Show ey of 1 aS ide ee A JI CJ GRANTLAND RICE 1 D B D GIl RICE Copyright 1023 1923 New ew or Inc Ine TIlE nil BRITISH CIUI PIO oI JlII The bIg bic show opens op ns at ILl today Troon on th west eeSt est COOl coast coasto o 0 totland I Is almost within a adris dris and pitch of th the ancient ancien I cas- cas castle castle ca catl tl tle of or Robert Hobert Bruce ard the oi 01 thatched cottage colt of Bobbie Bobble Burns ho ho with eith William Wallace Vanace are the I greatest of or all Scottish heroes It L in is the heart of oC Scottish tradition tion tiun nd It Is 13 here I that hat Georg an Dun Duncan an most brilliant of or th the Scot Scot- Scottish Scottish U tish h goers will stand aland as tuO the lean lead leading I ing h hpe pe of oC British golf the tho American AlI invasion that thaI ever battled for tor the tItle I J I her bert is a world of or extra etra inter Inter- interest est eat In this bIg championship lv LO to the fact that a home home- homeI American Is 1 1 golfer goiter I the tho crown town he won at Sandwich a 11 ayea ay I yea Hi ago aco and that one of his main 11 is ls cne no another youn young home bred who wears l ars the top laurel hUrel of the I An additional patch of or Interest COlli front from the fact tact that after aCter two of oC defeat defeat the tha British will th the most valiant vallant of ot their lorts et-lorts of Ci- Ci lorts to keep the cup at home after a 0 tar tolar t o lar sojourn access the At- At At Atlantic lantic So there tere will be he d ikU drama from the tint nt to the closing putt HO MILL HLL 1 7 1 I ITh Th The States forces ar are made uP In two detachment ts tor or on and nd Tuesday with a day of oC rest t- t l I Gre th the championship joust on and Friday of this e woes I J 3 Ie e e first d detachment will of th the Walter home homo Walter Hagen Britten champion Gene Sara Sara- Sara men U S open champion Johnny rell of oC lorn tork and Chu Chare Hoffner of PennO l anla The second detachment will con con- alt cIt l t of or Jim Barnes Barncs of oC Pelham ana anaM M Smith of California both British born but for many ir American clU WI So the list ll t In order con st of oC Hagen Ha en Sat axon n Barnes Smith and a a for for- for formidable ble led array array led by four of or tile I golfers gOlfer In the tho world forM u 1 Smith back to old I form has lias t broken the Troon record an and l must be figured hIgh arong the elect The British Ing desperately to their cup will bank main main- mainly mainly ly Iy upon the tho following stars George tar Duncan Abe MItchell Ted nay flay Len James Jams Ockenden Ock A Boon Doon I ci t Joe A G Ha Har irs A Compston and possibly ties tir tn veteran Sandy Herd nerd now 55 if years iId old And to might be b added addad the llio name of or Rob r Wethered It Ir he IJ tor Cor or V bothered in III one o 0 otis t IH Inning moo moods s has the quality to go BO a long lone long lone way WolY r ALIO ALMO T A lOI TOsS TOsS-Lr liP S-liP The Invaders liS as liSe a wo eo see sec It lIa hae an even en chanco chance to em win In They will be far outnumbered but this num numerical superiority doesn doen t tic fig ur lira ro as na larcel In medal play aa M t du do s a In lit matchIn match matchIn In medal play It Is In a test tet ot of co- co s co-s co- co daso cias clas tor for 72 holes where such golfers as Hagen Larns and Smith will fine ind on y a 11 afew at few w opponents able to meet r Jt i Oct Out Ont ot or the large largo British entry lIt oly six or ha e any lY snoW t at it all This list lilt must Include LIon Vun- Dun can can MItchell Ray Itay Holland Ockenden Kirkwood Kirk Kirk- wood and one or two more I n p f Wt not not over ten and ton and from the tho ten only three or four tour can be bo malch matchU uon On iii cien en term terms with Ith the four tour lean leola leaning ledo In ing invaders In the recent North Morth orth of or i Englan-i Englan at 01 72 holes won it at t lQ O and Ind sc ond ond at 92 This might be taken as an oa aa- aa aaa sauce anco a o sign Ign len but bt advance aigas In Ingolt Ingolf golf golt are aro sometimes misleading The Americans American certainly ave alt an even chance to win In and If it there u any hado it must be their ea a cL hug the fact that H and Hutchison took three oc 01 ocho ho first four at Sandwich las st L JU Juno IL G juit Jl S b BEi Ul L SIO L Lf j DJ-j I Tue odds against Hagen s a deru lag Ing hl his title lire are not light I ur rare occasions Ullon has haB anyone any one won two titles title in a ro row I-fe I will find Duncan i f Barnes ItA MItchell J and Smith his bard bard- hard hardest est eat opponents with Ith the tho first thre three named to be abo c abo e all oth- oth other oth others II er ers This eu will III be bo Jim Barnes Barncs fourth attempt tt to land tho the British h cup lUP huo his chance chanco last la-it Juno June was wrecked hy by a hei on a short abort i hub hole that cost coot a 6 C ct lethe et be WM was only onh one away In spite of this stunning hero lie Ito a Iou ked for tor a 3 roon ono one or Oh o or orall orall oal all iron play tests text And this tul moans means mean that will have a tine fine I hanco to hold both crowns as ns the th i L S 8 Open champion I Is one ont Of ot tOo l of ot Iron control exception exception- exceptionally exceptionally ally Ily booi kool I at the tho Troon ranges rance after aCter a s drive It if I Is putting put Un well ho lie will wUl willbe willbe be as dangerous as any other wd- wd ludi I lual star str although this thi I Is hs h's h- h first trill tup o er and first Tint trips hate o Ln been demolition for Cor Amerlan heretofore He lie has hs ha a flue chance chanc to smash the La ancient hoo hood that follo followed cd Travers Our Our- Ou met I met McDermott Hagen Hacen and others oh their first whirl abroad 1011 In the main it will again be a QU sUon stion of oC the quality golfer colter tho ho hoI hoI I I to be he In a 0 putting mood in Jinn s 5 tine fine putting saed sa sa ed him hint at Sandwich hen hen he Is on top of otone I Iono ono one of or his putting moods mood he lr Is the hardest golfer in the world orld to be beat for or hit his physical stamIna and hi his rn confidence help to keep him brilliant to tho the finish inith h bun Vun- can can isn't aa as good rood a putter as ns Ia I-Ia- Ha I 13 Ii or Duncan would be an odds Oi 01 choice As it I Is th thi tho i tar star Scot wilt m be he the main m hope of or British golf a hope ho that must mut b be dependent ei upon uron the mood and mental of oC the day Abe Ab Mitchell Is drother rother whoso hoe erratic putting a most uncertain factor factora a weakness ahne that doesn't affect Ted TedI I Raa now back to the th best goof golf colt or of orLIs IRa ILls Lis career teer One Oni of the star qualifying te fea- tuK ii or of o today and Tuesday will willbe Ie be the tho parade of oC the thc great creat ar Vardon Vardon lon Tailor TIllor Braid and Herd H rd 1 who who ho high hith in their tittles fifties still of DC just one more crown a adr adriam I dr am that grows erows ro fainter and faint faint- fainter fainter er now with Ith each cach passing pa earI earThs ear eariTh's I iTh's Th will be one of the greate greatest t or orall orall all all the open opens with Jock Hutchison the the or orly Iy notable absentee coo ana I apart from the tho final Inner r and ond e tl the Individual duel between Hagen tho the two title holders holder i- i oy provide pro the material tor for an epic Ic |