, 1922-07-11
HUTCHINSON BREAKS COLE. RECORD
EVANS BARELY PULLS THROUGH
Second Section of Qualifying
Round Is Opened on
Skokie Course.

sKoKIE COUNTRY CLUB. GLEN
COE, Ill, July 1i.-By The Arsoc-
ated Prcss,-The second section on
y today started their IS hole
trudge around the Skokde course In the
aualffying rounds OF the national golf
tournament for the finals Thursday
md Friday. While II of HI players
started It was forordained that little
more than u OF tho stars. Britons.
Scots. American many OF them fam
GUS the world over, would have made
scores sufficiently low to place them in
the championship ~ hole contest. The
low "a automatically qualified and ties
for gath place were expected TO d to
three or four.
The pairings today werc so arranged
that there were several matches of
famous players from which h sew
eral thousand spectators could make a
selection. The feature match OF the
day came when Walter Hagen. Amer
lean born pro who recently won the
British open championship teed up
with George Duncan. international
known British pro and tied for runner
up 70 Hagen in the British open.
Au,,ng the ether well known players
hooked for today's rounds was Fred
wright, OF Los Angeles. last American
to 10 out in the British amateur Two
years ugo-
The course was expected to be in
great shape today. Sunday nights
RAIN being Just enough TO loosen Nup
the fatr7ways Ind greens which were
becoming very tight" in the hot sun.
to use Abe Mitchell's words. Most of
the players say they would be well
satisfied to have a little rain daily. but
prefer that it come at night h
weather man favored them Sunday
night
Yesterdays golf was probably the
greatest ever seen in a qualifying
round from many standpoints- Not
only did Jock Hutchinson set a new
tournament record with his 135 for
So holes-ive under par-but there
were scores of CT GER bringing shots by
famous stars. and several well known
players failed to get into tho coveted
circle of championship contenders.
greatest of all from the dramatic
standpoint. perhaps. "ChiclS" Evans.
internationally famous for his steadi-
ness, blew up with 42-eight over par
for his third nine of h day and
was able to qualify only by an al.
most miraculous comeback on the final
nine when he shot IS against par SO.
Hutchison's work was one of the
greatest bit ot golf ever seer, on any
course, in the opionon OF verterans OF
the game. The Chicago pro. who for
merly held the British open champion
shin started off badly in both rounds.
getting a sly. and then a v on the
par four-numbcr one hole. but in each
case shot perfectly thereafter. He fin
ished tho morning play in 67-three
under par-and went out in the after
noon and she a 6S for a total of 1876,
placing him eight strokes lower than
anyone else's play yesterday.
Jim Barnes gave a remarkable exhi'
bition with his IA. Jim. present ma
tional open champion, continually got
into trouble but his shots out of pits
and bunkers were always far better
than could have been expected from a
perfect lie in tho open fairway.
1t took a score of 152 to qualify yes.
terday.-one of the lowest marks in any
tournament in many years. Previous
TO the start such veterans as George
Duncan had predicted that 154 would
get in and The course dried out and the
scores became lowers, they shifted
their guesses.
The officials have decided to elm.
mate the penalty OF a stroke on out
of bounds shots, the players losing
only their distance.
A terrific cloudburst in h early
morning left the course like a sponge
and the United States Golf associa-
tion officials ruled that balls might
be cleaned on the greens and that a
ball Embedded. in the fairway could
be lifted and dropped not nearer the
hole without penalty. About 1880
a. m. the heavy clouds broke and, with
the sunpeeking through. indications
were that the excess water would dis
appear quickly and that barring a fur
ther downpour the fairways and
Green's would be in perfect condition
for the rest OF the tournament.
Shortly before noon a storm sud-
denly swept up from the west and
the players soon were shooting in a
cloudburst which made it impossible
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