The New York herald., 1922-05-28
HOLDERNESS WINS
BY A SINGLE HOLE
Englishman Beats Scot in
Final for British Amateur
Golf Championship.
ny BERNARD DARWIN.

Special Cable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by THE New YORK Herald.
PREsrwIcK, Scotland, May 27.-After
a truly magnificent match to-day. e. w.
Holderness beat John Ca-en by one hole
and won the amateur golf champion
ship. There couldn't possibly be
worthier champion. Both men played
brilliantly and the unanimous verdict of
all here is that better golf never has
been seen in final round. hope you
may see both men in the British team
that comes to America, for then you
will know what good golfers they are.
Everybody was prepared for good
match, and there Is always plenty of
excitement on that Scottish course when
Scot and Englishman meet, for Scottish
golfers are passionately patriotic. but I
don't think anybody expected anything
quite as good. especially such wonder
fully good putting. In the champion
ship finals as rule one sees many
short ones missed. but here there were
two men under the greatest possible
strain. not only missing no short ones
but holing one good one after another
and thrusting and parrying with con-
tinuous brilliancy.
Big Crowd Saw Match.
The conditions must have been in
flnitely trying. for such stupendous
crowds never have been seen on q golf
course here. A great long black line
eight or ten deep lined the way to the
longest hole, and each green In turn
was surrounded with spectators half an
hour before the players could reach
them. II was a wonderfully we'll be-
haved crowd, and Il desperately wanted
the Scot to win. When Holderness holed
the winning putt the people for a minute
were stricken almost dumb, yet they
dealt the Englishman the fairest and
most chivalrous treatment, and when
they had recovered from their first dis
appointment they gave him the royal
reception which he so we'll deserved.
IL Is extraordinarily hard for me to
give any adequate description of the
match In a short space because there
were too many critical holes Usually
there are one or two critical moments
This time every hole was fought out al
most to the last putt and every hole was
intensely crucial. All day long It was
give and take.
Holderness started with a three. but
by the end Of the fret five holes Caven
was In front Up and down swung the
seesaw. Holderness twice squared. but
Caven would not be denied and ran a
beautiful long putt for three. to be one
up on the turn. More excellent golf on
both sides left Caven two UP. with five
10 go, and then Holderness spurted
grandly for home. played FIVE holes in
twenty-three. and with a three at the
eighteenth went to lunch with the ono
most comforting hole in his pocket, and
incidentally a very fine score-76.
He again started with a three, and
the same high level Of play on both sides
left him two UP. with five holes played.
Then for the only time in the match
came q lapse. Skies began to predomi-
nate. but Caven had fewer and squared
the match at the eighth. Hoiderness
won the ninth when Caven bunkered,
but Caven came back and squared
again at the eleventh.
Caven had been struggling from be-
hind for a long while. His had been a
long stern chase. and II he could get the
lead at this moment one felt that he
would win.
At this critical juncture Holderness
came away like hero with two perfect
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