South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-11
HUTCHINSON Is STAR
In OPENING ROUND
OF Big TOURNAMENT
Shoots Lowest American Tour
ney Mark Ever Made
Evans Has Close Call.

sKOdE COUNTRY CLUB. Glen
coe. Ill. July 10y A. P.)-The
big wheel OF the qualifying rounds
la the national open golf tourna-
ment turned one third OF its course
Monday as los players from all
parts OF the world fought through
Sc holes for a chance GA the finals
Thursday and Friday. with only -
reaching the goal
The end OF the day found all OF
the national and international stars
shooting Monday within tho covet-
cd circle. although a few had narrow
escapes. and a new record for two
rounds Of qualifying play made by
Jock Hutchinson. Chicago pro. who
held the British open championship
last year
JOCK turned ln a card Of 67-68-155
the lowest mark ever made in an
American tournament Mike Brady
OF Detroit with 143. Jim Barnes OF
Pelham Manor. n Y. present title
holder. with 144 Abe Mitchell OF
England with another IA. and Joe
Kirxwood, the Australian cham
pion. with 146. followed along be-
hind Jock The other qualifiers
ranged up 20 152.
Chick" Evans. Of Chicago. who
probably has held titles more often
than any amateur In the world
came two strokes OF failing 20 quail
" when he went off his game in the
first afternoon nine and took AZ,
over par He pulled himself to-
gether in the final nine shooting
IS against par So and this with his
morning IS. gave him 151 and
placed him near the bottom of those
in Mondays play who viii go into
the finals
Tuesday and wednesday new fields
will go out with the low % and ties
for 24S qualifying for the finals.
Most OF the morning scores were
rather high because Of a heavy rain
Sunday night The rain while max
ing the course soggy at the start,
left 81 in perfect shape through most
OF the day and the golfers who had
been used 10 the concrete-like fair
aways found trouble In judging
distance when there was no roll on
the ball. In the e ernoon major
ity settled into thor natural stride
and the golf seen by the several
thousand spectators who paid an ad-
mission fee or $1-this being the
lrst time an admission fee has been
charged-was OF the type read about
but seldom witnessed Beautiful
drives. long puts, holed approaches.
pitches dead 10 the cup and SEEM
sngIy impossible recoveries from
shots produced.
only three amateurs qualified to-
day-Evans, Ira Couch, the II year
old boy wonder of Chicago, and A.
r. Baumgartner OF Cincinnati
Following are the names and
scores Of the twenty-seven players
who qualified today from a field or
los for the final in the national
open tournament:
Jock Hutchinson. Chicago, 135.
Mike Brady. Detroit. 143. Jim
Barnes Pelham Manor, y. Y, 144.
Abe Mitchell. England IA. William
Crmeavey. Kansas City. 40. l45.
Joe Kirkwood. Australia. 146. Lar
~ Nagholtz. Lima O.. 147 Charles
II. Hoffner. Philmont Pa. AZ. Nor
tie Dutra Delmonte Calf. 14S. j.
r. Rogers Dayton. Ohio. las. Otto
Haclabartb. Cincinnati, AS. Jack
BIakeslee. Muncie. Ind. las. cyril
walker. Englewood, y. J.. 149.
LLOYD GuIlickson. DeKalb. Ill.,, $50.
Frank Kennett. Glencoe, Ill. $50.
r. a. Cruikshank. ShackamaXon. y.
J. $50 Jack Croke. Chicago. 80.
Thomas Harmon Hudson, n Y.
$50. William NCFarlane. Tuckahoo
y V, ISL Cx) Chick Evans. Chi
caCo. Isl DowI George Minneapo-
lis. 1872 (x) Ira L. Couch. jr., Chi
caCo. 152 Fred Ford. Kansas city.
Celia. Fla. Alex Campbell. Cincin-
natl. 152 George Mclean Gras-
sy Sprain. 152. a. It. Baumgartner.
Cincinnati. 152.
(N)-Amateurs-