The Washington herald., 1922-07-13
Mcnamara, PEBBLES, Ogg
And Hackbarth Get in
By Added Stroke.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

mcnamara, Bob PEBBLES, Al Hack
oertn and Willie Ogg. On Tuesday
each had l53 strokes where only 152
made the narrow portal
stroke Il Added.
Ihe new twist happened when
Charley Thorn. of Shinnecock Hills,
pumped his tee shot into a trap on
the short thirteenth on Tuesday arter-
noon. The trap In question happened
70 De dotted with a number of shall
low pools. IN one OF which the rolling
oaH stopped. The rule covering this
case gives the player his or her op-
uon OF dropping out of the water
with the loss Of one stroke. He may
drop either in or back Of the trap.
Thom says that the Official scorer in
structed him to drop out Of the water
INTO drier portion Of the trap. He
did so but no penalty stroke was in
cluded and Thom's score was posted
~ 1Ss where IL should have been 153.
Ihe mistake was not officially re-
ported until this morning when the
bomb exploded with a crash as the
L. s. G. A committee was hurriedly
summoned from all quarters to sit
on the case. The committee voted
TO add the penalty stroke TO Thom's
score, lifting il to 153. and through
a., n.
Peeoles and Ogg marched back into
the fray with smiles that were
broader than any bunker on the
course Mcnamara and OEz have
both won Important tournaments
and Hackbarth at Columbia last
summer had a So in the open.
Course Resembles River.
All in all the day was replete
NHrFh .~.
the battling Thorn affair a round
of championship golf was called off
for the first time in the history of
American golf. Only once in the
sixty years history of the British
open championship has there been
any such development, but the same
thing happened at St. Andrews in
1910 when James Braid won. There
was no argument over the case to-
day. For many days before the
championship numerous prayers had
been offered that rain would fall
rpon the sun-baked granite course,
Tut someone evidently overdid the
Dhatter. For after two heavy rain
Aalls the sor1her heavens this morn
Ying again deposited a third tidal
wave upon the already soft course
and by $40 S<okie Valley made
Venice look like a dry desert OF
dust. The course was soon one vast
water hazard with young lakes dot
ting the landscape in which numer-
Gus caddies took their mornings
swim.
Many Of the putting green's were
under water and those that were not
were softer than a bowl of mush,
urplayable for anything but foot
ball or a toy balloon. The third army
corps that was to qualify gazed mood
lily from the club veranda at the
slanting aisles Of rain which beat un-
ceasipEly down. The only dry spot
on sshe course was the nineteenth
hole where one had to get his shock
medicine from bottle of ginger ale
To be wet on the outside and dry on
the inside was a terrible predicament
for any ScotChman to face. but
nothing could be done about It with
Mr.. Yolstead 3 up and to play on
the-Rational, or international thirst
FinaI Round Saturday.
As result Of today's postpone
ment the third qualifying round will
be fought out tomorrow-rain, snow
br hail. This brings the two-day
championship play along for Friday
and Saturday, where in case of any
tie the final test will come on Sun
day
shortly before noon the rain cased
up a trife. but all through the after
noon gray-black clouds continued to
make threatening gestures. and il Is
certainty that tomorrow's play will
be ,over a water-logged battlefield
where the descending golf ball will
Eight much after the manner of an
egg pushed from the top Of the Singer
Building. With no more rain the
course will be ideal for Fridays first
big championship whirl. The heavy
rainfall has put severe penalty upon
out-of-town caddies. Twenty-four of
these youngsters. one way or another.
have come from outside cities as far
awsy-as New York and st. Louis.
One delegation was permitted to sleep
each night in the Glencoe Jail. Others
found Judgement In nearby barns and
garages, but few had counted upon
the. friendly shelter of Skokie oaks.
Life for these has been an incessant
search for some friendly roof thick
enough to keep out some OF the rain.
These kids are the great adventurers
of the game, the hardy pioneers who
refuse to let lack of money or length
of distance keep them away from the
big show, which means more in their
ANNt AAah any NhCuS ever lncdhI 10
the kids we used to know or be.
Farmer Aids Caddies.
One Glencoe farmer put up cots n
his garage and brought out blankets
for a Cleveland trio that had first
secured permission to sleep in the
village jail There are certain souls
that can't be daunted. These wan
derfng caddies belong in this group,
spirit descendants of the old Vikings
whose restless souls still go march
ing on. At the end of the tournament
shese caddies are poorer financially
nan when they left home, but they
have been part Of the big show and
are thereby far richer in experience
and the glow Of happiness that. ac-
cording to Adam Smith. Is the only
wealth a nation holds
With. the Skokie course closed for
the day. waiting for the dove to bring
IN the olive branch. hundreds of
roffsrs scattered divots upon other
courses to keep In shape There was
thu usual amount Of championship
discussion around the clubhouse
where the main query involved the
conaing winter.
Hagen and Hutch ravorfte..
walter Hagen and Jock Hutchison.
the. two qualifying leaders up to date
were rated as the most likely looking
nspirants for the crown. Jim Barnes
q rafaH n. thar IaaHfn1 1val xrttA