Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-07
BRITISH INVADERS
CLASSY GOLFERS
Nine Players Will Compete in In
ternational Match and Also
Enter U. s. Amateur
SARAzEN TROUNCES BARNES

When the steamship Carmnnia docks
in New York tomorrow Il will land the
first official British amateur golf team
that ever visited the United States.
rruo enough. Roger Wcthcred Cyril
Tollev and Lord Charles Hope all
winged their way to this country during
1920 in an attempt to lift the amateur
crown IAN attempt. by the way. IN
which they failed, and last year team
of Oxford and Cambridge men competed
In tho intercollegiate championships ut
Greenwich. Bur this is the first occa-
sion on which team has come TO us
bearing tn" official sanction Of the Royal
and Ancient.
! Tho nine men COMPOSING the squad
ar" exceptionally brilliant golfers. even
though they lack the presence of T.. W.
r.. Moldrrncss. tho British champion,
and Willie Hunter. who once sur.
rounded himself with tho glory glow
that comes Of that title. Roger Wcth-
cred and Cyril Tollcy are known TO
every golf enthusiast here.
! The others, though their reputa-
, tons have not been blazoncd about in
these regions quite 50 much are en-
tir"ly capable Of holding up their end.
Bernard Darwin, a golf writer. and
Robert Harris are club mates Of Wcth.
"r"d..s and Tollcy's at the Royal and
Ancient.
Then there are John Cavcn who
must TAX" time from HIS lrrical duties
to play the game. and who has proved
himself to BE- one Of the Stcadiest and
most persistent amateurs in britain.
Colin AIym"r, who carried Cavcn 10
the eighteenth green before admitting
c"teGt in N" recent British champion
snip: Z. '. i. lIooman. of Burnham
and R"rrow. and W. y. Torrance and
W. Il. Mackenzie. both young.
stnrs. who ar" highly rated on the other
side of the blue water.
To Play August IS
Their international match with tho
American star, will bo played on An
gust - on I'll" national links at South.
amptOn.
1t is hoped that every year similar in.
tcrnational matches can be- arranged
and that eventually thov viii ass'Imo
IN" Importance" TINT the Davis Gun
matches hold in tennis. Toward mis-
end Georg" Walker. Of st. Louis, for.
mer president Of the United States
Golf Association. has donated n silver
trophy.
Though the Rritons are coming here
primarily for the international contest
they will all enter tho United States
amateur championships m Bror kline ON
September I. Every man jack Of Thorn
secretly nurses the hope that he win
Wip" olt th" stain that III" failure Of
W"th"rci. Toll"y and Hope to even
quarry IN the amateur in 1920 Smearcd
on the British 'scutchcon.
cyril Toll"y IS generally regarded ms
III" English hope for the title AIw,vs
a trpmppIClly ,lriI In L.,
hnesS" of the game without sacrificing
distance. Our stars will find II hnrI -
Keep him and several others among IN.
invaders, TOO, out Of the running for
the American championship.
Sarazen Defeats Barnes
On Saturday. at Spring Lake. y. T..
the midget golf champion Of Nuls,oad's
hNm"lund-tO wit: Gen. SaraZen--
added another triumph to his growing
LiHt by treating Long Jim Barnes 70 n
fancy waII"png, up and 3 to play.
II was Special thirty six hole match
and tn" black haired little champion
not only won it, but was ten strokes
better on tn" medal play than his vet
Cran antagonist.
Sarazcn took a 3G-39.-75 to Barnes
". il-N3 in the morning tilt. and after
lunch Went around in 35-42-77 10
Um's 80.
For some years the "Hg Three" Of
American golf has been Jock IIutchison,
Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes. They
hav" always doomed ur az the real
hI"rk"rN Of the championship path to
any aspiring young star who has threat
cn"d I" batter his way to a title.
littI" Cen" Sarazen won his first
national triumph in the Professional
Golfers Association championship last
year when he beat IIutchiSon. s up and
u 70 play. The one sidedneSa Of the
score more than the victory itself won
COMMUNICATION. Now Sarazcn has added
Barnes scalp I" his belt. He needs
only 70 beat Hagen 10 make the verdict
unanimous.
When Sarazen and Hagen played at
Philmont, Gene was slightly off his
game and did NOT look nearly so good
as did the British open titlehoider.
However, he is bubblIng over with con-
hdence and feels sure that he can take
Walters number when they meet Mt
the Westchostcr- I'itmore Club at Rye,
y. y. on Labor Day.
Up at Shawnee
Another Philadclphian's name is In
scribed on the Buckwood Trophy since
Spencer Jones, Of Plymouth, waded
through the field and beat Jack Dawson,
Of the home club, / up, on Saturday.
II vas n triumph for n wonderfully
game player. As late as the eleventh
hole Jones was 3 down and his chances
Of coming through with an ultimate
victory were as slim as Chestnut
street happer.
But the Plymouth man, whose sole
desire was to put across a victory for
Philadelphia, never would admit defeat.
He gradually caught up with his Shaw
nee opponent and won out on the very