The New York herald., 1922-08-26
INVADERS WIN ESTEEM
Britons' Game on Long Island
Alters Walker Cup Matches
Outlook.
by KERR N. PETRIE.


waters and inlets OF Pcconic Bay this
afternoon. The hoarse voice of de-
fiance did not come from the throat
OF the king of beasts, either, but from
the cleeks, brassies and spoons OF the
British golf team now tuning up for
the international matches for the
Walker cup to be played here on Mon
day.
Somewhat despsed yesterday, if one
wishes to be perfectly frank this self
same British team fought it's way to-day
into general esteem Instead OF going
all down in heap. docile and pusil-
luminous, 1t fought its American rivals
almost TO a standstill in the first two
rounds of the invitation tournament
OF the national links and left off at the
end OF the day by placing three of the
four Scmi-finalsts.
George V. Rotan of Houston, TEX, Is
the man who is left TO play lone hand
for America tomorrow. He meets G. "
j.. Hooman of England in the upper half
of the bracket. If he wins this match
he will have to meet either of these
Britishers--W. B. Torrance or Cyril j.
Ii. Tolley.
Tollcy Wins on Twentieth.
1t must be candidly said that In the
carly part OF the day the British play
crs did not seem to be headed for so
much honor as eventually fell 70 their
lot. Tolley, after being up at the
eleventh on Charles ii. Brown of Hud-
son River Country Club. hit slump
that necessitated his playing to the
twentieth for victory.
Brown had chance to clinch the
match on the eighteenth. where his op
ponent was bunkered. There was an
opening again at the first extra hole. but
on the twentieth green the mighty Tolley
made no mistake. driving the Sahara
bunker in the teeth of a heavy wind and
away down near the green, so close, in
fact, that he was enabled to take the
hole in 3.
Coming home In that match Tolley de-
veloped ruinous putting streak that
gave Brown his opportunity to square
the match. There were other contribut-
ing mistakes by the former British
Champion OF course, but the putting
without n doubt was the most dismal
feature OF his game. Four down at the
eleventh. the Hudson River man won
the twelfth. fourteenth. fifteenth and
sixteenth, and there began the tug Of
war.
At the seventeenth Brown was bunk
cred and Tolley up to his knees In weeds
on the left of the course. They halved
that one and started for the eighteenth
in a neck and neck struggle. On his
second Tolley hooked TO trap. Finally
Brown failed on a goodiy putt to clinch
the match. leaving his opponent TO sink
n fairly stiff one himself. The hole
was halved.
Cayen on Twenty-secopd.
The interest In the Tolley-Brown play
Off was intensified by the fact that out
I'm front another member OF the British
team. John Caven, this years runner up
1T Prestwick. was battling for his life
against another member OF the Brown
family. A. NJ. Brown of the National
Links this time. There was some talk
of changing the club colors by way of
honoring c.. II. and A. Nj. In the event
OF them winning, but the National Off
cials were saved the trouble and ex-
lense. for both battlers went down be-
fore the British pair.
All the way to the twenty second hole
A. NJ Brown kept Caven busy. but after
repeatedly refusing TO accept glorious
opportunities to spike the guns OF the
I,riton Brown threw away the match,
hammering around in the bushes In front
md behind the green and breaking down
ponent land his tee shot in the bunker
Sin front OF the green.
Noting what was happening Caven
played safe and had the satisfaction, IL
not the distinction, of winning the cru
cial hole OF n memorable match with
figure two strokes over par.
Caven's struggle and Tolley's twenty
bole fight were easily the outstanding
features or the morning round. Quite
naturally they beggared other contests
such. for instance, as that between Philip
carter and Reginald M Lewis, Max r.
Narston and Harrison Johnston of ST.
paul. ana the others IN which the Brit
tsh representatives, Torrance and Hoo
man. were personally interested.
Hilton Conaueror Falls.
Torrance downed Archie NJ Reid Of
St Andrews. and 4. and by che same
margin Holman eliminated r. NJ. Barnes
OF Piping Rock. forgetting, or probably
not knowing, that his opponent was the
man who on the same links exactly a
decade ago had downed the mighty
Harold II. Hilton.
As for the other matches mentioned,
Garter won from Lewis by the substan-
tion margin OF and 3, margin that
left no room for dispute. Marston also
performed notably when he eliminated
the far driving Johnston. Max was z
IN at the eighth and he raised his lead
bv one hole more on the first few holes
incoming. lie was still very much ~
the ascendancy as the pair played the
water holes, but Johnston made a gallant
battle Of II and carried the match TO the
home green, where he was eliminated by
two holes.
II looked for time IN the afternoon
us III Britain would be left with Toiley
as it's single representative in the semi
final, but after trailing q good deal Of
the way against Carter Torrance came
through brilliantly at the end and
bowled Phil over on the home green
a grand match this was. Carter led
~ tho first ana at the firth Torrance
was In front. A 2 squared again at che
sixth and Carter turned up by win
ming the eighth and ninth IN each.
Carter wac deep ih the woods at the
eighth. but he played out on his second
and reached che green with his next
Coming back Torrance carried off the
eleventh on su-erior play and squared
ri tho thirteenth after getting half on y
missed putt by his opponent at the
tweif,h The cape hole found Torrance
on the beach with his approach and he
lost this. but he squared again at the
sixteenth, where Carter on his second
was over the green.
At the seventeenth both were trapped
down near the green on excellent drives.
They halved after Carter had missed a