South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-15

GLENCOE. III. July 10y a.
PJ-Johu Black Of the C-aremont
club. Oakland Calf. a little Scotch
man with a bag ~ rusty clubs and
nothing in the way OF conventional
golf clothes. Friday swept through
the first half ~ the - hole national
oren golf tournament over tine
Skok.e course and Friday night was
wei in the front OF the greatest
links celebrities Of the universe
many a. them only old enough 90
be his s0nS-in the fight for the
American soif.ng championship. In
cidentally he clipped a n.btIc shot
go yards from a bunker into the
18th cup Friday afternoon for an
eagle two.
Playing q game that could hardly
be surpassed for both steadiness
and brilllance Back made the SO
holes Of Fridays play .n I42 strokes,
two less than his nearest rival VIII
liam Meihorn OF Shreveport La. a
professional and three better than
the third scores returned by Walter
Hagen Of Detroit. holder OF the
British open championship and Gene
Sarazon Of Pittsburg
Following in order were Bobby
Jones. Atlanta Ca, amateur. who
scored 1f6. Lloyd Gu,lickson. De-
Kalb. Illinois, professional with 147;
"Ch1ck' Evans. famous amateur.
Laurie Sayton local pro and Nike
Brady OF Detroit. with las each
and Jim Barnes present open title
holder, with 149
Downs Them All
Among dozens OF other famous
players swept aside through Blacks
great club swinging were Abe
Mitchell and George Duncan. Brit
ish pros. Jock Hutchinson. Of Chi
cago. formerly British open cham
pion, Jesse Guilford Of Boston, na-
tlonal amateur champion. and Will
lie Hunter former British amateur
title holder
Friday night Black confidently
asserted that Saturday, in the final
Sc holes OF the tournament he
would repeat his two seventy ones
but aside from that he had little 10
say Of his game
Questions on golf caused him 10
switch conversation repeatedly to
his II IL year old granddaughter
out In California. for he is prouder
Of being grandfather at 81 than
Of all the golf shots ever made by
himself. his eight brothers and three
sisters. all Of them golfers. although
one of the sisters is rather averse
TO the game.
Carpenter First.
Pressed closely on golf Black
proudly explained that in 1895 he
had caddied for Harry Vardon in
Scotland. Back in 1905 Black was
an amateur in Troon. Scotland. He
came 10 America fin 1906, and unable
TO affiliate with golf club worked
as a carpenter. winding up I'm san
Francisco six months later where he
became a pro for a club there.
Eleven years ago he went 10 Clare
mont club at Oakland and has been
there since.
II Black wins the final half Of the
championship. IL viii be his first
victory in other than sectional tour
naments
He barely got into this tournament
When ne asked for his caddy he was
told he was not on the entry lists.
II developed that he had neglected
10 pay his entry fee but he dug up
s. and was permitted TO play. Fri
days eolf as q whole was of the in
and-out type-eNtremely brilliant al
times. but nearly every one of the
stars had one bad nine. with the
result that many totals were high.
The British pros, Abe Mitchell and
George Duncan played errauc golf
and Mitchell now has little chance.
Chick Evans did some great shoot
ing but had 50 ON one nine while
Walter Hagen spoiled an otherwise
perfect score scoring S4-G4-3S with
a forty on his first nine fin the after
noon Jim Barnes played fairly
well. Bobby Jones was brilliant at
times but BAD az others while Jock
Hutchinson ruined two fine cards
with a A. on his first morning nine
and a 40 on the final afternoon nine.
Par for the first nine holes, the ones
that caused all the trouble Is 81
Hagen Receivers Wei
Hacens card was made through
a splendid SIS in the morning when
he made almost impossible recover
les after rather bad iron work. In
the afternoon the recoveries were
not 50 good and he fell down badly.
Hutchinson just could not hit a
hau on his first nine where he amas-
sed a sc-eight over par. Then he
turned and played that spectacular
came which has made him feared all
over the world
Evans PLAYED beautifully az the
STARR especially az the tairWays