The Washington times., 1934-05-21
. AMERICANS
FARE WELL
IN PLAY
BY T. C. WATSON
international News Service Staff
COrresDOndent

Correspondent
PRESTWICK, Scotland, May 81
G.N.S0.-Featured by the elimi-
nation of Francis Ouimet and two
theatrical finishes, starring George
Dunlap, American champion, and
Jack Westland, Chicago veteran,
the first round of the British anna
teur golf championship today
found many Yankees still in the
field.
It took another Yankee, in fact,
to put the popular Ouimet out,
Gus Moreland, the young Texan,
achieving this master stroke on
the eighteenth green, l up, after
Ouimet had led by three hoes at
the ninth.
This great rush from the rear
by Moreland was more than dupli"
Gated by Dunlap, who, dormie 5
to G. B. Pakenham Walsh, of Cal
cutta, suddenly struck back to reel
off five holes in a row and finally
win on the twenty-second by up.
Westland Squares Match
Almost simultaneously, West
land was squaring his match with
Robert Harris, eX-champion, on
the home green, after being two
down at the ninth. The Chi
cagoan, thoroughly aroused, then
halved the nineteenth and twen-
tieth and finally won on the
twenty-first.
Westland and Dunlap did not
lose because they wouldn't. West
land, once he really got his teeth
into his match, showed Harris no
mercy and finally broke him at
the long twenty-second. There
the American, cool and composed,
pitched his third nicely home to
win, after Harris had been in the
heather and then a bunker to
finally reach the green in four.
When he didn't get down with his
long putt, there was nothing for
it but to give up.
Dunlap also forced a concession
at the final hole, the American
hitting a spectator with his drive
but compoSedly pitching his sec.
ond on, while Walsh was out Of
bounds off the tee and over the
green with his third. .
Walsh Lost Chance
This rally of Dunlap's will live
long in the minds of all who
were fortunate enough to witness
its stark drama. Encouraged by
Walsh's miss of that two-footer
at the home green, George met
the others improved play with
halves in par at the nineteenth,
twentieth and twenty-first, al"
though Walsh once had a great
chance to win. But he missed
another tWofooter and then blew
up with bang.
Johnny Fischer, young Walker
Cup man from Cincinnati, also
survived the round, winning easily
from Graham Patrick, Scotland, by
4 and 3. while Jesse Guilfordt
the old American champion, de.
featel R. A. Howell, 2 and /.
A. w. Breualt. Detroit, scored
another victory for America, de:
feating S. H. Gibbs in the first
round by 5 and 4. P. A. Val:
entine, National Links, Southamp.
ton. L. l., also advanced by de!
fault over Sidney Chesterton, Mid.
Surrey, but R. C. Van Arsdale,
Boston, was eliminated, losing to
A. j. Peech. of Worplesdon, 4
and 2.
Douglas Grant, former Cali4
fornian who has been living in
England for some years, added
to the string of American VIC
tories by winning 4-up and 3 to
play, from w. w. Sharpe, of
Dunbar, in another first round
match.
Egan, Marston Lose
However, all was not milk and
honey for the American invaders;
two of their former champions.
Chandler Egan and Max Marston,
passing quietly out of the first
round to join Ouimet in the
gallery. Egan, seemingly affected
by the penetrating chill, neither
could hit his tee shots nor putt,
and was defeated in poorly
played match by James Wallace,
the Troon youngster, 3 and 2.
Marston lost to D. H. R. Mar
tin tho Tn01ichY0on h., Q onL 1"