The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-23
D k eIberQer
Defeated on
10th Hole
RAIN MARS PLAY
Goodman and Kocsis
Rout Opponents by
7 and 5 Counts
By THOMAS C. WATSON
Copyright. 1888, by International
News Service.)

NOSRSAaoAS, -.
News Service.)
BY THOMAS C. WATSON
TROON, Scotland, May az
G.N.S0.-Playing on q rain.
drenched course swept by q wind
which at times reached gale pro.
portions and caused a shortening
Of three holes, all six members
Of the United States Walker Cup
team who were billed for com.
petition today won their matches
and moved into the second round
Of the British amateur golf cham.
pionship.
First of the Walker Cuppers to
come home was Francis Ouimet,
of Boston, non-playing captain Of
the team, who eliminated p. j.
UrlwinSmith, of England, one up.
in their 18-hole match.
BIG MARGINS
All of the other cup team mem.
bers who played today won their
matches by more decisive margins.
Ray Billows, Of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, beat r. Quilter, Of England, 3
and 2; Charles KocSis, of Detroit,
crushed r. w. Crummack, Of Scot
land. Z and S, and by the same
score Johnny Goodman, Of Omaha,
Neb., U. S. amateur champion,
eliminated r. Montgomerie, Of
Scotland, 2 and S., Marvin Ward,
Of Olympia, Wash, beat I. Side
bottom of England, 5 and 8, and
Reynolds Smith, the Texas
ace, eliminated Peter Koch de
Gooreynd, Of England, 4 and 2.
While the Walker Cuppers were
thus moving toward the British
crown and at the same time
sharpening up their game for the
competition with the British team
at st. Andrews early next month,
two other American entries were
being quickly eliminated.
A.. w. Briscoe, Of England. beat
Charles Munson, jr., the Yale star
from Fairfield, Conn.,, 6 and 5,
and A. e. L. Mackenzie Grieve, Of
England, scored over Bobby
Dunkelberger, youthful North
Carolinian, by one up in 20 holes.
CONDITIONS BAD
Today's opening thrust by
more than 220 golfers seeking the
title now held by Robert Sweeney,
the naturalized Briton from the
United States, was played under
conditions which at times virtually
halted the competition.
Finally, the championship COM
mittee made a move without pre-
cedent here, announcing that
three holes on the back nine would
be shortened. The par four 433-
yard tenth was cut to 400 yards,
the par five 566-yard sixteenth to
521 and the par four 390-yard
eighteenth to $40 because Of the
gale that blew into the faces Of
the players on the inward journey.
BEATEN ON goth
For Is holes Dunkelberger shot
an SO and his opponent 81. After
finishing Is holes all square,
Dunkelberger eked out a halved
10Th, when he matched MacKen-
zie-G rieve's five, one over par. The
American youngster then played
the goth in par four against the
Englishman'S birdie three and
with that departed from the
tournament.
With scores of both players
soaring, Dunkelberger finished
the first nine two down, with q
pair of skies on his card. Grieve
meantime picked up one six. On
the way in Dunkelberger picked up
four more skies, and Grieve three,
and the latter went all the way to
a seven on the 566-yard par five
16th-called the toughest hole on
the very tough Troon course.
Ouimet beat the weather handi-
cap on the first nnie with steady.
sometimes almost brilliant golf,
to go to the turn one over par SO,
while his British opponent was
taking a 80, but both slumped on
the par IS back nine. Ouimet re-
uuired a As to get home and
woundup with an 80, while Urlwin-
Smith took a 46 for a total Of IS.
Ouimet, at the start, strung to-
gether three par fourS and q
birdie three before going down to
par on the 180-yard, par three
fifth. Through the rest Of that
nine he played in even figures, ex.
eept at the eighth, only 100 yards
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