NO FORCED APOLOGY

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 256, 26 July 1937, Page 11

NO FORCED APOLOGY

Golfer Who Criticised British Crowds (Received July 25, 6.30 p.m.) New York, July 24. The professional golfer, Ralph Guldahl, replying to a demand by the Professional Golfers’ Association threatening .suspension unless he apologised for his statements concerning English crowds, said :— "The only thing to which Britain and American sportsmen could object would be insincere and forced apologies in a matter that has been magnified far beyond ti reasonable proportion.” Guldahl, who returned with the Ryder Cup players, expressed intensely antiBritish feelings. In a statement he said: "It is my first trip over, and I hope I never see the British again. They not only cheer when you miss a shot, but crowd around you so as not to give you a chance to make it.” A London cablegram stated that British golfers are angered by the Americans’ charges of unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of Ryder Cup (spectators, such as those made by Guldahl and Ed. Dudley; The latter said, ‘‘We all agreed that British antipathy to Americans reached new heights during our visit.” 'l'he remarks were received in Britain with pained surprise.