New-York tribune., 1922-06-19

tAs world.
-f. British classic seems 20 find
-, Americans. two Englishmon. one
,.,,,-t- and one Australian favored.
-. ig,s o., 81. Andrews Hutchinson
~ ,i.er 'ic az 296 with Roger
v..,.,s. while Barnes and Hagen fin.
~ tic for sixth place with
s.-,ss Naming the winner. or even
- - leaders. from a field OF more
~. .ro hurdred stars Is 70 silk-lined
'..'..-srt m q game where touch and
ard timing shift with such abrupt
I.r-,ss. where despair crusheS Ella
80 uats en- ovcrwfelm ng suddenness.
-. sor all that. the battle seems 20
s.-onr these seven. with the British
so. holding an edge over the Amer
.. trio.
r,rnes Leads the big Three"
IT,. ,hou. the chances o. Hutchi-
-. Barnes and Hagen? Hutchison is
- Is. brilliant Of tho lot. with
$50 he steadiest under all oondi-
80. Harcr. still form .dable, for the
-. .wo wears has not quite been the
T,s.- a. old, but he IS now making a
.',,,r,te s.ard 20 prove that his glory
/. -. los. but was merely covered by
,,,,ire cloud. As Hutchison is the
-, brilliant Of the three. we should
,,yts had the better chance Il u we're
-, ss- the fact that he is defending
. ,,swr -o' seeking one. Il has been
, ls,r tine since any golfer ever won
=, ooen championship Of Great Brit
4, ~, years IN succession. or the
...., Ysr-es is the surest % finishing
,-tnr the first SIX.
co-s.3erirg oil elements. we should
,,v ttat K!rkVood. Duncan, Ray and
y.theN had a better chance than
pspsisor. Barnes and Hagen. Kirk
vso5 hss shown greater golf abroad
-, tn than he has ever shown be-
.,, AID Z hc doesn't happen 20 be
lag backward through inability 70
81 .op form so lorg he will be the
90 dangerous single factor IN the
"a Tce Raw. who won our champion
80 II 1920. has come back 20 his best
,-. and no man this spring and
80 srr r-cr has Travelled at sr1 9th
- ,.sslier clip. He has been among
-, s,sf three IN almost every tourra-
20. serd,rg his long, booming drives
Ssv. the fairWav and handling his
Aluminium putter with all his old ease
.s3 sgferess of touch.
Abe Mitchell Dangerous
wh,, about Duncan and Miteneil
Duncan. the master stylist OF the day'
Ne p,rfect picture with every CUB
VII s,sr. with his slashing, carefree
vs,,. s-d u he happens 90 b m the
rss5-look ou.l II ne doesn't-that 3
s-csr drama. With Duncan y i'
r5,s a~atter % mood than anything
else And who is there 70 dissect inc
-sss o. . genius Abe Mitchell mas
3 better chance on this occasion than
ever before For the past Two years
10 has been 81 the top Of his form
through March, April and May, only
20 be fading away By the middle OF
iunt. Through this season he s'atleu
tovlv and only came upon ms pesl
r,me recently. But Mitchell IS iaf
te.,er match player than he is a
he is probably the greates'
mat ,'avor in the world. HIS re-
,eved confidence now may give h'"
, Ear better chance - 10.
So iar no American home-oreo nas
,ver e.,sted better than third IN :
British opcn. This honor goes, = =
Tommy Kerrigan from last June. ., no, -
gcDermo,t finished hfth ten years ag, ts,
md Hagen has finished in a tie ioi o
iYth place. Hagen this time cajr'e, =,
Ne home-bred banner alone, ..so sn' ,, IN, n'
t!l has the game that WI, ta.e ~, ~
.onhdence that he once carried I.
,s.,lc. This confidence hasn't beeh ;. 81
pronounced for the last two year - Du'
! good start may swing him BACK un'
Ter way.
n this test who hasn't his putting Y
touch filed down TO razor edge. II
N. puts begin 70 pile up there - ~ no
,ope for even the elect Ray, MiteneI.'
barnes and Hagen are all usually nm, nne
,s,ters. with Ray al the TOP; Dthcan lCa,l
!, erratic on the greens. hutGhiso,,'
!, ,ts greatest holcr-out of the buneh
WIEN ne is AZ his best.