Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-15
j. S. WALKER CUP
TEAM WINS 3 OF 4
Mackenzie and Moe Win, 2
Up-Jones and Willing An
mex Easy Victory.

| ped out in front of its British rival
to win three of the four foursomes, the
first phase of the international golf
| competition.
The blue ribbon golf event for in
| ternational amateurs closes tomorrow
with eight singles matches, in which
| the pairings will be: Johnston VS..
Tolley. Jones VS.. Wethered, Won Elm
VS.. Hartley, Voight VS. Holderness, Willing
| VS.. Smith, Ouimet VS.. Torrance, Moe
VS. Stout and Mackenzie VS.. Campbell
Robert T. Jones, jT., Atlanta, and
DR.. o. F. Willing, Portland, Greg, de-
| feated T. A. Torrance and Rex Hartley,
up and Z to play.
Donald Moe, Portland, Greg, and
Roland Mackenzie, Wilmington, Del,
| won from Sir Ernest HolderneSS and
j. A. Stout, 2 up and to play.
Francis Ouimet, Boston, and Harri-
son r. Johnston, st. Paul, defeated Will
liam Campbell and John Nelson Smith,
2 up and to play.
Won Elm and VOight Fall.
The lone American reverse was suf-
fered by George Won Elm, Detroit, and
George Voight. New York, who were
| defeated. 2 up, by Cyril Tolley and
Roger Tethered.
A gallery of 5000 saw the finish of
the match, which gave Britain its lone
,, victory of the day. The Prince of
Wales saw Jones and Willing win and
walked in with Bobby. The Prince tried
to watch the finish of the Tolley-Weth-
cred victory, but had to fight for a
place in the crowd.
Tolley's sensational play around the
green's gave the British the edge.
Victories Please Jones.
Jones, the captain of the American
team, was elated at the good start for
his side. as he would have been salts
fed with an even break in the four
somes. However, he was not oVercon-
fident.
we may need that advantage tomor-
, row." he said.
He admitted with grin that he will
sleep easier tonight with 2-polnt lead.
The Americans now need only TO WIN
three of the singles and score hall IN
the other to retain possession OF the
famous cup, which never has been won
by the British.
willing Keeps Jones' Pace.
Jones and Willing halved the nine
tenth in SIS with Torrance and Hartley,
but the Americans took the twentieth
with a 4 to for the British and
went up.
Jones slightly hooked his tee shot
at the twcnty-first and left Wiling
high on sand dune, but the Oregonlan
laid the ball yard from the pin, with
the British 3 yards away, in l.. Bobby
missed the putt and the British won
the hole with 8. The Americans won
the twenty-second with to a S, again
going 6 up.
The twenty-third was halved in As,
but at the twenty-fourth Hartley sliced
from the tee and, although the British
pair got their when Torrance reached
the green with his second and Hartley
holed a long putt, Vikings tee shot
was hole high, 10 feet to the left OF
the cup, and Jones sank the putt, to
place the American side Z up.
Moe and Mackenzie Fight.
A 4 at the twenty-ninth hole won
the match for the American combina-
ton, their British opponents taking 5
for the hole.
Mackenzie and Moe, with their early
lead, were able to fight back the bid
of the British on the last ID.
Mackenzie and Moe increased their
advantage over Holderness and Stout
to two holes at the twenty-SiXth.
Moe and Mackenzie were up over
Holderness and Stout at the twenty
seventh hole, and succeeded in finish
ing 2 up on the thiriy-fifth.
Tolley and Wethered played great
golf against Won Elm and Voight on
the first round of the afternoon match
to square the count after the Ameri-
cans had finished 2 up in the morning.
The British combination scored three
IS and a deuce to contribute winning
holes.
After seven holes had been halved
in a row. Tolley and Wethered won the
eighteenth with to for Won Elm and
Voight winning up.
johnson and Ouimet, after starting
the last nine all squar9rwent up at
the tenth, again lost the advantage at
fourteenth and then came back to win
the fifteenth and sixteenth and naive
the seventeenth to end the match.
All four American pairs led their
British opponents at the halfway point
this morning.
Pace Too Dizzy for Britons.
Jones and Willing set dizzy pace
that the British pair could not match
Hartley, troubled by cut hand, was
the weak member of the British pair
double burden thrust upon him.
The Americans started out at a
fast clip to win the first three holes
They lost the fourth but won the NTH
and then captured the ninth as well TO
round the turn up.
The second nine precipitated MP
and tuck battle all the way. The Amer
leans won the tenth but the BritonS got
the hole back at the eleventh with the
wi a
the twelfth, only to see the home team
take the thirteenth. The visitors broke
through at the fourteenth and after
halying the fifteenth bagged birdie
at the sixteenth to go up on the
match. Hartley and Torrance regained
hole at the seventeenth and when the
home hole was halved, Jones and Will
ing went to lunch, 5 up.
Small Gallery for Matches.
Today's play over this historic course
with its many traps and hazards was
devoted to the foursomes in which two
men on each team play alternate strokes
with the same ball. Each of the So
hole matches count one point. while the
eight singles matches, which will be
played Friday, count the same.
The matches got under way today
with no formalities or ceremnoies of
any kind and with a small gallery, con-
sidering the international scope of the
competition. Sandwich offers few
facilities for the accommodation of big
crowds.
AS for the weather prospects, Roger
Wethered OF the British team had said
May the best team win, but l hope
we have a gale" His wish, however,
was not realized for the weather was
perfect with sunshine, blue skies, heecy
clouds and hardly ripple on the
Channel waters skirting Sandwiches
fairWays.
About 100 persons followed the first
foursome as most of the gallery pre-