The New York herald., 1922-06-24
jim Barnes and George
Duncan Tie for Second, a
Shot Behind Leader.
JOCK HUTCHINSON FOURTH
Duncan Makes Gallant Fight
to Overhaul Leader and Does
a Sixty-nine.
By BERNARD DARWIN.


Special Gable to THE new YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1893, by THE New YORK IIEaAID.
SANDWICH, England, June 23.-For
the second year in succession America
has ridden rough shod over Great
Britain in the British open golf cham
pionehip. Last year 1t was Jock
Hutchison, now it is Walter Hagen.
and the lesson is the more salutary
for the reason that there can be no
dispute as to the nation which de-
serves the credit. The winner this
time Is what you are pleased to term
a homebred. and you have all the
satisfaction of knowing that he began
his play and built up his great game
in the United States.
After a rather shaky finish to his
third round. which left him with 70
and removed him from the lead Hagen
came through in the last eighteen
holes like a real champion. playing
with rare skill, great power and a
world of determination. until he had
won his first British championship
with a score Of 800 strokes.
Hagen did not have 1t all his own
way. Tonight there are several players
who can explain satisfactorily how they
threw away the prize. among them last
years winner. Jock Hutchison, Jim
Barnes, the American open title holder /;
even vardon and Taylor. two glorious
veteran members of the once great tri-
umvirate. Last, but not least, there was
George Duncan, who after a nerve shat
tering round of 81 for his third time
out, staged a most magnificent rally
that enabled him not only to make the
low score Of the tournament. 50. but
also to tie with Barnes for second place
at SOL.
Hutchison. starts EARLY.
II was necessary for me to begin writ
ing early to-day. long before the British
open golf championship Is over. to tell
you the things, bit by bit, as they hap
pened.
Jock Hutchison, the title holder, was
first away. starting out at $3.50 o'clock
on a cold. wet. windy morning. He
played superbly and finished In 73.
Jock had one hole that might have been
ruinous. This was the fourteenth. when
with his third shot the ball rebounded
from a stanchion of the bridge and 1t
was only by a really great recovery that
he got his g. Apart from that he made
practically no mistakes and his putting
was truly admirable.
Walter Hagen. playing just behind
Hutchison. came near to a really serious
breakdown. He was only two over As
with four holes to play. Then he dropped
<Ira 80 IL.
he was all abroad at the last two holes.
being. In short. for once, thoroughly
weak and erratic. Two SIS swelled
Hagen.s score 90 10 and his total for the
three rounds was 22S. two worse than
Hutchison. who now set the pale to the
field.
pim Barnes made a terrible start. For
five holes nothing went right and he
seemed unable to settle down and con-
centrate his mind on his game. Then
he pulled himself together like hero
and threw away no more strokes He
got to the turn in 3s. which was very
good in the circumstances and he came
home In 49, His n made him equal
with Hagen for the three rounds
A Remarkable Game.
Taylor meanwhile had played n round
which at first was triumphant then
tragic. His first holes were miraculous.
everything being perfect. The puts
went in and he was four under fours
Then. quite unaccountably, he fell
away and took six at the ninth without
touching bunker and he had three
puts on the tenth. Everything went
wrong after that until at the end OF
the fourteenth he seemed out of II.
Then the old man made a gallant squirt.
did two threes In succession and fin
ished in rs. one stroke behind Hutchl-
son.
Things now began to happen fast and
furious. Whitcombe. an Engiishman.
and Gassiat. n Frenchman. had 70 and
"A, respectively. and tied with Hagen