Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

weeks thousands of
Britons and Americans
are going to think and
talk of par more often
than they have been thinking and
talking Of parity. The cables that
clicked all Winter long with UNI
exciting news Of proposals to sink
blueprint ships viii soon be
chronicling the actual sinking OF
puts. For the golf stream is how-
ing eastward across the Atlantic
again, as it has flowed each Spring
since the cannon ceased digging
iivots on the western front. Be-
tween now and the middle of June
it will carry to the rolling fairways
of King Georges green and bunk.
cred isle the largest and most skill
full aggregation Of golfers, male
and female, amateur and profess
sional, champions, ex-championS
and seekers after championships
ever to leave our shores in one sea-
Son.
Already the ladies Of Americas
polfng ensemble are on the ocean
-Glenna Collett, Maureen Orcutts
Helen Hicks, Virginia Van VIE ana
more than half a dozen others
all of them headed for the rolling
heathery hills of Sunningdale and
a team match on May day with
their British sisters of the straight
left arm and the follow through.
It is the first time that team
match ever has been arranged be.
tween representative woman golf.
ers of the two countries, but 1t VIII
not be the last.
This week Bobby Jones will pack
Calamity Ann and the rest OF ms
cherished clubs and embark with
his colleagues of the Walker Cup
defense to engage the British anna
tours in biennial battle for the
trophy. They will fight 1t out with
woods and irons In the middle OF
May among the high dunes ana
terrifying hummocks Of Sandwich,
where men go down to the sea In
plus fours.
WHEN these ladies and gentle
wv men start tramping the fair.
WAYS of England many OF US who
became a bit bored with the cabled
chatter over eight-inch guns viii
relish news of eight-foot puts.
Away with your endless columns
about cruisers and submarines,
pacts and parleys and fur-coated
stenographers residing at the Ritz
and eating In the Lyons Corner
House! Let us hear of low-flying
brassies whistling down the wind.
Let us hear Of long drives and
short pitches, of green grass,
yellow gorse and purple heather, Of
and English showers, Of the sand hi
lake and the aud grey toun Of 81
where Bobby Jones Is going soon to sc
crown.
Three days before the golf master
leads his squad into battle for the "
Miss Collett and the other feminine
be going around the links of Formb.
mouth of the Mersey, in quest Of
championship, the only capital tropl
ish golf that never has yet been
American. Miss Collect Is making b
tempt to capture it. Twice she has
by miserable weather and twice
Weathered. Miserable weather may
again this year, but Miss Wethere
for that incomparably fine golfer ag
tired from championship play. Me-
rain, cold nor the gloom Of bad Eng
ever kept her from the swift con
her appointed rounds in something !
figures. But one must not expect
indifference to the elements on the
American women, for they have
passing their Winters In the Floridi
Ten days after the ladies hav
of their tournament at Formby thu
gather at st. Andrews for the amat
pionship. After that Jones and sc
others players of the American "
team will remain for the open cham
June. In that latter competition,
brightest constellation of stars t
Britain and Europe can provide, Il
joined by powerful contingent Of
professionals
To some of these American profes
trip across the North Atlantic becs
an annual affair. They are the el
stay-at-home British pros. They
Winters gadding from tournament
ment all the way across the Southe
the country from California to Flo