Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-13
U.S.Wins 5 More Matches
In Ryder Cup Runaway

ATLANTA, Oct. IL tAP)-
A dazzling birdie bagging exhi-
bition by Arnold Palmer and
Dow Finsterwald, who were l3
under par for 80 holes in two
victories, featured an American
near sweep Of the best-bal
team matches today which
turned the 18th Ryder Cup
series with Britain into q run
away.
At the halfway point Of the
biennial series between the top
professionals of the two leading
golfing nations, the United
States had q total Of II points
to 4 for the visitors.
Thus, the red-hot Yanks
need to win only five Of to-
morrow's final Is individual
matches to clinch the slender
gold trophy which they have
never lost at home.
O'Connor Slows Advance
Only the superb putting Of
ChriSty O'Connor, q plucky
Irishman and Ryder Cup vet
eran, slowed the American
golfing juggernaut.
Christy rolled in q 35-foot
birdie putt over q tricky knoll
on the final hole to give him
and partner Neil Coles a 1-up
triumph over Bob Goalby and
Dave Raglan.
1t was Britain's only triumph
in day which saw the Ameri-
cans win five Of the eight best
ball matches and draw two
others.
O'Connor also sank puts Of
40. Is and 10 feet in his morn
ing match and ran in puts
of IL and 40 feet on two Of the
closing holes in the afternoon
duel against Palmer and Fin
sterwald.
This was about all the plucky
Britons had to cheer about for
their all-day's efforts on the
6,s98-yard, par 70 East Lake
course renowned as the home
of Bobby Jones.
Palmer and Finsterwald first
crushed Dave Thomas and
Brian Huggett, 5 and 4, without
losing a hole and then trounced
Coles and O'Connor. 8 and 2.
In the IA holes Of the morn
ing match, Palmer and his long
time playing partner SHARED
six birdies-three each.
Six Brides in Q Holes =,
They reeled off six brides
through the first nine holes Of
the afternoon, including three
straight by Palmer at the sew
enth, eighth and ninth.
Billy Casper of Apple Valley,
Calf, a former National Open
champion, became the chief
point maker, figuring in four
triumphs the only American
to do so. |
He and Billy Maxwell beat
Harry Weetman and George
Will, 8 and 2, and then won
over 48-year-old Tom Hall
burton and young Godfrey
Hunt, 2 and !.
Casper Clipped in from so
feet and sank puts Of 20 and
Is feet In the morning match
and rolled In q difficult down.
hitler Of 20 feet in the after
noon. Maxwell drove sensa-
tionally and putted well.
Lema-POtt Triumph
Americas fifth victory of
the day went to Tony LENA
and Johnny Pott who defeated
Peter AIliss and Bernard Hunt,
Britain's blue ribbon team,
with Pott providing the clinch-
ing blow by knocking his ap-
proach shot three feet from
the pin on the 18th.
Julius Boros, the reigning
National Open champion, and
Gene Littler drew with Alliss
and Hunt in the morning. Both
teams shot a beSt-ball Of 81.
In the other drawn match,
Goalby and Raglan, beaten by
O'Connor's putt on the 18th in
the morning, almost saw the
incident duplicated against
Thomas and Huggett.
Thomas put his tee shot five
feet from the cup on the 200
yard final hole, with the other
three players all 20 to 80 feet
away. Thomas missed his putt
and Raglan, who had gone
boldly for the birdie, had to
sink from five feet to gain the
draw.