GOLF OVERSEAS

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 144, 17 May 1930, Page 9

GOLF OVERSEAS

• ’ THE WALKER CUP. AMERICA WINS AGAIN. ENGLISH GIRL TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received May 17, 11.5 a.m. LONDON, May 16. America retains the Walker Cup, winning ten matches to two. Jones boat Wethered 9 up and 8 to play. Voiglit beat Holderuess 10 and 8. Johnston beat To] lev 5 and 4. Von Elm beat Hartley 3 and 2. MacKenzio beat Campbell 6 and 5. Dr. Willing beat Smith 2 and 1. Moe beat Stout 1 up. Torrence beat Ouimet 7 and 6. In the final of the ladies’ golf championship, Miss Diana Fishwiek (England) defeated' Miss Glenna Collett (America) 4 and 3. Miss Fisliwick is only 16 years of age. PRINCE OF WALES INTERESTED. LONDON, May 15. The Prince of Wales journeyed to Sandwich by aeroplane and was one of the most enthusiastic spectators of the Walker Cup contest. His ltoyal Highness often ran ahead in order to obtain a good position. The five thousand present were palpably disappointed at the results of the day’s play. America only needs to win four of the eight singles to-morrow to retain the trophy, which Britain has never yet won. Tolley and Wethered alone saved Britain from rout by winning a dramatic encounter at the thirty-sixth green. Von Elm and Voiglrt (America) led by two holes after the first round and holed out by 73 to the Englishmen’s 75. Thrills came in the second round. Tolley, with a great chip shot for three at the fifth, and another at the eighth for two, squared the match.. The Englishmen led first at the thirteenth hole, where Von Elm was somewhat jumpy under tire strain. The excitement w r as intense. At later holes the play was patchy on both sides. The Englishmen went to the eighteenth dormy one, and all was over when Von Elm failed to reach the green with a long' brassie. In the remaining matches the Americans were definitely superior. America led Britain by three games to one at the end of the Walker Cup foursomes. Wethered and Tolley (Britain) beat Von Elm and Voiglit by two holes. Jones and Dr. Willing (America) beat Hartley and Torrance (Britain) 8 and 7. Mackenzie and Moe (America) beat Holderuess and Stout. 2 and 1. Johnston and Ouimet (America) beat Campbell and Smith (Britain), 2 and 1. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS. In the women’s championship semifinal, Miss Glenna Collett (America) beat Miss Enid Wilson, 1 up. Miss Diana Fisliwick (England) beat Miss Macdonald, 5 and 4. There was another struggle in tire ladies’ championship, when Miss Collett won the semi-final after an exciting match against Miss Enid Wilson on the last green. EARLIER GAMES. LONDON, May 14. Miss G. Hay, the last of the Australians left iu the ladies’ golf championship, was beaten to-day by Miss Millar by the big margin of 8 and 7. Miss Glenna Collett (America) defeated Miss Molly Gourlay (Britain) at the twenty-first hole after a great fight. The survivors of the fifth round include Miss Collett and also the American, Miss Helen Hicks. Miss Hicks is aged 19. The British players include Miss Enid Wilson and Miss Diana Fishwiek, the ex-girl champion. In the international foursomes at North Manchester, Mitchell and Compston defeated Diegel and Horton Smith, 7 up over eighteen holes. In a thirty-six-hole fourball match, Mitchell (America) and Compston (Britain) defeated Diegei and Smith, 9 and 8.