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Americans Retain
With
The Cup Hardly A Struggle
St Andrews, May 21.
The American Walker Cup golf team won the Cup for the 14th time when they took the first three singles here today.
America finally won by 10 victories to two, winning
six of the eight singles,
have
had
Results of the singles were:
Britain should Harvey Ward defcated Ronnie | another victory as Ernest Mil- ward after being three down at one stage in the morning fought
White (Britain) 6 and 5.
Don Cherry defeated Joe Carback So finish the first round (Britain) 3 and 4:
Bully Joe Patton defeated Philip Scrutton (Britain) 2 and 1;
Dick Yost defeated Joha Morgan (Britain) 8 and 7;
James Jackson defeated Cecil Ewing (Britain) @ and 4;
one up and led most of the way afterwards:
GRANDSTAND FINISH He was still one up with three to play but Bruce Čudd staged grandstand finish by taking
1
the last three holes for a two
shot being a second to the last green which landed the ball close to the hole.
Ian Caldwell (Britain) de-hales victory, his real winning fcated Dale Morey by a hole;
David Blair (Britain) de- feated Joe Conrad by a hole, and
Bruce Cudd defeated Ernest Millward (Britain) by. two
holes.
BASEBALL SCORES
New York, May 22. Major League baseball scores today were:
AMERICAN LEAGUE (1st Game)
Baltimore
New York
and
Ronnie White, unbeaten in four previous singles of Walker Cup matches, was outclassed by the only member of the American team to have pre- viously played in the match- Harvie Ward who hopes to re- peat this year his 1952 Amateur Championship' victory.
He was three up at the end of the first round and always in command. Six up with nine to play, Ward won easily by Fix and Ave,
*
Joe Carr, the Irishman, found Don Cherry too steady and never recovered fully from being four down at the end of E the morning round. He did halve his arrears but Cherry came again and was worthy winner by five and four.
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4
3
0:
Palica (2-4) and Smith: Lopat (1-4)
Berra. HR-Berra (6th).
Cleveland Detroit
Wynn
10
0 1
Philip Scrutton, who bos played golf in many parts of o the world, fought Joe Patton all the way without being able (4-1) and Regan; to gain an advantage, Two up Garver. Fletcher (9), Aber (9) in the morning Patton was but and Wilson. LP-Garver (3-0). twice four up afterwards
each time Scrution won back Kansas City
two holes. Finally two down Chicago
Keliner (-1) and Keogan, Martin (2), (4), Dorish (8) LP-Keegan (0-1).
'a
and
(2nd fame)
14
2 8 O with five to play he could only Astroth; yet halves at the next four Chakales holes and was beaten two and
Lollar. one,
RHE Baltimore
5 5 o New York.
7 12 2 Rogovin, Moore, (6), Schal- lock (8) and Moss; Ford, Stur- divant (7) Morgan (9), and Berra. WP-Sturdivant (1-0), LP-Moore (1-5), HR-Berra 2 (7th & 8th). Abrams (1st). Kansas City** Chicago
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1955.
SPORTING SAKI
By Reg. Wootton
Secret What Is The
Behind The
Matthews Magic?
By ALAN HOBY
At his ripe old age (for a footballer) you might think Stanley Matthews would look forward to a long, lazy rest during the close season. Not a bit of it.
Last week he left with "the England team for a tour of France, Spain and Portugal. Later he flies to play in "special appearance" games in South Africa.
All this on top of four games in four days last week--including a fantastically brilliant performance for Old England at Highbury.
How is it that as he grows older he gets stronger and
as he reaches
stranger
As he
what is regarded by boozling the back on the inside, stay there.
the rest of us as the slowing down period of middle age, he ges BETTER and BETTER!
Every time I watch, Stanley wallzing down the wing with fastidious finesse in a big game and he is essentially a big alarming player the game thought occurs to me:
"He can't be better than last time. He can't go on perform ing miracles for ever. Maybe this is the last occasion I shall see him playing."
INVARIABLY WRONG But invariably I am wrong-- so wrong!