The New York herald., 1922-09-05
BROOKLINE SCORES
SURPRISE DARWI
British Golf Critic Marvels at
!, National Qualifying Play
i'm Storm.
ny BERNARD DARWIN.

BRooKLINE. Mass. Sept. 4.-Play in the
second qualifying round at Brookine
was rendered horrible by one Of those
pc 'sistent thunderstorms that seem to
MAXI circular tours of a neighborhood,
hrst fading hopefully away into dis
tarce and then returning to the assault
with renewed violence
Rain poured down in sheets and soon
pools of casual water began to appear
Special rule was put into force allowing
balls which stuck i'm putting greens to
be lifted AMI mud to be wiped from the
ball. In these depressing circumstances
It was wonderful how we'll the course
stood the test. Greens remained smooth,
true and of nice pace and the holes
that were made in them by high pitch-
ing balls were diligently mended. Pre-
sumably since ii was Labor Day there
should have be IN very big crowd. bu.
enthusiasm has limits and there were
but small galleries to send their bursts
of clspping echoing across'the course.
Mr.. Tolley started at the for him un-
timely hour of Ave minutes to nine and
made good progress to the turn, which
he reached in 3S. | padded out to
clsaving his way rnajestically through
the rain giishes and utterly disdaining
an umbrella. His play was very inn
posing. too. His huge carries served
him well on the heavy ground and all
his shots were confident and steady.
Praise for Cyril TolIey.
With a beautiful 3 he finished In "A
and ii seems to me that, in what will
be contest or endurance. he will take
lot Of beating. Mr.. Tolley's last
nine holes had been played In sheets
of rain, bu. he had been by comparison
lucky. Far worse was to come.
Fairway at first and last holes as
stunned appearance of system of lakes
Men with brooms never desisted from
sweeping water from the greens and
yet it accumulated I saw Mr.. Bobby
Jones take something like full drive
at ball on the green and 1t went about
five Yards. raising a fountain as it went
Yet golf or something like 1t could be
played. and Mr.. Evanss feat In equaling
Mr.. Tolley's "A was amazing.
In ordinary language the ground was
unfit for golf. but to decide formally
that 1t was so was doubtless a difficult
matter. and the u. $. G. A. executives
were faced with horrid problem, par
tlcuidTly dS SldtK Gay WOuiu lhloW
the tournament over the week end.
Every player had a different opinion.
colored little, perhaps, by the score
that he had done and his particular ex-
perience of the rain.
impossible Accom- lisheJ.
At one moment a green might be a
lake Ten minutes later II presented
comparatively blameless exterior. How
ever. in spite of appalling conditions
some truly miraculous scores <rn done.
Personally | simply cannot understand
hoy they were possible and take off my
hat to the players in abject admiration.
First Mr.. Bobby Jones did ~ right
through the worst Of II. Then Mr.. Gull
ford, with slightly better weather. had
10. which, added to "a Of Saturday.
gave him medal for best score. Then
Mr.. Knepper OF Princeton had 70. and
this. mark you. in circumstances which.
had / been judge. should have de-
clared unplayable Besides Mr.. Tolley
Mr.. Aylmer apd Mr.. Torrance Of the
British team fought their way gallantly
into the number Of elect.
Mr. Cavan and Mr.. Wethered just
failed rhe crowd evidently svmpathized
keenly with AIR. Wethered and grew very
refused to go in. Finally. whether or
not the game that was played to-day
should or should not strictly be called
golf. | never saw such an exhibition Of
skill and courage. That thirty-two men
should accomplish 162 for two rounds Is
remarkable. That there should be sew
eral scores OF under $50 in such weather
Is astounding.