Evening star., 1922-07-12

"OuIu SCl liito Tic hioiS tOihoiiO"
who qualified Monday and yesterda,
Actually the survivors of today
four, for the two dozen with the low
fourth place will be entitled to try
Most of the stars with international
regulations were included in the~two
fields which already have made the
36-hole pilgrimage around the Skokie
course, but today's list of scheduled
swinging ability and there was little
doubt that the competition would be
keen.
Britons Among Star Array.
Willie Hunter, former British anna
teur champion, A. A. Armour. title
holder of Scotland Harrison r. john
son, the prodigiouS Swatter from 81.
Paul. who holds the Minnesota anna
teur Championship: Pat OHara or
New York: Bob Mcdonald. Chicago
professional, noted for his driving and
winner of many tournaments; Emmet II
French of Youngstown. OHIO, captain
of the American team which jour ,
neyed to England two years ago, and
Freddie Mcleod of Washington, ID. G..
formerly national open champion. are
some of the men sending drives down
the fairways today.
The players today watched the skies
anxiously. for yesterday the antics Of
the elements brought considera bl e
worry to many shooters. Where they
had been praying for rain during the
practice rounds last week, they now
were hoping for sunshine. iester-
downpour Sunday, had more than
loosened previously baked fairways.
soggy Greens Retard.
The greens were soggy yesterday
and many scores were increased by
four or five strokes by inability of
the player to judge the ground, on
which water could be scooped up with
the hand in many places. The fair
ways dried out very well with the
exception of puddles of casual water.
The balls could be lifted from these
puddles. of course, but the chief diff
ficulty was that many shots headed
for the green would land in the water
and stop dead instead of going on
toward the flag.
Through. the night the skies were
thick with clouds and it was hoped
by all that there would be no more
rain. for sunshine the remaining
days would mean perfect playing con-
Despite the adverse elements, yes
terday's golf was about up to that OF
the day before, which was conceded
by many to have been one of the
greatest days Of golf ever seen in a
tournament.
Hagen stroke Above Par.
Walter Hagen of Detroit, British
day with a beautiful 71-70-141. which
is only one stroke over par for thir-
ty-six holes. The Detroit player had
perfect control of every club. He
went about in his usual businesSlike
way, never heSitating, and it was evil
dent through the day that he would
have either low score or close to it.
On a few holes, the holder of the
British open championship had diff
culties which sent him over par for
the hole. but generally he made this
up quickly by annexing birdie with
in hole or two. He was paired with
George Duncan, the British profess
sionAl. and the latter's work furnishe ed
another thrill, but this time with re-
verse English. Duncan shot nicely for
strokes over par and playing con-
sistently. although not equaling
Hagens work. Then he began to fail
on the greens and stroke after stroke
was added to his score until he had
amassed a total of Al for the final
IL the great player from across the
ocean would qualify with his Isl
total. He got in, however, with a
stroke to spare. 152 being the high
est qualifying score. as on Monday.
Duncan's slump was in no way
as spectacular as that of Chick Evans
the day before. Chick fell off on his
third nine. taking ~. and he knew
that he had only fighting chance
to qualify. The fact that Evans went
out on the last nine knowing he
must shoot under par to qualify and
did 1t Immediately after nine which
was eight strokes over par brought
respect from the spectators which
more than Offset the disappointment
at his previous failure:
Amateurs Play Strongly.
One of the features yesterday was
the work of the amateurs. OF the
+, twenty-four players who earned their
way into the finals. one-fourth. or six,
were amateurs. Little Eddie Held
nineteen-year-ol St. Louis boy, led
the amateurs for both days with 147,
and was eighth in yesterdays field,
Jesse Guilford. national amateur
champion. got in easily with 14S,
Fred Wright of Los Angeles, John G.
Anderson of New York, Bobby Jones
of Atlantic City and Frank Godchaux.
jr., of New Orleans. were the other
most did SO with ease. All shot
beautiful golf. not having any really
bad holes.
1t was really American day. an
the field. an American amateur doing
the most consistent playing.
Jones Plays Cleverly.
Bobby Jones played wonderfully in
the morning round. finishing with a
q. Bobby's game on this IS was one
in which par scores came easily on
most holes. and generally he was
putting for a birdie. Like most OF
the others. he could not get his put
ter working smoothly and failed to
get under par finally through trouble
on the water-filled green's.
In the first half of the afternoon
round Bobby grew little tempera-
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