The Washington times., 1922-07-11

He missed his placement Of the
ball-a daring try, to say the least
and the ball came to rest near the top
Of the bunker, banging IN some tall
grass.
Barnes stepped up, planted his feet
In sand above his ankles, pulled
cleek from his bag, and sent the bail
to the green some 225 yards ahead.
!, The shot would have been the finest
kind of golf had it been made from
the open fairway. l could never have
negotiated that shot. ! don't know
of another golfer in America who
could have done 1t.
This, however, was only the be-
: thinning Of a series of such plays by
|, Barnes in the first half of his aft.
Nernoon round. Three of his ap-
preached found traps at the green,
but did these bother the long New
Yorker?
To the establishment Of the gal.
lery, IL was soon observed thaq|
Barnes was only partly concerned
about getting out of the trap. He
expected his chip to the green 70
sink in the cup, and 1t was too oad
that he didn't. The breaks were
against him all the way Tor Two OF
these chip shots trimmed the cup but
declined TO go down. He was en-
titled to both of them, and would
have had them had his four leaf
clover been really at work for him.
Again Long Jim's drives would
70 too far and come 10 resi- III
rough. but his irons were perfect
In every instance. In every case
of troubIe Long Jim was right out
Of n. with the brand OF champion
written onto every shot. HIS put
t;ng was wonderful. On only one
green did he take more IMAM '"o
puts.
Tho NAV so far, in the practice
ronnds and in Yesterdays QUALIFYING
toSicates that the title will not fall 10
an unknown Of the golf world.
The old "sharpshooters OF tne
vame are on with line OF perlect
nlaying. Jock Hutchinson score yes
,erday. along with that OF Barnes M
dicates that these proved st
the links will in all prooapiL aLss hi.
tie n out. Walter Hagen makes nis
n,oIifvinr round today anu on
,ha course with him will be WINE
Hunter the tip top British amateur,
pohh, Iones. of Atlanta: Rudolph
Ynenner of Iowa. George Duncan
tha Rritish professional star ana o'h'
ers No oi own @ score yesterday suffered
.-on, crazy putter. in the first
hois ~ this afternoons rounu
thoneh was completely Iooleu
once in a trap. l though, Ine
sand on which my ball res'Tu wa
hard. and so plsycd II. 10 my
smazement my blade went ueep
into perfectly soft and loose sa san
and scooped right under tne oa
costing me two extra sIloh
the hole and netting' me Se'e"'
nv putter worked much better
nm the second nine, perhaps pc
cause the champion, win WHOM
I was matched, gave me sucn a
fine example Of how to rake them
Into the hole.
Tbe rain has helped the course
wonderfully and all the contestants
nre in much better Spirit because
OF II. The fairways VIII now hoIo
the ball so that those PLAYERS VINO
NAV for an exact placement OF
ths tee shot find the course more
20 their liking. I was glad to see
tbe rain because believe golf
cbamnionships should go to the
man who can and does place his
haiI where he wants 1t to stop. not
Sepending on roll for distance.
had an example OF the disaster
that can come with a roll at the
last hole yesterday. I played n low
Zee shot because ] was tired, l
thought a long roll would ease up on
the iron shot to the green. This was
directly upside down to my usual
game, which is through the air:
The low tee drive bounded out OF
hounds 10 the left Of the tairway.
but Il accomplished one thing any
bow-it cured me forever Of playing
for a roll. 3
! A rolling ball gathers trouble
unless Champion Jim Barnes Is
behind II. $
tCopyriEht, John r. Ollie Coz