Evening star., 1924-09-15

AT the close of the medal round to-
night out 32 will remain to compel e
lot SaraZens title. and the pros them
serves predict a score of 52 or a pair
OF fos VIII be necessary to make the
grade.
Will Play in ThreeS.
The 64th man. according to the sec
uonal qualifying rounds. was to have
been Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase, but
he decided not to come here and his
place was not taken. Paired in threes
instead of the customary twoS in the
qualifying round, the winner of the
medal round probably will break 14O.
Tor scores in the COS have been many
over the much bunkered and fast lay
out. The pairings have been made
IN threes in the absence of the GUS
tomary scorers for professional tour
haments, according to one of the otIi-
clalS of the =. G. A
Golf is too uncertain to venture a
prediction with any degree of aC-
curacy, but unless Sarazen hits his
shots to the hole better than he hit
them yesterday and Saturday. he will
be dropped out early in the fray.
Gene don't look nearly as formdabie
as some of the others, even with the
bludgeon imported from France which
he calls putter. But on the other hand
the little America Italian title-hold-
er is golfer with a great fondness
tor match play and is at his best in
competition. SO again guess is the
best that can be hazarded
Diegel is Going Strong.
Diegel really looks great. He is
playing 20 per cent better golf than
he played during the Summer in
Washington, is hitting his puts
firmly and true, and is getting right
up against the hole with half pitch
half run-up shot, where the pitched
bah of the other pros hits one of the
undulations on the tricky green's here
and sticks or jumps at weird angie.
Leo is not striving for length. He is
plenty long enough, without hitting
100 hard, and is bending his efforts
to placing the ball where an ac-
curate tee shot opens up the hole
for one of those trick pitch--and-run
shots he is using. So far he has been
getting away with it beautifully.
Yesterday, for example, he had
three IS in row. from the seventh
through the tenth, and got a round
in 90. with Il pars and four brides.
Two other puts from 20 feet hit the
cup but refused to drop. He was the
bright and shining light of the four
ball match, in which he and Jock
Hutchison trimmed Gene SaraZen and
John Farrell by 3 and .
This course with its baked fair
ways does not now demand a hard
hit ball from the tee 1t does demand
sufficiently long carry to get over
hilltops, and then the ball will roll
forever, for the end of the tee shot
on most of the holes is downhill.
Should Help Mcleod.
That is the reason Fred Mcleod is
quite likely to do very well here.
Fred is hitting them just far enough
to get over the hills, and is chipping
with his usual accuracy. He is get
ting the hang of the green's. and may
do some big business when the match
rounds start. He was II yesterday,
without struggling.
Fred is paired with Harry Hampton
of Detroit and Henry Ciuci of New
York, while Diegel will struggle
around with Walter Hagen and little
Wilfred Reid, now at Detroit. who
was for season the pro at Indian
Spring. Walter the great. now the
proud and peerless holder of the Brit
tsh open championship. blew into
French Lick last night, and went out
today without bit of practice. He
has never seen the course before, but
TO an old campaigner like Hagen a
golf layout doesn't mean SO much.
He mas been banging them at far
away pins for SO many years that all
golf holes look alike to- him.
Sarazen is playing with little Bob
by CruickShank of Shackamaxon and
Gil Nichols of New York, while Jim
Barnes of Columbia fame, Tommy
Harmon and Jack FORESTER of Deal
are playing in another star-three- ball
match Jim doesn't think much of
this course. He says it isn't q test
of golf, the Barnes theory holding
that there is no rough and no par
ticular penalty for a short off the
Nne. But SO bunkers, SCARED from
the impact of 63 big nblicks, will
tell Jim tonight whether it is a test
Of golf, for this course has bunkers
PLANTED in the most unforeseen places,
even though the fairways are wide
and no heavy penalty attached to
shot off the line at many holes.
The real battle begins tomorrow,
when the 6-hole-match-play rounds
start Then will come the tests of
nerve and skill that an 18-hole medal
round doesn't bring out, when the
ability to hole a 5-foot putt over a
tricky expanse Of green means some
thing. Then the big guns begin to