New-York tribune., 1922-08-17
British Golfers
Will Train ON
3 Finest Links

BY Grantland Rice
Captain Robert Harris of the
British international golf team is
overlooking nothing in the final train
ing stages for his platoon. His safari
is drifting from Oakland to Pipine
Rock, Lido and Pine Valley on it's was
to the National at Southampton, where
he will give battle to the American
team on August % and 29.
In this whirl by Lido, Pine Valley
and the National the British team will
get its training over three OF the
finest links in the world Pine Valley
perhaps is more of golf course than
a golf links, but it has the combined
qualifications of the seaside and the
inland tests.
In its journey from course to course,
or links to links, the British team is
gradually getting down to sounder,
better golf, and those who take the
victory of the strong American team
for granted without stirring struggle
apparently understand very little of
the variegated vicissitudes of this
sport. There is surely no other com
petition where an upset can land upon
ones neck at greater speed or with
greater force.
Roger Wethered and Cyril T'olley un-
doubtedly carry deep inward yearnings
to make amends for their failure to
qualify at the Engineers two years ago
From the team Of eight they are the
sole entries who have tried their hand
before at American golf. Both have
been busy explaining to their team
mates the wonder of the National golf
links, which they rate as one of the
greatest in the world The entire Brit
tournament at the National next week,
and there is strong possibility that
most of the American team will also
be on hand. This would bring about
a ear-championship in advance of the
Brookline test. For any tournament
that can show such galaxy as Jones,
Ouimet, Evans, Guilford, Gardner,
Fownes, Sweetser, Marston, Wethered,
Tolley, ETC., must take it's place amid
the leading jubilees of the year.
Roger Wethered is the tall, hard-hit-
ting young Oxfordian who came within
q step Of winning the British Open in
1921. This fatal step happened when he
placed his foot against the ball in the
final round and the stroke penalty left
him in tie with Jock Hutchison,
where, in so far as actually played
strokes were concerned, he led the field,
AS this happens to be the first instance
of the sort ever recorded in an open
championship among any OF the lead
ers, the magnitude of Wethered's mis-
fortune can be appreciated 1t was
without any doubt the hardest piece
of luck that any invididual has ever
known in any championship, all the
more so in view of the fact that
Wethered has always taken it as part
of the break of the game. without any
complaint. At the least he might have
been expected to throw handful Of
words in the general direction of un-
kempS fate.
1t was in the play-off at st. Andrews
that Jock Hutchison paid tribute to
Wethered's tremendous distance from
the tee. "He was SO far ahead of me-
says Jock (who is no light hitter on
his own account), "that I could hardly
see him when he had come Up to his
ball."
J. Caven, of Cochrane Castle, an
other member of the team, was almost
unknown outside of his own Scottish
bailiwick until he carried Holderness,
the winner, to the last green in the
final round. His game Is sound, steady
and always dangerous, because he is
never through giving his best until
both puts are holed
No announcement has been issued
yet, but our forecast Is that the Amer
ican team for foursome play will be
Evans-Jones, Ouimet- Guilford, Gard
ner-Sweetser, Fownes- Marsten. Both
fonrsomes and singles will be at
thirty-six holes.