The New York herald., 1922-05-27
STARS ARE BEATEN
ON PRESWICK LINKS
British Golf Final Is Between
f. w. Holderness and
John Caven.
BY BERNARD DARWIN.

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by THE NEW York HERALD
PREsrwIcK, Scotland, May 26.-We
have had excursions and alarums to-day,
both Willie Hunter and Roger Wethered
being beaten. so that to-morrow's final
rests between E. W. Holderness and
John Caven, a very good player from the
west of Scotland, of whom very little
was known hitherto outside his own
neighborhood. The day began with
really magnificent match between Hunter
and Z. F. Carter. an Irishman.
1t was a splendid match. with splen-
did golf in it never want to see bet
ter. Carter began badly and Hunter
began brilliantly, with the result that
Hunter was up at the fifth. On the
seventh he missed quite short putt to
be up. and must have been very sorry
afterward, for the tide turned from that
moment. Carter won the eighth. nintr
and tenth in succession and the match
was square.
Now half followed half, both men
playing well, Hunter refusing to De dis
couraged by having all his hard earned
store of holes dissipated.
The half at the fifteenth was par
tlCulaTly HHe, as IulS Ioic HeiS liic Iai
rowest fairway in existence and is a
most difficult second shot, but both holed
three yard puts for 8. At the six
teenth came the crisis. Carter had
very difficult pitch to play. He had one
foot on a mountain and the other in
valley, and had to lift his club verT
abruptly. 1t was too much for him, for
he pitched straight into the Cardinal
bunker and had to pick it up. Garter
had another great chance on the seven
teenth, when Hunter missed a shortish
putt, but Carter also missed and the
fates gave him no more chances.
wethered's Exit n Tragedy.
Wethered's exit was a tragical bus
mess, for he played thoroughly wild
and bad golf His adversary, Scott, is
p good player, but a long way below
the stature of Wethered. Still. he de-
served to win, but not quite so decidedly
as Wethered deserved to lose. On the
way out Wethered was all over the
place. Scott took his chances and re-
mained calm, with the result that he
was up at the turn. Then the tide
turned and Wetaered won the tenth
and the eleventh. There were two long
holes to come. Wethered outplayed
Scott at both the twelfth and the
knockout blow.
Scott was near the limit of his cour-
age but hung on bravely, though on
the very verge of cracking, and got
two hard halves. Wethered won the
fourteenth and his friends were full
of hope.
But very crooked drive could give
him no more than half at the fifteenth.
At the sixteenth Scott laid wonderful
shot dead out of bunker and was
dormie 2. The seventeenth was simply
lamentable. Scott was in a bunker in
2. with wethered close to the hole.
Scott missed the first altogether. played
the second with reckless courage, and
was rather lucky to put 1t dead. Still
Wethered had two puts In which to
save himself He missed dreadfully
short one, however. and the match was
over.
It is always a horrld sight to see a
really great player hurl away match
with both hands. Wethered has plenty
Of time. He is, / suppose. sure to be
champion some day; but what final
we should have had If he and Hunter.
an Englisghman and Scot, had
been in 1t!
The crowd was so tremendous this
afternoon that cannot pretend to have
soan all the play between Holderness
and Hunter. Holderness played well
and deserved to win. as he has most
beautiful. easy and graceful style, and
1t Is particularly pleasant to see man
who works hard and has little tine for
golf do so well. Holderness Is a civil
servant, with no time for golf except
week ends: and the championship now
adays is usually for those who do little
work and live in the open all.
I thought Hunter seemed little
jaded-less jaunty and confident than
he has been--but he tried very highly
and showed himself great fighter.
This time. though. the spirit and the
flesh once or twice were rather weak.
Something of the rhythm and the
ease had gone out of his hitting. He
gave one the impression of man in
the tolls. 1t was an up and down ba.-
tie which any small incident might set
tie. and one rather singular incident did
settle IL. once and for all