South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-03
GARDNER LEADS IN
FIRST ROUND OYER
BLIND BROOKLINE'
Chicagoan Shoots II - Evans
Feels Comfortable With
Score of IA.
BY CHARLES q

BY CHARLES CHICK" EVANS
BROOKLINE COUNTRY CLUB.
Brooklins. Mas. Sept. blind
Brookltre." one OF the greatest golf
tests IN America and perhaps the
most richly historic links we have
today became again the scene OF
the annual hgfst for the highest
golf honor in the United States. the
National Amateur chaInpi onShip.
The first qualifying round, with
10 OF the star amateur golfers OF
the United States. Canada and Eng
land each playing IS holes, took
place today with a net result IN
score cards that indicates several
factors will have 90 do with this
championship that have not been
so greatly in evidence before the
second qualifying round takes
place Monday. each CONTESTANT play
ing IS holes. The best 80 then be-
gin a match play for the cham
pionshtp.
My card OF "a for the first round
leaves me feeling comfortable. My
fellow Chicagoan, Robert Gardiner,
former amateur champion shot a
brilliant Il. II Is not likely that
anything under 80 viii have much
OF a chance here.
The course IL in wonderful con-
dition. 1 call il blind Brookline"
because so many OF the green's are
blind The player here musc be
deadly accurate because II is not
often that a ball of an iron can be
trusted 20 luck and a favorable roll
Il II happens 10 be short OF where II
should be IN approach
The unusual number OF blind
shots threw Harrison Johnston one
Of the finest golfers in America,
somewhat of his game. TTs told me
one OF the tees and the erect upon
him was strange one. IL upset his
driving Johnston Is one OF the
longest drivers in the game. In the
last years western amateur cham
pionship IN Chicago he was credit
ed unof1cially with a drive OF nearly
400 yards.
Usually the player who wins the
crown gets IL by mastering the
greens. that is, he gets what we call
the touch Of the green's when so
many expert shooters gather one is
about as good putter as another.
but up out OF the crowd shoots some
streak at all. he simply gets the
touch, the right feel OF the green's.
When he gets that he usually goes
right through 10 the championship
II ne keeps the touch during the
week. Gu1ford had II at St. Louis
last year and his putting there was
one OF the most amazing revelations
OF complete mastery OF a putter
tEat I ever beheld and had a good
look at II since I went down to de-
feat IN front OF Il
Tommy Armour. the handsomest
man In the game. with his sleek
valentino hair and his boom boom
voice Is here with the niftiest pair
OF knickers a tournament has ever
seen. Armour was formerly a
champion In Scotland but now lives
In New York.
Bobby Jones the southern star
drew the big gallery OF the day, some
500 enthusiasts trailing the sturdy
Bobby during his round Jones is on
his game this year. as be proved a.
this years national open champion
ship IN Chicago. and I pick him as
the most likely player 20 take the
GROWN on big Jesse Guilfords head.
AL Jones has ever needed 70 enable
him &c take a championship was
tournament experience. He now has
that
Americas brainlest amateur play
az. W. G. "BH" Fownes. OF Pitts
burg, was paired with me in today's
Qualifying round. This recalled by
previous tournament experience over
the Brooklins course when. IN 1919.
was matched with Fownes in thu
semi-hnal OF the championship He
defeated me and won the title the
next day. IN looking over the con-
tsstants Il became apparent that
Fownes and I are the only real old
timers left One OF the contestants
on the scene this year wears a beard
and some one. referring 70 the fact,
asked who II was Evans2
It IS customary in amateur cham
nionshlns for the man who ultimately