Evening star., 1924-06-06

Bobby will outranse the swarthy Me;,l-
norm today. OF that every one is con-
ndent; Tor the great southern lad is hit
ing the ball in beautiful style but with
slght fade to the left at the end of
ms long iron shots that may hurt when
the fatigue of tfirty-six holes a day
pegins 10 tell and the firmness of his
snots drifts away. Mehlhorn mas his
tan up. as they say in our most select
sol1ng circles. and will be a hard man to
oedt. Tor the squat st. Louis pro and
lorrner southern open champion is
OUT I" win this championship. He
SAID so Wednesday before the first
round and firmly believes in his star
of destiny
Leo Diegel couldn't hole A putt
) Sterday with broom putting into
nucket. The hole wasn't where his
hall went. That's the answer to his
twin rounds of 7S yesterday. which
might just as well have been rounds
Of - each, for Leo missed no less
man nine holeable puts. and by
holeahle putts we do not mean ten
footerS-we mean four-footers and
under. With that sort of putting no
man can win a championship, even
though he plays his shots in the
nawless style of Bobby Jones
Were Leo but shot back of the
leaders today we would say his
chances to win were excellent, but
in the putting slump in which the
friendship pro finds himself. he
haSn anything but slim, outside
chance.
Distances Handicap Mcleod.
Fred Mcleod is too short for this
long course. That seems certain. for
where the sluggers get home with a
drive and an iron, Freddy is break
ing his back with two long wooden
shotS and then chip. hoping he will
get putt down. Nevertheless, Freddy
played beautiful golf yesterday after
Of 70 r.
81 of the morning. Fred will do
well to finish in the money and to
do so he must putt very we'll today.
Where 1T shows up is in the score
board. for each of the six fives of
Freds card yesterday afternoon
means A second shot that failed to
get home where the long boys got
there with drive and an iron. Fred
only messed one holeable putt yester-
day, threefooter al the eleventh.
where he had a good excuse, for this
green. in common with many others
on this tricky course. is tantalizing to
putt on. Sloping and undulatiug. all
the green's on this course demand the
keenest touch and the finest Judgment
of distance
Diegel's sole excuse is his putting,
for Leo never hit the ball better than
he did yesterday, and should he putt
well today he may throw a scare even
In to the leaders, for the course is we'll
adapted to his game.
JACK burgess, formerly professional
at Chevy Chase, had card yesterday
of S3-85-16S
Mcleod went out early today with
Emmett French, this match putting
the captains of the east and west
teams in opposition to each other.
Diegel went out two hours later with
the deliberate Cyril Walker, the
slowest man on the golf course and
one of the best in point of skill.
cyril, playing his usual careful game
yesterday, finished but shot back of
Bobby Jones and Mehlhotn and Is
dangerous today, for if he hits put
ting streak he will take lot of beat
ing, even over this long course.
Lenders Closely Pressed.
Bobby Jones and Mehlhorn are not
resting in an easy chair by any
means, for besides Walker, who is
pressing them close today at 14S, one
shot back, comes Bobby Cruickshank,
last years runner-up. and Davey
Robertson, another product of Scot
land, now located at Detroit. tied for
fourth place at 149. Just back of this
pair loom the forms of Walter Hagen
and Macdonald Smith, one former
champion and the other always
potential winner in any tournament
he enters. They are tied at $50 for
fifth place, with Mike Brady of