New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
British Stars
Still Unbeaten
By U. S. Pros
Englishmen Avenge Trounc-
ing of Nardon and Ray
by Winning, e and 4

George Duncan and Abe Mitchell,
sr;tain's golf phenoms. have yet to
,osa match to pair of American
r-ofsss;onals on their tour. and judg-
;rs bv the way they are going it looks
a. If they viii not be beaten often.
They lost only two matches to date,
both to amateur golfers.
Playing over the Scarsdale Country
rlnb course yeste rday, the foreign
stsrs trounced Jack Bowling. the home
professional. who was paired with Tom
Mcnamara. Of the Siwanoy Country
Club.
and Ray bad beating. by a score of
and 5. Duncan and Mitchell avenged
the defeat Of their countrymen by de-
feating Bowling and Mcnamara, by 6
up and TO play. Mcnamara and BOWL
inc we're playing we'll enough to hold
their own in AT ordinary contest. but
the play of the Britons was extraor-
binary. II was more than that-it was
phenomenal
In the morning Duncan and Mitchell.
had best ball card of 66 and topped
that with ar amazing So on the second
round, and vet, despite that dizzy pace,
the American pair was only down
snd going strong when the turn into
the final stretch was made. The home
breds had just won two holes. cutting
the lead OF their opponents from four
to two holes. But on the last nine
holes both Mcnamara and Bowling
faltered. while the visitors, continu-
ing their swift flight ronped home
with comfortable lead
Dyo
Scarsdale is not the most hazardous
or longest course in this section. But
it takes golf OF the finest kind to make
such scores IS Duncan's and Mitchell's,
and that Is the sort Of golf they PLAYED
the whole de Although we have seen
the former British chamrion in bril-
liant form on several other occasions
since his arrival here. never did he
seem TO play his shots as easily and as
rapidly as re did yesterSa~.
One of the features of the match
was the long driving Of Bowling. who
WAS holding his own with the redoubt-
able Abe practically all the way, and
anybody who is driving with the noted
Englishman IS hitting them on the
nose.
Par CT the course is 50. Duncan
got under that mark by a stroke in
Mitchell. who won two holes while
getting his Il, finished the morning
round 3 up.
In the afternoon Duncan started the
arewer-s On the very first hole by
sinking twenry-foot putt sor bird
:, which left the Brtons 4 IN. Duncan
ar! Mitchell were putting wonderfully
sell on this round also. Had the
former got down half OF those he
missed by hair ne would have been
near the 30 mark. Despite the big
cad Of their opponents, Bowling and
Men ar'ara kept plugging with fine
courage. and at the seventh hole were
rewarded with win.
Bowling Gets Bird Three
There Bowling, Keeling off drive
that was further than Mitchell's.
Played 4 beautiful pitch shot to the
green and sank a twelve-foot putt for
a a ora three. On the next hole, Nc
Aamara Clipped in from of the green
and won the hole. That LETT the
An orleans only two down. On the next
hole Mcnamara sank a twelve-foot quit
Ter two and Duncan also dronped a
putt OF similar length for the half
he foreigners got two good tours
on the tenth, while the local PLAYERS
took three to get on and lost the hole.
tielng a. three down again. A grand
three a. the eleventh was made BY
Mitchell. He was on nicely in two and
sank iitteen-foot putt FOR birdie, put
ting his side 4 up. AT the thirteenth
ne'e he planted his tee shot to within
seven feet of the pin for q birdie two
and shat win clinched the victory.
The cards: