Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
SCORE OF FAMOUS
MASTERS IN FIELD
England Prepared to Make
Greatest Effort Since
Ray Won in '25.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 30.-In-
verness, scene of the most
i stirring finish the national
open golf championship
ever produced, may duplicate its
dramatic show of 1920 this week,
when the worlds finest craftsmen
OF the links meet once more.
More than score of the games
famous masters, all players Of UNI
questioned ability and with golden
chances to win the coveted prize
Of American golf, are Sprinkled
among the lac stars who start out
on the 72-hole medal struggle
Thursday.
matched field in the big shows 37-year
run. The competition promises to be
hotter than the blistering hot weather.
It was at Inverness in 1920 that
Harry Vardon made his last gallant
fight for the title after Is years Of golf
ing greatness on both sides OF the At
1antic only to fail In the final 18-hole
IOuno ana Watcn leo RAY TAKE Inc
title back to England after finish that
left the gallery speeches. with excite
ment. The fight ended with Ray the
winner ! stroke ahead Of Vardon, Jack
Burke, Jock Hutchinson and Leo Die
gel, who made his debut as a star of
first rank then along with Bobby Jones.
Johnney Farrell, Gene Sarazen and
Wild Bill Mehlhorn.
Fourteen Invaders.
That was the last time the cherished
trophy slipped from the possession of
the Americans, but Inverness, with its
purgatory Of traps and narrow fairways,
may again reward the foreign invaders.
Fourteen are entered in the tuSSle this
week, and several Of them are granted
big chances to win II they can endure
the heat spell that looms as more dis
turbing menace today than the course
itself.
England has perhaps its greatest field
in modern open play entered. All 10
members of It's Ryder Cup teams, now
more accustomed to the current heat
wave after the struggle at Scioto, are
in the fray, and the standouts among
them are Arthur Havers, Veteran Abe
Mitchell, Young Billy Davies and the
two Whitcombe brothers. The recall
citrant Henry Cotton, hailed as one Of
with Percy Alliss, another son of Eng
land, who registers from Germany.
where he Is headquartered. OF the six
Cotton and AlliSS perhaps are consid-
cred the greatest threats. Each Is on
his game after brilliant workouts over
the championship course.
Wizard ON Greens.
Except for a dark horse threat from
the Philippines, in Larry Monies, the
man with the magic putter, the rest
of the field for the promised close
finish Saturday is comprised Of Ameri-
cans, any one Of q score of whom can
win without causing the experts to
thumb record books to find out who
they happen to be.
There are the unquestioned big
Seven" professionals of American golf.
Tommy Armour, Gene Sarazen, Walter
Hagen, Mac Smith, George Won Elm,
Horton Smith and Johnny Farrell, all
of whom are determined to win the
prize
Then there are. such sharpshooters as
Witty Cox Of Brooklyn, Denny Shute
of Cleveland, Harry Cooper and AL Es-
pinosa Of Chicago, Johnny Golden Of
New York and Billy Burke of Deal,
N. j., whose brilliance and consistency
was q revelation to his followers in the
Ryder Cup matches.
Virtually all the actors of the big
show were on hand today to tune up for
the struggle. Only a few of them &C
complished much yesterday, because of
the sultry heat, but from now on 1t was
all work and no play, regardless Of the
department of the elements.