Evening star., 1936-09-04
The Casualties.

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The Casualties.
: THE single matches that concluded
the international show ran to this
effect-9eynolds Smith. the Dallas
d Destroyer, beat Alec Hill, II and 9;
Charley Yates, the Georgia Graphing
B Iron upset ]. Morton Dykes, 8 and 7.
Johnny Fischer. the Buckeye BOOM
erang, trimmed Cecil Ewing by the
same lopsided count. Ed White, the
Texas Tarantula. stepped over John
Langley by and 5. Scotty Campbell,
the Seattle sniper, stopped Jock Nc
Lean by and 4. Johnny Goodman,
the Nebraska nerve wrecker, halted
Hector Thomson. British champion, 3
and 2. Walter Emery, the Oklahoma
Oiler, ran into 70 against Gordon
Peters and barely slipped by up, and
George Dunlap of New York had to
put on a wading, water act, using the
Australian crawl, to finish even with
Harry Bentley in the only singles
match that failed to leave another
large dent on the British escutcheon.
The British were outplayed badly.
They held their own fairly well from
the tee and through the green. But,
when it came to the matter of chip
ping and putting. they were outclassed
completely. Most Of them looked to
be first-rate golfers in the longer
game, and most of them looked to be
15-handicap men with the pin in
sight. They stood up well to the ball
In the longer swinging, but when 1t
came to the vital matter of getting
the ball into the hole, they tied them
selves into q series of true lovers knots
that at times bordered on q contor-
ZIONIST act.
Americans Campaign Hardened.
THEIR short play lacked both skill
and confidence in comparison with
the sounder, bolder, smoother United
States method of coaxing the ball
stone dead or getting 1t into the bottom
OF the tin. You got the idea that the
British expected to miss most Of the 4
and footers. where the Americans
expected to hole from to Is feet. Golf
Is so per cent mental anyway, and the
mental attitude of the United States
was far superior to that of the British.
= ITO my mind" Capt. Francis Ouimet
told me. "the story is quite simple.
We were tournament tough and the
British were not. Our golfers have
been accustomed to facing pressure
for 36 or even 72 holes. They have
t0
6ss or 70s. The British have known
no such deadly fire.
THE British have adopted our
methods of swinging. and I think in
q year or two they can be dangerous.
But today they are wondering and
guessing about a new method which
we know and understand. To COM
pete with us on even terms they need
much more work and harder competi-
ton. This Is a fast age in sport and
the standard has been raised many
notches. Being just pretty good will
get you nowhere. Par with us is some
thing to be beaten-not merely
equaled."
Scotty Campbell proved this against
Jock Mclean. The battle of the
Camppells. the McLeans and the Nc
Donalds goes back 500 years to the
bloody massacre Of Glencoe where the
Campbells triumphed. After q tough
all-day match, Campbell finished
3-H3-3-3 against Mclean, who
had 3"--+4, on one of the
toughest courses in the world.
A Submarine Exploit.
THE feature picture of the day came
- on the water-guarded fourteenth
hole where George Dunlap was mixed
up in q death grapple with Bentley.
Dunlap was only one up at the mo-
ment. The Americans iron shot
caught s inches of water with Bentley
only IA feet from the cup. At this
spot, Dunlap, after surveying the
tangled situation, removed his shoes
and stockings. He rolled up his
trousers. As there was no boat in
sight he finally waded in. took out his
blaster, and, in the wake of q minor
waterspout, put the ball II feet from
the cup.
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lap then holed his putt for q 3, get
ting half on hole where he never
even had q chance You get an idea
here Of what Ouimet meant by being
tournament tough. This means there
are no impossible shots-no unplay-
able lies to an Imagination that can't
visualize defeat.
In spite Of the British overthrow,
both Thomson and Mclean look to be
golfers who might be dangerous at
Garden City. They know how to hit
o golf ball. They need something in
their shorter game. "I can't under
stand it." Capt. Bill Tweddell Of the
British said. Thomson has been one
of the best putters we ever had. Yet
In this test he couldn't putt bit.
I'm deeply disappointed-but we are
not through yet. The pendulum
some day will swing our way"
The pendulum has to swing some
way. It has swung now In one direc-
ton for IA years. If there is no
change 1t will soon be nlonotonous,
or worse.
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