Evening star., 1922-07-15


horn OF Shreveport, La. 73-71-l44 :;
las. Waiter Hagen OF Detroit. 6S-7
led the amateurs. 74-72-146; Lloyd
Chick Evans OF Chicago, formerly II
72-76-l48; Laurie Ayton OF Chica
Detroit. 75-75-l4S.
Tied with Barnes for tenth position
at the beginning of the third lap
were Bob Macdonald. Chicago, I3-a6
-149; John Farrell. New York. I3-76
-l49. aud George Duncan of Great
Britain, 16-73-l4s. ,,,,;o
The other lkelihoods were Wine
]. Hunter of England, formerly Brlt-
ish amateur champion, 15-'5-iSo'
Emmett French. Youngstown, 10
74-l5O. f. X. Decker, New York. "A
-76-l50. and Joseph Golden, New
York, 13-TI-l50.
Some of Possibilities.
Notable exceptions of this charmed
circle. who might break through and
snatch the trophy We're Jesse Cult
ford of Boston. nationa! amateur
champion; Joe Kirkwood of Australla,
Harry Hampton of Detroit and Edaie
Loos of Chicago. who had l5l each
for their first two rounds, and Jock
Hutchinson of Chicago, formerly
British open champion, who, after
qualifying with a record score OF
67-6S-135. took 7s-74-152 yester-
day.
Jones. Evans, Hunter and Guilford
were the only amateurs to finish with
151 or better. but John q. Anderson
of New York. with l52, and FRED
Wright of Los Angeles were only
slightly behind. Harrison Johnstone
of st. Paul, playing with Aoe NIL
cheu. the long ng-driving British pro
fessional. took l5i, but outdrove the
Rriton an average of ten to fifteen
yards. Although the Minnesota
champion was in trouble frequently
because of his bad luck in reaching
traps with his long shots, ne Tas is
only one stroke worse than ms
English champion for thirty-six holes.
There were two particularly prli-
liant stars Yesterday, Walter Hagen
first came into the golhng nrmamehl
by reason of his breaking par by Two
strokes on his first circuit OF inc
course. going out in par "a and re-
rurning two better than perfect ng
IIres for a 6S. only TO eclipse himself
nv taking 40 for the third nine. owing
to wi1dness, and finishing In tie iof
third place with Sarazen.
But the other star OF the nrsI ma
ritude was not eclipsed when the day
ended. for John Black, the sture!
who is native son oi
Troon. Scotland. and once carpenter'
shot two wonderful rounds OF IL eacn.
In addition. Black, who Is fortS-loui
wears old and grandrather
formed the most startling shot or the
dsv nv holing a 5O-yard nibiick pi.cn
from a sand trap at the fifteenth noie
for an eagle 9. after driving 29o yarus.
The ball plunked right into the cup
without touching anything put tne
flag pole.
Black Has Following.
As result of his consistent Worh'
Black is favorite with many folloW
He carries a set of rusty cluos' an
Of which he uses with great pro-
fcienCy He drove more than 5Uo
Yards several times and was usuaiiy
straight from the tee. He approached
with exceptional accuracy, Whlle MS
putting was steady most OF tne .nte.
There still was hope for an anna
teur to win. according to experts. Tor
Bobby Jones is shooting Well, despite
the fact he tossed away several puts.
while Evans was only eight over par
for thirty-six holes with at least
dozen shots wasted. bo,n ;hav
are capable of breaking par II they
hit streak of luck to aid their clever
The weather turned to perfection
Yesterday and promised to stay par
for the final rounds The fairways
have dried out from Wednesday
flood. so that wiping mud off the
balls has been abandoned. The greens
are keen enough for putting and yet
soft enough to hold well-cut shots
perfectly.
Hagen and Evans are paired to
play together today, while Black and
Barnes will make the final circuit
together.
Brilliantly Consistent.
BLACK Yesterday played a game that
could hardly be surpassed for both
steadiness and brilliance. He confi-
IDENTIFY asserted that today. in the final
thirty-six holes. he would repeat his
two 71s, but aside from that he had
little to say.
Questions on golf caused MIN 10
switch the conversation repeatedly
10 his e-and-a- a-half-year-old grand
daughter out in California. for he is
prouder of being grandfather at
fifty -four than of all the golf shots
ever made by himself or his eight
brothers and three sisters, all of them
golfers.
: Black explained that in 1896 he
caddied for Harry Vardon in Scotland
Back in 1905 Black was an amateur
in Troou. Scotland-a plus-siX anna
teur, which is about the height of
He came to America in
1906, and worked as carpenter.
winding up in San Francisco six
months later. where he became pro
for a club there. Eleven years ago
he went to the Claremont Club at
Oakland. and has been there ever
since.
II Black comes through. 1t will be
his first victory in other than sec
tional tournament.
He barely got into this tournament
When he asked for his caddy he was
told he was not on the entry lists. 1t
that he had neglected to
pay his entry fee. but he dug up IS
and was permitted to play.
Few Watch Him Play.
After scoring the second best round
OF the morning with his S5, 36-71.
compared with par "a. $50. Black
was dismissed from the minds of
best score of the day. a. 6S.
SO the gallery was comparatively
small that followed the California
professional in the second trip over
the course. The spectators lflocked TO
Hagen instead and saw the new Brit
fsh champion blow up all over the
field with 40 for the first nine be-
fore he could psll himself together.
Black started on the second circuit
with par 4 and 8 for the first two
holes. as in the morning. but he found
the 440-yard third one stroke less to
his liking than at the first try, for
he sliced to a sand trap. pulled out
TO a deep pit to <the left of the green,
whence he barely extricated himself
and missed a two-foot putt for S
when the gallery became unruly.
Even par on the next hole and a
birdie 4 on the 590-yard fifth showed
how little the ruffied the mental
poise of the Scotch carpenter. Even