Evening star., 1924-07-13


The British entrants al Of whom
will play in our amateur title chase,
a~e cyril Tolley, British amateur
title holder in 1920 and present holder
Of the French open championship;
o &. Sristowe, c. l.. HcElet, run
Years ago; w l.. Hope, ID. H. Kyle.
". A. Murray, Robert Scott. u;
Michael Scott, T A. Torrance and r..
r Storey. Henry Cullen. secretary
OF the Royal and Ancient, Will ac-
company the team as manager
british to Miss stars.
This team. without the services or
Q. c. Aylmer, John Cayen; L. e.
HolderneSS and Roger Wethered, does
NOT shape up as strong an aggrega-
ton as the team which visited the
United states two wears ago. ava JUS
missed winning the cup at South-
amptor Lacking the present British
title holder in Holderress. last year S
champion in Wethered and COIN Ayl-
mer and John CaVen 1t is a team
which probably will do well to win
more than three cf its singles matches.
Against this aggregation or stars
from the British Isles the United
states will put in the field team
picl-ed from such men as Maxwell H.
Marston, the amateur champion: Jess
S;weetser the 1922 champion and last
wears runner-up; Francis Oulmet,
pol,bv Jones. George Won Elm, George
Eotan. Jesse Guilford, Rudolph E.
Enepper, Willie Hunter, the Britlsh
:.mateur title holder OF ISL anu
chick Evans of Chicago. Bob Gard
ner OF Chicago may be among thosS
on the team. in place of Hunter
The American team. composed OF
practically the same men VINO nave
won the Walker cup for the last four
wears. appears to be much sIr2ns;sI
aggrega ton than that from Britain.
particularly in singles. They may
moi do so well in the four-bali
matches. at which the British star.
but their individual strength VIII
come to the fore in the singleS anu
there they should pile up an unbeat-
able lead.
Event Attaining Importnnce.
The Walker cup. while not yet in
the class of the famous Davis cup
in tennis, may yet become the fore
most international prize in sport,
with the exception OF the olEmplcs.
Begun four years ago, with the nrsI
match PLAYED in Britain. the United
States has enjoyed an unbroken
string Of victories, last years event
in ENGLAND proving the closest that
has vet been played. II Will be re.
membered that DR.. o. F. willing or
Portland. Ore, hitherto an unknown
in the ga st. then won the cup for the
American entry by his consistently
fine golf.
Local golf course ereAnkeeners are
devo-Inp deal of attention lust no"
IN .a1ir,in tion nf +ha brown Dafrh
- e..-pous growth uhnN rui,ad rnanv
Of 4T,a o-eens at Columbia fnvu dove
hoe0-o tho S+ar RI Of tho national onep
re 1na4 ,r,r,oria sulrhata "0d ho--
Teauv p1ix+ura hnva hnnn 1iha-"iV
oooliad to r,ort nf tho 1or"1 muffin"
eraer@ in on a+fo-t to Teen tho fungouS
--rou--b or~-- f~0-r, ITO nut+i-~E cnr
r-.~.. o-I c~--a tha der;o"+e hent gra &C
which makes smooth green. In
the work of saving the putting
greens the local courses have been
aided Immensely by the helpful CO.
opera ton of the greens experts of
the Department of Agriculture. Profs.
Piper and Oakley, who are on the
greens section of the United States
Golf Association. and who. together,
have been leading factors in the dis
seminatipu Of green skeeping knowl-
edge in She United States. Their ad-
vice and research work has been of
great benefit to the men who are In
charge of golf courses everywhere.
George =. Lynde has won the June
tournament of the Washington Golf
and Country Club defeating w. r.
McCaHum in the final round by
and 3
Another scratch tournament now
is being played with the same pair
of fnalists in opposite halves of the
draw.