Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-20
j. 5. GOLF PLAYERS ARE
A FINE LOT, SAYS HILTON
Hold Npprccioblc Chance OF Sur
cess at 81. Andrews, Declares
Former Champion.
SCOTLAND LIKES HUTCHINSON
Victory by American Would BE Ac-
ccptablc. but Popularity May BE
His tnGOing--At Least Sixteen
Ought to Win.
by Harold Hilton.
Former British and American Golf
Champion.


Champion
ST. ANDREWS. SCOTLAND. Jun.
l9.-Many months ago we realized
that there was to b. a wholesale in.
vasion of American golf talent in
connection with our three champion
ships
Regarding the amateur event wo
were frankly frightened when your
boys tackled ours at HovIakc, We
were little more terrified than We
had been before their arrival. when
We were simply SwAmpcd In the am
ateur international matches. and IL
looked like a forlorn hope that ".
might outdistance them IN the indi
vidual event. But the gods were Kind
To us. We survived tho first attack
and the one we considered the mos,
danGcrous-at Turnbcrry.
More than "A few OF us believed that
Miss AlcXa Stirling would account
for Miss Cecil Leitch. not because we
had tost faith in Miss Lcitch. but
because we had beer gathering faith
IN IN" ability Of your champion from
Georgia.
Prodigy ". Finished Player.
she proved very finished player.
but our hard-hitting prodigy over
/ powered htr.
Now We come to chapter three. tho
solution of which will DC found at
-. Andrews. don't know exactly
what the Americans think of their
own players. but W. have come To
the conclusion that they are fine
bunch, and that they hold consider
able chance OF succcss--cspectalIy
Jock Hutchinson, Walter Hagen.
Jim Barnes and Jones
the others have quite az c-ood
chances as this quartet but We can,
conccdc 1t yet.
Jock the Hutch is st. Andrews
born. and he started his game here
but he developed his talent in the
states. In the eyes Of St. Andrews
folks. a victory by Jock would h.
'ar more popular than one by any
other American.
| Popularity May lie Undoinr.
| nave a feeling. however. that this
very popularity is apt to he Jocks
undoinS. There is nothing so trying
as to play before home crowds"
saw TINS when Chick Evans cndc,v
| ored to hold Jerry Travcrs Mt Nbcot-
on, in the 1912 finals. The sympathv
OF the crowds just finished him.
Our professionals charactcrizc Wal
Ter iiagen's playing as better than
| III i'2O He Will have to be all of
| 'hat IN order to win. Put IL he man.
ages to keep somewhere In from. ar
me hshting line ut the end of tho
| third round the others Will have 70
look out for him AS a potential win
| ner.
would prefer to select long Sim
Barnes as the winner. He Is n mast.
master at long. running approaches
| Which are assets OF the classic &,
Andrews course. Ribbed masbjcs
may be valuable ut ST. Andrews hut
PITS ana run shots are more valuable
""""uaES. rms is dry country.
winner Must Play Wen.
You may just rule the amateur ont
OF the open championship. He is
thcre merely for the COLOR stun.
can think of Il single British anna
teur who has better than n thousand
'"-ohe. chancc. But | shouldn't like
10 lay those odds-or anything an
proachinT them-against Evans or
Jones IL was about even money TIM,
one of them would finish first in Tho
amateur.
Mitchell is the favorite. BUT tho
winner viii not only have to p,ay
well. but he needs the favor NJ tba
gods as we'll.
There arc between sixteen and
twenty players who ought" 10 win
the championships
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