The New York herald., 1922-07-13

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Sailing with Mrs. Mallory were
ii Sears and Dean Mathey.
post mortems there arose point of In
terest which soon had precedence Of the
postponement and its incidentals This
concerned q question of the rules and
procedure, and had for Its final Issue
the padding OF yesterdays qualifying
roll by the addition of names of Willis
Ogg Of Worcester. Bob PEBBLES of Louis
Vile. Alfred Hackbarth Of Park Ridge
and Frank Mcnamara of Ortega. Fla.
the latter formerly professional at
Cherry Valley in the Garden City sec
/ tor.
When the smoke clouds OF Tuesdays
battle had faded out McNamara.
PEBBLES. Ogg and Hackbarth were on
the wrong side of the fence with scores
of 153. The 152s had made II, and there
were twenty-four players, the allotted
number. at that figure or better. Then
came the story Of how an official scorer
had fumbled on a rule in the code con-
cerning casual water In q bunker.
Charlie Thorn OF Shinnecock Hills was
the player projected into the contro-
versy. for 1t seems that the Long ISL
ander had been unwillingly commanded
to lift and drop In a trap at the edge
OF the thirteenth green. Charlie was so
close, he explained to-day, and the
water in which his ball lay so shallow
| that 1t would have been a matter of
comparative ease for him to chip out
on to the putting strip and get a or
even par 3. However. the scorer was
insistent. He was satisfied that his In
structions received at the official tent
| Inft v>1o
| wishing to dispute authority Thorn ac-
cepted the dictum. dropped his ball as
requested on q part OF the sand trap
free from water and left the scorer to
| do the rest.
Thom Automatically Penalized.
Evidently. 1t never occurred to the
player that the official, under the rules,
had been forcing a penalty upon him.
AS matter OF fact the scorer did not
know what his action automatically had
entailed
Thorn scored an actual 4 on thu
hole and had good cause for feeling
aggrieved to-day when it was brought t.
. his notice that instead of q 4 his figure
should have been q and that in place
OF 152, his aggregate for the thirty-si1
holes under the rules should have beer
/, 153. What mortified him most was the
, fact that his shot from the water wa!
easiness itself compared to what he hat
to play after the drop. He had been al
set to chip the ball from the water will
light mashie. Now he actually had Il
dig it out with a niblick. for the weigh
of the sphere had caused 1t to sink to IT.
, poles in the soft wet SAND
E 1t took long time for the Unitet
States Golf Association to decide wha
{ to do in the case Of Thorn, but withou
\ any hesitation 1t was declared that Nc
Q Namara, PEBBLES Ogg and Hackbartl
should be considered as having qualified
Q Mcnamara was reached as he was com
. pleting preparations for departure.
Late In the afternoon. upon the arriva
of J. Frederic Byers of Pittsburgh, tn
: United States Golf Association president
e meeting was held at which Thoms's cas-
o was thoroughly discussed. 1t was de
cided that the cause of Justice would b
Y fully served by adding the penalt
3 stroke to Thoms's total and declarin
: him to be one OF sve players finishing a
8 153. The following Is the statemer
given out by the golf association GOV
o ering the already celebrated case:
Q After careful consideration Of tn
r facts in connection with the score {
q Charles D. Thorn Of Shtnnecock Hills a
9 returned for the morning round Tue.
g day. July IL the executive committe
o has decided that his score be returue
o noon round of "a, this makes his tot,
n score for the day as 153 instead Of 1852
This pronouncement automaticall
I brought the other four players into Il
Q seventy-two holes of play for the chan
n pionship proper. The decision, needles
Q to say, met with general approval.
!, was considered as on all fours with IL
e ruling made last year at Washingtc
s when Jim Barnes was the unconscios
Q victim Of the mistake of his scorer. g
o that occasion Barness card was postt
: with one hole marked a 4 when II ougl
Q to have been s. Strict adherence
d the rules would have deprived Barn
: of his title OF national open champion.
= Sunday Play-on Considered.
To-day's postponement has broug
forward the question OF a Sunday pla.
: off in case OF a tie for the championsh
"a on Saturday. And for some reason Il
v prospect OF tie begins to loom larg
4 possibly because with the average &c
i enthusiast Of these parts the wish
q father to the thought.
= with the United States Golf Assoc
ation charging admission this year son
: doubt has been expressed whether su,
: 70 the statutes. However 1t transpir
|, that Skokie has staged big championsh
i matches at which an admission char
. was made 80 1t is just as reasonable
II play golf on the Sabbath day under III
n circumstances. 1t Is all a matter
q sentiment or OF piety. From the r
: marks dropped on the subject by Jam
d. Standish. Jr.. 1t would seem tn
n there nevertheless is some doubt as
- whether in the case of a tie the pl'
= off will take place on Sunday or be he
q over until Monday.
Il II had been expected that the Unit
- States Golf Association executive cor
y mIttee would take UP this afternoon sc
= eral other matters or which the golfe
= are awaiting n decision. For instant
: some action on the amateur rule HI
been anticipated. Again. there has be
talk Of the national body making sor
announcement as TO the venue of ne
years open championship. AS to I
"a latter, not even hint has been droppt
y but from what can be gathered aroul
!. the whispering corners the metropolit
:, district is In line for the big event ne
- time. That, Of course, Is not surprisir
% seeing that New York has not had I
,s honor since 1915. Siwanoy ought
4. stand pretty fair chance this tin
1t may be recalled that this Westchest
% club thought II had, last years char
le pionship all sewed up but that I'LL