The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-11
!. ]: BRITONS VICTORS
~ MN,
ATPELHAM, And 8
George and Abe Score First
Victory in Two Years
w, Over Rivals.
LEAD 4 UP IN MORNING
Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson An
neXes Medal in WOmen's
Tourney at Knollwood.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

BY KERR N. PETRIE.
With the heavy rain soaked course
doing the work usually left to the
deadly stopum. but calling, neverthe-
less, for hard hitting from the tee and
through the green. George Duncan
and Abe Mitchell, the British profess
sional golf pair, galloped to their first
victory over Jim Barnes and Walter
Hagen. the American pros, in a thirty
six hole contest decided yesterday over
Barnes's home links at Pelham Coun-
try Club.
With Abe and George it has not been
n case Of hope deferred making the heart
sick. They won conclusvely by and
g. nevertheless. They have had a long
time to wait for revenge for that first
insult heaped on them in the spring Of
last year in England when Barnes and
Hagen were over there preparing for
the British open championship. Indeed,
II has been a matter of adding insult
to injury ever since.
Twice last year in this country the
sides met. and twice the British pair
were routed. But yesterdays was
victory well worth waiting for. Perhaps
they caught Hagen a trif1e off color at
the end of a seasons transforming. No
apology is offered for this, because
Duncan and Mitchell have been through
an equally strenuous time in the field.
Barnes was playing over his own stamp
ing ground at that.
But taken all in all, it was match
hat left nothing to argument. The
British pair played in the morning as
II they meant to win. They left off
the early round four holes to the good
and although their opponents made one
magnificent rally which slightly tilted
the scales back in their own direction,
Duncan and Mitchell came again with
q rush that would not be denied. worked
their way forward again to up and
with to play, and finally finished the
match on the thirty-third green.
Hagen OF Best Form.
AS at the Westchester- Biltmore
against Sarazen, Hagan was not playing
VI to his best game. He had one or
two characteristic flashes. but on the
whole his play lacked in steadiness.
Barnes mad most of the burden to carry.
Walter was away up in the vicinity of
I 7S In the morning. Barnes was IS and
Duncan and Mitchell 70 and 70 re-
spectively
The British pair had a best ball of
81 on the first eighteen holes, being out
in "a and home in SO. But for poor
firish they would have been even lower
than this. They were up at the six
teenth, but they lost both the seven
teenth and the home holes.
In the afternoon Hagan and Barnes
took the first hole in a moderate 5. The
second and third went to the players
from overseas. But as Duncan and
Mitchell were settling down into a
groove with a comfortable lead of up
Eagan started something with forty
foot putt for a at the fourth. Barnes
thought so well of this that he dropped
r. twelve foot putt for a winning birdie
3 at the fifth and the same player had
the only four of the party at the blind
sixth
> This rally brought Hagan and Barnes
10 within two holes of their opponents
hut they started to slip again very sue
} cessfully. Losing the eighth and ninth
II ey were down at the turn. Duncan
and Mitchell made it UP at the twelfth.
s stood dormie on the next green, but
allowed the match to live little
longer by losing the fourteenth. The
best ball cards:
MORNING ROUND.
7. DUNCAN AND MITCHELL
! Out ........ 3 , 3-34
HAGEN AND BARNES
Out ........ 3-3I
& DUNCAN AND MITCHELL
In ....... 3 4-33-67
HAGEN AND BARNES
In ........3 q : 3 3-35-72
AFTERNOON ROUND.
DUNCAN AND MITCHELL
I. Out ........ q 3-36
HAGEN AND BARNES
Z Out .......j 3 3 4 A 4-36
DUNCAN AND MITCHELL
e In .......... G
HAGEN AND BARNES
In ..........
Mrs. II. A. jackson Leads.
Mrs II. Arnold Jackson of Greenwich.
twice holder OF the national champion
ship and semi-finalist in this years
event at White Sulphur. led a rainy day
parade of the fair golfers yesterday in
. the qualifying round of a four day tour
: nament over the links Of the Knolwood
Country Club OF White Plains with n
card of IS. IL was generally remarked
that the women were paying back some
/. thing for the splendid week which they
enjoyed during the national champion
ship. Reports from the drying room
were that 1t was the busiest day Of the
season at Knollwood. and this despite
\ the fact that because of the conditions
many OF the women did not bother to
leave the clubhouse. while others who
had entered remained safe and dry in
the seclusion of their homes.
J But Mrs. Jackson has played golf in
many a worse day than yesterday. and
il was not greatly surprising that she
came i'm ahead or the field By four
strokes with her card of 49, She was
out i'm as and home In AZ. Her card:
Out..... 4 7-lG
1n............ 4 4-42-ss
After Mrs jackson came four players
1T %, Mrs. J. j. Thomson of Siwanoy.
Mrs G. Dulea. Fox Hills. Mrs. Ralph
Hammer. Pomonok. and Mrs. A. s. Ros-
sin of Century. Mrs. Hammer showed
remarkable card, as she was 81 out
and Al home. With that fine flash on
the inward nine holes Mrs. Hammer
was enabled to qualify for the first
match play eight by a margin Of three
strokes.
Mrs. T. o. Morris OF Pomonok gained
the last place and straightway drew
Mrs. Jackson for the first round. In the
3 second match Mrs. $. Wilde of Fairview
drew Mrs. A. s. Rossin Of Century.
The third match Is between Mrs. Ham
Z mer and Mrs. Dullea. while Mrs Jay
Lee of Hackcnsack plays Mrs. Thorn
y son