New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-24

~Tss story of to-oay'S contest is the(
,,me IS that Of the others in which
\. Britishers have engaged in this
~, week-a case of good play by
.~srican golfers being overshadowed
,r supergolf performed by the visitors.
v.raoyer, the best ball of Travers and
r,kbv did not equal par either in
- morning or afternoon, and no team
-, be expected to take fall out of
.ssse expert linksmen from abroad
LESS their game IS at least within
az figures.
Par FOR the Woodway course is 70.
:, the morning Ray and Vardon turned
: = combined or best ball card of CO
ssy alone played in par figures-and
!. The afternoon their tally totalled 20.
Erough to give they very handy win.
yardon Recovering Use of Thumb
Harry yardon is rapidly recovering
.ss full use of his left thumb, which
rss spraiued last week. This means
.sst the Englishmen are going to be q
bs,,er and harder team to down than
.ssv have been so far. Yesterday
yardon. without any undue exertion or
Messing. was able TO play in fine form
md, aided by the brilliance of his
seftv partner, won out easily.
Oswald Kirkby gave Ray close run
,,- honors when it came to distance
NAV. At times he outdrove the big
allow. but the difference was that Ray
rss always on the main line, while
E;rkby generally took to the rough.
Naturally he couldn't expect to win
MANY holes playing in this manner.
One OF the features of to-day's strug-
gle was the fine performance of the
s7er-popular little Jerry Travers. Had
ne former champion been given much
hep By Kirby, who was not playing
II his RAJ form at all, the Americans
would have given their opponents a
nach better contest. Jerry's was the
Rest ball Of his team in the morning,
nd he did we'll to hold the others to
lead CT three holes. Kirkby lent a
hand OCCASIONALLY in the afternoon,
but both he and Travers were weak
On the green's while their opponents
alTays in steady stride increased their
sGyantage to i've
The Britishers began by winning the
first hole Of the morning round. Ray,
after hammering out 4 long drive down
the middle OF the fairway, smote a
terrific brassie shot that carried clear
TO the green and left him two puts
ior a birdie" four. At the fifth hole
Fay again got off magnificent drive
and planted his second dead to the
pin for 2 birdie three which gave the
visitors 4 lead OF two holes. This was
Increased to three on the next, when
both Warden and Ray got par tours,
while Travers and kirkhy Used their
puts anu took hves each.
Britishers Draw Away
Ray and Warden each got on
the seventh, while their opponents took
Is, and on the eighth Ray sank
long putt for birdie" 8, Civ
Ing his side a lead OF five holes. Ira
vsrs cut this down one by winning the
rln-h. being on the green in two shots
while the others took three to reach
the green. Ray landed his second with
II 2 few inches of the pin on the
enth hole. earning him half, and
hen Won the eleventh with long putt
Iragers holed 12-foot putt and won
me twelfth, and kept up his good worl
ay hellng cut from twenty feet oil
the green on the fourteenth. Jerry
turned the same trick on the sixth hole
in the afternoon. The other holes If
tie morning were halvec.
In the afternoon Nardon and RAJ
again won the first hole when the vet
eran Harry sank a putt of ten feet
At the fourth both got As. thereby
Fianing the hole, as their opponents
found trouble or the fairway. Jerry's
rundown from off the green on the
sixth reduced the margin Of the fyine
Britoas. but they won this back al
The ninth, when both Trayers and KIRK
BY drove out Of bounds.
Nardon and Rav won tie thirteanth