became known and those around the course learned that the ball had gone into the cup on the fly, lodging between the cup side and the pin.
 This is the first time a hole has been made in one in an American open i tournament, although Jock Hutchi- son did it in the British open tour nament a year ago and followed with a two on a par four hole.
 Hunter Ties for Second. Willie Hunter went out in 75 this morning, there were many who won- l dered if he would get through, but the player from across the sea gave a wonderful exhibition in the after noon, scoring a par 70 for 145 total which threw him into tie for second place today with Towns, MeKenna and William Meh.horn, Shreveport, La. professional.
 There was quite a bit of freak play ing during the day, one of the most unusual shots coming when Willie Hoare holed a niblet from stand trap on the thirteeth.
 The most amusing play of the day came when Bill Mcclure, former Western Conference golf champion sliced his drive on the sixteenth into barn at the side of the fairway. The ball rolled in the door and when Mcclure came up found it under a horse, one of the animals legs creat- ing a stymie. After some persuasion, the horse moved over and Bill tried to pitch out through window. The window was too small and Mcclure finally resorted to a couple of butts back through the doorway, finally totalling eight on the par four hole.