Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
BIG CAPTAINS ARE OPTIMISTIC
HUNTER wins
GOLF TITLE OF
GREAT BRITAIN

Hoylake, Eng, May 27-(By the
Associated Press)-W. I. Hunter of
the Walmer and Kingsdown Golf
club is the champion amateur golfer
of Great Britain. Today in the final
Of the championship tournament
played over the Hoylake course
Hunter defeated Allan Graham of
the Royal Liverpool club - up and
IL to play in a SO hole contest
OF the IS Americans who started
in the tournament f. j. Wright of
Boston, the lone survivor, was elimi-
mated in the sixth round on Thurs
day by Bernard Darwin of Working
who, in the afternoon semi final
play, succumbed to Hunter, the win
ner of todays final.
Graham, in his play of today, was
| badly out of form. In partial eX-
| PLANTATION of his poor showing, it was
| said that his aged father was criti-
cally i'll. 1t was learned that he
| competed in the final mainly to keep
faith with his father whose desire
| it was that his son play through the
| tournament. The margin by which
| Hunter was victorious constitutes a
| record for the amateur champion
ship of Great Britain.
| At the presentation of the prizes
| for the tournament this afternoon
the announcement was made that it
was probable a team of British anna
! tours would be sent to the United
States next year for a return match.
During the presentation of the
trophy, Darwin came in for high
praise for his part IN the tourna-
ments. Gershom Stewart, in charge
of the presentations as captain of
, the Royal Liverpool club, in refer
ring to Darwin's victories over the
American players, the last of whom
was Wright. said the Briton had
done 100 per cent. more than any
other player in the saving of the
| championship to this country"
| Following the presentation of the
honors, which took place on the
lawn before Il crowd of several
thousand persons, Francis Ouimet.
Bobby Jones and w. c. Fownes. Jr
We're discovered on the club house
! balcony Speeches were demanded
amid applause and Jones and
! Fownes both responded. Mr.. Fownes
announced that the matter of send
! ing British team to the United
States in 1922 was In the hands of
| leading golfers and was progressing
favorably. He praised the treat
ment that had been accorded the
Americans and declared that this
would greatly benefit international
relations.
| Jones, after much good natured
bantering between himself and Out
! met, who meantime had come up, as
! to who should respond to the request
/ for a speech, advanced to the rail
and said:
Mr.. Stewart in his address laid
| emphasis on the value of the partici-
patton of the American players in
the tournament toward fostering in
, ternational good feeling. Referring
to victories of the Americans in the
foursomes and singles last Saturday
Mr.. Stewart said:
"These for them formed perhaps
the real honor of the competition,
and, it was a very great honor in
deed. But we want a chance to get
at them again at the first opportun
ity. Each of them will have some
little souvenir to take home of the
first international match between us
and them. There is something more
than golf in a match drawing to-
gether these two great countries and
the true hope of the world lies in the
friendship of America and Great
britain.