The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-25
MISS LEITCH ONLY
GOLF CHAMPION TO
RETAIN HER CROWN
Ray, Tolley, Duncan, Ev.
ans, Miss Stirling De-
throned During Year.
ENTIRE UPHEAvAL
Foreigners U. S. Invasion
Proved Unsuccessful as Did
Our Journey 10 England.
By GRANTLAND RICE

Something IN the nature Of a wild
gale. roaring and registering on its
romp of destruction. tore dow,
every golf champion OF note throush
the year just fading out and set or
in turn a new set OF rulers 10 hold
their scepters over the field.
The destruction Of old titIe-hoIs- ]
ers has never been more complet.
Not one from the old crop iu
this country remains
The gale even extended 70 G-.s d
Britain where George Duncan sna
/ Cyril Tolley fell. Only the r.l
doubtsble Cecil Leitch was able "A
drive hack intruders from the cas-
tie she has defended 80 many years
Golf. in its most stezdfast mo
ments. is a game where lightnin1
strikes fom clear skies.
Form reverSals come overnight
Today, for the champion. an ess,I
So tomorrow a struggling 81.
And no one Is immune.
The Old and New. -
When the season opened and do
/ tenders first began to walk slon =
April fairways Ted Raw was one III
Z champion Of America: Chick Evan,
amateur champion: AlcNa Stirltns
women's champion. Jock Hutchi
son. professional champion at match
/ play.
Here were four great golfers Win
] Ted Ray alone unable 10 roport ID,
defense Of his title
In Great Britain Cyril ToIlev va
amateur champion: George Duncan
open champion. Cecil Leitch. WON
ems champion.
Prom these seven leading titles "a
the game only Miss LeItch can emu.
the new year with her crown pestI,l
adjusted above a strong nroflk
Jock Hutchison was able 10 ,urr,
7 from one title To another. trsdin1
his trade mark as T.. & 4. cham
pion for that Of British open cham
pion, a trade worthy even Of a
canny Scot
A. Ray, Evans Hutchinson Mis-
Sterling fell hack. Barnes. Guilford.
Miss HOllins and HAGEN took their
places, talent supplantinE talent
genius giving way 10 genius. for
there was no fuke victory al ans
spot along the line.
In each case the various triumph'
were cleanly and clearly decisive
series Of shock.
Shocks have rarely come n
quicker order. Al HoyIake in LAT.
May the strong American team
marched proudly 10 victory ovel
the British internationalists. onlv
to wither and fade a few DAYS
later with aston shing frailty wheu
. the British amateur opened.
: Such stars as Evans. Ouimet and
Jones were bowled over in = man
ner TO take away ones breath Owe;
the hard. sun-balSed Hoylske plains
where in place % the usual rains
and winds burning sun hlszed
through MINDLESS mornings and al
ternoons.
II was here that the accuracy n
Willie Hunters wood and iron an0
the deadly efficiency 81 his putting
blade created a new British cham
pion.
The easy overthrow ~ America
forces was the years first shoch
The second was on the other so
Of the fence. British golfers. fear
inE our amateurs. lad no such fca
Of our professionals.
But at st. Andrews. a few week
later. the second shock reported Z"
scheduled time.
In the old gray city by the So
the British had pinned their fart
: to Duncan. Mitchell. Ray. WARRIOR
: Braid. Taylor. Herd, Hsvss an
: Kirkwood. formidable FIRST Tn
Of defense line. in TACT. INA
looked to be imprcCnable TO assault
But il was here that Jock Hutch'
son fell heir to one 81 his hrillisn
scoring moods. and when Jock 's
this frame Of mind ne - as uhs''i
pable as a simeon.
To the thunderStruck amazemeh
OF huge galleries, which the final re-
turns were in Hutchison. OF 'hi'sA
once a ST Andrews csddie. was he.
for first place with Roger Weihe ~
an amateur who had never eeen he
ured among the first twenty I'VE.
And they had turned in scores o
20 and Il to achieve this Tar" aes
tiny on the final round.
Hutchison's victory in thu play -"i
was an overwhelming triumph.
II And the next fact over Nhicl
Americans were able TO cheer va
the presence of Tommy kerriEsr
home bred, in third place. lesdin
Britain's first line OF defense
All in all. st. Andrews had NOR
than made up for Hoylake
Back Heme.
with Ted Ray unable 10 de'rn
his title at Columbia in July. Dun
lean and Mitchell carried the INTO
Jack into action. But they fpIn
Long Jim Barnes. Of Pelham. A. ir
resistible as Hutchison had been D
Scotland.
Barnes. due after nine years '
vain striving. jumped far in front o
the field in the first round and va
never even approached. There va
no contest left after the secon
round
The tall Pelham pro was too Ion
and straight down the fsirway. Wit
his putter under too fine control, {
be beaten. Hagen and Mcleod. tic
for second place, were stroke ate
stroke away.
There was only one feature in m
amateur championship at ST. Loui
which included Willie Hunter. Brit
ish champion.
This feature was Jesse Guilfori
who began to bowl over sections
champions round after round unit
he finally crushed Chick Evans an
Bob Gardner in succession BY mn
beatahle golf The Bostonisn ais
proved to what rare uses q quite
might he furned