New-York tribune., 1921-08-15
British Stars
Win From US.
Colfing Team
and Reekie Put Up
Game Battle, but Lose
to Mitchell and Duncan

tlonal open and amateur golf champ
ion, has the honor of having been on
the winning team on the only two oc-
casions, George Duncan and Abe Nit
chell have been defeated since they
began their tour Of this country. But
playing over his own course at the
Upper Montclair Club yesterday with
William Reekie, star amateur and club
mate, Jerry was on the losing end
But Jerry had the satisfaction of fore
ing the British stars to play phenom.
email golf to win by q score of and 2
over thirtysix holes.
Better golf may have been exhibited
in this section before, but for our
part we never saw anything to equal
the performances of these two marvels
from John Bulls isle the last two
days. In the morning Duncan and
Mitchell. with dazzling golf shooting,
dove~tailed to perfection, knocked out
best-bal card Of 65 over course,
par of which is II. And in the after
noon travelling at swifter pace they
went around in 63 strokes. One Won
ders that the amateurs made such a
fine match Of the issue.
But Jerry and Reekie were doing
some wonderful shooting of their own,
and particularly werS they using their
putters advantageously. They, them
selves, had a best-ball card of 65 in
the morning and another of the same
figures in the afternoon. But that fine
total of 1870 strokes gained them moth
ing.
Amateurs Take Lead
The amateurs were the first to go
into the lead and at one time they
were three holes to the good But
before the end of the first round Dun
can and Mitchell, fighting hard to
avenge the previous beatings, suffered
at the hands Of Travers and his part
ners had pulled up even with their
the second round did the British
luminaries swing into the van but once
in front they stayed there and the
combined marathon putting of Travers
and Reekie could not halt their march
to victory.
Reekie sank twelve-foot putt on
the fourth hole Of the morning round
for bird two after the other holes
had been halved and the fun was on
He followed this with a beautiful bird
on the long fifth, where he laid his
third shot dead to the pin, and the
amateurs were two up. From then on
birds flew thick and fast. There were
only eighteen in all and peculiarly nine
were made on each round.
Reekie corralled his third birdie in
succession at the sixth hole, again lay
ing his pitch shot dead for three
Now the Americans were three holes to
the good and it began to look as if
jerry might again triumph over the
Britons. But about this time Mitchell
and Duncan started action Of their
own. The quiet Abe collected little
bird of his own at the eighth, where he
dropped a 25-footer from the corner of
the green, just after he and Duncan
with bird fours on long fifth had won
that hole.
Reekie again horned in with bird
at the eleventh, putting his side two
up again, but the Americans slipped on
the fourteenth and sixteenth holes and
the visitors took advantage of the
opening to square the match.
Realizing that they had to play
super golf to trim these two amateurs
on their home lot the Britishers cut
loose with every shot they had in theil
bags on the afternoon round: And il
might be mentioned right here anc
now that it wasn't the mighty Abe that
was doing the long driving, but his
side-kick George.
Duncan q Perfect Golfer
Folks who watch these fellows
knowing their regulations, are inclined
to overlook the prowess Of Duncan as {
long hitter and Mitchell as a putter
But the latter can putt fully as vel
as he can drive, while Duncan is simply
perfect golfer.
1t wasn't until the fifth hole wa:
m bof :
hole was won and larruping Abe, home
easily in two, along with Duncan, sanl
twenty-five foot putt to win the hole
All this was great stuff for the gal
lerv that hoofed through the wet ant
mud and made it a point not to mis-:
shot.
Duncan planted his second shot deat
to the pin on the sixth and OIL in two
at the long seventh he got his foul
easily to win that hole also. Jerr,
came through with putt Of thirty fee
from the corner of the velvet at tht
eighth and was cheered vociferously
That left the amateurs two down at tn
turn.
The pace became furious with th'
turn into the homestretch. Mitchell
putting boldly and accurately, dropped
a l5-footer at the tenth. but Reeki'
got down his putt OF Twelve leet, aI'
the crowd went wild. Duncan ap
peared to have won the twelfth, wher'
he laid his pitch shot to within two
feet of the cup, but Jerry came to th'
rescue by sinking 20-footer from the
far corner. More cheering, foil
by stampede to the next tee.
Both Duncan and Mitchell PLACED
their seconds to within three feet o
the tin on the fourteenth, but here
Reekie got down putt of more thar
twenty feet, and again the hole wa!
halved. Reekie was eighteen feet a
least away from the hole on the fiji
teenth green. but he made good on thai
putt also Mitchell was only five fee
away, but in some unknown manner ht
missed for once. 1t made no difference
though, for Duncan promptly walked
over and quickly dropped his putt o
eight feet.
Duncan drove over the trees. cuttin}
the elbow corner on the long sixteenth
Mitchell tried to cut off larger slice
and although he struck the trees wa
fortunate enough to land out on th'
fairway Travers was out of bounds
and Reekie, with short drive. had lit
tie chance against his opponents. Th'
Britons won the hole and the mattel
there. The cards.