The Washington herald., 1922-07-26
The Duner Reflects.

The Duner Reflects.
When was still q kid at school
found but little fixed elation
At learning any sum or rule
Where there was any complication.
And now when cold instructors seek
To show me golf's srrato angles.
And my brain Is just weak,
And just As full of knots and tanglss.
Outside of the set trails in sport.
those listed early as fixtures, the
byways are giving promise of even
greater excitement. There are at
least three individual matches that
can stir up a lot of chatter
Hagen, British golf champion, vs.
Sarazen, U. S. golf champion.
Hagen. U. s. match play cham
pion, VS.. Mitchell, British match
play champion.
Tilden. U. 8. turf tennis cham
pion. VS.. Patterson. British T. T. c.
These three matches are all on the
docket. There was a time when the
winner of the British turf tennis
championship at Wimbledon reached
| forth a hand to gather in the chaplet
of wild apple blossoms signifying a
worlds championship. That was in
the ruling days of the Dohertys.
wilding and Brookes. But the VIM
bledon championship is no longer a
world affair to be set above the ma
ti6hal championship of the United
States. Tilden. who won at both
Wimbledon and Germantown last
year. had full claim on the crown.
Tilden and Patterson.
| Gerald Patterson is a hard-hitting,
slashing player. capable of giving any
one a busy afternon. but 1t is unlike
| ly that he can stop Tilden in a five-
set match.
The tall Philadelphian, on edge. still
looks to be the premier of the flock.
Patterson has the pace. but hardly
the control and the variety of play
that Tilden knows. 1t may be that
he has improved no little since his
last visit over, and in that case the
match would be an epic.
Tilden and johnson must still be
ranked one-two until new develop
ments later on change the order. We
doubt that any such developments
will take place.
Mitchell and Hagen.
The match play test between Wal
ter Hagen and Abe Mitchell which is
| now in order should be one of the
thrillers.
Mitchell. never a great hand at
medal play. has been unbeaten in
match play throughout Great Brit
ain for many years. In fact, no one
has beaten him over thirty-six
holes since the war.
Mitchell has won all the big
money match play meetings from
the greatest fields of his day, in
| cluding at various times such
American entrants as Hagen and
Hutchison.
Hagen holds the professional
match play championship of his
country, a title he won in the final
round from Jim Barnes a year ago.
He is as great a match play golfer
| as he Is a medalist, and on this
side of the water would be favored
to win. In a match play test over
American sod at thirty-six or sew
enty-two holes we would favor
Hagen to win. just as We would
favor Tilden to beat Patterson.
Hagen and sarazen.
What about Hagen and Sarazen?
Sarazen at the age of 81 undoubt-
edly is as good as Hagen was at
the same age when he became open
| champion for the first time.
But Sarazen isn't yet the ALL
round golfer that Hagen Is. He
hasn't had nearly as much competi-
tive experience, nor has he played
in championship tests over nearly
as many types OF courses where
different strokes are called for. 1
There are many days where Sara
zen would beat Hazen at eighteen
or even thirty-six holes. match or
medal.
But over the long route Hagen is
today the greatest golfer in the
world. In the los holes of British
title play. Including the Qualifying
test. Hagen was well In front of
the field. His AS, for ios holes was
at least eight or ten strokes better
than anyone else.
Here are the figures that Mr.,
Lockett sends us for the U. s. open !:
| Total los Az. for
holes. 1Sholes.,
Walter HaGen Lar, ls2r4 "a