Evening star., 1933-06-15
j. s. RYDER CUPMEN.
FACE TEST ABROAD.
British Accorded Fine Chance
to Beat Best Team Ever
to Represent America.
n Jew YORK, June 15.-At
M midnight last night the
/ Y United States Ryder Cup

n Jew YORK, June 15.-At
M midnight last night the
/ Y United States Ryder Cup
team will be off for Eng
land, where the British profess
sional team will be played at
Southport fortnight hence.
It had been figured that the
Americans stand a fine chance of
beating the British again, as they
did at Scioto in 1881. But several
professionals born on the other
side, and acquainted with the
English players, express the
opinion that Capt. Walter Hagen's
team will be in for a beating.
If the British should win the Ryder
Cup matches their victory will be over
the best team the United States ever
has sent abroad and greater will be
their glory. All of the American play
erS are particularly keen in match play
at which the cup series Is waged.
Hagen, of course, needs no introduc-
ton as a match player, having beaten
nearly all of the worlds stars In a
-to-hand duel. SaraZen with his
unlimited confidence should be superior
to any man in the British lineup and
Dutra doffs his hat to very few.
Craig Wood Ed Dudley, Leo Diegel,
Denny Shute, Billy Burke and Paul
Runyon also have fine records and are
consistently brilliant performers.
However, it will be the first trip
abroad for Dutra, Shute, Runyon and
Wood and first-timers seldom do well
on British courses, where the greens
are slippery and the fairway lies much
different than on our lawn-like courses.
The winds also are a difficult hazard to
those making their first stand in
Britain.
A LII Of the American team were play
n ing well before the national open
with the exception of Diegel. Leo
was betting the ball up to the pins
better than most of his companions
but his putting was very erratic. Still
on round where he holed only three
would take very little to put his game
on its keenest edge.
Those who favor the British in the
Ryder matches are basing their predic-
tions largely on the personnel of the
challengers. Old and famous names
counted for little in the selection of
this years Englishmen and the teams
lineup will include several players who
are but little known here. 1t Is be-
lieved that the new blood will be a
sufficient stimulus to turn back our
team.
The United States never has scored a
Ryder Cup victory abroad. The first
informal Ryder matches were played in
England and the British won handily
In 1929, when the matches were staged
at Moortown, the British Jack again
held top place on the masthead. The
United States stars won at Providence
in 1927 and at Scioto in 1881, so this is,
in way, the rubber match.
WHILE the American players have
wv their minds on the Ryder Cup
play, all of them are looking
ahead to the British Open at st. An
drews in July That championship is
almost month away and many things
can happen before the seventy-second
hole is reached, but the writer has
hunch that you will hear much Of Wal
ter Hagen as he attacks the old ST.
Andrews course. Hagen not only is
playing fine golf, but is playing with
more concentration than he has utilized
in several years Walter Is at his best
in the British Open and now that he
needs a national championship to re-
habilitate his cash value in the exhibi-
ton field, he will be at his best. Sara
zen should play well at ST. Andrews, but
Gene has never competed there and
that course needs lot of knowing.