The New York herald., 1922-08-29
WALKER CUP PLAY
ANOTHER HOYLAKE
Americans Hold Same Position
as Last Year After First
Days Matches.
ny BERNARD DARWIN.

ny BERNARD DARWIN.
SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. Aug. 2s.-Amer
:ca won three out of the four four
somes In the first days play In tn
international match for the Walker Cur
Thus they are two UP with eight sin
Eles to play. much the name position
vas they occupied at Hoylake last year
| The weather was not kind For tw,
days the rain had poured down unceas
ingly and this morning 1t still drizzle,
and at intervals poured. Many a course
| would have been unplayable, but th
national stood the test magnidcently.
The greens. IL slow. were good and thC
lies through the green wonderful in III
circumstances. but. OF course Il was no
and could not be the beautiful Natlona
over which we had been playing. The
wind. moreover blew from different
quarters and so much OF the British
teams preliminary education was tc
some extent wasted
Misfortune befell the visitors IN that
Mr.. Harris, their captain, was too un-
well to play and Bernard Darwin, who
has been playing neither very much pol
very well. had to take his place. Mr.
Iolley had been playing great golf III
the tournament. which he won. but to-
day he had In Mr.. Darwin rather q
iaine dog TO help over stiles. Mr.. Dar-
win putted well and played some good
Iron shots. but his driving has beer
weak for some time and was not likely
70 come back In miracle, 30 Mr.. Tolley
had more than he could do, though he
did his brave best.
Praise for Hub Pair.
As matter OF fact 1t is doubtful II
any pair would fave resisted Mr.. Ouimet
and Mr.. Guiford. They started shakily
ana the Engishmen were up at sew
enth. then Mr.. Tolley cut an approach
too fine and valuable hole was lost.
From that moment the Boston pair
played superbly and with a little lucl,
to help them finished up at lunch.
In the afternoon the British pair ran
into cyclone. They played quite re-
specially, but their opponents had the
first ten holes In 81, which is simply
invsncible, and they won an eleventh
| green.
This loss was neutralzed by Mr. Weth-
cred and Mr.. Aylmer. who played very
well to beat Mr.. Evans and Mr.. Card
ner by and In the morning. Mr..
! Wethered putted beautifully. In the
| afternoon Mr. Alymer did the damage
on the green and both were thoroughly
sound and consistent up to 1t. The Amer
lean pair were disappointing. Mr. Evans
seemed to have lost sting and length
and both were weak near the hole.
The third match was dramatic. Mr.
Bobby Jones and Mr.. Sweetser appeared
to have Mr.. Hooman and Mr. Torrance
beaten into pulp. They won the first
four holes and finished seven up with
round of about "a. Furthermore they
won the first two holes after lunch and
were nine up. Then the tide turned
The British pair. playing with the
courage of despair and thinking nothins
OF the future, only OF hitting the ball
/ began to pull the holes back and, al
always happens In such circumstances
the leaders began TO get ragged ant
worried. Fortune was against them
too.
At one point Mr.. sweetser played a
fine high approach and the ball buried
| itself on the green within five feet oi
the hole. Mr.. Jones In trying to play il
hit the ban on to his own foot and lost
the hole. The Americans won at last
on the sixteenth green, but not until
they bad been most gaIlantly harried
and British honor redeemed.
Rates Bobby Jones High.
Mr.. Jones struck one, as ever, as the
finest golfer OF all. His style, his
power. his easy mastery OF all shots
and clubs stamp him as a truly great
player. Mr.. Sweetser, too, Is a strong
and dangerous player. He has a rather
shorter swing than Is usual with Ameri-
can golfers and has formidable for
ward thrust of the body which he keeps
under fine control.
Mr.. Caven and Mr.. Mackenzie made
good hard fight of 1t against Mr..
Fownes and Mr.. Mareton. They were
| down at lunch, and though they fought
hard could never quite get level again
and lost on seventeenth. Thus ended
an interesting days play, much on the
whole as / expected Il to end. :
| The Americans have beyond doubt r
wonderfully strong side, the finest team
as far as know, that has ever beer
put In the field for golf match. Ex.
cept, possibly Cor Mr.. nEvans, their
| elder players are just as good as the,
ever were and Mr.. Evans may startle us
all tomorrow. Their young ones arr
not only very powerful but very finished
golfers with old heads on their youns
shoulders Mr.. Guilford, the present
champion. strikes me as perceptibiy q
better golfer than he was at Hoylake.
His whole game has solidined. AL.
ways most beautiful putter, no nov
seems 10 drive almost as accurately a.
he puts and his whole game to-day was
moro than worthy OF champion
Finally l ought to bear witness TO tho