New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-12
Duncan and Mitchell Finish
Day With Lead of 3 Holes
Immense Crowd Follows
Play of Chicago Pro-
Who Won British Title
By Ray Mccarthy

esorre Duncan, the former British
.,en champion, and Abe Mitchell, tho
,.ng.driving sensation of England,
,.aking their golfng debut in this
.snusry at the formal opening of the
s..atiful new Pelham Country Club
!, struggle Of ~ holes for $1,000
.-.;nss Jock Hutchison, the Chicago
.raressional who wen the British open
,s;s year, and Tommy Kerrigan Of the
sgsncy club, finished the day yester-
- with a lead of three holes. The
py;tish-Scotch team. therefore, has a
s;r advantage in starting the last half
4 the long journey to-day for that
bounsiful purse
The opening OF new wonderful
course made over from a forest with
!, fourteen months and contest of
,,ur Of the greatest golf players in
,se world served to attract IRENE en-
soas gallery which began sprinting at
he first hole in the morning and con-
,,sued the pace throughout the after
,oon in its mad desire TO glimpse the
.ctions of that great quartet of
players
The Pelham course winds in and out
Q, rocks, hills, swamps, meadows and
brooks. None of these deferred the
rrowd. which galloped over all OBJ
..scles like q field of college barriers.
there have been many golfng exhi-
bitions OF various kinds, but it ia
dounteful 4 any ever eqpaled yester-
laws performance at Pelham for a
variety and number OF thrills.
A Beautiful Course.
Several times Mitchell hooked one of
l;s r;6e-like tee shots into the crowd
Inst lined the fairway. But so eager
vas the gallery to witness these same
lightning drives, it always came back
fcr more. The newness of the course
nrsyeuted the players from making any
law scores. The greens are of course
JUS! rounding to condition, and the
;a;rwsvs are far from ready. But
,as layout was there, and nobody could
rjss noting it's beauties and it's fine
arrangement.
NjtchelRs fame as a long hitter was
veil known in this country last year
and even the previous year. The
Briton is no false alarm. He is easily
the longest Of them all, and yesterday
lis drives ard brassie shots were as
funding. Abe Is not the steadiest
payer in the business, but he is GER
tsinlv & powerful hitter. Duncan and
Esrrigan both showed many wonderful
shots. and Hutchinson gave the gallery
marv thrills by his spectacular back
suin mashie pitch shots to the green.
The morning round was a nip and
tuck affair, with all, four struggling
hard against the elements to score
we'll. Hutchinson was off form in putt
Ing. and Kerrigan was having trouble
With his drives. But they managed to
ksep pace with their foreign rivals, who
were playing steadier and with less
eYertion. At the end of this round the
English team was one hole to the good.
In the afternoon it was announced
that an additional prize of S1G0 would
be given TO the player having the best
seere for the afternoon round yester-
day and to-day. Each man then had TO
hole out and the fun began.
Mitchell Drives Hard
On the very first hole Mitchell ham
mered out one Of his prodigious clouts
which carried far down the middle of
the fairway, after which he drove
full brassie shot clear to the green.
liutchison and Kerrigan were just
short of the green, but the best they
could get were SIS, while Mitchell
nailed a fine and the hole, which
put the visitors up. Duncan missed
his second shot completely on this hole
and took 6.
The peppery Jock got back this hole
on the second, however, when he laid
wonderful rnashie pitch jab within
four inches of the hole. The ball
landed within five inches of the pin
and scarcely turned over after it
struck the turf, SO strong was the back
spin. Aerrigan's second was within
twenty feet of the pin, while Abe
MITCHELL pitched high over the trees to
get on. Jock, though, was the only
one to get here
:, Jock made mess Of the next hole,
'nongh. He had poor lie on his drive
ssd took rashie to play short of the