The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
NATIONAL CHAMPS WITH GOLFERS TOI INVADE ENGLAND
Captain Gardner to Lead Worthy Crew Across Ocean
 Next Month

CHICAGO, March 1S.-Four na- tional amateur golf champions. cap tained by Robert A. Gardner of Chi cago are included in the American team that will invade Great Britain next month, according to announce ment made last night by Captain Gardner.
 The other members of the team are Chick Evans and Davidson Heron of Chicago and Francis Ouimet of Boston, formerly champions, and Harrison K. Johnston of St. Paul. Maxwell R. Marston of Philadelphia. Oswald Kirkby of New York, George Wright. Jr., of Los Angeles and Dr. o. P. Willing of Portland. Ore
 These golfers, the mo t represen- tative geographically that have ever contended for the British title. will enter the British amateur champion ship at Deal starting May [. Eight of the invaders will constitute the American team. which. on May IS, will defend the Walker cup at St fingers. The two substitutes, among the 10 named, have not been desig- mated.
 The selection of the team was ac- complished after great difficulty be- cause of the Inability of several star players to make the trip. Among those who were offered places, but were unable to go, were Bobby Jones of Atlanta, Rudy Knepper of Sioux City and Jess Sweetzer of New York None of these leading players could get leave of absence from college. and had to be supplanted by other players who do not rank so high as a result of last years contest.
 Sweetzer. who Is at Yale, won the national title last year at Brookline, while Jones of Harvard and Knep- per of Princeton made fine showings in the same tournament.
 The team was approved by a com mittee composed of President J. Frederick Byers of Pittsburg, presi- dent of the United States Golf as sociation; w. V. Vanderpool of New York. vice president; J. D. Standish, Jr., of Detroit, member of the execu- tive committees; Francis Ouimet and Fob Gardner.
 Twice Champion.
 Captain Gardner. known as one of the longest drivers in golfdom, has won the national amateur crown twice and was runner-up in the Brit ish amateur championship, losing to Cryil Tolley, on the thirty seventh green. Evans is the only. American golfer who ever won the amateur and open championship in one year having performed that feat in 1916 Niti q ictoiQ SCOTe OI -ob TOT the open at Minneapolis and by defear- ing Gardner, four and three, for the amateur at Philadelphia.
 Evans dropped the amateur title in 1919 by Ouimet by one up. Ouimet first sprang into fame by tying and then defeating Harry Vardon and Edward Ray of England at Boston in 1913, and took the amateur title in 1914 by defeating Jerome Travers, six and five.
 Jimmy Johnston is another long driver. He has won the Minnesota championship twice. Marston and Kirby have figured prominently in tournament plays for some time, Kirby having won the Metropolitan championship three times Rotan has been chased as one of the lead ing players in the west. but has never got very far in national cham pionships. Wright first became prominent by winning the western junior championship at Chicago sev- eral years ago and since has dis played fine golf on several occa- sions. Dr. Willing made a fine i'm pression by the golf he played Tn the national championship at St. Louis two years ago.