The New York herald., 1922-05-26
British Golf Develops
Into a Family Affair
Anderson, Last American, Goes
Down; Hunter, Wethered
and Carter Survive.
by BERNARD DARWIN.

by BERNARD DARWIN.
Special Gable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, ov THE New YORK HERALD.
PREsrwIcK, Scotland. May 25.-Amer-
ica's last hope was shattered to-day
when Anderson was beaten in the fourth
round by Hope. young player from
Ayrshire. who was for the last two years
in the Cambridge team. Hope is a good
golfer with plenty of power and neat
graceful style. Some weeks ago at prac.
tics he went around Prestwick in 66,
which is really a wonderful score be the
tees where they may. ON the whole he
played very well against Anderson to-
day.
For the first six Anderson wasn't his
real self. He had been playing, I think
just as well as Robert Gardner did two
years ago. when he played lone hand
so finely at Muirfield. This morning
Anderson was distinctly erratic and had
to save himself very gallantly several
times. and even so was 2 down after
the first six. Hope added one more and
was up at the turn. Then Anderson
played the long tenth hole very well and
won it.
That was destined to be his last sue
cess, for from that moment neither won
q hole. Hole after hole was halved
generally in the right figure, and that
means good play at Prestwick, where
the last few holes are full of Incidents
something unexpected nearly always
happens. Try as he would Anderson
could not reduce the lead established
by his young adversary, who held on with
teeth and claws. and the match ended
at the seventeenth.
Apart from this there have been sew
eral capital matches. Harold Hilton.
with nearly all his old skill, IL not with
quite the old dash and hitting power,
is still alive. having this afternoon
beaten Robinson, the artisan player from
Southport, and the conqueror Tolley.
H,pAter has had two close calls, but he
too survives. / do not think he is play
ing as wen as he was in practice. He
gives the impression that he might be
beaten by some one playing really at
the top of his game, but he Is a grand
iron player, firm and courageous fin
Usher and will take some beating
An Interesting Final.
1t is a rash prophecy, but things seem
to be shaping up for 36 hole final be-
tween Hunter and Wethered Ca Scot and
an Englishman), and then Heaven help
the men with the flags, who have to
manage the crowds. Wethered had a
strenuous time yesterday, late in the
evening. J. 3. Pease, who is So, played
the game of his life, and though Weth-
ereds score was even fours and he
played beautifully. he didn't win till the
seventeenth.
To-day he has had much easier pas
sage. with nothing to worry him Sc
riously. He is certainly playing very
well. and so long as he continues to hole
out as well as he is doing at present. it
is hard to imagine him being beaten.
There are one or two dark horses left.
as to whom it is difficult to say any
thing definite
There is Mackenzie, for instance, an
Edinburgh golfer. who this morning an
initiated Crummack. who had beaten
Jenkins, an ex-champion, and then de-
feated Bretherton, a very sound, careful
player, who would beat the world If it
could be done by lying prone on the
putting green and taking pains. Again.
there's L. w. Holderness, the beautiful
golfer who was very disappointing
against your men at Hoylake, and again
this time for England against Scotland,
but very good when playing for himself
and not overwhelmed by being chosen
for the representative of a side.
Carter Plays Hunter.
Carter will meet Hunter tomorrow
and that should be battle royal. Car
ter is an Irishman and certainly one of
the most brilliant and powerful players
in the field. His best game, think, will
beat Hunters. but will he provide it?
That is the question. This morning he
ought to have been knocked out. could
his adversary have putted at crisis.
This afternoon he simply overwhelmed
strong opponent with golf such as no
professional could have excelled.
Certainly he missed a putt or two. but
professionals often do that Otherwise.
IL. was magnificent. If he can do il
again Hunter will go out; but on the
whole, am inclined to think that Hun
ter's finishing power will just pull him
through. So far as one can see that
should be the match OF the morning.
>Wethered's passage to the semi-final
seems reasonably assured.
The pairings for to-morrow's morning
round will be Hunter against Carter,
Hilton against Holderness. Wsthered
against Scott and Mackenzie against