The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-27

Asarazen established himself ns the grentest golfer of the year. Af- ter topping the professionals in numerous winter tournaments, he turned the trick of winning both the British and American Open cups. feat accomplished before only by Bobby Jones, who won both titles in 1926 and 1880. In winning these title, Sara zen set new record for 3e holes of championship play. His score of 2o3 in the British open bested Jones' record by two strokes. In the U. s. open, Gene, with q phr- shattering final round of o0, tied the record held by Chick Evans. Engiisii Comes Through The Hritish empire stepped up in the amateur circles during the year Two English subjects walked away with the two irn- portant amateur, titles, the U. s. and British Amateurs.
 For 2l years foreigners failed cup. Harry Hilton was the last invader to lift the trophy. win- ming it in 1911. But this year Ross somerviile, the aii-around Canadian athlete, won the U. S. Amateur title after e torrid battle with Johhny Goodman in the final
 Goodman proved by his play in this and other matches that the United States Golf Association missed a good bet when they failed to select him as q member of the Walker Cup team, but his excellent Sorviceg were not re- quIred, as the American team, lead by Francis Ouimet, over whelmed the British by lop- sided score of 8 to l.
 In the British Amateur, Amer icans had little success. The title was won by Johnny De Forest, who spent a lot of time in the United States gaining experience and taking lessons from leading American pros.
 Olin Dutra, husky Californian, gained enough confidence in his game to win the P. c. A. Metr0- politan and North Shore t0urna- ments, and would have won the Western Open if Walter Hagen hadn't shown such Q reversal of form and acquired the putting touch which defeated Olin on the last four holes.
 U. $. Girls. Humblcd English women still hold the Indian sign over U. s. femi- nine stars. The American team that was sent to England in the spring was soundly trounced. and entries in the English women's championship failed to make even en ,,.,a yxtr. ,.. .. rn aetAs. T,ztA vNtl. son, British girl. is the present
 Virginia Van Vie finally got the desire to win and annexed the American women's championship. She defeated Glenna Collett Ware, who has held q monopoly on the | title the past decade. The final scorc was 10-S, and was the r10Dt crushing defeat experienced by Glenha since her entry in national ranks in 1919.
 A number of youngsters made their debut during the summer months. Outstandin among them were Gus Morelard, who won the Trans Mississippi. and Johnny Fischer, who flashed Q lot of class to win the Inter-C Collegiate. Fisch. er's two rounds of 69 and 70 won for him the medal in the U. s. Amateur. Dick Metz, youthful pro. held his own with the coun- try's leading stars In their barn. storming tour through the south.
 The death of Robert Cutting. vice president of the U. s. c. A.,
 ,as blow to all followers of the sport. His nomination to the presidencv of the association, am nounced November 13. Q week prior to his death, was equivalent to election in January.
 H. H. Ramsay retired as presi- dent of the U. s. c. A. after a two-year reign. He will probably be succeeded by Herbert Jacques of Boston.
 Question On New Ball
 Added weight quieted the rum ble and dissent over the new ball. Putts began to drop, drives length ened and the ball lost some of its favorite disconcerting tricks. Play dropped off in some sections of the country due to business coridi- lions, but the game lost none of its popularity.
 1t was an excellent year for be- ginners. Balls and equipment were cheap, greens fees at public courses were reduced, as were rates at private clubs. s,rhe game adjusted is2sIf to existing condi- tions and looked forward to higher levels with the return of normalcy.
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