The New York herald., 1922-07-13
Last Batch of Entries Will
w Start Over Course This
Morning.
FINALS BEGIN FRIDAY
Rhling on Yesterdays Round
Hives Thorn 153 and Quail
fies Four Others.
by KERR N. PETRIE.

ny KERR ". PEThIE.
Sp&rfdl Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD
GLENcoE ILL.,. July 12.-They asked
for rain and received a deluge
Roughly speaking, about one hundred
well set up young men who employ
their time teaching and playing goli
for profit found themselves suddenly
projected into the great army of the
unemployed to-day as a result of hav-
ink the accumulated moisture which
had been denied the Chicago, district
for something over forty days sud-
denly thrust upon them.
For two nights the weather man
HAD been working diligently and in
tenigently IN response to the fervent
pleadings of the Skokie officials, who
had the national open golf champion
sh1p on their hands and nothing to
offer the u. s. G. A. for the occasion
but perfect putting green's set in the
midst Of stretch of yellowed vegeta-
tiQn and baked out clay. 1t came a
little too copiously yesterday morning,
perhaps. Hard words were uttered
hare and there. for 1t is difficult to
please every one in these matters.
From long disuse 1t Is quite evident
now that something must have gone
wrong with the plumbing overhead.
for about s o'clock this morning the
entire system went out of commission
and the rain came down for almost
,, IN,
cloudburst.
links Look Like Regatta Course.
BY half past eight, the official start
ing time, the Skokie course fast was
disappearing into the midst Of sea-
ItTlooked as II the Chicago River sud-
denly had been diverted towards the
srpt where the golfers of tho country
these last few days have been working
earnestly oyer their classic. Soon
greens had disappeared. Then the fair.
ways began to go under and before
long the scene of the national oper
so1r championship looked more like the
noble liquid vista that opens out befor,
the eye on the day of the boat races.
Through the downpour flag pins stoo,
out like dismal reminders Of a sunkel
fleet. Here and there could be seen
gaunt knob Of earth where the parche<
bunkers finally had gorged themselve
to excess. There was casual water II
the traps yesterday. Now these wer'
brimming bath tubs and soon they hat
merged themselves into the genera
scheme.
Play Physically Impossible.
The early starters were stymied com
pletely. The rain was teeming and no
a soul dared venture out. Contestants
officials and humble members Of tn
gallery huddled In the shelter of tn
clubhouse, looking diSconsolately. ou
upon the dismal scene. 1t is not oftel
that a linksman Is baked by tn
weather. This time play was physi
cal impossibility. and by the time tn
storm had abated the schedule wa
hopelessly clogged. while the course wa
q morass.
About o o'clock Haddy Doyle. for
1nerly professional at Deal, N. j.. drov
I'D in a taxi cab. He did not troubl
to change into his golfing clothes
There Is only one club that is an
good on that course" he remarked, a
he looked through the streaming win
dows towards where he knew the link
ought to be. That club Is rowboat-'
About 10 o'clock the clouds began I
show signs OF breaking, but by that tim
the damage was irretrievable. One {
two of the officials. making voyae
OF inspection, had como back reportin
that ut least two of the putting greer
were hopelessly out OF II for some litt
time to come and that quite possibl
the nag on the seventeenth would hay
to be changed over to the old gree
which had been used in practice.
AS 1t was now too late to get all q
the field around thirty-six holes befor
darkness, the alternative scheme OF a
n eighteen hole qualifying round for th
third section was considered. This ide'
however, was abandoned and the entir
days play ordered postponed. Thl
ruling, which incidentally Is about tn
only feasible one. throws the entir
tournament back a day. The third SCI
tion. held up to-day through untenabl
conditions. therefore will advance an
open fire tomorrow while the seventy
two holes of the championship prope
win take place Friday and Saturday.
Action Constitutes Record.
This constitutes the first time on rec
ord in this country that such cours
OF procedure has been found necessar
In a national golf championship. NJ
SO many years ago the British author
tics were confronted by exactly the san
conditions. On that occasion a pos
ponement also met the situation.
Only for the size of the field IL prof.
ably would have been possible to carr
through to-day's program after q ce
tain manner AS the day progresse
however, tho wisdom OF the ofiici'
jruiing was made apparent Late in IL
afternoon two large expanses of sti
water shimmercd along the eighteent
fairway. testifying eloquently to II
sodden nature Of the turf In that pa
ticular direction.
And. this being the case. II was M
difYicult TO judge that other parts
the course still were feeling the effec
OF the mornings debauch. Under II
pounding and smashing Of the multitut
the soft turf would have been torn
1 ribbons. while the greens very like
would have been made practically us
less for the seventy-two holes OF chan
pionship play Fortunately IL was d.
cided TO disallow even practice play.
Decfsion Greeted By Cheers.
The decision to suspend was greets
by n cheer, and as the sun came o
the contestants were to be found
little groups around the clubhouse froI
discussing tho unexpected and alno
tragic contretemps. Not a foot WI
placed even on the practice psittir
green which each day until now hi