INTERNATIONAL GOLF

Evening Star, Issue 20486, 17 May 1930, Page 15

INTERNATIONAL GOLF

WALKER GUP SINGLES AMERICANS OVERWHELM BRITISH OUIMET THE ONLY LOSER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 16. (Received May 17, at 10.20 a.m.) \t Sandwich B,(XX) people, including the Prince of Wales, saw America win the Walker Cup for the sixth time. It is no exaggeration to say that the mvad.rs quite outclassed the Englishmen, ns the results indicate. One match was responsible for an extraordinary happening. Mackenzie’s second shot to the eighteenth green dropped into the pocket of a spectator standing on the fringe of the green. When the players came up tho ball was dropped where the spectator stood, no penalty being incurred by Mackenzie. A more unfortunate event marred the Wethered-Bobby Jones match. A spectator received tho full force of a diced drive by the Englishman, and fell unconscious, but ho recovered afterwards. This event seemed to rattle Wethered badly, and he lost tho next six holes running. Wethered’s drives seldom found tho fairway, and ho simply threw holes at Jones, who maintained his characteristic automatic accuracy. Tolley-roused hopes in tho second round by drawing level at the twenty-first, but Johnston retaliated by taking three holes in succession. Sto.ut had a four-hole lead after the first round. Moe’s victory was the result of a remarkable effort. He was 7 down at tho twenty-third, and then won tho next seven. The match was decided by a putt on the last green. Torrance, the only British victor, led 5 up ill the first round, and kept ahead after that. The Walker Cup singles resulted:— R T. Jones (U.S.A.) beat K. Wethered, 9 and 8. Voight (U.S.A.) beat Sir E. Holderness, 10 and 8. Johnston (U.S.A.) beat C. Tolley, P and 4. , Von Elm (U.S.A.) beat Hartley, 3 and 2. Mackenzie (U.S.A.) beat Campbell, 6 and 5. Dr Willing (U.S.A.) beat Smith, 2 and 1. Moe (U.S.A.) beat Stout, 1 up. Torrance beat Francis Quintet (U.S.A.), 7 and 6. , Torrance scored England’s only win. LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP ENGLISH GIRL WINS MISS COLLETT’S PUTTING FAILS. LONDON, May 16. (Received May 17, at 10.20 a.m.) T M nmetpen-year-old Miss Diana Fisbwick in the ladies’ n<ni ciiampi;iii'ii.|) was blazoned forth by tho newspapers in their contents bills to an extent only comparable with a decisive test match at cricket. It was a truly remarkable effort by a girl playing in a championship for the first time. When the match began it was considered that the odds were on the more experienced American, Miss Glenna Collett, hut Miss Fishwick soon showed that she was in no way. overawed by the importance of the occasion, by her opponent's many victories, or by the size of the crowd—mostly women in .sports clothes. Miss Fishwick set about her task with painstaking calm, which she maintained to the end.

The Englishwoman did not take the lead till the ninth hole, hut at the end of the first eighteen holes she had the commanding lead of five holes, with a stroke score of 79 to Miss Collett’s 85. Miss Fishwick’s lead was almost entirely due to Miss Collett’s 1 wretched putting.

Miss Collett during the lunch interval settled down to putting practice, hut her opponent, playing splendidly on resuming, was 6 up at the twentyFourth hole, and turned for home 5 up. MitS Collett rallied, hut never looked III;- wiping off the lead

I’lior to the match Miss Fish wick telephoned to the London paper for which she writes or golf: “ I must ask you tc 'et mt off writing to-day. i am England’s last hojve. What a lark! cheerio.” The new champion received an ovation. After the match she again hhr honed her London paper; “The nip ■ mains in England. I am glad have done something for Britain. 1 could not have wished for a sportier opponent. I desire to pay a tribute to America’s wonderful team play throughout. It was most enjoyable. 1 am a happy girl.”