Evening star., 1930-06-28
MAY Be HARASSED
BY JONES' GALLERY
Young Pro to Tee Off Just
Ahead of Emperor in
National Open.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

CHICAGO. June % (C.P.AD.-Hor.
ton Smith might we'll wish for a differ.
ent starting time than the one assigned
him by the u. S. G. A in the first two
rounds of the national open champion
ship at Interlachen. The Joplin Pine il
scheduled to start Immediately aheac
OF Bobby JONES and that is a poor po-
sition for young man bent upon lead
ing the emperor and winning the cham
pionship.
Not that Jones has any harmful effect
uDon those players Immediately before
him. But the crowds that follow Bobby
and they will be larger than ever at
observation-disclosures so interested in
the masters shots and so eager to see
every inch of his swings that they be-
come oblivious to the rights of those 60
ing before. No sooner does Jones hit
the ball than the gallery dashes wildly
for an advantageous place along the
fairways or near the green's and the
stampeding frequently annoys the play
erS in front.
Horton Magnet, Too.
Next to Jones the Missouri youngster
probably will be the greatest crowd
magnet in the field. He is being doomed
to lead the challenge against Bobby
and hundreds will want TO sse him play.
1t would have been good shoWmanship
and good sportSmanShip for the u. S.
G. A. to have started the two super
stars sufficiently far enough apart to
pemit the galleries to see both without
causing inconvenience to either
Bob will start his first round at GAS
and his second at 1850, which are hours
of no particular advantage or diSad-
vantage. He Will be partnered by the
veteran Jock Hutchison and the little
Scot should make him good pace set
A. - 49, 1T. y.
q professional from Maryland, and a
good shooter.
The first pair of the field of $50 to
leave the tee will be Jack Burke of
Houston, Tex, who finished in tie for
second place one stroke behind Ted Ray
in the 1920 open, and Charlie Hall, the
long-diStance clouter from Birming-
ham. Bill Mehlhorn, Willie MacFarlane,
Harry Cooper and Cyril Tolley are the
only outstanding stars to precede Jones
and Smith on the first day.
Galaxy of Champs.
The lists include 10 players who have
won total of 13 open CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Jones with three and Hagen with two
are the outstanding members of the
group, the others being; George Sar-
gent, '09; Francis Ouimet, '13; Chick
Evans, '16: Jim Barnes, '21; Gene Sar-
Ecus &Ss " l4IS N1dCE 20,
Armour, '27, and Johnny Farrell, %.
Finding Ouimet in the field is something
of a surprise, as Francis has not COM
peted in an open since 1925, when he
finished close to the top at Worcester.
Ouimet was one of the players exempted
from qualifying and upon returning
from England made his entry. There
are % amateurs in the starting field.
The only foreign entrants are T. Phil
lip Perkins and Cyril Tolley, the Brit
ish amateur champions of 1928 and
1929. Perkins now is making the United
States his home and playing from the
Fox Hills Club of New York, and it is
expected that Tolley will do most of his
future golfing in this country; so neither
constitute much of a menace even If
they were outstanding medalists, which
thsy are not.
This will be the last national open in
which the high-speed ball will be used
and if Chick Evans record 286 at Mini
kahda is to be bettered this must be
the year.