Evening star., 1941-08-24
Vets 0utp|ayed,
sc, by Nelson,
.McSpaden
Wood, Little Sparkle
In 7-6Win Over
Sneod, GuIduhI
BY WATSON SPOELSTRA,
Associated Press Sporth Writer.

DETROIT, Aug. 25.-The Arneri-
can Ryder Cup team handed Bobby
Jones a stunning personal defeat
lengers in tWo-ball foursomes today
at the Detroit Golf Club before
1900 spectators.
Ten individual matches tomorrow
will complete the series.
Jones, competing with the Ma
tion's foremost professionals IN
match play for the first time, paired
with Gene Sarazen. but the veterans
were no match for Byron Nelson
and Harold jug McSpaden, who
won. and s. Bobby and his partner
were down at the 18-hole mark
and never had a chance against
their opponents, who produced five
brides.
The fabulous Bobby. coming out
of retirement for the charity match
expected to raise $4,000 for the
United Service Organizations, ap-
peared far off his game and he and
Sarazen went 10 over par for 80
holes. Bobbys best shots were out
of two traps and the famed pair
managed to bag only one birdie.
Wood, Little Sparkle.
Nelson and McSpaden were
under par for the distance, but
hottest of the winning pairs were
Craig Wood. National Open cham
pion. and Lawson Little Of the
challengers. who finished 6 under
regulation figures for 80 holes whlle
defeating Sammy Snead and Ralph
Guldahl, and g. The winners con-
tributed six of the days so brides
and got the lone eagle on No. IA
in the morning to grab lead they
never relinquished.
Other triumphs for the cuppers
we're scored by Paul Runyan and
Horton Smith, who won of ths
13 holes PLAYED in the afternoon
for a Sands victory over Denny
Shute and Ed Dudley and by Henry
Picard and Dick Metz. who downed
Jimmy Bulla and Clayton Heafner,
and 3
The challengers won the days
closest match when little Ben Hogan
and Jimmy Demaret defeated Vic
Ghezzi, national P. G.. A champion,
and Jimmy Hines, up, in the regu.
lation 36 holes The winners were !
under par and fred eight brides
at their foes.
ChalIengers Still Menaces.
Walter Hagen. non-playing cap
tain of the cup team, declared, Its
in the bag" when the two-ball four
some matches were completed. but
there was much to be said for the
chances of the challengers. Wood.
Little, Hogan and Demaret all were
hitting the ball we'll today and con-
/ stituted real threat.
It must be said for Jones and
Sarazen. however that the boys
were a bit rough on the old timers.
Nelson and McSpaden got brides on
the first three holes for Sup lead
and Bobby and Gene could win only
four holes all day.
Then with the lead widening as
they made the turn in the after
noon round, Nelson mercifully put
an end to the match by dropping
puts of 10 and II feet on the tven-
ty-eighth and thirtieth green's.
Wood and Little, gaining an early
3-hole lead. came back with g.
under-par 80 on the first nine after
lunch and closed out the match on
No. 80 with a birdie. Little belted
a tremendous tee shot on the 432-
yard hole and Wood placed his ap-
proach four feet from the cup,
Little sinking it easily.
Jones to Play Picard.
In the individual matches, Jones
was ranked in No. 6 position and
will play Picard tomorrow. The pair
ings are topped by Wood and Ghezzi.
current national champions, who
will extend their hand-to-hand bat
tie over the 36-hole route.
Other pairsings are: Nelson VS..
Hogan, Snead VS.. Little, Runyan VS..
Demaret, Guldahl VS.. SaraZen.
Smith VS.. Heafner, Metz VS.. Dudley.
Hines VS.. Bulla and McSpaden VS..
Shute.