Evening star., 1924-06-05

Mcleod started out at $50 today
partnered by Mike Brady, tho pairing
alone with a favoritc for the title
showing the esteem in which the Co
Iumhia pro is held by the men rum
ming the tournament. Diegel went
out at 1l:10 with Johnny Farrell of
4 New York. who led the field in the
eastern section qualifying rounds at
Worcester last week
Oakland HillS is long. but not too
long for the game of the modern pro-
feSSional and the modern ball. Where
the course takes its toll is around the
pin. for the putting greens are the
trickiest affairs this side of EkWanok
The cups are never in spot where
the player has n fairly level approach
putt. while even three-foot putt has
tcrrorS for the finest player.
DiegeI Has Fine Chance.
Mcleod. comparatively short from
the tee. had no trouble getting home
with the three others composing the
four ball match yesterday, although
he was outdistanced on one or two of
the long holes. Diegel, on the other
hand. was the most consistent of the
foursome from the tee: and has d good
chance to win the championship. pro-
vjded the puts drop for him. In his
round OF 1& yesterday afternoon were
two missed short puts. He was out
iu 81 and back in 50. missing his Sec
ond shot on three holes of the last
nine. Leo is hitting the ball heauti-
will set merry pace for the rest OF
the field to follow
From down in the south there has
come to Detroit a blonde youth to
defend the title he won last year at
1nwood Bobby Jones appeared ready
today to break into a streak Of the game
that won him his first national title
last July. He declared after the match
yesterday that he had his touch back
after five days of practice over this
course Bobby did not score low, but
he was hitting the ball in old-time
style, with the exception OF a slight
hook at the end of his long iron
shots that found trouble. He will cure
that hook today and appears to be
the one best bet in this field of 50
amateur and professional stars
gathered at Oakland Hills for the
premier American golf title.
Jones and Guiiford Win.
Jones and Jesse Guilford OF Boston,
PLAYED against Evans ana Arehur 4,
Sweet of Chicago, in the team
matches and won two points to one
for the western combination. Gull
ford nearly hoied his jigger shot for
a at the first hole. 436 yards long.
Mcleod captained the eastern team,
while the western aggregation was
led by Emmett French. Capt Freddy
put what he termed his second team
in the field. for Hagen, Sarazen, Clar-
ence Hackney and Bobby Cruick-
shank did not play in the matches,
although Hagen and Sarazen played
in a four-b baller with George Morse
and Gil Nichols. Hagen is not hitting
the ball as well as he can and is
not by any means a favorite to win,
while Sarazen is ragged around the
greens.
Here's how Diegel did his 73:
Out-Par-4 5 $50
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Dierel -J45 ; ) 4 4 4 J-39-.3
William II. Cox of Marine and
Field, New York, had a score of 20
has been done from the back tees, but
he did not hole out all his puts
No Run-Up shots Possible.
Oakland Hills, from the back tees
today shapes up as harder test than
even that tough course at Inwo@d'
which defied them all last July.
There are no holes here like the
seventh at Inwood, where a first-rank
golfer can run up 10, but the sec
ond shots must be long and straight
and up all the way. The man who is
hoping to run onto the greens at
Oakland Hills will be badly disap-
pointed, for the course is not built
that way. 1t requires a ball well mt
up to the hole. The run-up shot
are easy SIS, and with but one excep-
tion should be As for the long-hitting
pro. But the par affairs are no
mans cinch. For they are all. with
the exception of the twelfth, over
175 yards long and well trapped.
Oakland Hills is a course where a
score of 29S probably will win the
championship. Certainly there will
be no 6Ss over this layout. It's too
exacting. A fine second shot may
leave an approach putt around a
curling hillside with not even the
stoutest- hearted gent certain to get
down in two puts.
Bobby Jones is the best looking of
the five amateurs gathered here for
this championship. 1t looks as if the
distances were little too much for
Chick Evans, while the severely
trapped greens will give Jesse Gull
ford all sorts of trouble. One misses
here the familiar faces of Francis
Ouimet and Jess Sweetser, two anna
teurs who might give any of the
pros trouble over the Oakland Hills
LAYOUT.