The Washington herald., 1922-09-04
DYER R-REEKlE TEAM
and SIWANOY Duo
BOTH TURN in 69'S
Jones, Sweetser and Toll
ley Most Feared at
Brookline.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

BRooKLINE COUNTRY CLUB.
Mass. Sept. s.-Picture to yourself
the long limb Of a tree extended
over the edge of precipitous clin
above a yawning chasm where
death and destruction await on
the rocks below. At the end OF
this limb imagine fifteen or sixteen
human beings hanging on In des-
peration, struggling to climb back
to the safety of the tree. In. this
picture you will have the story OF
all those golfers who took between
IS and So strokes on Saturday and
who on Monday must play at top
speed to remain in the select circle
Of thirty-two who will take up
the cudgels of match play on Tues
day.
As it will take 15s or 157 strokes
to qualify. II the weather remains.
fair, all these between IS and 81
are out on the limb for fair. There
are just thirty-eight golfers in this
class. including such stars as John
Caven, Rudy Knepper. Pollock Boyd,
intercollegiate champion; c. v. l.
Hooman. Willie Hunter and many
others who would be formidable
at match play.
Suppose we take up the ease of
individual stars. John Caven, famed
Scottish star. must do a rs or a 70
on Monday to be sure of staying
in for his whirl at match play. C.
V. L Hooman, the star of the "e-
cent International class. must run
in a rs or a II. Willie Hunter. one
of the masters of match play, for
mer British champion. must peel
on a IS or IS.
wethered Almost Out.
Against an even greater predica-
ment are Harrison Johnston. of St.
Paul. and Roger wethered. of Eng
land. Johnston at SO will be forced
to run down his puts for "A or a
IS. and Roger Wethered is so far
out on the end of the limb that 1t
will crack at one or two bad holes.
For he must run in a "a to break
through. Otherwise he will record
his second failure to qualify In a
national championship over here.
As there are today just thirty
three golfers at rs or better, you
can understand the quivering heart
beats of those so close to the rim
of failure around this figure or
slightly above II. Those at IS or
80 are in the position where a good,
steady round on Monday will pull
them out of the mire. But those
at so, 81 or more have come to a
point where they can't AFFORD to
wander far afield at any stage of
the journey. This naturally puts
heavy pressure upon a contestant
in the medal round. It also means
that any number of fine golfers
will fall out of line II they 60
above II or rs in the concluding
sector of the qualifying program
These figures can be 10 sed a stroke
or two IL Monday breaks with a
snappy breeze, rain or bldstery
weather. But IL another day of
calm and sunlit serenity comes TO
Brookline, those above is. for the
double round will take their sad
dened places among the big gal
lertes of the week
As 1t now stands. Jones. Evans.
Ouimet. Gardner. Guilford. Sweet
ser and all those granted a chance
to win from the American colony
are out of danger. From the British
team Tolley. Torrance and Aylmer
are all well ashore. Caven is rea-
SchobAg SdAC W III MOO
man and Darwin have fair chances.
Wethered. the long hitter, is in
the worst plight of the lot.
Torrance and ToIIey Feared.
There is even a chance that W.
r. Torrance. at ~. or Cyril Tolley,
at 20. will come close to winning
the medal test. Bob Gardner now
has a jump on the field by one
stroke at II. But Torrance. Greer,
Jones. Sweetser. Anderson. Tolley.
Guilford, Evans and Beadle are not
very far away. Jones and Sweet
ser are only two strokes out of
reach. and both are playing brilliant
golf. Guilford and Evans, at "a.
are in short reach and both are
capable of closing up the gap. 1t
will be a great battle among these
luminaries in the final dash for
medal supremacy.
Today's play was featured by
lively best ball battle for the Amer
lean golfers trophy where most of
the stars. paired up from their
home clubs. carried big galleries
all the afternoon.
This trophy. established many
years ago and first won by Wal
ter ]. Travis and Fred Herreshoff.
has developed any number of bit
terly fought duels but none that
were closer than the big battle
today between Frank Dyer and
william Reekie. of Upper Mont
clair. and John G. Anderson and
Jesse Sweetser. Of Siwanoy.
Reekie and Dyer. the strong Jer-
sey combination. got away first
and for a SO. playing wonderful
golf on the way out for a "a, which
Is harder. than 1t looks on paper.
They were back in a steady IS
for this card:
Out 44444334+3I.
In-4623542 5-35-6s.
sweet.er Plays Brilliantly.