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CRUSHING BRITISH DEFEAT IN WALKER CUP
TORRANCE RECORDS
ONLY WIN
AUSTRALIA LEAD BY
265
RUNS
LOSERS LIKE COLLECTION to the best card-and-penelt player FIRST TEST EXPECTED TO
OF HANDICAP GOLFERS
CALL FOR YOUNG MEN OF VISION
In America.
One thing seems clear: If ever Great Britain is to win the Walker Cup, young men of vision and cour
age must be found, besides which
jan entirely new atmosphere in in-
ternational golf must be created.) There are two years in which to
END IN DRAW
BROWN AND MCCABE ADD 90
inflicted a crushing defeat on Great/tremendously, for instead of being/20 more, because the implication at Trent Bridge. To-day will wit-brought the innings to a close for
4
down.
With 7 wickets in hand the Aus- | Mitchell, fast, man in, scored one. formulate fresh ideas, and put tralians are leading England by 265 run as did Farnes when the Es I need any runs in the first cricket Test match ex amateur had his off-stump dis- turbed by Grimmett, who thus
ness the conclusion of the match, 268 runs. England had taken 395 which is expected to result in a minutes in which to score their draw.
runs and were 106 runs in arrears. Grimmett and O'Reilly, the slow Nottingham, To-day.
bowlers, were the most successful Sunny weather. favoured the of the trundlers and between them in the First Test match at Trenting the other.
was
#1
By GEORGE 'GREENWOOD America has again won the sistently drove the ninth, a hols of them. into operation. Walker Cup, and in doing so has 306 yards. This simplifies golf
is obvious. just a wild slogger. Little is re-
BEWILDERING FORM Britain's team of picked amateurs.markably accurate, an unusual
Little need be said of the play, The margin at St. Andrews was feature of the big hitting brigade. nine matches to two, with Onc Whether Tolley was in any way which failed to arouse a single en-! halved.
adversely affected by this display couraging note on the part of a success in the foursomes, America his opponent I am unable to say, torm sweeping across the links un-Jopening of the third day's play took nine of the wickets, Wall tak
Having laid the foundation of of mighty driving on the part of big crowd that braved the rains- proceeded to consolidate her posi-but it is significant that at a vital til late in the afternoon. Having Bridge when the English side re-
Australia Bats Again. tion in Saturday's singles, the stage of the encounter the English-beaten us when the course
playing as fast as lightning, the sumed their innings yesterday broke
Australia went in for thele first five of which she captured by man's driving suddenly
Americans proceeded to rub it in
morning.
second innings before the ten ad- margins so big as to leave no sort
The wicket was in good condition journment and quickly lost two of doubt as to the nature of her He topped, sliced out of bounds, when the conditions were the pre-
leise converse.
and there were approximately 20,-| victory.
mishit, and, in fact, did every-
"What can you do with fellows 000 spectators present when the wickets. Woodfull booked Farnes thing in this brief but fatal period
Nawab of Pataudi, who had scored to leg for two and in attempting a that a golfer of Tolley's fame is like these?" I was asked.
unable to give any reasonable or 6 runs on Saturday, and "Patay" repetition of the stroke he lost his wicket, the ball taking his leg- supposed to avoid. Little, it may well be imagined. too full advant adequate reply; it was all so very Hendren, who had made 10,
bewildering.
turned to the wickets to face the stump. 2-1-2.
Brown relieved the Australian. age of these glorious opportunities.
Michael Scott, in his brave at- Australian attack with
captain, but, after the score had CHIEF REASON
tempt to hold Goodinau, A young standing at 128 for four wickets, a plausible excuse for our defeat McLean, the pride and hope of man less than half his age, wna The brilliant young Indien play-been taken to 31, Ponsford played
whom only
two down at tlie half-er was the first to leave when he too late superhuman type of golf. They Hagen has described as one of the way stage, having had to face had taken his individual score to Hammond and was bowled for five.
31-2-5. Edid nothing of the kind; indeed, best players he has come across four cruel stymies. He held on for twelve. The total was then 145 with the possible exception to two since the days of Bobby Jones, fell a few more holes, and then Good-and, in attempting to play a deliv-
Bradman became associated of them-Lawson Little and George to America's amateur champion, man, a stylish, determinted little ery from Wall, the South Austra-with Brown for the third wicket Dunlap-the standard of golf was Dunlap: In a conversation I had player, applied the pressure, and lian fast bowler, he was caught at and the two were just ordinary.
the with Dunlap, I think he supplied all was over-7 and 6. play of the British team was such one of the chief reasons for the NO ESCAPE FOR TOLLEY that it would have done small cre- triumph of the Americans. dit to a side of club scratch play. lers.
In the march to a signal triumph, the American players swept their opponents aside as if they were a collection of handicap golfers.
It might be possible to build up
it the Americaus had played
In general.
SCOTSMAN'S WIN,
"Scotland,
A young
I WEB
re-
the total.
jaecond slip by McCabe.
The batsman had fallen into strap set by the bowler. The Nawab just snicked the ball which few to McCabe, who, however, failed to hold it the first time and caught it only st
a second attempt. 145-5-12. England's wicket-keeper, Leslie
to an in-swinger from
still together
at the tes interval. The Australians had made 61 Fund, Brown having scored 26 and Brad- Įman 21.
Bradman Caught After tea Bradman was taken by off Ames, standing well back, Farnes. Bradman just snicked the ball. 69-3-25.
Lawson Little, who left his hotel. The fiery greens had begun with a huge bath towel over his to frighten Dunlap.
shoulders, was round in 73 and Then the rain came, and he was four up on Tolley. Presenting no Of the eight representatives of an entirely new man. He was scavenues of escape Little defeated the so-called flower of amateur happy, and so confident on finding his majestic opponent by 6 and 5. golf in this country, only one, T.that the ball was not slipping about The quality of the American's golf A. Torrance, a Scotsman practis-as if on polished glass that he may be gauged by the fact that Ames, Joined the Middlesex player McCabe joined Brown and acor-
a dental ing in London as
Burrattled the putts into the
the hole for the 13 holen in
second at the wicket but ten runs later ed rapidly. Brown was batting round he had a score of four un-the Kent representative geon, managed to win his match. from every conceivable angle.
was dis-in Woodfall style. der 4's. Not even (Tolley could missed by Wall when the batsman In the last 50 minutes he scored compete auccessfully against sojskied a delivery from O'Reilly to jonly three, high a standard of golf.
In beating Max Maraton, a Phil- adelphia stockbroker, in this 43rd year, Torrance did not have to exert himself unduly, for he was tired playing an obviously very man.
COME TO
It is a matter of Interest, though not of any special significance, that Torrance was the only Brit- ish player to win on the occasion
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of the last visit of the Americans lap told me, "I belleve
square leg. 165-6-10.
There was an amazing burst of "fireworks" towards the end. The tenth was halved in 3, the eleventh
in
the
wickets.
Scores:
was
At the close of play Brown's Splendid Stand.
score was 37 and McCabe's 74. 159 for three George Geary, the Leicestershire The total in 3, and Little won the twelfth in bowler, filled the vacancy and he
McCabe played a joyful innings 3 to make him dormy 6. His figures and Hendren made a gallant at-
He has hit a six and throughout. for these four holes were 3, 3, 3, 4. tempt to retrieve what was threa. "If the rain had not come," Dun-while Tolley was 3, 3, 4, 4.
tening to develop into a disastrous thirteen four's, and has been 85 McLean
situation for England. The pair-minutes at the wicket. Dunlap finished off McLean
played the bowling with more con- to this country. His victim would have beaten me, for he is similarly summary fashion,
AUSTRALIA-st Innings. fidence than any of the previous W. M. Woodfull, e Verity, b Farnes 26 then WAR the present caplain, such a beautiful putter on fast American's figures for the fifteen
batsmen and took the score from W. II. Ponsford, e Ames, b Faram 58 Francis Quimet,
greens. I was a little surprised to holes of the second round being:
166 runs to 240 without being se- W. A. Brown, Ĺ.b.w., Geary ....... 22 MCRUVIE'S RECOVERY find that in the driving I was some- Out: 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 2, 4---34
parated before the luncheon ad- D. G. Bradman, e Hammond, b Though unable win, Eric times ahead of him. This helped In:
Geary 4, 3, 4, 4-18 (for five
journment was made. holes), MeRuvie, a young Scotsman from also."
S. J. McCabe, e Heyland, b Farnes 85 Hendren, who has already scor. S. Darling, b Verity the Loven district, and a clerk in McLean has no reason to feel Dunlap, like his colleague Little, ed two centuries against the Aus-A. Chipperfield, Ames, b Farnes 99 a surveyor's office, did the next ashamed at his defeat; he played was also four under 4's. When tralians during their present tour, W. A. Oldfield, e Hammond, b best thing; he halved his match magnificently, but it was all to no Oulmet had disposed of Crawley had made 67 and Geary 39, there Mitchell with Westland, a Chicago broker purpose against a man who seem the contest was over, the cup hav-being five extras. with a neat and compact style, and led Inspired,
into the During the course of the after-T. W. Well, not out the sweetest and most delicate put-
What hap noon the attendance slowly in-
to
CRAWLEY A FAILURE
ing passed once again hands of America.
C. V. Grimmett, & Geary W. J. O'Reilly, b Farnes
Extras
21
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0. M. B. W.
40.2 10 102
B
Geary
43
B
101 $
Hammond Verily
13
29
34
G5
21
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ENGLAND-ist Innings.
ting touch imaginable. Westland Crawley, brought into the team posed in the other matches had creased and it was estimated that Total was dormy two, but with the at the eleventh hour, was a failure, only an academic interest.
30,000 were present to watch the
Fall of Wickets: 1 (Ponsford) for American maiting a dreadful mess Ouimet, in his quiet, unassuming VIEWS OF THE CAPTAINS continuation of England's innings. 77; 2 (Woodful) for 88; 3 (Bradmon) of both holes McRuvie stepped in way, piled up the holes until his The Hon. Michael Scott, the
Hendren and Geary went out to for 125; 4 (Brown) for 146; 5 (Der- and halved the match, thus help-opponent must have become dizzy British captain, interviewed after continue batting and after Geary ling) for 153; 6 (McCabe) for 234; T ing. In a small way, to soften the in keeping check of the deficit. the match, said: "The Americans had occupied the wickets for 95 (Oldfield) for 281; 8 (Chipperfield) blow to British golfing pride. When it was too late, Crawley made played splendid golf and fully de- minutes he registered his half cen- (O'Reilly) for 374.
for 365; 9 (Grimmett) for 374; 10 As McRuvie, in partnership with one of his characteristic fighting served to retain the Cup. All the tury, principally through cuts and BOWLING ANALYSIS. McLean, gained the only British efforts.
same, I feel that we might have drives, Simultaneously the 250 success in the foursomes, he is Then canie Fiddian, a young man done better than we did.”
went up after the inninga had been Farnes entitled to whatever credit it is with a tremendous reputation in Quimet, the American captain, in progress for *340 minutes. possible to 'extract from this rather the Birmingham district.
paid tribute to the sporting atti-
O'Reilly Deadly, painful business.
He held his own for 18 holes, tude of the crowd and to the British and then collapsed like a pricked team. He added: "I did not ex- The leaders of the side, the men balloon before the onslaught of pect that we should win so easily. O'Reilly was put on in the place of Leyland
New South Wales Wall, and the on whom Britain had placed high John Fischer, a young 'Varsity but I knew that we had got a team bowler met with Instant success. Sutcliffe, e Chipperfield, b Grim hopes, were dismal failures. The player, who, because he thinks only which could play well and win at captain, Michael Scott held on des-in terms of par, has developed in-St. Andrews,” perately to the tail of that very much alive and romantic figure John Goodman, open champion of the States. When the American eventually took it into his head to shaice off his opponent the rest was a procession, in which Scott was left struggling helplessly far in
DISMAL FAILURES
the rear.
As for Tolley, one of our great- est players, be fuded into insigni- ficance alongside Lawson Little, a Varsity student from San Francis co, who has travelled 14,000 miles (there and back) to show us how golf is played on the Pacifis Const. He has certainly fulfilled his mis- sion, for his was one of the bray- est and most finished. displays among the American players.
A powerful-built young man, with an enormous pair of shoulders, he actually out-drove Tolley-an unheard of proceeding.
ACCURATE BIG HITTER To show what sort of a hitter Little is, I have seen him drive into the great Cockle Bunker in front of the soventh green, a die- tance of 320 yards, while ho per
The following were the complete results:
GREAT BRITAIN
1 Hon. Michael. Scott (Royal St.
George's) (Cant.)
C. J. H. Tolley (Royal and
Ancient)
J. Mclean (Hayaton)
L. G. Crawley (Brancepeth
Castle) E. W. Fiddian
When the score had reached 268 Mitchell
mett
His first delivery after relieving c. F. Walters, 1.b.w., b Grimmett the South Australian fast bowler Hammond, c McCabe, b O'Reilly was well pitched up with an off-Nawab of Patandi, e McCabe, b
Wall break and be up-rooted Hendren's
stumps efter that batsman had Leyland, e and Grimmett
Hendren, b O'Reilly scored 79.rans.
Geary, at. Oldield, b Grimmett Hendren played one of the best Ames, e Wall, b O'Reilly innings of his career and one that Verity, b O'Reilly
Ke K. Farnes, b Grimmett
| Mitchell, nof out
Extras...
Total
268
'
larly severe on all deliveries on the leg side. On his return to the pa
Fall of wickets:-1 (Walters) for vilion he was given a most enthus: 2 (Sutcliffe) for 102; 3 (Hani siastic reception by the huge mond) for 100; 4 (Leyland) for 114; crowd. 266-7-79,
SINGLES
U. S. A.
J. Goodman
(Omaha Field)
0
(2 up), 7 and 6
1
W. Lawson Little (Presidio.
0
San Francisco) (4 up) 6 and
was invaluable in a crisis.
5
1
scored ten fours and was particu
0
G. T. Dunlap (Pomonok) (1
up), 4 and a
Francis Oulmet (Woodland)
0
(Capt.) (6 up), 5 and 4
1
(Stourbridge)
0
3. Fischer (Highland C. C.
Kentucky), 5 and 4
1
1
M. R. Maraton (Gulph Milla.
Pennsylvania)
0
1/
Jack Westland (Banset Ridge)
(1 up)
0
G. Moreland (Dallas, Tex
(all square), 3 and 1
1
ed by Oldfield off Grimmett for 58 wall runs, without further addition to McCabe
1
Total
4%
the score. Geary played a dour Grimmett innings at first but then indulged ChipperBeld
O'Reilly
(1. up) T. A. Torrance
(Royal and Ancient) (1 up), 4 and 2 Erie A. McRuvie (Innerievan) S. L. McKinlay (Alexandra
Glasgow) (all, square) ven)
Total
FOURSOMES (on Friday)
GREAT BRITAIN. C. 1. II. Tolley and R. H. Wet
hered.
J. McLean and E. A.. McRevie,
4 and 2
11. G. Bentley and E. W. Fid.
dien 45
Hon. M. Scott (Capt.) and E. L
McKinlay
Total
U. S. A.
1. Goodman and W. Lawson
Little, 8 and G. .....
G. T. Dunlap and Francis
Ouimet (Capt.)
G. Moreland and J. Westli
6 and B
M. II. Marston and II. Chandler
Eran, 3. and 2
Total
1
5 (Pataudi) for 145; 0 (Ames) for Hendren's dismissal started what 165: 7 (Hendren) for 266; 8 (Gary) (Verity) for 280; 10 was a regular procession for no for 268; 9 sooner had Hedley Verity gone to (Farner) for 208. the wickets than Geary was stump-
BOWLING ANALYSIS. '.,
0. M. R. W.
33 7 82
7 2
38.8 24.81
17 16
75
In some hard hitting. He reached AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings.
the boundary on ten occasions, W. M. Woodful, b Farnes cutting and driving being his W. IL, Ponsford, b Hammond
best scoring strokes. 266-8-53,
Tail Goes Easily.'-
D. G. Bradmas, e Ames, b Farnes
W. A. Brown, not out
8. J. McCabe, not put
Farnes joined Verity but the latter was: bowled for--a-duck". Toint (for Iwkia.). without any alteration to the
«core.” 266-9-0.'
(1869)
Fall of wickets:-1 (Woodfull) for. 2 (Ponsford) for 81; 3 (Bradman)
for 69,-Reuter,