The Washington herald., 1922-07-15

- yin 8OahASh SaftiSd tht0 lhS Saks
was sitting quietly upon the top Of
Hagen. for q while. held his grip
on second place but near the flag
end of the evening Bill Meihorn,
Shreveport. one of the home breds,
slipped into second place with. a
73-71,, two strokes back OF Black
but one stroke better than the Brit
ish crown wearer and Mike Brady
who were tied for third place.
As the day moved along the va
rious galleries began to surge in
all directions, bewildered by start
ling reports that were brought In
from various centers of warfare.
At first Chick" Evans looked dan
gerous with his morning ~ but al
the afternoon Chick" began to fall
ter on the greens again. George
Duncan, who was clearly OF his
stride in the forenoon with q rs.
came back in better shape for a 70
In the second eighteen-hoie test and
so recovered part Of the gallery
which had begun to desert him
around noon.
The British threat 10 now in the
background for the moment. Dun
can is seven strokes back of Black.
Hunter Is eight strokes away. Kirk
wood nine, and Mitchell no less than
eleven after two rounds which left
him more than usually solemn.
Abe's putting was again loose and
his driving was not up to its
usually high standard.
Play Of Hutch Surprises.
The big crash Of the day came
In the downfall of Jock Hutchison.
who led the field on Monday with
a 81 and a IS. There were several
thousand from Chicago haunts who
refused to De lured away by other
stars. They remembered Jocks
devastating campaign of the few
days before and they were banked
around the first tee for another
thrill when the Glen View star
opened fire. But the Jock of Friday
was not the Jock OF Monday. The
Rembrandt OF one day had become
momentarily a sign painter. Kube-
Xix had started beating a drum.
The master artist was now a mere
ordinary mortal. struggling along
as most Of US do for an occasional
par
Such are the ways OF this eter-
rally humbling game. Jock began
by taking three puts on the first
green and before he knew IL he had
started 5-4-6-s-6-5, no less than
six over par for the first six holes.
Under this crushing blow Hutchi-
son was forced to stagger out in
~ strokes. He finished the round
in rs. ten strokes back of Hagen
In the afternoon he started again
like a whirlwind. going out in 49,
But with a great record in sight
on the second nine he hit the soapy
chute once more and at three easy
drive and pitch holes. the four
teenth. fifteenth and sixteenth, he
took 5-5-6. At the sixteenth. for
example. he whipped the ball a mile
down the fairway. He was only
eighty yards from the green and
with the chance for a in sight he
proceeded to pump his approach
twenty yards over the banked.
terraced green into heavy rough.
where. after missing a two-foot
putt. he needed 6.
Jock Amrost Out Of IL.
Jock Is now in a precarious po-
sition, where his own play must be
fiawless and many of the leaders
must slip before he has another
chance
John Blacks double round was
steady procession all day. He
was driving well with a variation
of the old st. Andrews swing,
| elastic wrists and a healthy snap.
Of ~.
including practice marches, he has
stuck consistently between 81 and
Is. He had averaged 70 for Ave
previous Journeys and he saw no
| great reason to wander away from
this pace. Possibly fifteen people
trailed along in his wake. looking
at his steady, even golf. In the
forenoon Black was out in IS and
back in So. In the afternoon Black
was out in IS and back in IS. II
you can beat that for consistent
plugging We yield the floor. Out
side Of his freak at the 35O-yard
nfteenth, where for the second time
In this tournament a ball carried
cleanly into the cup and stuck.
there were no freak episodes. On
this one occasion he was playine
his second from the side OF a
bunker. sixty yards from the green.
Whack-plunk-and there was the
with the green untouched.
waiter Hagen's morning round
was a masterpiece The big home
pred started as IL the sceptre was
In his grasp. He slipped a trifle
on the first two holes, but recoy-
ered In magnificent fashion for
simple pars, one of his favorite
tricks. After that he made but few
mistakes. His driving was lons
and straight. his approaching up
around the pin and each putt he
struck went boldly for the back
of the cup.
The other notable performances
were those that fell to the happy
lot OF Bill Melhorn, of Shreveport,
La, ana Gene sarazen, OF. Pitts
ourgh. both homebreds.
Melhorn had fine 70 in the
morning. In the afternoon test he
came romping along at an even
raster clip. and with three of the
Dig galleries Jumped into a writh-
ing, rushing mass he finished his
assault upon Skokie with a II, hav-
ing no less than eight IS on the
last nine holes. He had a left
at the 47o-yard eighteenth hole to
peat out Hagen for second place
and two fine shots did the trick.
Here is Melhorn's afternoon card
Out -. 4 49, 4-37-7l-144
In -. a 4 4-37-71-144
Gene Sarazen. a former caddie
boy from Westcheste- County. and
one Of the best of the homegrown
youngsters, was around in 72-73
his las tieing Hagen for third place.
Gene was in but little trouble, play