Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-27
u. S. ALL SQUARE NOW WITH
BRITONS IN OPEN GOLF TILT
We've Got Their CroOn and They're Got Ous-Yunkees Per
formed Impressiuey at St. Andres Leading Al the Way
By SANDY McNIBLICK

A IL square. Jock Hutchison, OF
Chicago, is open champion Of Great
Britain and Ted Ray. OF England, Is
open champion of America.
The gloom that prevailed when Ray
and Vardon, between them, managed
to come through one Of the completest
fields that ever competed for the United
States championship is now all for
gotten in the tremulous thrills that ran
through every good American golf fan
when Hutchison took the British crown
from the worlds greatest golfers at
st. Andrews last week. In the play :
off Wethered, the British amateur, had
a chance to pull "Ouimet" but Jock
, beat him $50 to 159.
1t was the first time in the history of
the British classic that a resident of
the United States had captured the
British open. Heretofore no American
had ever finished better than fifth.
Indeed it had always been rather sad
story and our failure looked to be
chronic, since the golfers in the birth
place of golf were supposed to surpass
ours by an Overwhelming margin.
But this year for the first time we
sent over a real invasion for the open,
feeling that where one or two might
fail. ten or a dozen would surely make
a showing. And they did.
The British open title was one
| gonfalon on which the Britons had a
strangle hold. monopoly. 1t was safe
/ in their hands for all time. They wor
| ried not. Our efforts to win it had
| brought an indulgent smile underneath
because you can't hate any one for
trying.
The Long Voyage
Now that that proud cup will shortly
be making the long voyage over the
ocean. we wonder what they are
thinking today abroad, No title is safe
any more on either side Of the water,
that's a c!nch.
And the impressive part of America S
win is the way 1t happened. First,
Hutchinson led the qualifying round
after Charlie Hoffner, of Philadelphia
made the best score at st. Andrews thc
first day. Jock broke the Eden course
record the next with a 80, while
Barnes was breaking the st. Andrews
record with 20 the same day.
Still were the Britons unperturbed
They figured the tide would turn in the
medal rounds proper for the title bu
it was America FIRST in every round
HutChison tied at the end with yount
Roger Wethered Oxford captain anC
British amateur.
There are two traditions lately in tn,
British event. One is that an amateur
can t win the title any more, and an
other Is that it cant be Won by al
oatsider. So that tie was another blow
Each had 296 strokes, and righ
back Of them, 29S. was young Tommi,
krrrigan, an American homebrcd
George duncan, deposed champion, wa!
three strokes worse, and the talent O
many lands was grouped next at 302
Two Americans, Hagen and Barnes
we're included. Willie Melhorn, 3O6
Paul Hunter, 307 Clarence Hackney
3OS; George Mclean, Emmet Frencl
and J. ID. Edgar, 300, were all bunchcc
right in there. Charlie Hoffner, 31S
Fred Mcleod and John Burgess, 800
were the only ones back in the pack
and they were probably we'll inside th
first half Of the eighty who qualified.
Anyhow, we placed first, third an,
two others in the money. 1t was III
greatest triumph We have won at golf
end the only thing hat detraCts trol
it the slightest Is thnt the jovial Joe
is not an American by birth.
But Kcrrigan, with the second bcs
score, makes up for most of that.
HutChisOn came to this country frOr
Scotland about seventeen years ago Ell
has taken out his first papers for cit
zenship. 1t means he's virtually spen
all his golf days on this side Of I'll