The New York herald., 1921-06-25
By BERNARD DARWIN.


Copyright, 1891, by THE New YORK Herald.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June "a
The most amazing British open golf
championship on record had thrilling
ending here late this evening. Jock
Hutchison, the professional of Glen View.
Chicago. and Roger Wethered, the anna
teur captain OF the Oxford University
team, tied for first place. the scores for
the seventy-two holes played being 200
each. They will play off for the title
over thirty-six holes tomorrow.
will try to tell tho story chronology
ically.
The day began badly for America.
Bobby Jones was In all manner of
bunkers and tore up his card Then
Jock Hutchison suddenly had lit of
hole fright on the third. fourth. fifth,
sixth and seventh greens, and he took
three puts OH each. After that he
stcadied down, however, and his fine
golf UP to the hole never forsook him.
But he took 70 for the round, which
was TOO many.
Then the pendulum began swinging in
Americas favor. Ted Ray went TO
pieces with 50. Duncan, the British
having a great deal to do with 1t. Jim
Barnes played superb. stead. powerful
golf for "a, which would have been
two strokes better but for unaccountable
weakness on the greens at the sixth and
the eighteenth. Tom Kerrigan OF
Siwanoy, whom nobody hitherto had
noticed, had -, and SO did Walter
Hagen.
Now Britain cheered up again. for
Wethered had a grand ~. which would
have been one stroke leag II he had
not accidentally kicked his own ball.
Next, that undefeated veteran. Sandy
Herd, came in with 7s. which was al
most perfect golf, save at the dreaded
seventeenth, where he was bunkered and
took six. J. II. Kirkwood, the Australian
champion, did rs.
Really all these scores made one dizzy,
and the result was that Barnes and
Herd led the field with 222. Arnaud
Massey, the French champion, and Kirk
wood came next with 223 Tom WILL
hanson. 224 wothered, 225. and Hutchi-
son and Kerrigan, 22s.
After luncheon Kerrigan set tremen-
dous pace and putted like q fiend incar-
nate. Out in 33 he started home brill
iantly, and then a few SIS crept in and
he returned another ~.
Wethered followed with n. Going
out he sliced several times into whins
but he recovered well enough to get SIS.
Then he did five s's running. from the
eighth to the twelfth. Next he relapsed
into o series Of glorious AS, and finally,
with an easy last hole 10 play, he mis-
judged his pitch and took s. his total
thus being 296, or two better than Ker-
rigan.
Barnes started beautifully. He had
In W a ta
we'll to the twelfth hole, when he was
bunkered off the tee. He was bunkered
again at the thirteenth and he hit his
tee shot hard on the head at the four
teenth. That did II. He finished four
strokes behind. SO did Arnaud Massey.
his partner.
But not so Hutchison, who pursued
gIoriousiy. He was not fearing his puts
now. Out In 36, he had "a two az the
>~leventh. More fours followed and then
down went his putt for q three at the
sixteenth. He had two fours for a 90
and the championship. AZ the road hole.
however, he took five. the ball going In
and out OF the cup on his fourth stroke.
On the last hole he had a steady four,
which was nearly a three. and so he tied
with Wethered.
Barring miracles. only Herd could win
or tie now. for Kirkwood had brolsen
down.
Herd started badly with a six at the
second and n five at the third. He went
on trying gaiiantly. however. but 40 out
was too much and he was out OF the
hunt.
And so 4. was with Williamson, who
also was out In 10.
~ O. <.avers made a tremendous
Gp1rt. but was too far behind, and so a
wonderful day ended.