Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-14
Abe Mitchell British Professionals Boost Uncle
AllERIC CAN GOLFERS AS GOOD
AS BRITISH, SAYS MITCHELL
More Quantity There but Quality Same-atchPlay Chan
pion Diagnoses Links Differences Here and
So. abroad as He's Seen Them .'
nv SANDY McNIBLICK

EOLF in my country Is much older
game than It Is in America. but
there is no question that the standard
Of play in America is now equal to
that in Great Britain"
Thus spoke Abe Mitchell. Briton's
match play champion, when "stumps
were pulled" for luncheon at Merton
yesterday. ..,..
The worlds longest driver" leaned
back in his chair on the porch, sur.
rounded by curious by ISLANDERS, and
thus delivered himself Of his opinion
on American golf. 1t was real COM
pliment. .... ... ..
II have seen the best Of your ANA
teurs and pros continued Mitchell.
'and really think your best are as
good as our best. OF course It is only
natural that we should have more top
notch players than America has.
But / think the supremacy now
rests in the fortunes of the game. You
failed to win our amateur title; we
failed to win yours. You won our
open we won yours. There you are,
he smiled"
Mitchell, paired with his long time
pal George Duncan, 1920 British
open champion, engaged Max Marston
in four ball. best ball match yester-
day on the Merton east course. They
finished one down in the morning and,
in the CLOUD burst Of the afternoon
round, trailed the Americans 4 and
on the match. Marston, star Of Merton,
played the Britons even yesterday, as
Travers seldom had a chance to step
in for win. Thousands of fans saw
the match and voted II success, all
except those who got wet.
Like Course
Every fascinating" said Duncan,
after the morning round, in comment
ing on the Merton course.
"Greens trife on the slow side,
you know remarked Mitchell, as he
shook the water from himself like a
half drowned terrier in the afternoon
flood.
Thanks to Layton Schoch, we had a
chance to talk things over with the
Britons, who are not, like Barton and
Ray, sworn to silence by manager.
They have one at that, Jack Donald
son, but IL was mostly, 1t seemed, be-
cause this !s the modern style.
Mitchell stated he thought American
and British golfers pursued more or less
the same mechanics in shot making
though said he'd noticed one radica
difference in play.
Eve go for the green from left tc
right" he said, ''while the Ameri.
They tell me courses over here have biz
open bunkers, which is feature we
don't have SO much. like them my
self. as what you might call markers
for direction.
1.-THE Americans seem to play a more
supple wrist than we do. l mean
| where we draw the club back sti0
wristcd, the Americans pick 1t up
with n bent wrist, what?'
Stylist
Duncan appeared to the gallery a.
stylist, like Vardon, while Mitchell'i
style was different from most.
He has n short back swing for con
| troll and an abbreviated follow through
The club head thus gets all Of its i'm
petus from the knee down to the ball
YOU might say, and there's terrific
stiff right arm punch" with no fol.
low through over the left shoulder IL
driving that Duncan has.
It's all done with ease and natural.
ness. Mitchell does not overlap hi:
| fingers like Duncan.
Mitchell's power is not apparent il
his physique. He's around FIVE fcej
ten, with no exaggerated lines save d
strong neck and good shoulders. Hi.
wrists are positively slender and hi'
hands are normal.
He showed them to us with a smile
as he denied they were big. On his
hands were great yellow callouses. like
gamin's foot.
my hands have been rheumatic OF
something" he explained. They re
swollen now. My left arm is kinky, and
my legs are stiff from tramping it SC
much right after the vacation We had
on the boat.
"And I say" he added, "do you
always have weather like this? It's
frightfully hot you know"
Sticks to Coat
Nevertheless he stuck to the orthodox
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