The New York herald., 1922-06-21
THREE AMERICANS
QUALIFY FOR Open
Barnes Gets in by Doing Final
18 Holes in 72
Strokes.
JAMES BRAID ELIMINATED
Hutchison in Third Place
Practically All the British
Stars Qualify.
BY JOCK HUTCHINSON.

BRUSH open GOr Champion
Special Gable to Tho New YORK HERALD.
COPYRIGHT, 1929. by THE New York ELMLp
SANDWICH. England. June 20.-Oul
friends in America and Australia will
be pleased to learn that Walter Hagen
and his partner from Australia. the
great Joe Kirkwood, stood together
at the top of the heap after the two
testing qualifying rounds in the Brit
ish open golf championship.
Joe and Walter. who took rs each
on the Princes course yesterday, took
72 each on the Royal st. Georges to-
day can also report the good news
that Jim Barnes, after that terrible 80
at Princes yesterday, and after being
bunkered at the second hole at St
Georges. to-day. showed some real
fight and finished with a 72, so he
qualified
My score of rs to-day was not as good
as my II yesterday. but the total OF
149, gave me third position in the quail
flying field. two shots behind Walter and
Joe, who were 147.
1t certainly was a most enjoyable day
for the Americans and for Kirkwood,
who is coming back to America with us
after this tournament and with Walter,
Jim and myself, makes up the list OF
"four invaders" OF course We all feel
pretty good tonight but we. are COM
posing ourselves for Thursday and Fri
day. We all feel that we are hitting
the ball well enough, and only hope we
can keep it up in the championship.
Hagen Takes a Six.
Kirlwood led the field all, alone for a
long time, as he was an early starter.
His total of LAT looked very good.
About the middle of the afternoon Wal
ter came along. needing two fours for a
60. Now there Is no luck In winning
a qualifying round. and not much Of
anything else. Walter took a five at the
18th and six at the 18th, SO that he
came in abreast of Joe. Walter got
mixed up in a bunker at the 18th, and
with Kirkwood and some of the other
boys laughing at him. he took two shots
to get out. and finished with six.
Walter said he would save the SO for the
championship, which Is to be played
over the ST. Georges course.
must say have attended other holi-
days in England when the folks ap-
peared to be having more enjoyable
time than they were to-day. They
thought the foreigners laid 1t on pretty
thick; finishing. one, two. three, even
If 1t was only in the qualifying round.
They are hopeful. however, that the
order will be reversed on Thursday and
Friday.
Walter played in a brilliant yellow
sweater and many thought he was a
Jockey and was going to ride over the
course on horseback. Instead he rode
over the field. Jim and I wore sweat
ers. but the Scotch and English profess
sionals wore coats. Joe Kirkwood car
ried the largest gallery. He remains the
favorite. Joe seems to be able to do
anything he wants with golf ball these
days
Task Is Before Them.
While we are naturally elated, our
task will begin all over again Thursday,
for all Of the really first class British
players qualified with the exception of
Jimmy Braid. Braid failed by a single
shot his total of 1862 being just outside.
Had that score made it seventeen others
would have been in.
Roger wethered. Willie Hunter and
Cyril Tolley three fine British amateurs,
all qualified. Eddie Van Week Of Gar
den City, the only American amateur to
start, gave 1t up as bad job to-day
after taking 30 yesterday. He Is going
to stay around and root for us. We tried
to get Fred Kennedy. another American
amateur. who is here to play. but
Freddy said he was too busy keeping
tabs on Walter and myself.
There Is going to be some low scoring
on Royal st. Georges when the serious
business starts on Thursday