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CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1937.

U.S. GOLFERS' BABYISH ATTITUDE

CRITICISM FOR AND] AGAINST BRITISH GOLFING CROWDS

HENRY COTTON'S VERY BAD EXPERIENCE

HAS GULDAHL A PERSONALITY?

THE

(By "HOLE-IN-ONE)

Edinburgh, July 24.

chief topic of conversation in golfing circles during the past few days has been the extra- ordinary outburst by the members of the American Ryder Cup team on their arrival back in the Unit ed States.

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RALPH GULDAHL, THE PRESENT AMERICAN OPEN CHAMPION, APPEARS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS TO BE THE RINGLEADER IN CONDEMNING THE SPORTING SPIRIT OF THE BRITISH GOLFING PUBLIC PERSONALLY, I AM AS- TONISHED AT GULDÄHI AND THE OTHER AMERICANS. SO! FAR AS I KNOW, THEY RECEIVED NOTHING BUT COURTESY THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY IN BRITAIN, AND IT SEEMS EX- TRAORDINARY TO ME THAT THE CRITICISM COMES ON TOP OF WHAT MIGHT BE TERMED A COMPLETE FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE AMERICANS IN OUR OPEN CHAMPION- SHIP.

Guldahl, of course, says that he does not think an American would have won in any case. That is very kind of him. But had an American won-in fact, had Guldahl himself won-I wonder if he would have had the same story to "spill" when he stepped off the gangway of his liner. I do not think so.

Americans Knowing the taken all over-as one does, one hesitates to take the opinion of Guldahl and one or two others,

having a following of any size worth mentioning.

WHAT ABOUT COTTON?

I notice that Sam Snead's name

JACK

SHARKEY

VA FORBES

Jack Sharkey, above, former holder of the world heavyweight rateur, follow- boxing championship, is reported to have become a res ing in the wake of Jack Dempsey, who is one of the wealthiest of the former world champions.

back to England," he will find ro

for when one thinks back through was not mentioned among those pressing demands for his presence KOWLOON C.C.

the years it is really difficult to who said harsh things about the has spectators, and I am glad of that, recollect an American who not been well received by the because if ever a man got an ad- golfing public of Britain.

THE CASE OF HAGEN

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miring following it was Snead. The crowd gasped and smiled at the amazing length the American was hitting the ball from the tee.

on this side of the Atlantic

In that very sentence

he

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DEFEAT

demned himself in Scottish eyes, beKOWLOON ETC. cause if Carnoustie is England, then Bannockburn was never

"B" Division Tennis fought, and there would appear to

At King's Park be something wrong with the his- And now for a broadside for Mr. tory lessons in the United States.

HARD TO PLEASE

Only the superior balance of the Guldahl. If he complained about

zabled On grouse the Americans had Kowloon Cricket Club the way the crowd behaved, what might not Cotton have said about and it was a grouse which was them to beat the Kowloon Indian Hagen playing a round badly than it? On the last day of the Cham-shared by many of our home men Tennis Club by 5 sets to 4 on the -was the situation of Carnoustie, latters courts yesterday afternoon most people, playing a round well is, nionship there was only one me

Take the case of Hagen. I am safe in saying that there is no more popular player on any British golf course than Walter Hagen. I am an old admirer of his, and my own view, that I would rather watch

I am sure, endorsed by many. Ha-in the field, so far as I saw, who and its lack of accommodation, both in the B" Division of the gen, of course, is a personality, and suffered from what might almost be as regards its hotels and lunching league.

termed "crowd persecution,” and and entertainment. That is a story Outstanding for the losers were so is Sarazen.

played which will keep for another day, the Hussain brothers who That brings us round again to that was Cotton

unbeaten Guldahl Has he personality? I am ing hordes, who crowded so closely but so far as the Americans are very steadily to return

badly sup ported by the other two pairs who not so very sure. I watched him at around Cotton that at times it was concerned, they seem very hard to record but they 20 Carnoustie on the first day of play, with difficulty he played his strokes, please.

Coming upon the train after between them could only garner and also once again during the

the Ryder Cup match, for instance, one set. Championship proper, and he did

If Guldahl had been in the run when they were at breakfast, they Anderson and Grose and Burnett not strike me as being anything very wonderful. He hits the ball ning at the time, and had lost the took marmalade, sugar, and lash- and Clarke had little difficulty well, just as well as most people, Championship through the chargings of cream with their porridge, against the KIT.C. second and and on his day it is quite easy to then I would have had every sym-and latecomers complained bitter third pairs, while Wright and imagine him shooting birdie"pathy for him.

ly about a shortage of cream As it is, I have none. Any man figures and better than "birdie"

IE, BUT THEY DIDN'T!

figures, but he was not quite in who comes away with the sort of people who take marmala, Well.Ramsey did very well to win their

that mood at Carnoustie. He says that the crowds "cheered plenty when the Americans played a bad stroke. That, I think, is a bit rough the people who were looking on Carnoustie

HOLLOW BUSINESS-

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