The New York herald., 1922-07-09
British TitlehOlder Would Like
to Win American
HOnors Now.
INVADERS DANGEROUS
Duncan and Mitchell May
Cause Trouble for Trium-
virate This Week.
ny KERR N. PETRIE.

umvirate, Hagen. Barnes and Hutchi-
son, one of the two invaders. Duncan
and Mitchell. an amateur such as
Bobby Jones or Chick Evans. a player
of the caliber Of Leo Diegel, who has
been hanging on the rim Of everything
big these last few years, or one OF the
great army of unsung?
These are the questions that just
now are on the tongue Of the golfer.
Every one wants to know who is going
TO win the national open championship
at Skokie the coming week. Many
would give a whole lot to know.
BY tomorrow the qualifying play
will be on. the first Of three days OF
card and pencil golf. but not until
Thursday will the lucky ones start
out on the championship proper, the
seventy-two hole contest that Is to
put big notch in the brassie of some
player, professional or amateur, known
or unknown.
For days the entrants have been
hard at it warming up. Wonderful cards
have been returned in practice. Now
the aspirants are to get the chance to
see what they can accomplish under
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pressure. 1t may be an unknown. but
the chances of this become more re-
mote as the army approaches the actual
battle front. The hardened campaigners
have a way Of coming through under
these conditions.
Young Players VIII Flash.
Contemplation OF the huge record en-
try OF more than 300 players makes the
head swim. Several hundreds Of these
players can be passed over quickly.
Here and there q youngster will hash'
but II will be surprise to old-timcrs
IL an the last eighteen holes one of half
a dozen or eight well known players is
not out there in front working to retain
a lead earned on the first fifty-four or
lying handy for a dash to the front.
And once again come up the old names
Hagen and Barnes and Hutchinson.
Duncan and Mitchell. Diegel and Brady.
Bobby Jones and Chic's Evans. Gene
Earazen, perhaps. or Tom Kerrigan. who
nearly did the trick at St. Andrews In
last years British open championship.
Hagen stands where lock Hutchison
stood a year ago. He has the British
open cup in his possession. and he Is
anxious no doubt. as Jock was at WASH
inzton, to wear the double crown.
Hutchison failed. There Is curiosity 70
see what the home-bred will do with
his opportunities.
Man for man Hagen perhaps issthe
one best bet. Duncan has admitted that
walter was the best man at Sandwich.
Whether he will be the best at Skokie
remains to be seen. If he has the touch
he will be dangerous. 1t is merely
question with his admirers whether
man deserves to be picked for two Dig
events in succession.
Hagen Has Determination.
There is nothing impossibe-not with
Haren. He has the game. the power
and the courage. He loves fight. he
has been outplayed before and he may
be again but there Is no denying tne
fact that this Rochester honie-bred with
the raven locks and the bronxed skin
and the deadly determination looks dam
eerous for a single man against field
of 500. The fact that the British cham
pionship and the American champion
shin have still to be held by the same
American professional possibly Is only
another reason why Walter looks so
rood. He has q way OF rising to the
occasion. this lad from Rochester.
Barnes, of course. will play his hard
est to retain the title which came to him
cnly after many hard years OF trying.
Long Jim will be found chewing his
clover leaf and working over his shots
earnestly and patiently. quite the
antithesis of the peppery Hutchison.
who seems happiest when he has
worked himself into nervous stew
Jock Is keen. about the keenest thing
In golf He gets keener with the years.
He has still to win his first champion
ship success at home, despite his ad-
mirable work abroad. He doubtless will
be found dropping up and down on his
toes at Skokie with more vim than ever.
hopping up and down to see what has
become OF his shots as he aims at spots
on the Skok'c links away over the bum
kers and knolls.
Walter, Jock and Jim will be watched
closely. intently. until they either win
or crack. Aand so will Duncan and
Mitchell.
Duncan Is truly the meteoric one, just
as liable to roll off a SO as an 81. as
ne demonstrated at Sandwich. And
man who can score So is ever the
darling OF the gallery.
Mitchell II Overdue.
Mitchell has many 50 In his bag.
too. but he is the enigma Of the links
to date. Abe used TO consider himself
quite a medal player. Recent years
have shown him Ia AN altogether Diff
ferent light. His match play successes
vastly outweigh his achievements at
the scoring game. but too much con-
sideration should not be given on this
argument.
Mitchell has the golf In him and that
overdue medal play streak Ii just as
liable to come into port at Skokie as
anywhere else. II Mitchell gets weather
that does not make him long every Sec
ond for the old swimming hole he may
cause trouble. A good start may mean
much to him.
Those who are anxious to put their
fingers on the winner cannot overlook
the Diegels. the Sarazens, the Kerrfgans
and other golfers Of that improving
school. How many others there are
like them only the coming week will
kNll-
xhen there are the amateurs. and
especially Evans and Jones. who both
finished high at washington last year.
Guilford, too. has shown that he is q
great medal player by winning the
Massachusetts, open year or no ago,
but Jones and Evans seem to stand out
as the main prospects Of the simon
pures on this occasion. Evans, In fact,
looks about as dangerous az any one
n the tournament Skokie may present
Chick with his second national open
championship.