The Washington herald., 1922-09-29
SHACKAMAXON PRO
LEADS In STRUGGLE
FOR GOLF HONORS
Abe Mitchell and Emmett
French in Tie for
Second Place.
By GRANTLAND RICE.


The first California gold rush of
the early forty-niners had nothing
in its frenzy on the opening stam-
pedc for five thousand golden doub-
looms at Belle Meade. where the
Southern open golf crown and lot
Of important money is at stake.
One of the greatest fields Of a
great golf year swung into action
and judging from the fanatical way
they tore into the Belle Meade
course. quite a number Of the artis-
tic profession must have discovered
winter use for the top prize Of
$1,000 with $4,000 more at hand for
those who finish in the firSt twelve.
Belle Meade. the beautiful meadow
of an ancient regime. is we'll
trapped course of testing length. a
trifle on the fast side through a
fortnight Of sun and wind. Yet no
less than five brilliant golfers broke
equalled or shattered the par of the
course.
Cruikshank Breaks Record.
For a long time II seemed GER
tain that Abe Mitchell. of Eng
land. and Emmet French, the
Buckeye homebred, were to land
the dress parade with a pair of 6ss.
just one stroke above Jock Hut
. chison's old record mark OF 67.
But an hour later II became quite
evident that Bobby Cruikshank, of
Shackamaxon, n. J.. was riding the
yves to glory that was not to
be denied. The wee one. who was
a Scottish amateur only a few
years ago. not only outpointed
Mitchell and French, but went on
to break the course record with q
Sc. He accomplished this rare feat
by going out in 80 and thel re-
turning in the same select figures.
which is one Of the surest ways
to get a Sc that we know Of un-
der our present mathematical
system.
Cruikshank's SO out was not
phenomenal. but his 80 home in
Cluded a brace Of IS on holes Of
210 nd PAS yards. where in each
case he planted his tee shot within
a foot or so Of the cup. These
were the two strokes that Lifted
him above the great golf of Mt
Chell and French. who in turn led
Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood
hy A single stroke. Hagen. after
recovering brilliantly from the
matted rough on more than one
hole. came to the sixteenth green
with a 4 for a 81. but a sliced
drive. a sliced iron from the rough
and an over lusty pitch cost him
a s.
Barnes and Farrell Tie.
ru~r hack "G Iiagen gId Eirkwood
....s.. Jim IIrEes and Johnny Far
~ i'.ru:-r and quaker Ridge
s.-rH Two sound sAvcrtfcs thai NIT
have been at least two or three
strokes better with some putting
'r'k and. they in turn. were a
stroke in front of George Duncan.
I.-k HUtchison and Bob Mcdonald
ai y.
-Thr two men who had the great
-. chance to equal or beat Cruik-
Il zzy pace were Abe Mitchell
% h;rr0ot French Abe started
"ut as II he intended to burn every
blade pf grass of the course with
49,. d"Hdly flames Of genius. He
started with a , on the dOElegged
,"a-yard first hole and finally came
O" the ninth Gren with putt for a
o.. The barely sayed out. leaving
him a 81 without a mistake Of any
SOL I. nose VINO IOIOMtu MlICnell
over this march saw the great Brit
ih golfer at his best But on the
hamewdrd nine he once again as
sum-d human form. tossed aside
the wand Of wizardry and came
back in 81 with a at the 5T5-ya d
seventeenth.
The golf played by Emmett
F~eurI. "f Youngstown. Ohio. was
perhaps the most fawlcss oi the
d@y- French had jut concluded four
rounds !or tHo Obi" state champion
ship at r7-GS-11-GS. breaking u
worlds records in this first tes. he
wrirj out in - with three reasonable
pvtts popping into the hole and then
p"pPtTE out again
French shows Form.
or theIuVdrd jaUnI he came ba-x
o. b but at the fIU-yard eighteeuJh
L"l~ he laid his long iron within
:nr'" feet Of the cup. only to miss
another short one by an eyela n
This makes s"ur cut of his last Gve
vruuds 81 championship medal play
.i - or better. which is record 10
G"''.-r viii neat for many rounds TO
come Fncrch IS one of the best. u
Gur golfer. with ii sound swing and
81 stout heart
,ruil hank most sensational
is.,tr was vide slice from iilr
l"Irth tee to u bunker near the sew
rTtr-Hth green. From this bunker
..r utt,HG over tine ravine to within
r,-nt feet %! he cup for a birdie 5.
'r~uiuS Imminent disaster into a
triumph French hswed t. the line
and let the chip shots fail around
fn. tup. H. employed every weannn
20 nfS Gs- with deadly effect. tr'ie