, 1923-01-31

SpOII are lHdhli
vasions of Yankees in several
and yachting, and perhaps a
team.
In recent years the English have
got much the worst of It in almost all
their athletic meetings with Amer
leans, but they are aver hopeful that
the tide will turn lust at present
they are most concerned over their
chances in golf. The open golf cham
pionships, captured by Americans in
both 1921 and 1892. are to be held in
June and it is understood that the
Yankee competitors will be led by the
youthful American open champion,
Gene Sarazen, and Walter Hagen,
who won thu British title It Sand
which last ummer
Since for two years running the
British. once predominant on the fair
ways and the green's. havo watched q
visitor from across the Atlantic take
away their national title. they are be-
ginning to feel that something has II
be done TO improve the play on this
side. Golf critics are almost as
numerous Is golfers, and most OF
them are shouting that the thing this
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practice. Most Of them tell amazing
stories of the hours Hagen. Hutchinson.
Sarazen and other American top
notchers spend perfectng their shots.
curing their slices and hooks, and
particularly in becoming accurate
long distance putters. These critics
ask the English golfers not to be salts
! fed hereafter with beating DOGGY or
making par-they must, like the
Americans, ever strive to beat par,
always be trying for brides, even
eagles. Nor must they any longer be
content to get the ball down with the
regulation two puts. The way to
win is to try to sink It with one tap
on the green.
However much more industrious
the American professional may be in
practicing, the British amateur GER
tainly takes his golf moro seriously
than the ordinary player on the other
side. Neither rain nor cold nor even
darkness stays him from swinging
Ill driver right through the winter.
Recently a practice ground was
opened in a London park, n under
searchlights after office hours scores
OF golfers, many with coaches by their
sides, blaze away at the ball. driving
1t into huge nets. The game Of
target golf" has been established.
and the nets are marked with huge
bulls eyes to test the accuracy Of
shots with woods Inc irons.
= In tennis, too. England hopes to
make a harder fight thai usual this
summer. She will. of course, enter
the Davis cup matches, although hav-
ing little hope of success unless the
players on tho defending American
team lose more than one finger on
their hands.
Tho outlook for tho women players
of England is more hopeful, even
though both Mile. Suzanne Lenglen
and Mrs. Molla Mallory TAX part in
the Wimbledon championships. Most
British tennis enthusiasts seem to
feel thai Suzanne is Incompatible
but one can never tell. they explain
when the French wizard will have
what some call heart trouble, and
others diagnose as palpitations of the
emotions, which would make an open
ing for some Enslishwoman to rise
to glory. So far Mrs. Mallory,
Miss Mckane, the Californian who
has lived here several years, have
both beaten Mrs. Mallory at times.
In yachting ut least one inter
national contest is assured. It viii
be sailed next August on the Clyde
with the Royal Northern Yacht club.
. of Scotland. as defender of the Sea
wankaka cup. and the ~Seawankaka
4 Corinthian Yacht club Of New York
Has challenger.
Even If Hoover. the Toledo sculling
star, sticks to his decision not 10
come back to England and defend the
Diamonds trophy he captured last
year, his influence is sure to be felt
among the boatsmen here. Already
J. Beresford. junior. whom Hoover
beat in last years finals, has adopted
the lighter y p Of craft Hoover intro
duced. He began practice with his
new BOAT recently.
In track and field sports, interest
centers in the invitation Oxford and
Cambridge extended to Harvard and
Yale not long ago for a joint meet In
carly summer, most likely in London.