The New York herald., 1922-07-10
Hefty Wallops Mark Final
Tuning Up on SkOkie Links
John Golden of Tuxedo Drives Ball 344 Yards-Jesst
Guiford Amateur Champion, Goes Around in
76 and Jim Barnes in r.
NJ KERR N. PErRIE.

ny KERR N. PETRIE.
Special Dss,otcA to THE Nsw Yoax HnAtp.
SKoxm COUNTRY CLuB, GLxNcoE. Ill.,.
July s.-Ths huge mass Of hickory.
which for days has been moving
cyclonewise from all the points OF the
compass toward the Skokie Country
Club by way Of ushsrins In the ma
tional open golf championship reached
its point Of greatest density this after
noon whom virtually all Of the entrants
were on the links practicins.
1t was day spent generally In gar
nering a store of small coin for the
caddie fees and incidental charges Of
the week. Few Of the players engaged
In serious scoring work. being more
satisfied to indulge In competition Of
the birdie and syndicate order by way
Of keeping the hand and the eye in
for the qualifying test beginning to-
morrow.
Among the days additions was Tease
Guilford, the national amateur cham
pion. who got In his nrst. round In
company with Jim Barnes. the open
title holder: Gil Nichols, and Clarence
Wolff. Those interested TO know what
Guilford could do on the baked Skokie
links kept close account and came to the
conclusion that 70 about represented
the worth OF his eighteen holes. This,
1T was felt. was fairly good work con-
sidering that Jesse had not previously
laid eyes on the course and that the
conditions are so radically different
from what they are on the Eastern links
over which the Bostonian recently has
been playing.
Nichols, like Guilford, had a 76. while
Barnes was credited with q ~. The
champion was out In 35 and back In
80. To-day he appeared to adapt him
self much better to the conditions. and
this despite cracking breeze which tore
In from the Skokie marshes. emphasizing
hooks and slices and causing rubber
cores that had been sliced or pulled to
scurry for the bushes and the UNDER
growth.
Golden's Great Wallop.
With the breeze there have been some
hefty wallops and shots eccentric. One
of the oddities was an eagle on the
par twelfth by John Golden, OF Tux
edo. This hole measures 34b yards.
Under normal conditions this would be
an excellent hole OF the drive and pitch
order. 1t Is laid out in q lane OF trees
with out Of bonds on the immediate left.
The green 10 slightly raised and there
Is line Of traps in front.
Golden gave his ball all he had and
then moved forward with his party
He kept on moving even beyond the
traps and q little later was seen nom
chalantly to set himself on q four foot
putt which he holed for his two.
"A pretty fair approach that, John"
remarked one Of his comparisons.
Pretty fair" returned Golden; "pret-
ty fair" Just like that.
They are becoming 30 used to II that
there Is doubt II Golden was not a
bit resentful at his ball finishing 90 far
from the hole. He did not say as much,
but the Tuxedo lad probably felt since
It came 80 close that fate might Just as
well have presented him with q hole
In one.
That shot waA made In the morning
In the course of round In which Golden
and Pat Doyle. formerly of Deal and
now Of st. Louis, finished all square
with George Duncan Of England and
Tom Boyd Of Fox Hills. As that round
terminated Duncans practice. It IL In
teresting to know that the invader
scored a 73 even after an outgoing half
Of 80. Duncan came home as II he had
in mind that closing round at Sand
wich. He had 4. 4, 8. 8. 4, 4. 4, 4. 4.
This Is two better than par. but par
these days at Skokie IL an invalid
anaemic asthmatic and showing distinct
evidences Of incipient paralysis.
Hagen Says Putter VIII win.
Even the gale to-day did not affect
the scoring very materially. II may
have caused some who have been down
low to average UP, but from other d.
rections there came tales Of cards on
the fringe Of the sixties. II the weather
has done anything II has added to the
difficulties OF picking a winner. Wal
ter Hagen thinks the title win be won
means by this that tho element of dis
tance has been pretty well eliminated.
Any one who break his brassie need
not shed idle tears. for the drought has
given every ono a brassie shot even In
half topped mashie.
The tournament certainly has been
opened up. Instead OF half q dozen or
ten men who can win under ordinary
conditions there are now two or three
times that number In the running. II
conditions do not change-and II will
the adamantine and bring the course
back to normal-it WILL ~ Hagen says,
be the man who can hit IL OF around
the greens who will win-that ID, pro-
vided his driving 10 anything like stand
ard.
From this II would seem that the
Western players will stand moro Of q
chance than the men from tho East
This. Of course. Is problematical. and
yet John Black. the California star.
has given some indications of what
may be expected. They call Black "the
old master" out there on the Pacific
coast, and quite a golfer he 10. John
In a grandfather but. nevertheless. still
In the early forties. To date ne has
been one of the most consistent players
at Skokie. Four rounds he has had
and his average Is 70.
Beginning with a ", he followed with
70 and a II. and this morning he
laughed at the wind and played a round
in Co. and this despite at the NTH
hole and fives for the last two.
Blacks card In the circumstances Is
well worth giving. II was:
Out .................A A3A474341-1
In ..................t 3l33+36 5-s4-ss
II was probably Just ~ well that
Black commanded so much attention.
since II transpired that he had not
received a starting time. although he
has been here since Friday. Black
had telegraphed his entry to Skokie,
but the officials had overlooked him
nevertheless. taking II for granted that
David Black OF Vancouver was the sole
representative Of that name from the