| Show TRIES TRIES COMEBACK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 O- O OVET 0 fk 1 vir VET GOLFER GOLFER N IN FINE FINt FETTLE FErr Proper Care in Sanitarium May Restore Playing of Former Fonner World Termed Greatest of Home Home Bred Golf Sharks By y R 31 C p eW or of if T I li Ii e eI I Copyright 1921 I b bv lIe tle Consoli I Consolidated dated Press Association YORK 11 Aided ti Aided by byI bythe bythe I the kindly ts is of several noted physicians and amid a number numbe of friends JOhnny McDermott former ch plon chim-plon m plon pion la is making mailing a g gloat oat ef ef- ef ton ef-ton colt Ill t to come back bach to the tho game gamo ho he loved end and so well ten ears ago earsl now I Is to a sanitarium foi diseases disease in n I Chestnut Hill Hili nO 1 lie He ma may ne novel nel l fully reco recover er But some of the tho eminent doctors at- at attending at attending tending him have havo stated that with 11 opel care oare and environment ell Mc- Mc SIc SIc-Dormott I at-I Dermott still sUll has a a 0 chance He lIe I Isnow now about 35 36 years of age Not even e el l n excepting Gene Geno Para I zen and Walter Hagen flagon I In his his was IllS probably the greate greatest t of ot all home bred pros In addition ad to possessing a remark remark- remarkable remarkable able s swing McDermott had hod un- un unusual Unusual un unusual usual nerve nen e and ond aggressiveness He H feared nobody on the links and of the tho fact tact He I ii the only bred bred home ever eser to win In time the nation nation- il LI II open championship isice t Tice lee In sue sue- succession suc succession cession Tins TIES IOn i on OR nos no's on OR McDermott came oame to the front II Ic 1910 In the tho open that year held at the tho club he finished In a tie for fIt place with n ith the the v veteran teran Alec Smith and his younger broth broth- brother brother er Cr MacDonald who has made a comeback of his 0 own n within the past t two 0 years ears Smith an McDermott are about the tho same tige In the tho- playoff play off following this tie Alec Alee Smith won with a score 71 11 was second with Ith witha a 75 and MacDonald 1 third with a 77 The Time next year ear r mott again tied for tor the national trophy in Iii the held at the Chicago II Golf club But time ho he was the tho I winner In III the tho plo plat oft of agaInst Mike Drad and G 0 SImpson McDermott hail had an 80 Bridy 82 amid ond Simpson S SI In 1912 lOll McDer McDer- McDermott mott was as again the winner Inner In tillS this which ws played over the course of the country club Ot of Buffalo McDermott lod lad the tho runner up Tom Toni Ie amara Mc amara by t two o 0 sti sll okes 24 to In 1913 and 1914 he finished eighth and ninth ana anti and in 1915 he was taken to the tho q McDermott was WIl a at zt l dl- dl dis distances tenets 3 of OO an and 1 yards ards and with th Ins Ills mashie aI nib niblick niblick lick licit enea Ot to pitch balls onto the paper 0 PLAYING II YI G Within the past 3 year ear doctors Or of Orthe the Institution where here McDermott McDormott s Ii l confIned ha have base e been allowing allo the Coiner fOlmer champion to pity phy titer over th the n al by Whito Marsh Country UI eist course cours courseS S With jUt th each visit McDer molt mott grew stronger and hotter better ant and gradually he regained much couch of hil bl old skill lIe reads all n at r counts of golf eagerly and was as oai nal I Intel ested in t th I lie Iso of o Gene araen I it was as III 1 to hive hwe en o and tI Johnm FaireR lila pia play n fl a mitch for tor McDermott this matoh was pia played ed J last ht week Saracen b bc beIng log Ing paired T v Ith McDermott against I Farrell rrell and Morris Talman tue tit White Marsh club pro latt r pair were victorious I a an sal and 1 4 was as much d cl with as 05 the was IJ with Genes Gene's game description ot of MeDer- MeDer mott mott in the match which attrA attracted te a largo large 19 gallery galler was somewhat UK as follows tonO s He lIe doesn't seem eem to bo be In Inthe inthe Inthe the best bent of ot health Ho tic looks 9 un undernourished under nourished der nourished At first he was rather nf assed-nf a bit net net- nei lIe Ha dUll t pill pie play well wel over the tho list st tow few hoe hoes but I did notice that he pIa cd e out out re- re re regardless of ot where ho lie was I On the last nino nine ho lie regained him confidence an and 1 then thell he oho showed ld 51 i lilt lie bo Im was ws o capable li iC t lIe TT pl pIn A ci cd the lost last si 51 holes boles n par 1111 f out making the slightest hm kind 1 o t He lie was Rag undoubtedly L gre greatly enthused about tho the match and I 1 think If he could pia play ngu Lilly lally he would 1 quickly 1 lecover eco er 00 |
