New-York tribune., 1922-07-12
Several Stars
Eliminated at
Skokie Course
Davie Heron, Former Anna.
teur Champion, Among
Losers in Open Meet

SRoKIE COUNTRY CLUB, GLEN
CoE, H., July Ii (By The Associated
Press). - Facing playing conditions
which at times helped and at others
hindered their work, more than a hun
dred of the 925 entrants in the na-
tlonai open golf tournament to-day
struggled through a thirty-six-hol ole
qualifying round which sent about
three-fourths of the starters into the
discard and produced golf which, fiR-
| uratlvely, was much like the weather
full of clouds one minute and spar
king with sunshine the next.
An even twenty-tour won their way
into the finals with the same minimum
score as yeste rday, 152.
Walter Hagen, of Detroit, led the
New York professional, had the low
round with SO.
One-fourth of the qualifers we're
amateurs, with Eddie Held, a nineteen
year-old st. Lotus player, leading them
with 147, in eighth place George Dun
can, the famous English professional.
took Al on his final nine and barely
qualified.
At the 154 mark stood S. Dawson
HERON, of Chicago, former national
amateur champion, and the second
former national amateur title holder
to go out, Bob Gardner failing yester-
cay, Accompanying him were Art
Reld, of Ardsley, N Y; Wilfred Reid,
OF washington; Kern Marsh, of Lon
don, Canada: and George Sargent, of
Columbus, Ohio, veteran of many a
tournament
Six Amateurs Land
With these and a few other excep-
tlons. all Of the greater players
quallhed Leo Diegel Clarence Hack
ney, Jack Burke, John Golden, John
farfell, Frank Sprogell and Gene
oarazen were among the we'll known pros
to get through safely. The six amateurs
who obtained seat alongside Of them
were Jesse Guilford of Boston, national
amateur champion; Eddie Held, Fred
Wright, of Los Angeles; Robert Jones
lr, the youthful Atlanta. Ca. star.
John 9. Anderson, Of Siwanoy, N. Y,
and Frank Godchaux jr, Of New
| Orleans.
Twenty seven qualified yesterday. due
to ties, making total of fifty-one for
the two days. The final group will 90
out tomorrow, the low twenty-four
and ties getting into the finals Thurs
udg ana FlQby.
Standing out in to-days play was
the work OF Waiter Hagen, whose one
over par for thirty-six holes was a
game which for time threatened to
get into the class of Jock Hutchison's 3
1856 score of yesterday.
bobbie Jones did some great play
ing, and but for Indifferent work in
the afternoon might have finished
nearer the top. He and Leo Dieeel.
of New Orleans, and George Duncan
paired with Hagen, drew the larges
galleries.
Some Great Tee Shots
Bobbie, with little luck ON the
| greens, his 72 for the first round would
have been about e8. He was making
wonderful tee shots, and, while little
wild with his irons, was sending in
perfect run-rps, which generally left
him q chance to sink in one putt
In the first half of the afternoon
rouna lobby began with par 4, but
on the par 3 twentieth set his drive
to post we'll to the side of the green
and pitched too far back, taking 4.
Bang, went his club into the ground.
On the eighth he sliced a drive. the
result being 38 for the par "a nine.
frequently the youngster brought
cheers, with long wooden shots and
we'll placed irons, and at no time was
his work really bad. He just wasn't
quite keen, to quote the British play
ers, in his first afternoon round.
Eddie Held did not make any shots
/. that were spectacular, but nearly
every one of his strokes was on the
border of brilliancy. Every club in
his bag was working smoothly, and as
he walked into The clubhouse from
the thirty-sixth green drew a round
of applause and was freely congratu-
late% His morning round was nice
"a and his afternoon 70.
Fred Wright also shot a steady
Frank Godchaux jr., might have had
a par score had he not found trouble
with putting. John Farrell's SO was
easily the low round Of the day, and
his 76 in the morning put him in sec
ond position for the entire day. Ac-
curate tee and fairway shots were the
secret of his low card.
Frank Sprogell, the Memphis pro,
and John Black, each shot par 70s in
the first round, but each found put
ting too hard on the second round.
Leo Diegel, who looked like the low
qualiner Tor twenty-seven holes. being
only stroke or two over par, failed
to putt on the final nine and dropped
back
Among the we'll known golfers to
compete tomorrow are Willie Hunter,
former British amateur champion;
Harrison R. Johnston, of St. Paul,
amateur champion of Minnesota; Alex
Armour, Scotch champion and brother
of T. D. Armour, who has played sew
eral tournaments in this country; En-
NETT French, Youngstown, Ohio, cap
tain of the American team which went
to England last year; Pat O'Eara, of
Richmond County, Virginia, and
Freddy Mcleod, of Washington, D. c.