Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
j. S. OPEN OFFERS
HIM OPPORTUNITY
Brother Sandy Is Joined by
Barnett Picking British
Open Champ to Win.
BY WALTER R. McCALLUM.

BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.
IF we listen attentively to at least
two Washington students OF
the game, they will have us be-
lieve that Tommy Armour
former professional at the Con-
greSSional Country Club, is due to
follow his British open champion
ship victory with triumph in the
American open for the second time
within four years.
OF course one would expect
Sandy Armour, brother of Tommy
to be enthusiastic about Tommy s
chances to win, but Bob Barnett
of Chevy Chase, another keen stu
dent of the game, also figures
that Tommy Armour is a stand
out choice to succeed to the
throne vacated by Jones along
about 430 o'clock next Saturday
afternoon.
Sandy says that Tommy is hitting the
ball better than any professional in the
world. and should be the single out
standing competitor to be installed as
a pre-tourney favorite. Much the same
feeling toward Armours chance is ex-
pressed by Barnett, who always has
been q great admirer of Tommy, not
alone for the excellence of his shot-mak-
Ing Qualities, but on account OF his bramy
brand Of play Tommy can save shots
where some of the other boys toss them
away" Barnett says. And that Is
what counts in winning a national
championship. II he happens TO be put
ting well, he is apt to win by several
strokes"
Tommy After Record.
Tommy is keen to win, according to
Sandy, to set q record in professional
golf that will stand very close to Jones
victory in the four national champion
ships last year. Tommy now holds the
American professional match play
championship, the British open and the
Canadian open. If he happens to win
at Toledo he will be the holder OF all
the national titles for which an Amer
lean professional is eligible, and II this
doesn't approach the excellence OF
Jones performance last year, then TIE
Athletics are last-place ball cluo. Ano
that isn't likely.
That tournament at Toledo is GER
tain to be one of the great sporting
events Of the year. In the British entry
list alone there are three or four mer
who are capable Of winning in any f1eld
When you throw them in with flock
of 20 or more Americans, any one oil
whom may hit an inspired streak, leave
cut the champion, and consider tnat
four rounds of medal play golf is about
the finest leveling test in the game, you
can see where anything may happen,
FriIls and Thrills.
The folks at Toledo are going for the
tournament in big way, too. 1t is not
every year that such a championship
comes to Ohio, and they are planning
all sorts of doings out there, starting
with a big civic dinner Wednesday
night and following through the rest OF
the week with all sorts Of side affairs
to the big show.
Some of Tommy's close friends at
Congressional point to the fact that he
has foregone tournament play for many
months as a smart piece of headwork
Tommy has been playing and had been
playing plenty of golf prior TO the
British open, but he had not beer
through the grueling test OF = mock OF
tournaments. They claim he will come
to the national open fresh and rested
after his efforts in the British open
and thus will have an edge over most
of the top-line competitors who have
been playing in the Ryder Cup matches
which ended yesterday at Scioto. Well
we shall see. Whatever happens, that
tournament at Toledo is sure to be a
thriller. The national open never
misses being that.