New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
Hutcllisoll PLAYS
q
$1,000 Match
OnIi,1ks TODAY
Pelham Club Course To Be
Scene of Star Profess
s;onal Contest of 72 Holes
By Ray Mccarthy


n N ali, returned from st. Andrews yes
n ,sraay aboard the Carmania, bringing
81 s;th them the British open champion
II sh;p golf drophy. ''There it is,n said
II yocS, grinnipg broadly and proudly
II snlding aloft the cup.-sWe went after
II 4. and I'm mighty glad to say we
II got 1t.
II ssarteen inches tall. 1t looks ver-
4 rnch like small water pitcher or
II molasses Jug Needless TO say, 1t
h ~as empty. and the chances are it will
a remsin so while It reposes on this side
|, walter Hagen and Jim Barnes were
II sst with the team. Hagen returned a
4 couple of weeks ago. but the absence of
II Barnes is q mystery to the other men,
/ hers and to the Pelham club, which was
Il eountine upon its professional to ap-
Il pear in an exhibition match to-day and
Il tomorrow Barnes went TO his former
Il home in Cornwall. England, to visit,
q snd apparently missed connecting with
n she Carmania. 1t is believed the big
h fellow IS aboard the Mauretania, which
d Is due tomorrow, but the Pelham club
h has received no reply to Il wireless
Il message sent to the ship.
q All of tha members were exceedingly
4 happy in beS back in the States once
h more Believe US, we're glad to get
H back" they ehorused as they were land
iag. They showed no enthusiasm what
H ever for their trip, and, except for say
h inc they were relieved TO be home
4 sgain, made little comment regarding
n heir joarHey abroad and the tourna-
H ment.
h Hustle to Their Clubs
4 Hutchison espied newsie selling
i The New York Tribune and quickly
\ procured a paper, saying: This looks
4 good TO me. 1t is the first I've seen
II since I went away" The others, after
/ attending 10 their baggage. proceeded
\ Immediately 60 their respective clubs
\ A delegation was on hand to greet
4 the genial Tommy Kerrigan when he
+ arrived at the Siwanoy club, and he
i vas kept busy for one hour receiving
I the congratulations Of his members.
\ Kerrigan finished third in the tourna-
/ aent, and had the honor of making the
1 best showing of any American home
i bed that ever competed in the British
open.
n was not greatly surprised at our
/ showing. We had eleven good players
4 EhD believe are the equal of the pro-
fessionals over there. And Hutcni-
\ son. Barnes and Hagen are as good as
ny they've got. Jock ran wild on his
ast round and fully deserved to win.
he played marvellous golf. That young
Hsyers (an Engiishman) is a mighty
ine player. I think he will be one of
the best they ever had. Mitchell is
easily the longest driver of them all.
He hits EN- g mile"
Kerrigan would make little comment
about his own wonderful showing
The Siwanoy pro is extremely modest
and Of retiring nature. He did say
that on the round in which he took an
50 he was putting poorly.
Il couldn't seem to sink any puts
at all, / took three on several greens
Snd on one I required four. That's
pretty poor. However, that's golf"
Freddie Mcleod, the diminutive pro-
fessional of the Columbia Country Club,
said he wasn't going to stay in town
minute, but was rushing home to see
tae folks and the course as it now
sands ready fer the open championship
next week. Emmet French, the team
captain of Youngstown; George Mclean,
the Grassy Spain star; Charlie Hoff-
ner, Clarence Hackney, Of Atlantic
City, and William Melhorn, of Tulsa,
Okla were the others who arrived
Yesterday.
British Golfers Here
Meanwhile George Duncan, the for
mer British champion, and Abe Mitchell.
tne demon driver, were leaving the
Lapand and being received by mem
hers of the Pelham Club, whose guests
Iaey viii be for the next three days.
Duncan, who by the way is a Scotch
nan pure and simple, hailing from
North Berwick, and Mitchell are here
CT, F.. fa,-
me United States open championship.
Their first match will be played to-
day at the new Pelham Country Club
incidentally 1t will be the first time
anybody has played over the course.
autchison and Kerrigan will be the op-
ponents Of the British~Scotch team in
match of seventy-two holes for ST.
sea The first half of the contest will
% played to-day, the final rounds to-
morrow.
The Pelham club had originally
oSosed Hutchison and Barnes to meet
lae foreigners to-day and Bobby Jones
and Chick" Evans as the opponents of
me brltlshers tomorrow. Barnes
4aiied to arrive, as stated, while Jones
and Evans, who appear TO be as tenn
peramental as pair of opera stars.
sahceled at the last minute. They had
consented some time ago to appear to-
morrow.
The officials Immediately got in
touch with Kerrigan, who ob1igingly
consented to team with Jock against
.sae britons. This Pelham club crowd
= certainly a live-wire crew. No other
mas Shown more enterprise or initia-
n, nve IN golfng affairs than it has.
Within fourteen months, at the tre-
nendous cost of $1s0,o00, it has con-
wrted veritable forest and territory
VI marshes into one of the finest golf
'oursee in the metropolitan district.
naturally the course is not in cham
p,onsh1p shape and won't be for cou
pIe Of years, but it is ready for play
sa9 those who saw the place last fall
SAG VINO have not seen it since will be
shere
IN order to have the opening match
which Hutchison and Kerrigan will
.s1e s.s their f1st appearance since their
triumphant return as interesting and
worthwhile as possible the club
3sseerday posted $1,000 to be presented
@ : 1ae winning pair of this seventy
'"o-hole match
WITH the British champion and the
sa-brltish champion and two of the
s.eoteSt professionals competing, the
.SSnsest promises to be one of the most
.ai.n.,iing as we'll as one of the best
.AhiDltion matches ever held in the
soansry. Fer on one side will be the
ss"o americans who showed the way to
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