Evening star., 1923-07-13

the rest of the field to jump. and
can turn off with a laugh.
Kirkwood. who led the entire field
In the qualifying round, is quoted as
second choice to Hagen and SaraZen
by New York bookmakers, usually ac
curate gents in the matter of odds
Mac Smith is ranked along with
kirkwood in the betting, and many
believe he is the real dark horse of
the tourney-the gent who may find
the line to the pin oftener than the
others. Certainly Mac Smith came
down to Inwood with magnificent
game and is out to uphold the reputa
tion of the Smith family, which has
won six of these American national
tournaments over a stretch of twenty
years.
DiegeI Plays With Ouimet.
Diegel went out shortly after 8
O'Clock this morning with Francis
Ouimet. the Boston amateur. and
holder Of the title in 1913, when he
beat Vardon and Ray in d play-off
at Brookline.
The match of the day was that in
which Bob Jones of Atlanta and Wal
ter Hagen played. Crashing Walter
with the bit in his teeth. did not out
play Bobby in the first few holes.
Second only to the Jones' Hagen
match was the pairing of Kirkwood
and Mac Smith. A player. who came
years ago. noted as maker of trick
shots. paired with one Of the finest
natural golfers in the world, an
Americanized Scot, whose name is ia
nous in golf
Sarazen was paired with Chick
Evans, the accurate. while John
Black, who just got in last Tuesday.
was making shots with Hutchison.
magnetic Jock. whom the experts
don't figure to any extent. but who
nfs. {y,Sn ,,rii Il
ana ronp through to the title.
5oss Swectscr, amateur champion,
ptAyed with Jim Barnes. while Abe
Espinosa. the California entrant. went
Shackamaxon. Willie Reekie and
John Farrell of Quaker Ridge We're
paired. while Al Watrous. former
Canadian open champion. and Willie
Mehihorn of st. Louis were hooked
up. These We're the pairings which
attracted the galleries. although
there were many other men playing
in the first two rounds today who
may break through for a round or
two. Cyril Walker is playing without
partner. as an odd number qualified
Big Test Now Is On.
The big test is on. The other rounds
have been but skirmishes-heart
breaking SkirmiShes. to be true, but
skirmiShes, nevertheless. which did
not mean anything in particular. The
pros do not get anywhere on their
qualifying rounds, but they went out
today keyed up for the fray. with
every shot a bang for the pin. To the
winner this championship means
thousands of dollars in gold coin of
the realm. and they want IT.
In field not as brilliant az that
which played during the first three
qualifying days Bobby Jones and Ed
die Held. two of the nations star anna
teurs. had no trouble qualifying yes
terday. Bobby was a bit off in the
morning. but was hitting his shots
better in the afternoon. His score was
not so good. but his game looked
better.
Johnnie Farrell of Quaker Ridge,
pal of Gene Sarazen. and Jim Barnes,
who won at Columbia in 1921. tied for
low score Of the day at $50. the same
as the leading total of yesterday, shot
by Macdonald Smith. Jim and John
teamed together in the south last
and came back to Inwood together
Yesterday they tied at 15o to lead
their section Of the qualifying test
Pelham's Pride and Handsome
Johnny of Quaker Ridge played the
same brand of golf. Seldom in trou-
BILE. they were usually putting for
brides. and once in while they got
one. Long Jim. who is not yet af-
fecting his customary four-leafed
clover, finished with IL brace of As
Johnny knew he had to do it and did
He stuck a mashie shot alongside the
eighteenth pin and nearly sank his 3
on the +25-yard affair over Sir Harry
LADDERS favorite hazard
The Passing OF GuiIford.
The passing of Jesse p Guilford
the Boston crack and the 1921 anna
teur title holder, finally came on the
fifteenth and sixteenth where the
seige gun had two 5s in a row, and
then finally faded from the picture
l.. Ii
right of the seventeenth green. Jesse
had been hanging on Erimly since
the seventh hole in the afternoon
where he took an at this par 3
hole. following a on the third. but
Jesse's finish came on the fifteenth
where he pushed his teel shot to this
tricky short hole, played over into a
trap. and finally got down in s. He
took three puts at the sixteenth, a
; at the seventeenth and 4 on the
final hole, finishing with 165-one
stroke too high.
Willie Reekie of Upper Montclair,
former New Jersey amateur title
holder. led the amateur brigade for
the entire qualifying test with scores
of 79 and "a yesterday for a total of
So. Reekie is Il product of Scotland
and is a powerful hitter whose game
suited to this course. tiuilford
probably would have done much bet
ter had he known the course. but his
Iomp over the Inwood test. Under
those circumstances he couldn't hope
tor much.
Dick Walsh Squeezes In.
Richard Walsh of New York, who
won the national public links title
in Washington fortnight ago. quail
fed with score of 164. Walsh's putt
for 1 on the eighteenth Tipped the
cup. from four feet away, but he con-
trived to squeeze in anyhow. Eddie
Held. who licked Walsh for the pub
qualified with 160, four shots in front
of Walsh.
Cyril Walker, playing his usual
careful game, took So in the afternoon.
but was in with strokes to spare
Gene Mccarthy of Green Valley was
around in II in the morning. but took
Sc in the afternoon. He qualified
with a stroke to spare.
A part of the reason for the high
qualifying scores yesterday. as COM
pared with those of the previous day,
was the withdrawal of more than
half the contestants before they
reached the eighteenth hole in the
afternoon. Forty-six of the ninety
players withdrew yesterday, leaving
but 43 to play Dexter Cummings of
Chicago, the new intercollegiate
champion, was one of the withdrawals
Bobby Jones, the wonderful kid"
as Harry Vardon called him. was in
trouble frequently during the day.
but he always laid a chip shot dead
or holed good putt to extricate
himself from the difficulties of In