Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-14
HACKNEY'S PAR F0R'
/ NINE HOLES LEADS
Atlantic City Pro Reaches Turn
in ga in First Round Of
y National Final
EVANS DOES 35; DUNCAN 80

Glencoe. lIiS'' Ju's """" """
hod GOLF was intermingled in the early
n,,v Of todays rounds in the national
oncn golf tournament over the Skokie
course. ,
Clarence Hackney. of Atlantic City.
n T.. was the first to turn nine holes
in par - and minute later '.Chick'
Evans. Chicago. amateur. reached the
Arst turn in 81. three puts on the
ninth putting him over.
Evans and Hackney played steady
Golf Their cards:
Oh, tsr- .4s44 49, - s-a4
on, EVan'5 { 49, 50 "a 4-aS
AZ, hackne 2 49, a. 3-s4
George Duncan. British pro, w2s
o,aying badly. turning in 30. the excess
strokes being accumulated through Wild
ness on the fairways and missed puts.
IN the fifth one shot was against n
fence and he had to play out one
handed. -,
Thirty.six holes will be played to-
day and thirty-six tomorrow.
Duncan's card follows:
Our ",.4 O $40
The players. many of them cham.
mons. represent every golfng nation in
tbe world. and while the winner. of.
Acially, will be the champion Of the
United States. in the minds of many
BE- will be classified the champion Of the
world for victory vii! onl2 be achieved
through the defeat of champion club
swingcrs from all gOlfing sections Of
the universe.
solf followed five of the matches through
Skokic dalcs and meadows, banked along
the green fairways and scurrying
through the forests of naples and oaks.
Abe Mitchell. the far. straight hit
ting Briton. was paired with Jimmy
Johnson. the st. Paul star and one of
the longest hitters in the game.
These all pairs started at fif-
teen minute intervals to keep the crowds
scattered.
Hutchison Plays Kerrigan
Jim Barnes. the champion. played
with Bob Macdonald for another stir
ring ensemble. while Jock Hutchison
battles with Tommy kerrigan.
The thirteen amateurs who are safely
IN are sure to make hard fight to
regain the top places that Quimct.
Travcrs and Evans captured few years
bnck. and with Jones. Evans. Hunter.
Guilford. Johnson and others they are
sure to register close in around the
tor peak.
Twenty four men won their way into
the finals in yesterdays qualifying
round. Robert Macdonald. the long.
driving Chicago professional. leading the
field with II score of 72-71-143.
Armour and Mcleod Fail
The score necessary to qualify was
152. All of the better known stars
qualified except a. A. Armour. Scottish
amateur titlchodcr. and Freddie Nc.
Lood. the Washington, ID. c.. profes.
sional. who formerly held the open
championship. Armour could not get
his approaches to the green. taking 1G1,
while Mcleod could not get his puts
into the cup ana ended with total Of
1o4: two strokes too many to get in.
Four amateurs were in the list of
the successful ones. Willie Hunter. for
mer British champion. leading the way
score of 1910 14j. while Harrison r.
0immy) Johnston. st. Pauls brilliant
young shooter. took three strokes more.
Dewey Weber, of Chicago, also l4S.
and William Rautcnbusch. another
Chicagoan. were the other amateurs to
qualify. making the total for the three
days thirteen.
For a time 1t looked as if rather
high scores would get by. but grad
ually the totals became lower until ii
was found that there were seventeen
men under the 100 mark. where there
were only thirteen Monday and four
teen Tuesday. Willie Hunter spoiled
the hopes of the players with l53 and
!ol, when he shot the afternoon rounn
IN par 20. his 145 total being all that
was was necessary to push out those beyond