New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13


that was.
The English pair won their victory
fairly enough and deserve all of the
credit due them. But the contest was
not fair test for either side. KERR
gan and Hutchinson are very much
oyer-golfed and badly in need of rest.
The visitors undoubtedly are just as
tired as the Americans but they had
more incentive for the victory and for
the play itself, inasmuch as this was
their first match here. Naturally they
were anxious to make good showing
in their opening exhibition.
No Zip in Americans Play
But the fact remains that the for
eigners, Duncan in particular, played
stellar golf during the entire day,
while the Americans. wearied from
their trip and the strain of their strug
ole abroad, played without the zip that
Usually characterizes their game. The
newness of the course and especially
the greens made good scoring impos-
sible, Duncan was the only player
allie to do any kind of putting. The
others were weird in this respect. The
former British title -holder, though, is
a real wizard with his putter. He
takes no tlIne DIT dll III sighting tAC
line, yet seldom misses anything un-
der eight feet.
His magic touch on the velvet was
the prime factor in giving the Britons
their first triumph. Then, again, he
rot timely aid from Mitchell, who is
the Babe" Ruth of golf if there is
such a person. Hutchinson had to go
II alone most of the time. Kerrigan's
drives did not carry their usual punch,
nor was his short game or putting as
crisp or as sound as usual.
Tommy and Jock have packed away
their clubs and are not going to handle
n stick before next week. But the Brit
ishers must keep going, and if they do
not 60 stale by the time the open ar
rives it Will be because they are
couple Of iron men.
On the morning round, in which the
Rritons dovetailed their shots nicely
by consistently steady play, they
picked up another hole an started the
afternoon journey up.
Another huge gallery was on hand
for the start of the afternoon round.
At the first hole Mitchell crashed out
enc of his prodigious blows that car
ried far beyond all of the others, but
his second shot, brassie swipe, was SO
forceful it went to the far corner OF
the fairway and brought up against
fence. The lie was unplayable, and
Mitchell had to play over again. 1T
may seem paradoxical, but the trouble
with Mitchells game is that he is too
hard hitter.
First Hole Halved
That first hole was halved, but the
second went to the Englishmen when
Duncan, after flubbing his second, laid
his third dead and got four, the
others taking fves. Duncan had a
good drive on this hole, but brought
up in a trap which fronts the green;
That trap is too close to the green snd
would be better if brought out further.
All four got fives on the third hole
son halved in threes. Jock barely
missed two here. His tee shot was
the best of the lot, being within twelve
feet of the pin. Kerrigan and Duncan
halved the next hole, being on in two
shots and down in two. Jock missed
his second on this hole, while Mltcheli
was in q trap on his second.
Mitchell was the man of the hour at
the seventh hole and his four Increased
the lead of the Britishers to SIX up.
He and Duncan got on in two shots,
while Hutchinson was short on his ap-
preach and Kerrigan went over the
Abe got his for the win. Inc plle-
driving Briton picked up another four
at the eighth, which put his side seven
up, as the others took fi7es.
He had a good drive, but topped
his second and gained only fifty yards.
But missed shots mean but little in
the life of this young man. He simply
slammed bullet-like brassie shot
clean to the green and brought up
within a yard of the pin, getting his
four Kerrigan hooked his drive to the
rough and got q good out, which
availed him nothing, and Duncan ana
Hutchinson were short on their ap-
proaches That practically settled the
issue. After that it was only ques-
ton of the size of the score.
Kerrigan cut the lead of the vlslt
ors at the ninth. He tore off gganId
tee shot, which ended its flight on on .he
green and got his three. Mltcheil, t|e
boomerang. was far to the right on
his tee shot, over the green in two,
and finally got down in five. Hutchinson
played the hole much in the same
manner.
Kerrigan Loses Fine Chance
Kerrigan had fine chance at the
tenth being on within ten feet OF the
pin on his tee shot but missed out on
his putt. Mitchell saved the hole for
his side, by sinking ten foot putt
for half. That fellow showed. on
several other occasions he can be right
mean when he Is so inclined.
little Alphonse- CASTOR act on the
putting green gave the entertainers
fyes on the next hole. All four putted
all around the cup and the crowd began
to wonder if there was hole on the
green. Hutchinson halved the twelfth
with Duncan and Mitchell in four and
again at the thirteenth each side did
Its best to give the other the hole by
putting by the cup instead of into 1t.
II was on this thirteenth that Nit
chell made one Of the most spectacu-
lar shots shown during the entire per-
Torrance. He attempted to cut across
The corner of the turn in the fairway