The Washington herald., 1922-01-10

Something in the nature of
wild gale. roaring and registering
on its romp of destruction. tore
down every golf champion of note
through the year just fading out
and set up in turn a new set of
rulers to hold their scepters over
the ffeld-
The destruction of old title hold
ers has never been more complete.
Not a one from the old crop in
this country remains.
The gale even extended to Great
Britain, where, as George Duncan
and Cyril Tolley fell. only the re-
doubtable Cecil Leitch was able to
drive back intruders from the
castle she has defended so many
years
Golf, IN its most steadfast mo-
ments, is a game where lightning
strikes from clear skies.
Form reversals come over night
Today, for the champion. an easy
6s-tomorrow, a struggling 81.
And no one Is immune.
The Old and New.
When the season opened and de-
tenders first began to walk along
April fairways, Ted Ray was open
Evans, amateur champion: Alexa
Stirling, women's champion: Jock
Hutchinson, professional champion
at match play.
Here were four great golfers,
with Ted Ray alone unable to re-
port in defense of his title.
In Great Britain Cyril Tolley was
amateur champion; George Duncan,
open champion Cecil Leitch, wom-
ems champion.
From these seven leading titles
of the game only Miss Leitch can
enter the new year with her crown
neatly adjusted above a strong
profile
Jock Hutchinson was able to jump
from one title to another. trading
his trademark as 2. G. A. cham
pion for that of British open cham
pion. a trade worthy even of a
canny Scot.
O. As Ray. Evans. Hutchinson and
Miss Stirling fell back. Barnes,
GuiIford. Miss Hollins and Hagen
took their places. talent supplant-
ing talent. genius giving way to
genius. for there was no f1uke vic
tory at any spot along the line.
In each case the various triumphs
were clearly and clearly decisive.
Series of shocks.
Shocks have erarely come in
quicker order. At Holyake, In late
May. the strong American team
marched proudly to victory over
the British Internationalists, only
to wither and fade a few days
later with astonishing frailty when
the British amateur opened.
1fa wa Of ar,1
Jones were bowled over in a man.
ner to take away ones breath over
the hard, sun-baked Hoylake
plains. where. in place of the usual
rains and winds, a burning sun
blazed through MINDLESS mornings
and afternoons.
1t was here that the accuracy of
Willie Hunters wood and iron and
the deadly efficiency of his putting
blade created a new British cham
pion.
The easy overthrow of American
forces was the years first shock.
The second was on the other side
of the fence.
British golfers. fearing our anna
tours. had no such fear of our pro-
fessionals.
But at st. Andrews. a few weeks
later, the second shock reported on
scheduled time
In the old gray city by the sea"
the British had pinned their faith
to Duncan, Mitchell, Ray. Vardon,
Braid, Taylor, Herd. Havas and
defense.
- A line, in fact, that looked to be
Smpregnable to assault.
But il was here that Jock Hutch
ison fell heir to one of his brilliant
scoring moods. and when Jock is
in this frame of mind he Is as I'M
stoppable as a simeon.
V To the thunderstruck amazement
of huge galleries. when the final
returns were in. Hutchison, of
Chicago, once a st. Andrews cad
die, was tied for first place with
Roger Wethered. an amateur who
had never been figured among the
FIRST twenty-five.
h And they had turned in scores of
40 and IL. respectively. to achieve
shis rare destiny on the final round.
81 Hutchison's victory in the play
on was an overwhelming triumph.
And the next fact, over which
Americans were able to cheer was
she presence of Tommy Kerriean.
nome bred. in third place, leading
Britain's first line of defense.
y, All in all, st. Andrews had more
than made up for Hoylake.
" Back Home.
~, With Ted Ray unable to defend
his title at Columbia in July. Dun
san and Mitchell carried the Union
Jack into action.
W But they found Long Jim Barnes.
= I'll
ison had been in Scotland.
n Barnes. due after nine years of
vain striving. jumped far in front
o. the field in the first round and
peSer Eas even approached. There
was No contest left after the Sec