The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
As 1922 DraUs to Close
 Americans Lead in Sport

Walker cup, emblematic of the inter- national team championship, by eight matches to four at Southampton. N. Y. and eliminating the invading pha- lanx later in the national tournament at Brookline, Mass, won by Jesse Sweetser. Cyril J. H. Tolley, former British champion, was the last sur vivor among his countrymen in this event. losing in the semi-finals to R. E. Knepper of Princeton and Sioux City, la, who previously also had put out W. B. Torrance. another English star. Roger Wethered and John Caven were other prominent in- vaders who fell by the wayside.
 Women's golf produced two keen contests with Mrs. William A. Gavin, formerly of New York, carrying Eng lands colors on both occasions to the final round. Mrs. Gavin de- feated Miss Alexa Stirling, former American queen of the links. by two and one, for the Canadian champion ship but In the American title event. at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, was conquered by Miss Glenna Col lett by a margin of five and four.
 Walter Hoover Wins
 Walter Hoover, Duluth oarsman, achieved notable triumph for AneflCd, Wnen- ne CdpturSu tHe niS- toric Diamond Souls trophy in the English Henley regatta on the Thames. Hoover advanced easily through preliminary contests and in the final race decisively defeated J.. Beresford, Jr., Englands crack scul- Ter. who was beaten in the Olympic championship in 1929 by Jack Kelly, American champion. who has since retired from active competition. Hoover's victory abroad followed his success in the Gold Challenge cup singles at Philadelphia. where he de- feated the pick of Americas amateur oarsmen, bedsides Hilton Belyea, Canadian champion.
 In Yachting
 In yachting, American .six-metre craft won the Britfsh-American cup in series of six team races with Enkl;sh rivals in Long Island Sound by the close score of III to '104 points. The model yacht champ ionship also went to this country when the miniature craft, ,Polkadot, owned by E. A. Bull. of Brooklyn, won three straight races from the English endeavor, owned by W. J. Daniels of London, in a series off Bayside, Long Island.
 
 Bluenose retained the international trophy, defeating the American chal- lenger, the Henry Ford, in two out of three races off Gloucester, Mass, after an initial contest, won by the American boat, had been thrown out by officials because of a false start.
 English Women Fail
 England's challenge for long dis- tance swimming honors among wom- en failed of victory when Miss Hilda James finished third to Miss Gertrude Ederle and Miss Helen Wainwright, American stars, in three mile en- durance test in New York Bay. Miss James also met defeat at shorter distances in competition with this icountrys mermaids.
 Argentina's brilliant polo four, fresh from victory in the British open championship. triumphed in the American open title event at Rum son, N J., where one Anglo Amer ican, one Irish and four American teams also contested for honors. Later in the season the South Amer jeans met defeated twice in a row at the hands of the Meadow Brook Big Four 8 com bination which rep resented this country's best and had captured the year before the inter- national Birmingham cup from Eng land.
 Willie Hoppe scored another victory for America in professional billiards. defeating a picked field composed of two other American and three Flu