The Washington herald., 1922-07-11
RECORD lbs SCORE
SETS DIZZY PACE
FOR GOLF EXPERTS
Fourteen IS Marked Up
By Wizard Scot in
Sensational Round.
By GRANTLAND RICE.


Around his tawny colored thatch
tonight there Is a laurel wreath
that only a strong neck can carry.
For this remarkable Chicago Scot,
easily the most brilliant golfer in
the world. turned the water soaked
! skokie course inside out and up
side down with the greatest double
n round ever known in the history
of championship golf.
No wonder those who know the
waywardsess Of golf are piling the
laurel upon his seamy, freckled
brow. for those lucky enough TO
see him play looked upon a miracle
they viii never rec again-unless
Jock himself decided to break from
the leash at some future date.
Throughout the night before. after
forty-one days of drought, a young
deluge fell upon the parched brown
graS and just after dawn a cool.
northwest wind cama ripping
across the Skokie Valley. Under an
overcast sky with conditions that
he liked Jock stood upon the first
Itee with a new light in his eyes as
he paced nervously up and down
LOE the
-Eisshe. After Poor start.
Jxs always as nervous as a
young trout just lifted from the
brook and this starting round was
no exception. He began by topping
his drive to the rough. pitching
short Of the green. pitching on in
three and then taking three puts
for a nerve wrecking six.
SV6nnhV.
Colin. ~Roseben, Man o. War and
whiskaway were selling platers
running in the mud. They would
have been nowhere on the track.
From .Mat first faulty beginning
Hutchison thereafter split the we'll
bunkered fairways with every
drive, rammed his approach to
the pin and went for the back of
the cup with every putt. After
starting with that first 6, Jock
played the next II holes in 81
lstrokes, under even IS, for a rec
Ibrd-breaking 81. That was only the
| be ginning Of the story for, after
his morning start, he raced around
in IS later for the amazing total of
135 strokes over the 36-hole journey.
strokes below the worlds quail
flying record which he marked up
at Inverness two years ago.
Accuracy Tells
The heavy rainfall has cut down
1.-THE; tremendous distances of the
asst week, but in spite of this the
frepresSible Jock had fourteen 3s,
eventeen 4s, four 5s and one 6.
fter ragged start he had forgot
en, how TO make a mistake. He
as on She pin with wood and iron.
tching as straight for the cup as
rineman could shoot. Here and
here he sank a tiddy one to beat
pr, but in the main his uncanny
tcuracy from tee to pin told the
ory of his triumphant march. He
aged with all the inspiration of
pc who knew he Is upon the top
est OF great deeds and who means
take advantage of the tide.
There was no shot that he
|uldn't play. For example, when
S long tee shot at the fifteenth
lied into the bunker 40 yards
ON the green, Jock not only
nerKed cleanly but with so much
tck spin on the ball that after
hiking two feet from the cup u
hfely quivered In one brief turn.
this greatest Of all double
be course just once so there were
Fw thrilling recoveries to recall.
was merely an exhibition of COM
ete mastery Rembrandt at the
Anyas, a Kubelik with the violin
n unbelievable control of wood
nd iron and putting blade until
e sank his Is putt for an eagle
at the closing 470-yard hole. For
nee at least a man had come
ong with complete domination
yer upsetting past time.
Appears Unbeatable
When Jock set the qualifying rec
I'd at Toledo in 1920 with 141
trokes. few thought 1t would ever
e beaten When he beat this rec
I'd by strokes today all prophecy
me to an end. In this mood he
n be unbeatable but who can say
{ even for a Hutchison any such
od can last. Here is Hutchison's
d with the distances covered.
- 43o-19S-440-350-59O-
4351S5-S,223
Out-6-3-4-3-5-3-4-3-3-34
44o-43O-345-1s5-315-34o-s5o-
4se-47o-3,so5
In-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-3s-s7
After, round:
Out-6-S-4-4-4-4-3-4
y 6-4-4-3-3-4-4-5-3-34-6s-135
That Is something for the boys
shoot at for a number of years
come. Fortunately Jock was
ired up with a great pacemaker
Mike Brady. who was at the top
his best game. In the morning
Ind Mike was out in IS and back
"a for a brilliant 70. In the
ternoon the home bred, who has
me close to winning more than
re before, faltered for a brief
|ll on the outward journey,
ere he needed Al. But at this
Mt Michael decided to take a
hd In the miracle whirI and his
Z nine was at an even faster
&c than Jock could follow. For
ke came back in 32. and this
luded a short missed putt OF four
I at the seventeenth hole, where
mud-covered ball slipped an
h to The left of the cup.
Brady Second.
his round left Brady firmly
sed In second place, 143, eight
pkes back of the flying Hut
Fon. but still one big stroke in
ht Of Jim Barnes and Abe Nit
u. wAo were firmly lodged in a
for sthird place at IA
iere 10 Brady's double card.
forming round:
Out-5-3-4-3-6-5-3-4-s-3s
1n-4-4-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-34-7O