The New York herald., 1921-06-24
BY BERNARD DARWIN.

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. by THE NEW YORK liEsALD.
Sr. ANDREWS, Scotland. June g.
Showing some Of the dazzlng golf for
which he is noted. Jock Hutcn.son. the
professional of Glen View. Chicago. led
the field az the end OF the first days
play in the British open golf champion
ship over the st. Andrews old course
here to-day with a total of 147. Jock
played the first round in ~ and the
second In 75.
After a round of 76 in the morning.
Ted Ray of Oxhey, England. holder Of
the American open championship, came
up into second place with 14S. tied with
Jim Barnes of the Pelham Country Club,
New York, who had two steady rounds
of "a each.
Hutchison owes his lead to a long
putt on the home green, which caused
much enthusiasm.
Briefly, this was Americas day and
the Americans did splendidly. Among
the leading single round scores made by
them were: Hutchison, 72 Barnes, "a
Tom Kerrigan, "A; Walter Hagen. "A.
and DR.. Paul Hunter, 75. There were
various other American players in the
70s. 1t was a wonderfully fine and con-
sistent start in the big race over four
laps.
Hutchison played beautiful golf, and
him, for In the first round he holed tn
eighth in one stroke and the ninth ]
two. The eighth requires an ordinary
pitch of $50 yards or so and the ninth
Is 270 yards. The ground was hard
and the wind favorable. and Hutchison
nearly did two ones running. for his
ball Tipped the cup at the ninth and lay
stone dead. Such a dazzling pair or
holes was enough TO make any man
ftta hA1I
on himself and he came home In 3S as
steady as a rock.
However, there was one awful mo-
ment when at one short hole he ran UP
not quite hard enough and his ball be-
gan TO roll back into bunker. but, by
the grace of heaven, the edge OF the
bunker had not been shaved. and the
ball stopped on the brink OF disaster.
l am not reasonably sure but that
Barnes's "A was the better round OF the
!, two. for he had not vestige of luck.
and he continually touched the hole
with his long puts. Personally j am
more afraid Of Barnes than of any Of
your men.
Hagen and Duncan Tied.
Hagen had a grand match with his
partner. George Duncan, the British
champion, the two finishing the first
played very finely and with four holes
to 20 led by 2 shots. Tho one hole he
played thoroughly badly is the easiest
one on the course with the present wind.
He took to the fifteenth and II Is an
easy 4. He and Duncan were level going
TO the last hole. Here Hagen holed out
a putt of eight yards or so for 3.
Duncan. not TO be outdone. sank the ball
from exactly the same range. and the
saaa Fod
Justify.
Abe Mitchells first round was disap-
pointing. He began terribly with a 5
and a g. He pulled himself together
we'll. however. and his great tee shots
never failed him. but some OF his puts
went astray. He finished with rs,
which left him struggling.
Arnaud Massey. the brilliant French
man. went out In 33, which borders on
the miraculous. but he rather frittered
away his chances coming home, and he.
TOO. finished in ~.
Mitchell soon put himself practically
out of the hunt in the afternoon. am
afraid he must be counted out. His
putting was his chief trouble.
The veteran. Sandy Herd. played won
derfuliy well again and with "a added
70 his rs, he headed the field for time.
being one stroke ahead of J. III. Kirk
wood. the Australian champion, who was
his partner. Massey again played well
and he, too. Joined the ranks OF the
14ss. SO did Duncan. but he certainly
should have been better. He played
faultIessiy UP 10 the greens. but his
rutting was not confident and he ended
with an orgy. II gave him s at the
seventeenth and AZ the last. two mis-
takes which may cost him the champion
ship.
Hagen was rather wild now and then
and he took as To go around.
Barnes and Hutchison are still emil
nently dangerous from our point or
lew There Is no doubt that IL Hutch
ison wins 81. Andrews viii give him n
great reception. for they have not for
gotten him nor he them.