The Washington times., 1934-05-11
'STEPCH|LD'
GOODMAN,
LEADER
BY T. C. WATSON

81. ANDREWS, ScoCIaIlu, MAY
IL dN.S0.-With Johnny Good
man, the former official step
child from Omaha showing the
way, America took a commanding
lead in the Walker Cup series
with Great Britain today, winning
three of the foursome matches
and losing one.
Johnny Goodman teamed with
w. Lawson Little, the Californian,
to give Cyril Tolley and Roger
Wethered a beating that must GO
down in the records as the most
severe yet recorded in foursome
play in this series. The final
score was and 6, the Goodman
Little combination being as much
as 10 up at one stage Of the
proceedings.
Won ImpreSSively
Gus Moreland, the Texan, and
Jack Westland, the Chicagoan,
likewise won impresSively, defeat
ing Harry Bentley and Eric Fid'
dian.
AS for the veteran combination,
Max Marston and Chandler Egan,
they scored in some respects the
greatest triumph of the day, in
that they were not expected to
triumph at all. However, they
outfought and outplayed the Brit
iEh champion, the Hon. Michael
Scott, and his partner. Sam Nc
K1nley, to finally win by 3 and q
However, it must remain for
little, blond Johnny Goodman to
get the great need Of satisfaction
from the days doings. Two years
ago, he wasn't permitted to play
IN the series, although his record
entitled him to do so. Some said
this was only the result Of some
official log-rolling in favor OF
rival candidates; others claimed
that Johnny simply had been a
victim Of snobbery, the idea being
that he had been born on the
wrong side Of the railroad tracks
It might even have been the
wrong railroad.
Anyhow, he won the American
Open, made the team Of course
he couldn't miss this time
and today exacted his toll Of
satisfaction in the form Of q
new record-score in foursome
matches, the nearest being sew
era1 8 and 7 defeats, previously
recorded.
Played Great Game
This, Of course, IS hardly tax
ing due account Of Lawson Lit
tie, who played marvellous golf
and was even steadier than Good
man. However, neither Of these
infant" members of the team
had to be very good today
Wethered and Tolley were sc
bad, notably Wethered. They
scored an s6 in the morning
Altogether, it was a bad day
for the British who had entered
this eighth meeting of the series
In high hopes Of scoring their
initial success. However, to dc
80 tomorrow. they must win six
Of the eight singles matches, a
well nigh impossible task.
Only in Mclean and McRuvie
did British golf show to the slight
est advantage today. Two dowr
over the early holes, they rallied
to reach the first turn all square
with Ouimet and Dunlap, each
side shooting a sub-par 35, and
although they had to pick up al
the thirteenth, where McRuvie
attempted to recover from an un
playable lie, they rushed to the
eighteenth with a brilliant display
of putting, to finish the early
round 2 up.
Were Never Headed
From that point they were
never headed, the Americana
actually four-putting the twenty
ninth to become 4 down. The
rest was easy.
Even more brilliant than the
l1prush of this British pair wal
the performance of Moreland anc
WeStland, both playing in a series
for the first time, too. After ;
spasmodic exhibition that saw
them finish the morning round
I'D, Gus and Jack suddenly fount
the touch at the twenty-seconc
and, with a dazzling short game
won six out of the next eigh
holes from Bentley and Fiddian
The rest of that was easy, too.
Not so the path Of MarSton an,
Egan. They were all square witt
Scott and Mckinley at the clos
Of the morning round, after bein
as high as three up at one time
the British pair coming with
rush to win the seventeenth an
eighteenth.
The Americans were only on
up at the twenty-seventh. But
in the home stretch, they came ol
like champions to win on tn
E1trty-fourth green.
OPPOSE SUNDAY