Evening star., 1942-07-20
RYDER Golf Winners
Meet Cha||engers
Again Next Year
Hoeon-Horbert Tie Tops
Links PIoy Yielding
Red Cross $4,000
Ry WATSON SPOELSTRA,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
DETROIT, July 20.-The Ameri-
can Ryder Cup squad holds 2-to-1
advantage over challenge teams in
the war-t time domestic version Of
what was golf's big international
series, but the challengers will get
an opportunity to square the count
next year.
After Craig Woods cuppers had
completed 10-to-5 rout of Walter
Hagen's challengers yesterday by
splitting the 10 singles matches,
Fred "Corcoran, PGA tournament
manager, said the matches would
be played again in l943, most likely
in Detroit. The Red Cross will re-
ceive s25 900 from this years show:
two previous events here yielded
$4,000.
AS the cuppers swept all five four
some matches Saturday. there
wasn't much chance for the chal-
lengers over the 6,957-yard Oakland
Hills course in yesterdays singles.
But Henry Picard, Sammy Byrd and
Lighthouse Harry Cooper won their
matches, and four other challengers
broke even. The cup team victors
were Wood, Ed Dudley and Sergt.
Vic Ghezzi.
Hogan, Harbert Draw.
Most of the 5000 customers con-
centrated. however, on the 36-hole
hand -to-hand fight between blazin'
Ben Hogan of the cuppers and
Youno Melvin Chick Harbert,
winter circuit sensation from Battle
Creek, Mich. In effect, 1t was a
rematch OF the 18-hole playof1 of
the Texas Open last winter that
Harbert won.
This time Hogan stepped out to a
two-hole lead on the front nine, but
dropped one coming back. Little
Ben then fattened the margin to
four holes at the 22d before Harbert
exploded with an eagle that coupled
later with a birdie and par cut the
lead to one.
At No. 20 1t was tied up with a
par, and then the two matched
stroke for stroke to the finish to
wind up in a draw.
| Byron Nelson likewise made a re-
markable comeback. Trailing by five
holes with IL to play, he rallied to
tie Lawson Little, acting captain OF
the challengers in the absence OF
Hagen, who was called to Rochester
N. Y, by his fathers death.
Wood Has Biggest Margin.
Dick Metz. who like Hogan was
undefeated in two previous Ryder
singles matches, won the last hole
to catch Jimmy Demaret of the
cuppers, and Clayton Heafner shot
two rounds Of par golf to gain q
half with Lloyd Mangrum, baby Of
the cup squad, who posted a 3 under
par 50 for the days best round.
AS all good captains should, Woot
led his squad with the days biggest
margin In an 8 and 7 victory ovel
Jimmy Thomson. Dudley, a substi-
tute for Sam Snead, fired eight bird
les while whipping Sergt. Jim Tur.
mesa, 6 and S. Ghezzi came from
behind to beat Ralph Guldahl, ;
and 2.
Picard repeated his 1910 conquest
of Gene Sarazen by winning 6 and
5, Byrd matched par for the 80 holes
1t took him to whip Horton Smith
5 and 4. and Cooper made 1t two
straight singles victories in the series
by clipping jug McSpaden, ! up.
None Breaks Par.
Handicapped somewhat by weather
conditions. the 40 picked pros found
Oakland Hills much tougher than ii
had been In the 1887 National Open
that Guldahl won with a 7-under-
par 281 for u holes.
There were "a brides and three
eagles (by Sarazen, Mangrum and
Harbert) but no one was below reg
ulation figures for the distance re-
quired Of him.