Evening star., 1923-05-04

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Our American team. I am sure. Is
on par with any ten men In Great
Britain. Therefore, II they are to be
beaten at Deal, when each man Is out
for himself. it will be on account OF
the overwhelming numbers against
our boys.
Advice Mny Do Harm.
I am afraid some of the team will
be killed off by too much advice
This is likely to happen-to the young
sters or some OF the less experienced.
: who not only get an earful every
time they care to stop and listen, Out
go out seeking information.
One wants to keep this in mtnd.
The British golfers are going to nave
plenty of trouble at Deal II the wino
blows. Amateurs on the other sloe
are not always playing on the sea-
side links. Most of the players live
inland and have no more experience
$than our own players.
When one Is handed too much ad-
vice they are apt to play m9cn "a worse ss
TO worry about. 1t Is strange tact
that some of our greatest stars nave
made a worse showing abroad than
some Of our lesser lights. Boooy
Jones, Chick Evans, Jerry Travers;
francis Ouimet and Jesse Guilford
went over loaded down with instruc-
tions and friendly advice. Much was
expected from them. but history re.
cords the fact that they never so'
very far in the championship.
Surprises Are Sprung.
on the other hand there has been
some surprises w. ]. Travis won
the title there nineteen years ago
but he was not given an outsloe
chance to win either here or ABROAD
to do and what not to do. There
was no particular strain on MIN ano
he won Later on Heinte Schmidt
vent over with few knowing that ne
was on the other side. He had never @
seriously as a strong contender. He
went to the semi finals al st. Andrews
and it took one of Englands best.
II. H. Hilton. two extra holes 10 oea'
him.
Bob Gardner never was considered
Ouimet and TraverS and when he was
sidered very dangerous. He was
quoted at rs to ! in the betting In
Benny Sayers' book. and some of our
Americans did not jump to take ad-
Is that of Freddie Wright. who lasted
longer than any of his teammates In
the championship at Hoylake two
years ago, Freddie is a good golfer.
but of all he was least expected to
make good.
1t may be some of the less known
members OF the team who will rise to
the greatest heights this year. Little
Portland before he went over. / have
had the pleasure of playing with him
several times and found him to be
first-class golfer. much better than
had expected. He hits long, low
ball. and it travels a long way. He
Is pretty sure to be straight down
the course also. The doctor has q
keen eye. While on the coast last fall
I went on hunting trip with him
and he bagged most of the game, and
/ had fancied myself a good shot, too
He is a f1rst-class putter. and this
will count at Deal more than any
ching else.
Rotan IL Long Driver.
George Rotan Of Texas is another
that will bear watching. It would not
surprise me to see him go LONE
Song driver and plays his iron shots
well. Rotan mas much tournament
experience, although he has never
won any big title.
Harrison Johnson needs no intro
duction. He is one of the youngsters
and q very capable golfer. He has
played in two OF our championships
and has done well. His game Is
sound in every way and he possesset
might be said Of Dave Heron. who
won our title at Oakmont three year,
ago. Dave has a fine game. and
don't believe he would have gone
over If he had not been playing we'll
Max Marston has threatened to wiz
our title moro than once. He hat
a fine chance at Detroit in 1915
Bob Gardner had considered himseli
beaten and all that Marston had Il
do was to hole an eighteen-inch put
at the seventeenth. This would hav,
given him the match, but he missed
and then Gardner won the next hole
squaring matters, and took the frs
extra hole, and in the next round bea
Johnnie Anderson for the title.
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