Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-09
GOLF GOSSIP

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2 golfer not so very long ago, but
next to a winner give me good los
err" This must have been the frame
of mind of the gallery at st. Andrew s
links in the British championship re-
Gently when John Ball, last year 8
winner, crawled through the ropes
guarding the first tee at the call of
his name, and, despite 3 limp. a score
or SO of bandages about his limbs and
the advice of a physician, proceeded
to tee up. The crowd broke The iron
rule of British golfing etiquette and
greeted him with a ringing cheer.
Only week before the veteran of
the British links had been Knocked
down and severely injured by an au-
tomobile while motorcycling in the
vicinity of his home links at Hoyiake.
His ankle and wrist were sprained
and he was strongly advised to re-
mail at Hoylake, but in spite of his
injuries he went to st. Andrews. He
looked i'll and his friends urged him
to withdraw, but as champion of the
year Ball took up definite attitude
and declared that if he only played
one hole he would start.
In the morning Ball could hardly
hold a club, but he went to see a
physician, had some final surgical as
sistance given him and in the after
noon he appeared ready to meet his
opponent. Egerton Pegler. Despite
the bandages on his injured limbs,
the veteran played with much of his
cid brilIiancy The match was all
square going to the home hoe, where
Pegler was a little short with his APP
proach and Ball little string, his
hall finding the rough grass at the
back of the green. The all import
ant chip shot was weak, and this
with the like Pegler was three yards
away. Balls putt failed and he was
beaten.
Pegler is only twenty-five years old.
He is spoken of as young, strong
and accomplished player. Already
his collection of trophies includes fif-
teen cups and numerous gold and sill
yer medals. In the same champion
ship last year Pegler was beaten in
the nineteenth hole by G.. B. Macfar-
lane, who was one of the semi-finals.
When in Florence Pegler won the
Tuscany championship and was run
ner up in the championship of Italy,
being defeated at the thirtyseighth
hole. Three weeks before the. open
ing of the British championship he
won the scratch cup at LIE Toquet.
because itswas meeting or two
of the longest drivers in the world,
the match between ABE" Mitchell
and Edward Blackwell dwarfed every
thing else in that particular round in
which they met. 1t is an interesting
fact that five years after Mitchell was
born Blackwell drove a bill on St
Andrews links probably farther than
any amateur player has ever done,
namely, distance of 366 yards, and
this despite the fact that at the time
the rubber cored ball was unknown.
In their match Blackwell, who is now
forty-six years old, Outdrove Mitchell
and on one occasion was no fewer
than forty yards ahead of him. Only
three times did Mitchell outdrive his
opponent. Blackwell used a wooden
putter with splendid effect, especially
IN the matter of laying his long puts
dead. However, the department in
which Mitchell was most cleyerly
outplayed was in the iron approaches.
Visions of that famous champion
ship final in which James Robb, the
winner, took hole from his opponent
IN eight strokes to nine must have
conjured up an incident in this years
event when one player defeated an
other by 2 up and to play by taxi
the seventeenth hole IN ten to thir-
teen strokes. The opponents in this
match with the remarkable finish
We're Hugh McCulloch and Douglas
Leng, the former being the victor.
Leng was on the roadway at the sew
enteenth, and although McCulloch
Cid not get on that dreaded thorough
fare he still contrived to take ten for
the hole