Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
WIN RYDER TROPHY
BY SCORE OF 9 TO 3
Jones in Gallery of $1,000.
CIincher Won by Hagen.
Burke Brilliant.
BY ALLAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

- CIOTO COUNTRY CLUB, CO.
~ LUMBUS, Ohio, June 81
Walter Hagen's home bred
squad Of professional golf
sharpshooters, completed the
rout of the gallant British forces
today and restored the Ryder Cup
to American custody for the next
two years.
Under a scorching sun whose
rays only partly were Offset by a
fresh breeze, the Americans blazed
their way to victory in six of the
eight singles matches and cap
tured the series by the final score
of 9 to 8.
The Homebreds had taken three of
the four Scotch foursomes yesterday
and they settled the issue quickly today
with as brilliant display of golfng
fireworks as the competition has ever
witnessed.
Hagen had the honor of bringing
home the seventh and deciding victory
when he vannuished the rival British
captain, Charles Whitcombe, and 8.
in the feature match that attracted the
interest of most of the gallery of 1000,
including Bobby Jones. 1t was the
climax of series of quick goIflng
knockouts administered by Billie Burke,
Gene Sarazen and Densmore Shute.
Burke set the pace for the Americans
by waNoping Big Archie Compston, one
of the prime British favorites, to the
lopsided tune of 7 and 6. Sarazen fol-
lowed this with a similarly overwhelm-
ing triumph over Fred Robson, Z and 6.
I and Densmore Shute gave his home
town gallery plenty to cheer about when
he disposed of Young Bert Hodson,
and 6, fer the biggest margin of the
day.
Witty Cox and Al Espinosa accounted
for the remaining American victories.
Cox pulled out a ding dong battle with
Abe Mitchell, and /, by holing a 30
foot putt on the thirty-ffth green.
Espinosa, after having his advantage
wiped away entirely by Ernest Whit
combe, with three holes to go, rallied
to win two IN succession and decide the
match by and l.
Johnny Farrells defeat by w. H.
lBilly) Davies, the former Hoylake cad
die, was the biggest upset of the singles
from the American viewpoint. The
game IN the afternoon and succumbed
and g. as he went 10 strokes over par
for is holes.
Havers Beats Wood.
The remaining British triumph was
registered by Arthur Havers, former
British open champion, who took adj
vantage of the cratic work of Craig
Wood to post a and victory handily.
The Yankee cleanup gave the United
States two out of three in the COM
petition for the Ryder Cup. begun in
1927 with an American victory. The
an even break in the professional team
competition, however, since they won
the informal series in England in 1926.
In each case, victory has gone to the
home forces.
The most consistently brilliant golf
today was exhibited by Billie Burke,
youthful pro of the Blind Brook Club
near Greenwich, Conn. AS the climax
to week IN which he won the 72-hole
test tournament, to complete the
American ranks, Burke shot Sub-par
golf all day to dispose of the giant,
blue-shirted CompSton.
Burke toured the rugged Scioto lay
out in II strokes, one under par, to
, lead Compston by two holes in the
morning round, which the Briton COW
cred in a fine 70. The American was
three under par for the II holes played
in the afternoon, going five up at the
twenty-seventh and then bagging two
straight brides to bring the issue to
quick close.
Hagen's 20 Low for Day.
Hagen had the best round of the day,
70 In the morning that put him four
up on Charles Whitcombe. but the
"Haig' kept his figures down by the
medium Of remarkable recoveries,
whereas Burke was not of the fairway
more than twice all day. Hagen's ex-
ploS1on shots from the traps hordered
the miraculous. At least a dozen times
Walter came out so close to the pin
that the putt was mere formality.
Whitcombe, although apparently af-
fected by the heat in the afternoon,
staged a game rally to win three
straight holes, the twenty-ninth. thir-
tieth and thirty-f1rst, and cut Hagen's
lead from six to three. There wasn't
time enough left for the Briton to
extend this rally, however and he fall
tered to lose the match on. the thirty
third hole.
Sarazen had Robson groggy with
sensational starts on each round The
stocky New Yorker won the first three
holes each time. Robson rallied in
the morning to keep Sarazen from in
creasing this margin, but when Gene
ran his lead to six holes at the
twenty-first. the end was In sight.
Sarazen's tally was even par for the
80 holes.
Shute, only one over par for the
day, did not shake off the youthful
Hodson until the close of the morning
round, but he increased his lead
quickly thereafter. Cox and Mitchell
waged close fight, in which the vet
eran Briton took the lead four times.
only to lose In a tussIe of cratic golf
over the home coming route Of the
afternoon. AS contrast, Ernest
Whitcombe never led AL Espinosa, but
the brother of the British captain
twice squared the match, once at the
eighteenth with a sensational 20-foot
putt for an eagle, and again at the
thirty-third hole, only to lose the next
two and the match.