New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-10
American Golf
Team Held Up
By Heavy Fog
Carmania Will Not Reach
Port Until To-day; Duncan
and Mitchell on Lapland
By Raw McCarfhv


The handful of goling Fans and
scribes who fingered about the Cunard
Line pier awaiting the arrival of the
good ship Carmania, aboard which are
j oek Hutchison, newly crowned British
open champion, and other members of
the American professional golf team.
mad to return home disappointed. For,
although the boat was due in port here
at noon Yesterday, it will not get to
COCK until this morning. A regular
london log, one of those impene trable
blankets of mist, has screened the AT
lantic coast for the last few days.
since Old Man Humidity and his friend
neat nave slowed down ocean travel
20 a trot.
It is reported that Jock the Hutch
ana MS gang of American teammates
IN, I'm Barnes Tommy Kerrigan, Freddy
Mcleod, George Mclean. Wilfrid Reid
Emmet French, William Melhorn, Clar-
ence hackney and Charlie Hoffner. are
on the Carmania, impatiently waiting
90 get their feet on dry land once more
We don't doubt their impotence to get
on land, knowing the prowcss and cara
bllIty of most of them as fishermen
after little experience at St. Aucus-
tine, Fla.
Duncan on Lapland
George Duncan, former British cham
plon, and Abe Mitchell, the long-driv-
ing brlton, who are coming to this
country to do a Vardon- Raw tour. were
also on the Carmania, it was at first re-
ported. But this pair booked PASSAGE
on the Lapland, which is also due In
this morning.
The most anxious of all concerning
the arrival of the golf stars are the
members of the new wonderful Pelham
Country Club. Barnes, the club pro
fessionai,. and Hutchinson are scheduled
to meet the English stars tomorrow in
what will be the Britons' first match,
ana the official opening of the Pelham
CLUB. The Pelham club has arranged
dinner party for the quartet which
VIII take place this afternoon, and
naturally are not figuring on any
eleventh-hour upsc5s.
inasmuch as Jock is to be enter
tanned to-day and will entertain him
self tomorrow, and at Shawnte-on-
Delaware later in the week, it is likely
he will not return to Chicago until
after the national open championship
at Washington, July 1921. However,
the wiry Scot travels so rapidly On
the links and on the street one can
never guess just what his next move
will be.
The others in the party also will
probably remain in this vicinity in
order to compete in the Shawnee open
meeting, one Of the best of the minor
tournaments OF the season. Both Dun
can and Mitchell will take part in the
tourney, as will Barnes, Hagen, KERR
gan and the other stars.
Dinner for Golfers To-day
At the Pelham club to-day dinner
will be given to both Hutchinson and
Barnes for their wonderful showing in
the British open meeting. The affair
Will serve as u welcome to the happy
go-lucky Jock, and will also serve to
introduce Duncan and Mitchell into the
golting fraternity of the United States.
Duncan is probably the fastest golfer
on two legs playing the game to-day.
1t would be we'll for the gallery to
come equipped with roller skates if it
intends to keep pace with this fellow,
for it is reported Duncan hits most of
his shots on the fly.
Of course, Hutchinson himself is no
tortoise on the links, and if he starts
reeling them off in his usual manner
the gallery will certainly have enough
fireworks to entertain it. Moreover,
Barnes can be counted upon to rival
Mitchell's long driving. All in al it
looks like very snappy contest.
The members of the Siwanoy club
are planning little reception of their
own for their professional, Tommy Ker-
rigan. They gave the popular Tommy
royal send-off. wishing him the best
of luck and telling him they had every
confidence in his ability to make good.
Kerrigan did make good, finishing in
third place, the best home bred from
this country has ever done in the Brit
ish open.
The match tomorrow at Pelham be-
tween Barnes and Hutchinson and the
English stars will be worth going far
to see. Duncan and Mitchell are rec
ognized as the best of the English pro-
fessionals today, and although they
may not team up IS we'll nor win as
many matches as that wonderful pair
of veterans Vardon and Ray, they are
likely to give the spectators many more
=. Jill
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