The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-27
BRITISH GOLF
TEAM STRONG
By JACK DIAMOND
Copyright, 1885, United Press)

RIDGEWOOD, n. j., Sept. 27.
(UP)-The chances of drawing
13 spades in hand a. bridge, we
are told, are sometimes like $780,
000-to-1, which roughly is the
population of Kansas-in fact, it
is exactiy-but unfortunately no
such statistics are available for
the ancient and honorable game
of golf.
If there were, however, we are
here to say that the British Ryder
cup golf team undoubtedly would
take the cake for something or
other.
We are also here, we might add,
to inspect its personnel or the
eve of the international matches
Saturday and Sunday against
Americas 10-man delegation, cap
tanned by the venerable Walter
Haben but back to our Stats
tics.
The cream of Britain's profess
sional golfing talent, picked strict
| ly on their records, includes
among it's 10 players three men,
bers of a single family and there,
my hearties, is a record to go
fetch your niblick and shoot at.
We refer to the crackcrjack
golfing Whitcombe brokcrs-read-
ing from left to right, Ernie,
Charlie and Reggie-as capable a
links trio as ever wrapped an
interlocking grip around a club
shaft.
By cautious stalking, we man
aged to corral the three Of 'em
at one time over a tray Of tea
cups and chicken sandwiches in
the locker room of the country
club here, where, since Sunday,
the Britons have been familiariz-
ing themselves with the course.
For one thing, they intend to
take that cup back to Epgland-
which, as always, expects every
man to do his duty-and even
have gone to the bother of hav-
ing the coveted flagon insured
for the return voyage.
Ever since the biennial series
began in 1927, an American team
has never won a match in Eng
land and the British have been
similar failures over here. But
that makes no never mind to the
Whitcombes, particularly to red
headed brother Charlie, 80, can
tain of the visiting team.
81 think we have a great chance
of retaining the cup" said Char
les, who takes two Jumps, please
"Our team is definitely stronger
than it was when we came here
last.
eve know that game of Hagen
Sarazen, Picard, Wood and Smith
\ walter, Gene, Henry, Craig and
Horton) Even though we don't
know much about Laffoon Ky
and the others, l think we shall he
too good for them. And we in
tend to put up a bloody good
Charlie, middle" brotbar of
the THO, has played in all the Rv-
der Cup matches. Ernie. AZ was
here the last time and observed
that his other team mates who
are "'ere for the first time" ave o
getting a ell of a kick out of #,
as he put it. ' u 4''
4 The only other Briton with
american experience is Percv
z AiIlss' 80 and holder of the Scot.
[ HSh open title, who--accordino r.
Il Gharlle-has the most beautiful
style Of all from a spectators >;
I ..h Reggie Whitcombe, 81 and
oapy' of the fraternal trio, re-
8 veaied that he and his newt.
younger brother-Charles, that is
4 or are you still with us-pot tba;T
IlrSt taste of the game as iuveniIe
assistants aSS IN the 'pro shop" oner.
8 Ernie. "e' ago by
+ba The latter lat even went back fur.
ther., 81 remember the two iu ~
EN- knocking balls around wbo ~
tney were kids of five" So;S S4 tsa
t sHEE dark-haired White o N h ,' a
o Ihey always seemed to have Nv = '. =
4 sluo IN their hands, about +he
S waIS ), time as they learned tc