Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-05
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'iNOPEN TOURNEY
n,.ok Golfers Te@ OF in 72-
I Hole Spring Play at
Chevy Chase
FARRELL BEING WATCHED
ne SANDY McNIBLICK

rs NAV, Chase. Nd. April s. - The
,.rd. .nickedcst assembly Of professional
M M talent ever gathered for an open
Y sv s.v tournament 70 near home at this
AIM. Of year whanged them of the
-. A. the Columbia Country Club this
t...rr,np lust like 1t was a midsum
m.r,s day down here. The action is on
q. M ,be two final laps at the seventy
, .,o. m hole open spring tourney. The
y .,.en bale on the end Of the stick as
\ ~. lure Is made Of real dough to the
'mTSm. %Ssse =, nrcs, most Of them. have been
r,nterinr in the South. Some Of them
MIMI do 30 well. They need their cut
r. that $500 to make the last leg OF
7. n. trip home. Tho permanent blush
.,ooiiected under Southern suns won't
buy anything at the railroad station.
! That It's going to be- a battle is
I. rroved BY the scoring. also the class
Z ~ those in the lead. When they teed of
. today the standing was like this: Far.
rril, IA; Hutchinson, 14l; Brady. loo
I Walker, $50; Hagen. 151 Ayton. 152
Rarnes, 1853: Sarazen. 1913; Cruick-
shank. 1853; HAMPTON. 153 Mcdonald,
r155: Hackney. 155; 0Hara. 100 ;
rrotheringham, Mcleod: kirkwood,
1J6; George Kerrigan, 167.
Course Soft in Spots
ANYTHING can happen in thirty. .six
holes. Conditions are fine for scoring,
though the course Is little soft in
spots. The national open was held here
last year, and the green's gave trouble
At that time. Those who played in
That event and are here again today
scarcely recognize the putting surfaces
ns the same. The green's are now true
and pretty. The pros are verbose in
their praise. The fairways are also in
ane shape, even though Washington
laws claim to having had its severest
winter in three years. The course has
beep played on all along. and only a
different trap or two has changed it
from the same course which staged the
last national.
can, British. professional. North and
South and all other kinds Of cham
pions. the showing made the first day
by young Johnny Farrell excited great
comment. Farrell has heard tell Of Jim
Barnes 60 for the record last year
here, and went right after 1t.
Perfect Golf for 90
Though he needed an extra chip to
get on two greens going out and was
bunkered at the seventh, he got a bird
on the second and laid an iron from a
bunker far away dead to the pin at
the twelfth for another bird. The other
holes were perfect golf for q 80. In
the afternoon he started badly, but
turned what looked like a 6 at the
ninth into a 4 for a 40. figured the
breaks were with him willy -nilly, and
wound up with 4 for "a hack. But
he was short all the way after his drive
and took 3 for 70.
Farrell Is one of our youngest pros
with his berth at Quaker Ridge, N.
Y. He's homebred and a whiz. bang,
though he's never won single title.
In fact, the only tourney he's won in
his short career was the Garden City
event last year.
I've been teaching indoors all win.
tcr," said Farrell before he teed of
today, "but L broke out ths other DAY
raring to 60. Went to Pinehurst, but
J wasn't used to walking and my dogs
fretted nc so, after round or two,
that / picked up in the North and
South. / was hitting 'em though and
J knew when ! turned my shots loose
on . course like this I'd eat It up."
He's one tidy bundle of confidence
ana It's take a good man to head him