The New York herald., 1921-11-13
JESSE W. SWEETSER
IMPRESSES BRITONS
Duncan and Mitchell Announce
SiwanOy Amateur as Latest
american Find
ny KERR \. PETRIE.

WHeu Ted Ray and Harry Nardon
retdrned home to England following
their successful tour of American links
last year they had n great deal to tell
the critics about the discovery Of a
great young star Of the game. a lad
who went by the name Of Bobby Jones
and who had all the earmarlSs of becom-
ing one OF the greatest players the game
ever had seen. Since that time and the
start Of the golfins pilgrimage under
taken by George Duncan and Abe
Mitchell the British followers OF the
game have had opportunity Of watch
ing this selfsame Bobby Jones perform.
for Bobby was one of the American in
yaders in the championship this year at
Hoylake.
Saras's visit to the golfing land on the
other side of the Atlantic relieved George
and Abe from the necessity Of having to
repeat the oft told tale. No longer could
Duncan and Mitchell dazzle with the ac-
count of the wonders of the game of the
Atlanta star. They di6 not have to. for
quite evidently these two have had their
mind altogether on another coming anna
teur "wonder' and il may etartle as
Certainly 1t will delight metropolitan
golfers to know that the man who so
impressed Duncan and Mitchell is none
other than Jesse Sweetser OF Siwanoy.
Something of shock.
Possibly many Britons had satisfied
themselves that the past summer had
brought them face to face virtually with
all there was of class in American anna
teur golf. They saw Jones and Evans
and Guilford and Ouimet, Fownes. Paul
Hunter, Woodie Platt and Freddy
Wright. Previous experience had con-
WINGED them of the quality of the game
of Bob Gardiner, while jerome Travers
and Heinrich Schmidt were by no means
forgotten. 1t must have been something
of shock when along came Duncan andf
Mitchell with another string OF names
and the remark that this Sweetser is as
likely 10 win a championship as any,
body who ever attained the age of twen-
ty-one without becoming world famous
Another amateur VINO now is known
TO the British golfing public by name
Is Reginald NJ. Lewis Of Greenwich.
Duncan and Mitchell appear to think
there is something uncanny about the
habits of a player who will make four
IS in the course of match. as Lewis
did against them at Shuttle Meadow
1t Is to be supposed that Max Mar
ston also received word. for George
and Abe cannot have forgotten the large
part played by the Merton star in the
first defeat suffered by the British
pair on American soil
Quite naturally the usually reticent
Mitchell has always been induced TO
open up when on the subject of his re-
tirement from the national open cham
pionship at Washington. Abe's expla-
nation has been passed as satisfactory
especially by this Britons who have
visited these shores and been intro
duced to an American midsummer. The
Intense heat OF Washington reduced him
TO utter fatigue. says Abe. More than
that Mitchell was still engrossed with
the Job of finding some suitable sar-
torial makeup that would fit the Amer
lean climate. and yet not leave him han
dicapped too badly by sudden change
from "suspenders" to a belt.
Tries Change at shawnee.
Abe has told how he tried the change
at Shawnee, with disastrous results and |
how. after slicing and hooking all over
the course, he finally decided to don his |
cardigan again for the final round |
an idea which resulted in a 50 and |
brought him well to the top of the heap |
Having that experience In mind. Abe |
decided that come what might he would |
wear the cardigan or die at Washington. |
He nearly died. or. as he phrases il. he |
was nearly stewed alive" But he
wasn't angry. only resigned Scarcely |
able to breathe, he went on as far as he |
could. and then seeing the futility of II
all he told the caddie to pick up the bali.
Duncan and Mitchell have paid Amer
lean home bred golf the high compliment
of declaring that of all the United States
professionals whom they had to meet
there was none so accomplished as Wal
ter Hagen. Commenting on this critic
says:
He did. indeed rehabilitate himself
at st. Andrews after his failure at Deal
year earlier. Watching him nobody
could help being impressed b. his per-
tect golfing poise znd command over the
club. maintained even when his BODY
went through with the club--like bats
man playing forward at cricket-after
the impact We were mistaken about
Hagen at Deal in 1920. and. considering
that having ceased 10 follow golf MS a
livelihood he does rot obtain the old
measure OF practice. no has reasserted
himself very splendidlY."