The New York herald., 1922-07-14

course still heavy from the recent rains.
But he was as much on the job as any
of them, amateur or professional. He
had a six at the fifth, which Is five
hole and the only ono on the course,
although the 470 yard eighteenth Is SO
Dcalled. On the last one, however, many.
Of the>players get home In two. some OF
them with iron. The fifth hole meas
ures $50 yards.
With the exception Of these two holes
Hunters Gard was nothing but fours and
thfees. The Briton had three threes
going out and two more coming in. His
figures were:
1at. fS' .......... ....... - sss4st EEss-7o Ess
Mcleod Fails to Qualify.
The tragedy Of the day was the failure
Of Fred Mcleod Of Columbia Country
Club, Washington, d. c., TO qualify. Nc
Leod was the champion in 1908 and last
year he tied for second place with Wal
ter Hagen. This Is the first time that
little Freddy ever suffered such blow
to his dignity. He has missed the prize
list only a few times IN the last fifteen
years.
But to-day Mcleod was not hitting the
ball with his accustomed crispness and
|
ing and his putting, usually SO reliable.
was bit off. Fred was worried in the
morning. He admitted it. He was work.
ing hard. and the little Washington ex-
pert seldom finds the game of golf to be
| hard work. He was out in 38 In the
! morning, but that was over par. Com
Ing back Fred continued to slip e shot
here and there. Finally he got a birdie
with good putt for at the sixteenth.
but for this he Immediately paid COM
pound interest by slicing to the woods at
the seventeenth. That pole cost him a 6.
He had a s at the home hole, and that
sent him back in 40 for a total of IS.
Fred Has Two Strokes Too Many.
In the afternoon Mcleod cut one stroke
from his round each way. That left
him with rs for the second eighteen and
154 for the day. two strokes too many.
With him were Joe Roseman Of Evans
ton. Jack Gordon of Buffalo. Ed Ga
ver or Hillcrest. Los Angeles. and ".
NJ Gordon of Wannamoiset, Bartles-
vile, and Dave Black of Vancouver.
Black had a 7b in the morning. but re-
quirAd three strokes more In the after
noon.
Altogether seventy-nine players have
become eligible for the championship
| proper. Among L1eB6 are tnlEleen anna
teurs. the pick of this country with
the exception OF Francis Ouimet, who
did not compete, and one of the best
from overseas.
Everything promised well for the
championship play the next two days
To-day the course was still showing
signs of its immersion and they were
bailing out the bunkers. But the pros
poets are very bright-provided no more
rain comes. II 1t remains dry to the
end the course will be in applepie order
! The greens were soft enough to-day tc
make necessary the wiping Of the rubber
cores. but they are drying out fast.
Some Of the players who qualified on
Monday have not hit ball since. They
are all keen for action The gallery
Is coming along In increasing numbers
every day
Among the feature pairings tomorrow
are the following: Jack Burke and
Laurie Ayton. Clarence Hackney and
Alec Guild. Fred Wright and Tom Par
| mon. Chick Evans and George Duncan,
! Joe Kirkwood and John Black, Jim
Barnes and Bob Macdonald. Jesse Gull
ford and Eddie Loos. Walter Hagen
and Bobby Jones. Jock Hutchison and
Tom Kerrigan. Mike Brady and John
O. Anderson. Harry Hampton and
Bobby Cruickshank. Charlie Hoffner
and Leo Diegel. Abe Mitchell and Harri-
son B. Johnston. Willie Hunter and