Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

w YHILE there is no guessing
a what may happen the first
NV week OF September when
the worlds best amateur
golfers begin the quest for
Nhe United States championship at
PEBBLE Beach. Delmonte. Calf. there
seems little likelihood of another inter-
national finals such as occurred at
Braeburn last year when Bobby Jones
won his fourth claim to the title by
soundly trouncing Phil Perkins OF Eng
land.
In all the years the Americans have
been bidding for the British amateur
championship and the BritonS have
been invading the States, there have
been only five international finals, two
here and three abroad. So the chances
of any of the five British and two Ca
madam players reaching the finalS at
Delmonte are very remote.
The first international finals OF an
amateur championship occurred in Eng.
land In 1904 when Walter Travis OF
New York defeated Ted Blackwell at
Sandwich. Seven years later, Harold
Hilton came to America and captured
the United States championship by
winning from Fred Herreshon In
37.hole match at ApavamiS. Then
after a lapse of nine years Cyril Tolley
was victor over Bob Gardner in another
37-hole match at Muirf1eld and IN
1925 Jess SweetSer won the British
championship by downing Alfred Simp-
son on the same links.
Strongest of Invaders.
Cyril James Hastings Tolley OF the
Royal and Ancient, once again amateur
champion of Great Britain, Is to be
regarded.as the strongest foreign threat
a.. If nIQvRTS
to win the British amateur twice since
the war. is no stranger in America. He
has made three previous excursions 10
this country, but never has had much
success.
He FIRST came across in 1920, with
Lord Charlie Hope and Roger Wethereo,
but failed to qualify for the amateur.
He came back with the British Walker
Cup team in 1922 and qualified with
a score of 148-four strokes behind
he medalist. After defeating F. G.
Newton and George Aulbach, he was
beaten by Rudy Knepper. 1t was at
Brookline that Knepper won the nick
name Of 1.-The Lion Tanner" by defeat
ing both Tolley and Tony Torrance.
At Merton Cricket Club in 1924 Toll
ley again failed to qualify.
There Is no amateur who hits q
longer ball than the giant Englishman,
but on his previous visits to the United
States his wildness and slack play
around the greens prevented him from
unfolding the reputation gained on
his native fairwayS. Tolley Is q color
full golfer and is certain to be great
gallery favorite on the Coast. Ameri-
cans may have difficulty in putting him
out Of the battle.
Edward Storey is another well known
British player entered. He failed to
qualify at Merton, but at Baltusrol he
was eliminated in the second round by
Francis Ouimet, after he had disposed
of Densmore Shute. and at Braeburn
he downed Max Marston and then fell
victim to DR.. O. F. Willing.
Lord Charles Hope. Maj. Guy Colin
Campbell and T. A. Bourne are among
the lesser British stars and not a great
deal can be expected Of them at Del
monte. Don Carrick and c. Ross
Somerville of Canada both are well
known in the States and each has
qualified once for the national amateur.
But neither Is the sort Of golfer cal
culated to give Jones. Won Elm, Sweet
ser and the other leaders much trouble.