The New York herald., 1921-07-11
Famous Golf Cup Loses
Dignity in Baggage Room
British Open Championship Emblem, Won by Jock
Hutchinson at ST. Andrews Has Valises and Broken
Umbrellas for Companions First Night in America.
by KERR N. PETRIE.

Barnes's absence has necessitated q
change in the plans of the Pelham
| Country Club which to-day and to-mor-
| row had arrange TO stage golf treat
| de luxe as a formal opening of its new
| course. Originally the plan was to pit
Barnes and sHutohison against the Brit
! ish pair, George Duncan and Abe
| Mitchell, for thirty six holes to-day, and
then have the amateurs. Bobby Jones
4 and Chick Evans, go against the visitors
tomorrow. Evans, however, has de-
cided to play in the Western amateur
championship.
! The new schedule as arranged last
night is to have Hutchison and Kerri-
| gan play Duncan and Mitchell over sew
! enty-two holes thirty-six to-day and the
| same number tomorrow, for purse Of
| $1,000.
Mitchell and Duncan arrived on board
| the Lapland of the Red Star Line, and
with .Hutchison were driven out to Pei
| ham by Major L'Esperance, Warren K.
Wood, the former Chicago star, and
other members and officials of the Coun-
try Club, where they inspected the lay
out and then were entertained at dinner
in the clubhouse.
The Lapland very conveniently came
in about an hour after the Carmania
had docked, enabling the receiving
L
ton at one pier and the fist of welcome
I at the other.
Like the Carmania, the Lapland
dropped anchor at Quarantine on Sat
urday night, consummating a situation
unique in the annals of golf. inasmuch
as within biscuit toss OF each other
although the one unaware of the pres
ence of the other, the former and pres
ent holders of the British open golf
championship. Duncan and Hutchinson,
spent the night in the quiet of New
York Bay
At that time doubtless the dreams of
the famous cup were like those of the
immigrant full of it's new home in the
| golden land of the West. With one
| faint foreboding of the ignominy which
on the morrow was TO befall 1t in the
baggage room of the hotel It probably
/ would have cried aloud In its despair
until it awakened its former custodian
| from his slumbers disturbed him In his
calculation of the fortune in American
dollars that awaits him at $3.50 each in
a schedule of fifty-eight matches. with
many-more in sight.
No Presentation of Cup.
Those who had taken their cue from
the cabled dispatches telling of the irri-
of the volcanic Hutch at what he
considered the lack of tact on the part
of the powers that be in the Royal and
| Ancient in failing to make formal
| presentation of the cup after his playom
with Wetherell were able by little effort
| to detect ripple on the otherwise placid
waters.
| Presentation of Cup.
| However. 1t was explained by various
members of the team that the prizes had
been presented in the usual way at the
| finish Of the actual tournament play on
the Friday night and that on the Satur-
day II was merely a question of Hutch
ison and Wethered playing off to deter
mine which should hold the trophy.
Hutchison by that time had the first
money prize in his pocket. Kerrigan had
| the second inasmuch as Wethered was
not eligible for cash award. All the
others had what was coming to them as
q result OF their play, down to Fred Nc
Leod. who said he got his ''in the neck
| 1t was brought out that Hutchison
| had been nettled by remark to the ef-
| feet that his ribbed mashies and not al
together his own ability had won the
championship for him.
| Jock admitted that several of the big
4
gone out of their way to make it pleas
ant for hin, as we'll as for the other
members Of the party. Still. there YVES
something that ranked. In his own ma
tive town and despite the fact that every
one from the provost" or mayor. down
to the Youngest caddie boy had spent
the week praying for his success. Jock
missed something.
| His was a popular victory. and yet!
Evidently the finish lacked that inde-
Unable something which at the conclu-
sion of an American championship mi es
| the winner feel he owns the earth d
sends the hardest toiling member of e
clan home feeling that without him
tourney would have been failure.
Or perhaps Jock was expecting to
the British knights of the cleek stant &
on their heads with delight at the .ea
of their cherished cup making its first
trip to the United States when all the
time. poor fellows. the palsy OF fore
boding wss upon them OF the indlgnity
to come when 1t would spend its first
night in it's new country among heap
of portmanteaus and broken umbrellas.
"Why worry?" spoke up Fred Mcleod.
the philosopher Of the party. why
worry? Everything has been success
with the exception of myself And with
me everything has gone wronr since last
I saw Broadway. Across the pond
paid out my last years salary for my
golf matches All the way home I have
been writing the boys checks on what !
earned away back in 1914 to pay their
return passage. Nothing would go right
either at golf or po--- Well anyway,
you can say that I gave the party
V;cforv for Mopte1air A. C..