The New York herald., 1921-07-13
BRITONS TRIUMPH
ON LINKS, 6 AND 5
Duncan and Mitchell Defeat
Hutchison and Kerrigan for
$1,000 at Pelham.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

DtlOIG lilCN lleLNN PAOb-N19NH - IA
upon their travels hither and yon among
the links of the United States, George
Duncan and Abe Mitchell, the British
professional stars, will be showing
enthusiasts much more OF artistry with
club and cleek than they did to trounce
Jock Hutchison of Glen View, Chicago.
and Tom Kerrigan of Siwanoy in the
seventy-two hole match played the last
two days over the course of the Pelham
Country Club. However, it is doubtful
if anything George and Abe accomplish
during their present tour possibly can
bring more balm to the wounded goling
pride of Albion than this, unless they
do as Ted Ray and Harry Vardon did
a year ago and finish one, two in the
national open championship.
Only the other day Hutchison arrived
back home with the British open cham
pionship cup among his baggage and
Kerrigan with the second professional
prize won in the big classic overseas
Almost at the same instant there stepped
ashore Duncan. last years British win
ner. and the celebrated hard hitter OF
the links, Mitchell. Pelham Immediately
saw It's chance to give the New York
public a golfing treat, offering $1,000
In addition to the playing fee of the
quartet
To-day Duncan and Mitchell have that
$1,000 In their pockets and there is no
one to deny that they were worthy Of
the spoils, for they beat the American
pair handsomely and thoroughly, TAX
ing the match on the thirteenth green
yesterday afternoon by margin of
9 up and 5 to play.
The golf of Duncan and Mitchell if
still far beneath what they can produce
for quality when at their best neverthe-
less was like the mills OF the gods,
grinding slowly and sure. The British
pair were l up on the first round played
on Monday morning. BY the time they
had completed the second eighteen holes
they had increased their lead to up
and to this they added another hole as
result of the play over the first round
yesterday forenoon. In the afternoon
they had made it up by the time the
match had gone two holes and through
the instrumentality of Mitchell they be-
came up at the seventh and then
up at the eighth.
Then for the first time in the after
noon play the Americans won a hole.
That came at the ninth where Kerrigan
drove the green and scored the only
OF the party. After that everything was
halved with the result that the represen-
tatives of Great Britain took the match
on the thirty-first hole OF play.
Special Prize Is Divided.
a special prize Of 500 offered for the
player making the low total on the sec
ond round OF either day was found to
have been won and split on Monday
when Hutchison and Duncan each came
| ir with a card OF II. Yesterday morn
Ing Duncan and Mitchell were each
credited with q rs, Hutchison with a
| n and Kerrigan with 40. But there
was nothing of that sort left for the last
round.
From ragged the putting of all four
became almost ludicrous and by the
/ time they had all taken three puts on
the short sixteenth green each and every
one OF the group was ready to call It
day so far as trying for a score was
concerned.
Probably never before in a match with
four stars of the first magnitude has
such an exhibition as that at Pelham's
already famous Mount Tom sixteenth
ever been given. All were nicely on the
green, the longest putt not being more
than twenty-five feet Kerrigan had
that one and when he ran his ball
trihe wide and then missed the next
It was not so bad.
Mitchell bad a try. His putting was
something like the French professors
description of Georges Carpenters
punch. Its rapidity deceived the eye,
and although all were credited with
three stabs at the sphere those who
were watching Abe closely averred that
he really had four puts.
But after all Abe was not much bet
ter placed than Kerrigan to begin with
What of Duncan who stabbed three
times from a distance yard, or of
Hutchison, who was not more than twice
that distance from the cup with his tee
shot? II was putting comedy or trag-
edy such as those who witnessed IL may
never live 10 see again.
The greens were TO blame of course
but this does not mean to say that the
greens are hopeless. Some of them are
no more than six months old Pelham
Is bit young yet for an accurate ex-
| hibition Of golf, or at least Of putting.
but the club probably has set a record
In course construction. And when all
is said and done the big attraction was
the hitting Every one seemed to have
made allowance for the greens.
Long Driving by Mitchell
That Mitchell is all of the hurricane
walloper that advance notices Of him
had claimed he already has proved up
TO the hilt. On the first three holes I'm
the afternoon round yesterday Abe out
hit his rivals generously. ON the second
hole Of 3t0 yards he hit such a WALTON
that he found his ball forty yards behind
the wall of trees guarding the back of
the green.
However. Duncan is by no means a
weaklng when compared with Abe
Five yards would probably cover tho
discrepancy on the average. Long as
I,utchisou and Kerrigan are from the
tee. Duncan and Mitchell can show them
| the way. Further than that. the meth
| ods of the British pair appear 10 be
more sound than that OF the Americans
I They play their drives on the fadeaway
principle whereas Hutchison and Kcr-
rigan impart to their tee shots a culti-
waited and at times emphatIo hook. OF
the two Kerrgan Is the greater sinner
| in this respect. his tee shots invariably
/ going off with decided twist from
/ right 20 left
In brassie and spoon play the results