The Washington times., 1928-06-22
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By Tommy Armour
United states nnd Canadian Open
Golf ChamuiOn

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OLYMPIA FIELDS, CHI
.CAGO, June %. Evidence Of
America s wealth in golf talent
was furnished in the scores
turned in the first round Of
the national championship Of
1928 at the Olympia Fields
Country Club.
Here we have q field Of over 40
players with all the game stars
In it and yet among the first seven
leaders there are two youngsters
Of barely 20, and the other In his
twenties, and two others who are
lacking In national regulations.
Leading the field with Frank
Ball, the fOrmer English player now
located IN Atlanta, II Henry Ciuci,
zO.year-old yOungster, and IN
third place another young golfer,
Leonard Schmutte, Of Lima, Ohio.
Ball and Ciuci were the Qnly play.
ers in the field to break par with
scores OF 10 while Schmutte was
the only one to equal par.
It II not surprising 10 find
Diegel and Johnny Golden IN .
tie Tor fourth with scores OF ",
but it II an evidence Of Amer
ica's strength To see BIZ Leach,
81 Overlook, and Horton Smith,
Of Joplin Mo-. lsD there.
The dark horses stole all our
thunder here today, but still be-
lieve that when 1t comes 10 the
last round you'll find Jones and
Hagen up there in the thick Of the
fight. lobby has 4 20 today, which
put him in q tie with Barnes, VIII.
lie Hunter, Willie Macfariane, Fred
die Mcleod. Fred Morrison and
Johnny Jones.
From what glimpses ! was. able
TO get here and there OF Jones
play. / am even more convinced
than ever OF his ability AZ hole
fintsller. Bobby was not playing
well and vet il he hadn't missed
short thirty-inch putt OH the
fast green he would have had q ~.
It. In because OF that round OF
his that / feel certain 1t will take
q total OF less than $50 to- win the
tournament. Bobby was not driving
particularly well, nor was he get
ting an close to the pin on his APP
proaches as he usually does. More
over, ne was in frequent trouble.
Yet he was around in IS. due to
his recovering ability and his put.
ting.
One putt saw him lay dead
on the seventeenth hole was a
corker. He must have been at least
sixty feet from the pin and he laid
1t stoney On the fifteenth hole /
saw him hit the back of the cup
on q putt almost the same distance.
think that Johnny Farrell
got q bad break when he drew
Jones as a partner for the gal
lery didn't give him much Of =
chance to play his shots.
One OF the greatest rounds / ever
sSw played was the one Archie
Compston played. He was my part.
ner and was IN the throes Of streak
Of turning on his tee shots and pull
ing them. I consider his score OF
"a marvellous. 1t Is the supreme
test of championship golfer to he
able to score when you are off your
game az happens to most OF US oc-
casionaIly. j still believe that Comp
ston is a serious menace In this
championship.
From what ] saw of Hagen, Walter
was also a bit off color. but after
coming through with a rs he ought
to get down to brass tacks and show
some real golf in the next three
rounds.
I had the best round Of golf have
played in some time, but couldn't
score. don't remember a time when
/ was more satisfied with the way ]
was hitting my wooden shots and
irons. but l averaged two puts to
each green and you've got to do bet
ter than that. 1t was surprising to
find Gene Sarazen as high as he was.
Gene was not hitting his drives the
way he has in practice and this is
course where the drive Is all i'm
portant.
One Of the most marvellous things
about yesterdays play was Freddie
McLeod's 70. 1t was in 1905 that
Freddie held the title and here he is
right up with the leaders.