Show ej or a- a I- I s sIK IK cn s Cv s 7 fir C J LAND GRANT RICE W Cop right 1923 No Non New York 1 Inc YorkI I In lit considering tIe tl gathering I storm In golfing coifing talent that Is to 11 strike Inwood presently for the open champlon championship of the he United I States one m III sit git consider this pro pro- pre predominant re- re reI I dominant fact I nut Th-it tle greatest golfer of pres pros present present ent times time modes and find mariners Is Isnow isnow isnow now v I a crown cro IsI I St e I refer to W it titer liter Hagen en the t consistent performer r now V wood O or IronI Iron I F Tn's statement perhaps will be beci beel I s ed ci Dut Du we con on con consider sider aider th the crude rude and find unadorned facts I I fio oo o one ono tournAment tournament In tn golf Is 0 eer er 0 The llie shifts and nd sudden I swIrls s of the old game are arc too well ell wellI I One must t consider r salong along alons- an nn elt t hike Ie I In the east ease of ot Hagen ho he won the British open last June and finished I Just one stroke out lest last week Hek eek His Itis sho sh owing Ing for the t two toJ oJ cham cham- cham ps 0 over OCr er hops holes at fit Sand Sand-I Sand Sand- Sand ich michi and Troon L is easily ten tent sll than any other play play- play play-er CI PlaY PlaY-I After II the British open I last st summer r he lie finished only ony three e back of In lo the U US US UI I S open Add to this his flie fise e consecutive cinter and spring victories fromI fromon from I Ione on one ocean to another culminating I In Mo Pinehurst triumph for tor tire he orth orth and South so bOUt iii RARE KARI NCY I Golf is a 11 game In which con oon- con Is I one ono of the th rarest of all 1111 Jewels and ond ono one on of the most moat limited In production I Even Dv n and Birnes two ot of th the greatest fall tall to qualify quality among the first fIve eIghty w here I they are certAinly to be bo listed I among the tire first fir t Live five or six It is for tor this reason that one can nn cannot can cannot I not predict what een even u II lagen will do at In early In July when the great roll roil call is sounded I and the best pros and amateurs gather for the annual jubilee Jublle I by defending his hia title would jump to equal fame with J lagen et vet t up to date Hagens Hagen's Hagn record d toO for two yeara yearL Is far tar and spay 8 the bet best In golf as a It ex- ex extends ex extends tends the tho 1 1300 OO prize money ot oC San Antonio to the th const coast o of Scotland nd The Tho feature of Hagens Hagen's sh at nt Troon L Ls Ia that while p ap ftp stale stille tal and after it sli 81 months campaign from Call Call- C ll- ll fornia to Scotland he h was able tp merge emerge sufficiently from his slump I Ito to finish only one back of 01 I layer 3 the winner showing in this thia day dR dRand and time where here there ther are re so 80 many able to stand with the elect b P ZD IT T IN oon Samson through his failure to qualify at Troon will put his en- en entire en entire tire soul into bittle at Dt Inwood I L LI LI I when the defense of Iris Ins Skokie Skokie- won Skokie non on CrO CrOn n begins 11 Ifs Hs Troon fallu-e fallu has rankled By repeating at In Inwood he can gather back hl his glory as Ha- Ha Haren Bagen Ha Hagen gen ren lilac Smith and Kirkwood who ran 4 2 8 4 will III be b among thoe tho present But at fit Inwood Is 1 an- an another another an another other matter lI rhe rho field here will wll willbe willbe be harder to lo overwhelm O than II the field feld a at Troon to repeat must set act ct the pace for Hagen flagon Hutchison Barnes nornes Jorrel lilac Alac Smith Kirkwood Bobby Jon Jones John Black Melborn r Evans ans 0 Ouimet possibly and many ninny others of fine fin 0 The odd odds will be heas hea agaInst any one man lI where It must be ro- ro remembered re remembered that no golfer goiter has re- re repeated re repeated In tIme the U 11 S open Me- Me Mr D Dermott turned the trick In just 11 It sears eal ago H U GEN ts U 1 R The Inwood battle between Ha- Ha HaKen gen Ha-gen Ken gen arid and home horne will wIli willbe 11 be a leading loading feature It Jt Is ts no part of a certainty that either will viii beat Hutchison or Barnes Or Bobby Jones JonM If ho he Is back upon his hL strIde But those thee two will draw big I g gil and will cern carr c rr their len keit kt 11 Iry to 11 it new war Jt It It has ha pow now b been en four tour years year Hagen won a l I S crown His Hh last achievement was ws at Braeburn In 1919 He lit feels that he Is about due again and he will have a 0 great grent chance If it he doesn't doe nt become o d which he ho may do through h too much exhibition play y Hagen pi plas Inwood well v ell Jt it 88 as hero here hr h he won woo 1 hi his last Jast r P 0 U A championship from tram Jim Barnes Barne In Inthe th- th th final round Yet he will find Sara sen battling with ever everi thing he has to of offer reI spurred on by memories of at Troon All ot of which gets back baek to the point that in a 1 game noted for tor torII its Inconsistency among star and durf dotter r alike Hagens Hagen's record has s been well w ll beyond that of any other star w with Ith no one on else quite quito close dorIt It remains to be seen en whether or not ho be h can c n carry title this thi same ame con con- con con- consistency consistency consistency on through the time Inwood scrimmage where only oDly grer great t god goiti is III going to finish among the first Inwood Is I going to be bethe bethe beth the hardest hardett teSt teSt- golfer golfers have hav known for or son some om years year a test that will W call for control over every v ry shot hot In the tho thi J bag bug It will be a whale whal of ot a 1 party J a l ca carnival aI will that-will that win draw out many maisy thousands through the th wee week and that will help to solve a number of at atI I Interesting ranking problems DOll no under io on C f |