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Show "I Uales of a ' EttkMh N S fiRANTLAND RiCE Copyright. l-J. New York Tribune, Ino. I Thre is an old line, of ratner an-i an-i vintage, preceding each cbarn-' cbarn-' plonshlp, which runs something to I this effect: "Should be one of tho greatest tournaments ever held." We hadn't intended to call upon i this venerable standby, lui what else , can wc do about the open golf championship cham-pionship of th. l":iited States to be held at Skokle next week What else can we do about It WJth . Walter Hagen. Jim Haines, George ! Duncan and Jock Hutchison fir .t I four In the- lirltish open all aet to 1 continue their rivalry over here'.' These four plus Joe Klrkwood and 1 Abe Mitchell, w ho are due for a comeback come-back ! These six plus such stars waiting over here as Gene Saia;&r;, Tommy Kerrigan. Mike Brady, Paj O'Har.i, "Dutch'' Loefler, i-e Delgel. Cyril Walker. Eddie Loos. Bob McDonald, ' etc. And added to these such crack , amateur .. "Chick" Evans. Bobby Jones, Jesse Guilford. Rudy Knupper, Jimmy Johnwton and four or five moro .' I 111 RFA i:u CROP There 111 bo a record crop it Skokle Monday week when Iron blades b?gln to flash in the sun. There will be on hand the last three winners of tho British open In Dun-can Dun-can Hut'-hlson and Hagen with Jim i Barnes defending his title after his near-triumph at Sandwich. These four finished loss than three strokes apart over 72 holes. How could any knoi bo more closely close-ly tied? To have them meeting again so' soon after the Sandwich whirl makes for a golf occasion that is bound to be historic. And wrlle these four will be favored, fav-ored, they will not be coriaintles by any manner of means. They will find harder competition I ovei hero thun they mot at Sandwich.' stronger opposition tO beat down. I I IGKN'S CHANCE Hagen comes as the first homebred! golfer that ever won a British open., He is tho only homebred pro who has over won the United Statos open since Jack McDermott's last triumph j in 1912. Just ten years ago. Hagen now has the chance to ic-1 COmpllsh a trick no golfer has ever turned that of winning both th. British and the United States open In; the same year. Vardon. Ray and Hagen have won' both titles but Vardon and Ray nev-i or wore the two crowns at tho samel time. 'j, Hagen. by winning at Skokle. can! a-rep out as the double-crowned mon-, arch of the ancient green, tho flrt ' In the history of golf. And you can pn ruble that he will put all his magnificent determination and skill back of his efforts to bag tw thrones, DUNCAN, BARNES, HUTCHISON. Duncan, supported by Abo Mitchell, conies with the keen deslrn to ev--ri up for the American sweep at Sandwich Sand-wich If be or Mitchell can win at Skokl Brlilsh golf can i?ct well set ag.iln to give three ringing cheern The shadow will be lifted that noT covers the Cnlon Jack. But both he and Mitchell will have their work cut out to stop this brilliant bril-liant field. Barnes beaten a stroke by Ragsn in England, will now turn In defence. Of the scepter he won a year ago at Columbia when he wrecked tro rieij by a margin of nine strokes. Long Jim is amaslngly keen to this title of open champion attached at-tached to his nam. As for Jock Hutchison, he ha -,n SQUal chance with any of the RI Four. Jock bus no crown to defend but the deep yearning of his life has beeni I to win the opn i hamplonshlp over I here. He was beaten b two strokes In 1910 when he returned an average of four 72 . Hit was beaten by one j stroke in I 9 20. I He will be plaing In h native city and only brilliant golf win hold him I back! Klrkwood, after his brie:' lump at. Sandwich, should be due again i got under way and the au.e is true if be. Mitchell, who is not at his bejt; however, in medal play. It is alsoi about time that some young homebred home-bred was displaying hi bet wares,' land that another ; crack amateurs ama-teurs a forging closer to the front.' L Evans pla Skokle extremely well, I and one can never toll Just v hn , Booby Jones will light upon on of his I miracle marches tint max- lead to the l main poak. Skokle, In tho way of Ulent, will, Undoubtedly loom above Sandwich. It has elomonts of drama surpassing surpass-ing tljat of any open championship. Played. The mere fact that the ; first four of tro British open, who ran neck and neck through the S! CBn,ftare " :iuel aKClln 's uiue ,n Mitchell and Klrkwood trill put lor-' , ward a desperate attempt to re-.i n ; Part of Britain's ,B, iaurcIs game she holds close;,, to her hftart but they face such overwheimInfoda that only exceptional maneuvers can' Pull any one of them safely through 0 0 |