The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
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TW0-DAY GRIND
TODAY FOR TITLE
Mcdonald, of Bobolink,
Tops Field With 1i3
On Third Round.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

corps of golf mobilfZed and marched
today under q cloudless summer
sky. and the battlefield Is now
cleared for tire championship test
At 70 holes which swings under way
tomorrow morning.
It Is part OF relentless materi9l
law which governs sport that
tragedy all too often mast stalk
In the wake OF triumph During
last years open championship at
Columbia Bob Mcdonald f4iIed to
qualify. while Freddie Mcleod. an
other Scot tied with Hagen for
sscond place In the Anal count.
Mcleod on the Edge.
Today. as Big Bob OF Bobolink.
Qua In front Of the parade with 143.
was receiving the congratulations
of his friends. wee Freddie Mcleod
was orooding disconsolately IN the
CLUB house with 154 upon the rim
Of disaster. Fate. apparently. mad
reversed their careers, showing
again how swiftly In sport the tidal
wave OF fortune can carry one TO
:hs heights while sweeping another
iat5 the depths. For the first time
~ his long career wee Freddie. al
ways in the money. was upon the
verge OF failing to qualify In ma
tional test. No wonder the diminu-
tive Columbia star looked upon life
as one vast misery where there
could b, no jewel in the toad's head
Of defeat
II was Mcdonald. the big brawny
Scot of Bobolink. with Pat O'Hara,
of Richmond County, who carried
today's big gallery over the thirty
six-hole route. Mcdonald has a
wide titular range. He is now
Metropolitan and Texas champion
and he has his keen. Scotch eyes
fixed intently upon a still bigger
prize. One of the mightiest of the
hitters with a free, slashing style
he slogged the hall far and. straight.
coming to the final hole in the aft
ernbn with for 50. A series of
unseemIy episodes here including a
sliced drive, a missed second and
missed putt on the green cost him
a s, but even so the rangy Scot did
wen in generous behalf of his New
York and Texas titles
Makes Hole I'm One.
The nnaI qualifying day was
fairly replete with bizarre episodes
that thrilled the greatest galleries
of the week. AS long interminable
caravans of spectators fiocked
through the Skokie woods and
swept over the open spaces, Eddie
Towns, of Shannopin Club, Penn
sylvania, proceeded to drop a long
midiTon shot into the thirteenth
hole for a one, and a few moments
later c. W. Mcclure was called upon
to play his second shot for the six
teenth from a barn within a yard
Of the quivering heels of big gray
mule Mcclure, using the finest
headwork shown to date, refused
the issue and dropped away for the
penalty.
The one that Eddie Towns
dropped on the lS5-yard thirteenth
hole was the most spectacular shot
ever played in a championship. Abe
Mitchell holed a one at Deal in 1920
and a year ago at st. Andrews
Jock Hutchison pumped in another
one at the short eighth hole. But
the balls which Abe and Jock struck
few out at hign trajectory and t1;e
away the short side Ct the cup rs
II jammed Its way in On the carry
against the tin q the flag. 1t was
a 5000. 100000 to l shot, plus, if
you care to carry the vital stats
tics that far.
Lands In Cup.
Il think that ones close" re-
marked Tommy Kerrigan, his part
ner, as the ball vanished from sight
near the flag. Coming to the green
the bali was still invisible and IL
was only when Kerrigan saw one
side Of the hole blasted out that
he suddenly realized his prophecy
was predically perfect. II might
have made a better story II one
could move along to say that even
with this stroke the Shannopin
golfer failed TO qualify. but the
main facts are that he got around
very nicely indeed and finished with
a IL. In this one case he not only
shot for the pin but he came near
blowing IL out OF the cup.
Among the earlier starters Of the
day with Bob Mcdonald humming
Highland lyric in front, Eddie
Towns, Bill Melhorn. OF Shreveport,
and Ned McKenna, of Rochester.
were not far behind at 145 with
sterling rounds OF steady golf.
Emmett French. Of Youngstown.
Ohio. was back at old time form.
despite an early summer illness. at
lts, with Tom Boyd and Pat O'Hara
safely inside the select circle at lat.
Kr-x,r Rr,fher. Tn
One intimate little feature well
worth recording was that George
Rerrigan. of White Beeches. led his
older brother. Tom Kerrigan, of
siwanoy. by a stroke. In the morn
ing round young George had a
sensational 10. one OF the star trips
Of the day. In the afternoon test
he scrambled things up on the first
nine holes, where he took AZ. but
steadyins down he finished the
fnal nine iE rs for a days total
at 14s. just one stroke in front OF
Tom at 14s. The Kerrigans and the
Haolcbarths are the only pairs Of
brothers in che deld.
late in the afternoon there were
few out with anything but a faint
chance to better Bob McDonaId'a
score. which follows:
Morning round:
34455 SIS
~ ~ 3 IS 5-37-72
oruoon round:
~ IS 445 3-35
I1SS4 444 s-3G--71-14s
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