The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-01-22
BRITISH GOLFERS
EXPECT TROUBLE
Amateurs Advised to Train for
Americans by Playing
With Pros
BY KERR N. PErR1E.

From the viewpoint of the defenders
| the most hopeful note struck In con-
nection with the next British amateur
golf championship is the genuine con-
Germ felt ON all hands abroad at the
impending invasion of the American
amateurs. Both amateurs and profess
/ SIGNALS returning to England after
| tour OF the United States have spoken
| in glowing terms of the increasing
power of the American amateur, and
the greatest apprehension Is felt that the
feat Of Walter J. Travis is about to be
repeated. AS forewarned Is forearmed.
however, there Is just possibility that
the British defenders by May will be on
their mettle, for as one writer says !:
1.-THE prospect Of facing in 1921 a really
serious attack by numerically strong
/ force of the best American amateurs Is
( not one to be considered without anx-
\ iety"
Indications are not wanting that the
British amateurs are preparing to put
up the best fight Of which they are
/ capable, taking into consideration the
ravages of war and time. They no
longer have such stalwarts as Harold
H. Hilton. John Ball. Robert Maxwell
and ]. z. Laidlay in whom to repose
their trust for time has laid heavy
hand on these veterans and heroes OF
many a hard fought field, and besides.
their glorious John Graham is gone for
| ever.
1t is to the younger men that they
now turn in time Of need. but finding
that these are not yet UP to the standard
of the old guard they are urging that
the men who may be expected to
bear the brunt Of the American attack
Mt Hoylake leave no stone unturned TO
/ have their games at the peak during
/ championship week. even urging tnat
players such as Cyril Tolley. the cham
plon. seek to fit themselves for the COM
! ing ordeal by competing as much as
I possible against the best professional
talent by way of offsetting the ire
mendous advantage enjoyed by the
American amateur in playing so much
/ in tournaments.
The committee of any club arranging
exh bitions of the game would do good
service II they invited amateurs Of the
first force to tackle professional
couple Is how the enthusiast who adj
vances this idea puts it. Then he goes
on rather despairingly, II seems, to say
! that the great trouble Is that the invita-
ton might frequently be declined as
golf, after ALL Is for the amateur of II
pastime. not a business or even an Oc-
| cupation.
Robert NJ. Eyre. secretary Of the
Northern California Golf Association
has taken another slap at the Western
Golf Associat' on by sending broadcast In
the territory over which his organiza.
ton has Jurisdiction. a letter inviting
wider perusal and better acquaintance
with the rules of the United States Coll
Association. The n. c.. G. A. has found
II necessary to remind the knights o,
the cleek on the Pacific slopes That de.
spite the fact that twentieth century anc
Western Golf Association ideas hav.
evoked a few qualifications of the rules
the elementary principle in golf still re-
mains the same--play the ball as II lies
Taking this as his text a commentator
goes on to flay the w. G. A. as fol
lows:
I'm the Northern California Golf AS
sociation's pronunciamento attention Is
called to the fact that all play within
the associations jurisdiction Is gov
erned by the rules OF play Of the United
States Golf Association. which In itseii
is important, since number OF
dsmnable heresies are constantly creep
ing to the Pacific coast via the Western
Golf Association of Chicago. Emphasis
Is laid on the fact that there is no rule
sanctioned by the y. S. q. "A. which
permits lifting the ball on the putting
green for removal Of mud. and the re-
quest is made that the N. G. c. AS
letter on this subject be posted conspicu-
ously in club premises"
According to q report from Pittsburg
William c. Fownes. Jr. Is going ahead
with his plans for the trip OF the Amer
lean golfers to Great Britain and that
among the men who will accompany him
are Charles Evans. Jr.. the national
champion Bobby Jones. Francis Ouimet,
s. Davidson Heron. Robert Gardner,
Nelson whitney. Max Marston and
Parker W. whittemore. Mention OF the
name of Gardner would seem to indicate
one OF two things-either that the story
is the echo OF that set afloat at the
annual meeting of the u. s. @. A., when
the project first was preached. or that
Fownes has been successful In gather
ing around him the strongest team OF
American amateurs that ever was
whipped together for n foreign invasion.