The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07


years ago. Before leaving both re-
marked over and over again on the
excellent treatment which they had re-
ceived For Vardon II was a sorrowful
leave taking. for tho six times winner
or the British open championship feels
that the years are beginning to tell on
his game and that in all likelihood this
VIII be his last trip to the United States.
with Ray matters are different. Still
IN the early forties. Ted is Vardon's
junior by about ten years He feels.
therefore. that many good goifing years
yet lie before him. Ray would have
liked to be able to say definitely that
he will be back to defend his champion
ship next year. However, he declared
that much will depend upon how things
break for him next spring, not to men,
ton the date and venue selected for
the next American open championship.
Ted said again he hoped that Lido
would be the next selection, and re-
iterated his assertion that If this were
the case and an October date selected
there would be a British invasion next
year that would eclipse anything that
American golf ever has seen.
From first to last Ray and vardon
played probably seventy-five games.
AS for each one of these they received
500, this would mean that for playing
alone they took away with them about
$1,000, less the income tax. However,
they had other sources OF income dur
ing their tour. and It would not be sur
prsing IL altogether each made close
to $4,000 on the trip. That both earned
their pay no one doubts, inasmuch as
they played thirty-six holes OF golf
daily for long periods. From early Au-
gust to well into September the pair
slept practically every night In a Pull
man car. This was during the Western
part of their tour.
Tho first defeat Of the Britishers In
this tour was at Greenwich, Conn, on
Saturday. July "a, when they fell vic
TINS to Tom Kerrigan and j. Douglas
Edgar by and 2 in the morning round.
This was to have been a tliirty-siX hole
with Jim Barnes paired with Kerrigan,
hut the former was delayed by train
accident and Edgar brilliantly substi-
trted, getting the first nine in the even
rar OF 35. In the afternoon. however,
the foreign pair won by and 3. with
Barnes helping Kerrigan.
Their worst defeat was ut Norris
County, New Jersey, on September is.
and at the hands of amateurs at that,
losing to Charles Evans, Jr. tho anna
tour champion, and Bobby Jones by 10
and g. Their largest margin of victory
was at Bellevue, Syracuse. where they
won over Walter Hagen and William
Ertwistle by ~ up.
The famous British pros arrived In
New York on Saturday. July II. Their
f., st match was the next day at silva
noy, where they defeated Ned Sawyer
the metropolitan amateur champion, anu
John G.. Anderson the amateur, by 3
and in the morning, and then defeated
Tom Kerrigan and Tom Mcnamara,
ptos. in the afternoon by and l.
Ray then proceeded to Shawnee.
where he took part in the pro tourna-
ment, Vardon not competing on ac'
count of an injured hand. There Ray,
with 293, finished second TO Barnes. VIII
rad the winning score of 2S7. This
tournament was held July 20 and FL.
T'hc next day Vardon and Ray took on
Tom Boyd and George Fotheringham
tho Staten Island pros. at Fox Hills ana
won by tho surprising margin OF 3
ane Z.
Their leading matches after that were
these:
July %. ut Woodway, Stamford, Conn.,,
defeated Jerome ID. Travers and Oswald
Kirkby, amateurs. by and A: 18th, de-
feated Barnes and Hagen at Shenooos
sett, New London. by up; 18th, OF B>s
mont Spring, Boston. defeated FRANCIS
Ouimet and Jesse Guilford, amateurs,
by and .. and later In the season de-
feated the same pair at Brookline,
Mass. by an equally convincing margin
sfst, at Scarsdale, n. Y, lost to Jack
Dowllng and Tom Mcnamara, by and
(their first thirty-six hole defeap.
August 2, at Hollywood, y. j., lost TO
Hagen and Barnes, by and z; zist' ~
Skokie, Chicago. lost to ChicK Evans
and Phil Gandin, pro-, by and .;
22d. at Lake Shore, Chicago. lost TO
Eddie Loos and Leo Deigel, pros, In
the morning, by and ]. but won IN the
afternoon by UP from Chick Evans
and Robert a. Gardner. amateurs; sotn'
at Glen View, Chicago, lost 10 'och
Hutchison and Laurie Ayton, pros, by
and 5. x,,,, 60. ,,s
September s, at Sunset Hill. st. Louis.
defeated Hagen and Barnes 1 up 18TH.
Mt Kokomo, Ind. lost TO Chick Evans
and Fob Macdonald. pro- by and /;
after defeat at Norris County by Boldly
Jones and Chick Evans they lost AT
Isnciewood on September 10 TO Bobby
Jones and Cyril Walker. pro. In the
morning by and Q. and TO Jones and
Kirkby I'm the afternoon by ana z.
Jones thus winning three matches
aaainst them in two days; goth. at
Cherry Valley. defeated Frank McNa-
mara and Jock Downing. pros. by > and
/: 23d. ut Merton. Philadelphia, defeated
Chick Evans and Max Marston. anna
tours. by Up.
October 2. at Upper Montclair. N. j.
defeated Travers and William NJ. Reekle.
amateurs. by and 3 /: 9Th, az the Garden
city Golf Club, lost to Barnes and
Hutchinson. pros. by and 5, In. special
81 500 prize match eth. at Essex County.
y. j., lost 20 Travers and Dave Heron.
amateurs. by and 1 3oth, at Nassau.
l.. l.. lost 20 Hagen and Jim Maiden.
pros, by and 3; 3ist, ct Tuxedo. n. Y.
closed their tour by defeating George
Fotheringham ard John Golden. pros. by
.