Evening star., 1923-07-09

SIllcu SldtSS-lllC Qudllly ing louliu
off next Friday and Saturday for th
Briarcliff Lodge. Eighteen men out I
six-hole qualifying test today will m;
last place, and the players tied will
two days.
Gene Sarazen faced his big hur
ure to qualify at Troon peering arot
at splendid Inwood course. Gene v
Leo Diegel OF Friendship. Washingt
the rest of the players III this. the 6
Gene and Leo, with the rest Of the
ninety hopefuls. today are shooting from
the back tees, which stretch the course
out to its maximum distance of 500
yards and provide plenty of leeway for
the longest driving of the pros. Holes
which up today were drive and iron or
drive and pitch holes today became
, drive and spoon holes of even two full
bangs with the wood. There won't be
any 69s or 7o's today and probably
score of 155 will find the maker in the
eighteen or twenty men who make the
grade. And that's the assignment
that ninety or more have for each of
the three remaining days of the quail
aspiTant when the class of the field is
considered.
DiegeI and Sarazen quite naturally
carried the bulk of the gallery today,
hut there were many other gents who
md it frequently convenient and neces-
Sary to laugh at par who bravely went
tout this morning in the attempt to quail
ify. Chick Evans was out just before
IL O'Clock with Jack Burke and the
magnetic Jock Hutchison of Chicago
was out early with Chick Fraser of
NIidwick. Calf. Marty O'Loughlin of
Plainfield. the Metropolitan open cham,
was out Just before noon with Larry
Patton of Boston. a newspaper man and
a golfer of parts, and Willie Mehlhorn,
one of tEa leading pros of the country,
and Bob Macdonald of Chicago both
had their tests today.
Wilfred Reid. formerly of Indian
Spring; Jack Burgess. formerly of
Chevy Chase, and Willie Mackfe. a
former member of Bannockburn, all
faced the barrier today, with the
chances more than even that none
of the trio would make the grade.
DieGeI Has Grand Chance.
Diegel is given a grand chance at
this mans championship by the ex-
pCrts gathered here in view of his
great golf yesterday. when he was
around in 50. with all puts holed,
aided by billiard shot from a tree
at the seventh hole. The Friendship
gro was playing in four-ba match
with Francis Ouimet Boston anna
teur and former champion, against
~, Bobby Jones of Atlanta and ]. Victor
y East of WestcheSter-B Biltmore.
Diegel and Ouimet won the ma tch
by and l, in the course of which
three % were made and the accurate
Diegel duplicated Sarazens feat of
a few moments before by holing a
fine putt for a birdie on the
eighteenth. Bobby didn't do so we'll
scoring n rs. while Ouimet was 76
At the seventh hole Diegel hooked
his tee shot behind tree to the
left Of the green. He couldn't play
played against the tree The shot
came off and he holed his putt for a
par j.. That's the kind of golf this
pIa9fT IFfenasniP good Lad dror is playing 1t is
championship and Leo is due. He is
as good as any man in the field and
Is hitting the ball fine.
Mcleod Little or Form.
Fred Mcleod is not playing so
We'll He is consistent around 80
OR -. but ] believe this course is q
bit too long for the Columbia pro. He
needs exceptionally accurate pitch
s3ots and fine putting to figure. He
n.ayed yesterday with Guy NJ Stand
ifer and Bob Macdonald of Chicago
and was around in &c, while Stand
ifer was IL
The finest match played yesterday.
the last practice day for the pros
before the qualifying rounds VS.
that in which two national cham
pionS were paired against each other
Sarazen and Jock Hutchinson played
against jess Sweetser national anna
teur champion. and Emmett French
6f Youngstown. Ohio. Gene beat less
and !. Individually. while Gene and
Jock beat Jess and Emmett and 3,
The open champion was around in
~. fnlshing up by sticking a mid
dead to the pin for birdie 3. while
,Sweetser .on his first romp around
me course was 15. Gene breezed
back IN "a, while Hutchison, con-
cedlnE him five at the ninth, had a
10. French also was back in "a for
a card of 76. after a tragic out Jour
ney of ~.
Battle Worth Watching.
was well worth watching. Jess held
ninth. where he shanked his pitch
and took 5 against for Sarazen.
Gene won the eleventh and twelfth
and thereafter had the match well in
hand. The fourteenth hole is 497
yard affair TO a small green The
players were gambling on brides and
eagles. Gene laid his midiron shot
on the green twenty feet from the
eagle 3. That left ii plainly up to
Jock, and Jock came through with
the hdlf. Two eagles on d par 5
hole! It's a simple game when these
Eads are doing their stuff. -
Young Gene, who surprised the
critics last year at Skokie by coming
home with the championship clutched
in his big palm, stands an excellent
chance to repeat. He is hitting as
long a ball as any man in the field
and is playing his long iron and spoon
shots with that left to right fade
that brings the ball up at the hole
side without much chance of 1t run
ming into trouble. Gene is a good
bet for any man. but this is a rough
bunch of golfers gathered here at
. Inwood. They treat par with only
Fthe slightest respect, and have no
regard at all for the numerous traps
and troubles that infest the wonder
full layout here.
Best of All Title Courses.
And it is fine golf course. Finer.
probably, than Columbia, which is a
splendid test of the game. Thomas
B. Payne, a member of the U. S. G. A.
executive committee, says it is the
finest course the championship has
ever been held over. He should know,
for he has attended every champion
ship for many years.
DiegeTs card yesterday doesn't
; mean anything. He would better
save it for the championship, where
he will need it, but here it is:
DiegeI-Out-4 54642 4A36
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