Evening star., 1953-09-06
Only Chapman, Coe
Lose 10 British in
8 Singles Clashes
BY the A.seero,sa Eros,

MARION, Mass, sept. Dds
aster and the younger genera
ton of American golfers struck
the British Walker Cup team
today as the United States squad
Stormed to a 9-3 victory in the
14th international amateur golf
series.
Led by 22-year-old Ken Ven
turf Of San Francisco and Gene
Littler, 23-year-old Navy air.
man from San Diego, the Ameri-
cans won six of the eight singles
matches today
That near shutout came on
top of yesterdays three victories
in the foursomes.
The final count wasn't the
most lopsided in the history of
the Walker Cup competition.
which began in 1922, but 1t came
close. In 1886 the United States
team captained by Francis Oui-
met won nine matches and
halved three at Pine Valley that
was scored as a 90 blanking,
since points aren't awarded for
tied matches.
Young Players Stand Out.
The younger members of the
American team-six of the eight
singles players are in their 20S
played the most impressive
golf and wrapped up some of the
most decisive victories on the
rugged 6,545 yard Kittansett
course.
Ventura administered a 9-and-
8 beating to Scotland's James G.
Wilson with the aid of an even
par morning round of 70.
Littler scorched the front nine
with a two-under-par 33 in the
afternoon to turn what had been
a tight match into a 5-and-3
victory over England's Gerald
Micklem. Don Cherry. 29-year-
old singer from New York and
Wichita Falls, Tex. walloped
young Norman v. Drew. 8 and Z.
Still it was 48-year-old Con-
gresham Jack Westland OF
Everett. Wash, the Oldest player
ever to win the United States
Amateur title, who clinched the
American victory. Westland, who
will defend his title at Okla
homa City starting Sept. IA.
trimmed Roy MacGregor. 7 and
5, to earn the deciding point.
Chapman and COe Lose.
The only American losers were
Dick Chapman of Pinehurst,
N. c., and Charley Coe of Okla
homa City.
Chapman ran into Ronnie
White, who never has lost a
Walker Cup singles match, and
White pulled it out on the 36th
green, l up.
Coe, playing his tee shots
badly, dropped a 3 and 2 decision
to John L. Morgan of Wales. who
teamed with Micklem yesterday
to gain Britain's one point in the
foursomes. Coe was on the los
ing side Of that match, too.
In the other singles matches,
Harvie Ward of Atlanta turned
the tables on Ireland'S Joe Carr,
who beat him for the British
Amateur title this year, 4 and 8,
and Sam Urzetta of Rochester,
beat John D. A. Langley 8 and 2.
Kittansett's par is 35-35-70
and until today the best anna
teur golfers Britain and America
could muster hadn't been able
to damage it. The shifting and
usually strong wind off Buz-
yards Bay and the rocky.
wooded rough made low scoring
difficult.
But this afternoon both Littler
and Ward were two under par
for the Is holes they had to
play. Urzetta was par for the
same distance and White. with
a 81 on the last nine, had a 10.
Stirring Finish by White.
The e-Chapman match
produced one of the more STIR
ring finishes of Walker Cup
history and most of the gallery
of nearly 5000 was on hand to
watch it.
Three down after the 3Oth
hole, White shot the last six in
3-3-4-4-3-4, getting brides on
the 31st, 33rd and 35th holes.
On 35 he made magnificent
iron shot out of the deep rough
and then sank a 10-foot putt to
square the match.
Then on the final hole Chap
man put his second shot into a
trap, almost hit the cup when
he blasted out and left himself
a tough 7-foot putt. After con-
ceding an 18-incher to his rival.
Dick rolled his ball a couple of
inches to the side of the cup
and lost the match.