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Show I oo 'II THREE' !N I GOLF CONTEST H NEW YORK. June IT. Three of; fflj the most able of the many formidabi ! professional golfers of the United States will tee off in the qualifying, H round of the British open champion- B ship which opens Monday (June 19. H at Sandwich. Kngland, over the an- clent links of the Royal Si George's H club, in an attempt to again defeat I the British at their own game "in their own backyard." U was done successfully last year by John Hutchinson, of the Glen View club. Chicago who, obeying his heart after deciding first not to m ike the trip, has returned to defend his title. With him are "L.ong Jim" Barnes, of the Pelham Country club. United States open champion, and! Walter Hagen, western open cham-1 pion and title-holder of the Amerl- j can Professional Golfers association. This trio la "The America's Big Three" Last year American professionals profes-sionals and amateurs swarmed ov C the course at St. Andrews, enabled 1 to compete by their friends at home who took up a nation -wld si ba rlp-, rlp-, tion to send therfi. This time Hutch-Inson, Hutch-Inson, Barnes and Hagen are the only three American professionals ( repute there In contrast to the many (British players who will stream across the Atlantic later for the Amerli m championship. Ah the defending champion Hutch-inson Hutch-inson Is the cynosure. He is repre-at repre-at nted by his admirers as not in the Bams superb form he displayed last year when he won the classic after a thrilling match with Roger Weth-ered. Weth-ered. an amateur. Jock's card was sprinkled with birdies and mirai lea If the Chlcagoan attains his best form expert British opinion anticipates antici-pates that he ma well carry the ; crown again back with him Hagen is regarded as one of the I v-ry best match players in the United! States Hts principal reason In going go-ing to Sandwich was to make the first leg of the round-the-world tour that he has planned with Joe Kirk-wood, Kirk-wood, the Australian trick shot star, who, they do say. can make a golf hall do everything except talk a Scotch brogue. ' Long Jim' Barnes and Hagen made th longest-distanced professional profes-sional golfing tour ever undertaken during the winter, encircling the I'nited States and playing principally principal-ly In the sunshine tournaments of Southern California and the Pacific coast. Should Barnes win he will he the golf master of two continents nn |