Evening star., 1933-06-28
MitchelPs Play Is Smooth.

N while Dutra began to hook his
drives and the holes slipped
away one after the other Seven Of
them went the same way and at the
eighth Dutra was laid a stymie and, in
attempting to pitch into the cup,
knocked Mitchell's ball in. So from
down Mitchell became up. Thus one
match which had seemed lost was made
almost safe for Britain, and it may
fairly be said that Mitchell, more than
any other one man. wGn the cup.
Horton Smith balanced Mitchell's
achievement by leading Whitcombe by
five holes, and all the other matches
were so close at the halfway mark that
anything might have happened.
Sarazen, leading the American team,
was 2 up on Padgham and was playing
the sort of golf that appears well for
his chances in the coming British Open
Hagen was l down to Lacey at this
point. Craig Wood and Davies, Diegel
and Havers were all square.
Alliss had his nose in front Of Run
yam by one hole, though Runyan had
been holing everything. Shute, after
winning the first three holes from East
erbrook, mad one of them left
Each side led in three matches and
two were all even. What match!
Tide Changes Rapidly.
After lunch the tide surged strongly
for while in Americas favor Sarazen,
putting beautifully, went steadily away
from Paogham to win by 6 and 4.
Hagen got flying start Of three holes
in the first four against Lacey, and
appeared very determined. Craig Wood
led Davies by two, and Runyan, from
! down, was l up. Then came Havers
and Easterbrook with short leads for
England, and still there was little in it
but that one point gained in the four
somes Of value beyond diamonds and
pearls.
Lacey pulled Hagen down again to
all square, but the veteran warrior
lasted the longer He played the six
teenth steadily while the boy failed,
and then Hagen settled his enemy with
a typical Hagen seventeenth; a recov
cry. a run-up shot and a nasty putt
holed.
Craig Wood, playing finely, went away
from Davies. Horton Smith, though
hard pressed by Whitcombe, kept his
head and enough Of his lead to win by
2 and !.
That was four American victories, and
Mitchell had won lone match for Eng
land. Alliss Havers and Easterbrook
had all to win, and to their credit they
did. Alliss had been up. The in
trepid Runyan. however, got him back
to all even with three holes to play
and then faded out, and Alliss won by
and l.
Just as Alliss walked in amid wild
cheering, Havers followed him also,
victor over Diegel by margin Of 4
and 3. I saw little Of this match and
wnat one hears Is seldom true, but
Havers always gave me the impression
that he was going to win and I can
not help thinking that it is a pity
Burke did not play instead OF Diegel
Putting Tells Story.
All now depended on the Easterbrook-
Shute match. They were all square
with one to play and had the whole
crowd with them. II was as packed,
vast and black a multitude as ever wes
seen. The last hole calls only for a
drive and a pitch, but there are plenty
OF bunkers waiting for shot from the
tee. and both Shute and Easterbrook
plunged into the sand. Both pitched
out well.
Easterbrook putted first and lay
hum anly speaking, dead. Shute seemed
TO 90 perhaps a little too bravely for
the hole on a fast green and ran four
feet past. -Four feet is not much, but
it must have seemed long in such sit
uation. Shute's ball slipped by again,
but Easterbrook made no mistake, and
in one second the players, green and
all, were engulfed in a mad, cheering
mob.
It was a wonderful match and the
Englishmen did very well to win, but it
does not convince my patriotic soul
that they Will win the open champion
ship. I expect 10 see that go to Amer
ica again.
tCopyright, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.)