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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1922
Page
9
The 30th annual Longwood challenge bowl tournament begins this afternoon at 2 o clock at Chestnut Hill. Top players are seeded across the draw as rounds narrow, promising strong local interest in the singles event.
Gene Sarazen of Pittsburgh wins the National Open, taking the title from James Barnes of New York. He falls two strokes shy of Chick Evans 1916 record with a final score of 286 and sets a new tourney record by finishing the last 18 holes in 68, two under par at 6 553 yards.
Five of the country s First Ten tennis stars including William T Tilden 2d champion will compete at the Chestnut Hill courts in the Longwood Clubhouse dedication week long event. Seeding places Tilden top half and R Norris Williams 2d bottom half with Nat Niley and Wallace Johnson also among seeded players.
St Louis closes gap to a half game for first place by defeating the Giants 1 to 0. J Barnes and Sherdel duel, with Flack scoring on Fournier’s single in the eighth after base hits and a sac. Stock turned a key double play earlier. New York threatened throughout but left runners stranded.
Washington and St. Louis met in a 2 to 0 game with Davis limiting the Senators to five hits. St. Louis tallied both runs in the third inning on four hits off Johnson, securing the second win of the series.
Wisconsin teams posted results with Iowa and Kansas City in a doubleheader. iwayukee beat Kansas City 10 to 4 in game one. waukee won 8 to 6 in game two. ta defeated St Paul 18 to 6. le beat Indianapolis 8 to 4 while Columbus won 3 to rat. Columbus 11 Toledo 4 in game two.
The writer predicts a future medal round where a golfer may post an extraordinary 18-hole score. He cites Francis and Simmet's mid round hot streaks and recalls Dean’s intercollegiate bursts, arguing an unprecedented, record smashing round could happen any day on a championship course.
The piece recalls Francis Ouimet's record scoring on Cape Cod and Baltusrol while recounting historic shows by Chick Vans, McFarlane, and others. It notes Ouimet’s 62 on a 5152 yard Cape course, compares 1914 British Amateur putting feats, and mentions Pinehurst clashes with Emmet French.
Baltimore beat Rochester and Buffalo 7 to 3, Newark won 1, Reading topped Syracuse 8 to 4 with 4G unclear.
Harvard football loses Alexander Ladd the expected varsity tackle as he is elected captain of the varsity crew. Ladd will devote his time to studies and to resolving Harvard rowing challenges leaving the football squad without his services for the season.
Yale game memory highlights Ladd’s rapid rise as a 19 year old junior and his decision not to play this fall. Harvard builds around Eastman and other tackles while McGillen, Kunhardt, Jobson, and Henry compete for spots and Dan Holder may shift from centre to tackle.
The council of the Irish Olympic games postpones the proposed meeting until August 1923 due to Americans declining to attend.
An official statement from a night of meetings at the Mansion House reports Seamus Dobbyn informing that Americans will not participate under current Ireland conditions. The council agrees to postpone to August 1 1923 with games running to August 18 and to invite an international athletic convention in Dublin on August 11 1922 while other nations abstain or hold opinions.
The Malden City Club hosts Somerville Legion at Ferryway Green for a key season game. The ex service team features Dartmouth and Boston College alumni in a strong infield with Jim Robertson George Dowd Myles Toulouse Charlie Dicker man and Jiggs Donahue plus Lefty Wickerson on the mound. Al Butler McIntyre O'Brien and John Prior join the infield with Floyd and Curry from Boston College as scoring threats.
The schedule lists Monday events including Norton's 8S B A S versus St Andrew s at Carolina Avenue Medford versus St Josephs at Lincoln Park Somerville Tuesday features Corneta against Dorchester at Rowan Park Read ing at North Cambridge Russell Field Wednesday presents J J Connolly versus Norton's 8S B A S at M Street S B St Andrew s at Reading St Joseph s against Corners at Lynn Dorchester at Medford Thursday shows North Cambridge at Malden Dorchester versus J J Connolly at Marcella Street Roxbury Saturday has Malden at Medford
W J Quinlan of Boston is the new individual public course golf champion of New England defeating James J Reidy of Worcester in a 10th hole playoff. A late misidentification by a newsman led to an erroneous initial report that Reidy had won.
Bobby Jones and John Black tied for second at 289, one stroke behind Sarazen who won with 638 after 72 holes. The 829 entrants narrowed to 79 for the final rounds, with Jones the only amateur in the top 10, while Chick Evans and Jesse Guilford also featured among top scores in a dramatic chase.
Gene Sarazen of Pittsburgh, the new United States open golf champion, will compete in the Canadian Open at Mount Bruno Club beginning July 28. Entry was received last week.
Open last month at Sandwich where George Duncan finished sixth yesterday with 296 and tied with Jim Barnes for second with 301. Hutchison was fourth with 302. The four times 72 totaling 288 was near par, with one hole nearly par six and another nearly par five, implying total par could be 72 rather than 70.
Josef Guillemot, the French distance runner, appeared at Colombes Stadium to race in the 1500 metres despite a two month suspension by the Athletic Federation over an alleged Bilbao outlaws meet. He finished last as the winner posted 4 minutes some seconds. The Mourlon brothers equalled French records in sprints.
Sig Haugdahl broke his own world record for a mile and a half on a dirt track in Edmonton. His time was 1:01 1-4, beating his Calgary and Nebraska marks. His machine’s crankshaft broke as he entered the pits just after finishing.
New London defeated the U S Submarine Base nine 4 to 1 at Morgan Park this afternoon. The Sub Base team, unbeaten against most clubs this season, saw its string of wins end as New London took control with strong hitting and solid defense.
The Concord town baseball team will meet its rival Lexington Council Knights of Columbus in the first of a three game series at the Concord Centre playground tomorrow at 6 30 p m.
King Bader pitched for the Sacred Hearts but was defeated by his former team, St. Andrew's of Forest Hills, 8 to 2 in the afternoon game. Andrews pitched steady ball for the visitors.
An open golf tournament will be held on Wednesday at Wollaston. The event is a one day medal play handicap with two gross and two net prizes to be awarded.
In Bristol Connecticut on July 16 the Boston Red Sox beat New Departures 9131 in an exhibition game. The battery trio Irwin Fullerton Walters backed by Lynch Lanning Condon and Waters supported the pitching and catching duties.
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