New-York tribune., 1922-09-04

IN tnlS picture you Will have the
story of all those golfers who took be-
tween 78 and 83 strokes on Saturday
and who must play at top speed to-mor-
row to remain in the select circle of
thirty-two who will take up the cudgels
of match play on Tuesday AS it will
take 156 or 1b7 strokes to qualify, IL
the weather remains fair, all those be-
tween 76 and 81 are out on The limb
for fair. There are Just thirty-eight
golfers in this class, including such
stars as John Caven, Rudy knepper,
Pollack Boyd, intercollegiate cham
pion; c. V. L. Hooman, Willie Hunter
and many others who would be formi-
dable at match play.
Suppose we take up the case Of in
dividual stars. John Caven, famed
Scottish star, must do 70 or a 10 on
Monday to be sure of staying in for
his whirl ct match play. c. Y. L. Hoo
man, the star of the recent interna-
tional clash, must run in T6 or a n.
Willie Hunter, one of the masters of
match play and former British cham
pion, must reel off a rs or a 76.
Against an even greater predicament
are Harrison Johnston, of St. Paul, and
Roger Wethered, of England. Johnston
at so will be forced to ram down his
puts for IA or a 75 and Roger Weth-
cred is so far out on the end of the
limb that it will crack at one or two
bad holes; for he must turn in "a to
break through Otherwise he will re-
national championship over here.
Many Quivering Heartbeats
AS there are to-day just thirty
three golfers at 78 or better, you car
understand the quivering heartbeats ol
those so close TO the rim of failure
around this figure or slightly above it
Those at 78 or 79 in the position
where a good, steady round on Monday
will pull them out of the mire. But
those at 80, 81 or more have come tc
u point where they can't afford tc
wander far afeld ct any stage of the
journey.
This, naturally, puts heavy pressure
upon contestant in medal round
1t also means that any number OF
fine golfers will fall out of line if they
go above II or 78 in the concluding
sector of the qualifying program
These figures can be raised stroke
or two if Monday breaks with snappJ
breeze, rain or blustery weather. But
if another day of calm and sunli'
serenity comes to Brooklyn, those
above 157 for the double round vii
take their saddened places among the
big galleries of the week.
AS it now stands, Jones, Evans
Ouimet, Gardner, Guilford, Sweetser
and all those granted chance to win
| from the American colony are out OF
danger. From the British team Tolley
Torrance and Aylmer are all well
ashore. Caven is reasonably safe, while
Mckenzie, Hooman and Darwin have
| fair chances; Wethered, the long hit
ter, is in the worst plight of the lot
There is even chance that w. B
Torrance, at 72, or Cyril Tolley, al
| "a, will come close to winning the
medal test Bob Gardner now has g
| Jump on the field by one stroke at IL
But Torrance, Greer, Jones, 5weetser
Anderson, Tolley, Guilford, Evans and
Beadle ere not very far away. Jones
and Sweetser are only two strokes out
of reach and both are playing brilliant
golf. Guilford and Evans at "a are
in short reach and both are capable
of closing up the gap.
Best Ball Battle a Tie
1t will be great battle among these
luminaries in the final dash for medal
supremacy There are at least ten stars
romping down the field in swift pur-
suit from the finest golf gathering that
ever fought for an amateur crown.
To-day's play was featured by live
ly best ball battle for the American
golfer trophy where most of the stars,
paired up from their home clubs, car
ried big galleries all the afternoon.
This trophy, established many years
ago and first won by Waltz j. Travis
and Fred Herreshof, has developed any
number of bitterly fought duels, but
none that were closer than the big bat
tie to-day between Frank Dyer and
William Reekie, of Upper Montclair,
and John G. Anderson and Jesse
Sweetser, of Siwanoy, which resulted
in tie. Reekie and Dyer, the
strong Jersey combination, got away
first and for a SO playing wonderful
golf on the way out for ga, which is
harder here than it looks on paper
They were back in steady 35 fo1
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