The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-15
National Golf Meet to Come to End at Skokie This After noon
By Associated Press

Skckie Country Club, Glencoe, H., July I4.--John Black of the Clare mont club. at Oakland, Cal. a little Scotchman with bag of rusty clubs and nothing in the way of eonven- tionality, today swept the feet off of the 72-hole national open golf tournament over the Skokie Coun- try club and tonight was well in the front of the greatest links celebri- ties of the universe-many of them young enough to be his sons-in the fight for the American golfins championship. Incidentally, he clipped a niblick shot 50 yards from bunker in the fifteenth cup this afternoon for an eagle two.
 Following Black
 Playing a game that could hardly be surpassed for both steadine5s and briIliancy. Black made the S6 holes of today's play in 1i2 strokes, two less than his nearest rival, William Mehlhorn of Shreveport. La. pro- fessional, and three better than the third scores returned by Walter Ha- gen of Detroit. holder of the Brit ish open championship and Gene Sarazen of Pittsburg.
 Following in order were Bobby Jones, Atlanta, amateur, who scored 1<6; Lloyd Guillickson, DeKalb. H., professional, with AT; Chick" Evans, famous amateur; Laurie Ayton, local professional. and Mike Brady of De- troit, with 14S each. and Jim Barnes, present open title holder, with l4s.
 Expects To Repeat
 Tonight Black confidently asserted that tomorrow in the final 36 holes Of the tournament he would repeat his two lis of today. but aside from that he had little to say of his game.
 Questions on golf caused him to switch the conversation repeatedly to- his I-year-old granddaughter Tn California for he is prouder of being a grandfather at A than of all the golf shots he ever made.
 Back in 1905 Black was an amateur F in Troon, Scotland. plus amateur. which is about the height of an1a- teurism. He came to America In 1906 and. unable to affiliate with golf club. worked as a carpenter, winding ID in San Francisco six months later. where he became a professional for a club there. Eleven years ago he 5oined the Ciairmont club at Oak- land and has been there eyer since. If Black comes through tomorrow in the firai half of the championship contest 1t will be his first victory in other than sectional tournament. Men from the coast say he is best when under fire and predict that his game will not weaken tomorrow.
 Black barely got in. When he asked for his caddy, he was told h. was not on the entry lists. It de- veioped that he had neglected to pay his entry fee. but he dug up s5 and was permitted to play.
 In-nnd-Out Golf
 Today's golf, as a whole, was of the in-and-out type-extremely brilliant at times, but nearly every one of the stars had one bad nine, with the re- sult that many totals were high whore they would have been record breaking but for the one slip, The British pros, Abe Mitchell and George Duncan. played cratic golf, and Mitchell now has little chance, Chick Evans did some great shooting. but had go on one nine, while Walter Ha- gun spoiled an otherwise wonderful day. scoring S4-34-6S In the first round with 40 on his first nine in the afternoon. Jim Barnes played fairly well. Bobby Jones was brilliant It times but bad at others. while Jock Hutchison ruined two fine cards with t2 on his first morning nine and 70 on the final afternoon nine. Por i for the first nine holes. the ones that caused all the trouble. is 34.
 Hngen Scores n 6S
 Hagen's card of 145 was made through splendid 6s in the morning, when he made almost impossible re- coveries after rather bad iron work. : In the afternoon, the recoveries were not so good and he scored 75. His best work came on the twelfth and second holes. He sank putt from a bunker side at the back of the green on the second and pitched over mound to six inches from the cup for birdie three on the twelfth.
 2 Bobby Jones, after his indifferent work at the start, played some won dcrful irons in the afternoon. and that was what held his score down to 146, the afternoon round being at 72
 Niblick Shots HoIed
 Twice during the day niblick ap- breaches were holed. In addition to Blacks sending in one for an eagle two on the fifteenth. F. H Wright, an amateur from the Pacific coast. holed one for birdie three on the six teenth.
 Gene Sarazen of Pittsburg came through with two good rounds. 72-7s- 7I45 fn~ tic with Hagen for third. and uh'i~ his golf at no time was of n spectacular nature, it was always sterdv and generally the shots were right down the fairway. Of the 1T Z lowest scorers. those with 150 or bet ter, three were amateurs-Jones Evans and Willie Hunter, whose two seventy-fives just got him into the !. ISn or heff Ar lIsf