Evening star., 1951-05-11
Americans Rally
After Trailing in
Wa|kerCupPIay
.Stronohon, CompbeII
; Down After 18,
| Up After II
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BIRKDALE, England. May II.
Urzetta of Rochester, N.
Y, and Willie Turnesa of Elms-
ford, N. Y, scored the first victory
of the Walker Cup golf matches
today when they defeated Jim
Bruen and John Morgan of the
British team, and 4, in their &c.
hole Scotch foursome match.
Frank Stranahan of Toledo,
Ohio, and Bill Campbell of Hunt
ington. w. Va, rallied sensation
ally on the first nine of the after
noon round to win back four holes
from Jpe Carr and Ronnie White
and stHnd l up through the 9th.
An ''attack of putting jitters by
Carr helped the Americans catch
up. The Briton missed from 2
feet on the 21st and again from a
yard on the 23d. The match
finally was squared on the oath,
where a great wood second by
Campbell yielded a birdie 4, and
the Americans went / up as Carr
|f1ubbed 30-inch putt on the 9th.
Charlie Coe of Oklahoma City
and Jimmy McHale, of Philadel-
phia halved their 36-hole match
with Cecil Ewing and John Lang
LEY.
Take Lead on 18th.
The American pair took lead
on the 10th with an eagle 3. Nc
Hale holing a 25-foot putt, but
the British got it right back on
the goth as McHale pulled his
approach into trap. From there
on they matched each other stroke
for stroke to the turn. They were
even throughout most of the re-
mainder of the match.
Dick Chapman of Pinehurst,
N. c.. and Bob Knowles of Boston
continued the American comeback
when they turned the 9th one up
on Alex Kyle and Jan Caldwell.
The British team had been one
up through Is, thanks to a sloppy
40 by the Americans on the sec
|ond nine.
Coming back from lunch, Chap
man and Knowles won the first
three holes to go two up as the
British repeatedly muffed their
approach shots.
British Win 9th.
The British then rallied to win
the oath with a birdie 4 and
squared the match on the 25th
with birdie 2. The Americans
again went one up when their
opponents three-putted the 26th.
Stranahan and Campbell went
to lunch 3 down to White and
Carr in their 36-hole Walker Cup
foursome match today.
One down at the turn, the two
Americans continued to play poor
ly as they took alternate shots at
a single ball and wound up the
18 holes with a 36-4O-76, two
strokes over par for the rugged
Birkdale course. Their oppo-
nents shot a steady 1886, clip
ping two strokes from par on the
back nine.
Coe and McHale rallied on the
back nine to reach the halfway
mark all square with their British
rivals. The Americans were one
down at the turn after going out
in a messy Al.
Three Down at 18th.
They were 3 down going to
the 10th, but cut loose with two
brides and an eagle on the last
three holes to square matters.
lCoe sank 6-foot putt to win the
10th with an eagle after McHaie
had played a beautiful long Sec
ond shot. McHale placed his tee
shot 6 feet from the hole on the
l86-yard 17th, and on the long
home hole Coe Clipped within IL
inches of the cup to assure an ..
other birdie.
Chapman and Knowles stood /
down to Kyle and Caldwell after
l8 fighting holes. They had hit
the turn all square,
Eight singles matches are sched-
uled tomorrow. The British
have won the cup only once since
the matches began in 1922.
Before the matches started the
British feared Willie Turnesa
captain of the American team
might have outsmarted them.
The Americans were favored to
retain the cup which they already
have won IL times.
There was general surprise in
the British camp that Turnesa
put himself at the bottom of the
American lineup where he and
Urzetta were matched against
Bruen and Morgan.