The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-12
WALKER CUP match
Will Be PLAYED IN
ENGLAND MAY 11-12
Five Veterans and Four YOUNG
sters Will Make Up Amer.
lean Delegation
GOODMAN FINALLY CHOSEN
Johnny Fischer and Lawson
Little Are Two Other
Youngsters Selected
By JIMMY DONAHUE

New York, Jan. 12.-Fiery youth,
carefully tempered with the steady
ing Influence Of couple of gray
boards, will be too much for John
Bull on May II and II. On those
two days the u. S. Walker Cup team
will lambast the Britishers OH their
home soil at historic ST. Andrews.
How do I know? Well. probably
the strongest team ever assembled for
this classic of golf will represent
Uncle Sam in quest Of his eighth con-
secutive victory since the amateur
brawl between the two nations was
first played in 1922.
Ouimet, Goodman, Fischer, Little,
Egan, Marston, Dunlap, Moreland
and Wcstla11d present about the
strongest front the amateurs could
assemble for the wars.
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Among these are five veteran
Walker Cup campaigners and four
who have yet to win their spurs in
the tournament. Those four-Good-
man, Little Fischer and Egan-hold
the secret of the teams success.
Johnny Goodman, winner of the
National Open, is bound to play his
best in this conquest. In 1882, when
Jimmy was believed sure bet for
the team, U. S. G. A. officials ignored
him. That irked the Omaha kid and
he went out to shoot such golf that
he couldn't possibly be passed up
this year
Fischer and Little are two other
youngsters who do well in the spot
light. The former. int {rcollegiate
champion IN 1882, is Gncinnatian
who has been coming to the front in
the last two years. He was among
the fayorites in the National Anna
teur in 1888, but flunked out early.
being off his game. The husky Little,
a boy from the west coast, is tireless.
He'll be at his best If he tangles with
the toughest Of the English team.
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The big question mark is II. Cham
dler Egan. the 5l-year-old veteran OF
Mcdford, Ore. The apple grower was
in his hey day way back 80 years
ago, when he won the National Ama-
teur in 19O4-O5. The advent OF the
Walker Cup found him seemingly
past his peak and he was without
consideration by selectors until last
year. His comeback wound up in a
satisfying performance IN the 1893
National Amateur. where he elm
mated Goodman in the first round.
With Egan on the team, the high
light Of the cup matches probably
will be a duel between him and the
55-ycar-old Michael Scott. the honor
able Britisher from Australia who
won the English Amateur in 1888
But perhaps battle between Scott
and George Dunlap. whom the aged
one defeated in the scmi-finals OF
the 1888 British Amateur, will be just
as stirring.
A Walker Cup team wouldn't be
legitimate without Francis Ouimet,
who has packed a lot Of golf into his
40 years. Ouimet has been chosen
captain. He has led every team that
represented the United States since
1922 and, though you didn't hear a
thing about him last season, except
when he failed to qualify for the Ma
tional Amateur, his steady work UNI
der fire is calculated to help the
fighting youngsters.
It is interesting to note the changed
picture of the amateur ranks since
the last Walker Cup team OF 1882
That year Ouimet headed a squad
composed OF Jess Sweetser. Harrison
Johnston, George Weight, Don Moe
Maurice Mccarthy, Charley Seaver
Billy Howell, George Dunlap and
Jack Westland.
Today only two Of his 1882 squad
are back-Dunlap and Westland.