GOLF FOR WALKER CUP

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1932, Page 13

GOLF FOR WALKER CUP

MATCH WITH AMERICANS. FORECAST OF BRITISH TEAM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 1My forecast of the Bri , tish . a ’ n golf team to challenge the Amei cans for the Walker Cup involved a tlea „weep of the older players, and, of tl eightwho have so far been chosen, only three have previously taken the match. These are T. A. Tonance, Rex Hartley, and J. A. Stout. Neithei Roger Wethered, Cyril T<Jl6y } ,or Ernest Holderness is in the hst. X intention is to select two moie players later, probably not until after the ama teur championship, and either Wette ed or Tolley may then show that he should be included, but I think the, two places will go to younger golfers. The iei o ing amateur champion, Eric Martin Smith, has not been picked, and neithei has the other finalist. John de Forest, but both are very young, a.nd it Jias properly been ecided that they m do something more to justify their selection. . _ • It is expected that Torrance, who . » dentist—Stout, curiously enough, is a member of the same profession— will be the captain. He has won his last two singles in the match, and he Jias had more experience than any ofl tffe other players. Including Torrance, theie are three Scotsmen in the team. J. A. Bookless is an owner of fishing boats nt Inverness, and Eric Mcßuvie was the boy champion of 1026. Last season he won the Irish Amateur Championship, and lie was the leading amateur in the British Open championship, finishing 17th iu a field which embraced the best professional talent of the world. There is also an Irishman, John Burke,. a dashing player with a fine reputation as a match player. The- English golfers, in addition to Stout, are the brothers Rex and W. L. Hartley and Leonard G. Crawley, ft school-master, who was better known as a cricketer until last spring, when lie carried off tile English amateur championship. • No definite arrangements have yet been made for the match. The American amateur championship fakes place at Baltimore, Maryland, during, the third week of September, and it will probably be played a week or 16 days before then on a course yet to be selected, Most unusually, too, the American team has not yet been chosen, although Francis Ouimet, who holds the American title, has been, appointed captain.

MISS WETHERED "COMES BACK.”

Within * month of the engagement of Miss Joyce Wethered to Captain C. K. Hutchison, it was announced that the marriage would not take place. Almost immediately following, Miss Wethered stated that it was her intention to return to competitive golf during this season. This decision Jias given great satisfaction. A strong American team, captained by Miss Wcthered’s old rival, Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare., is to come over and compete In an international match, and the American golfers will, of course, be formidable challengers for the championship. In the circumstances, Miss Wethered’s help is greatly needed, find I think it is this which has induced her to change her mind. Her last appearance in the championship was at St. Andrews in 1929, when she was opposed in the final by Miss Collett. It was a sensational match, Miss Wethered losing five of the first nine holes, and appearing at this stage to be tumbling rapidly to defeat. But she made an equally startling recovery, and in the end won comfortably by three and one. It was alter this success that Miss Wethered declared that she would not compete in open golf again, and she has kept her word, except insofar- as the mixed foursomes are concerned.

American women’s golf has improved considerably in recent years, and in the international match it is likely that Miss Wethered will be set to meet Miss Helen Hicks, who beat Mrs. Vare for the championship last summer. Miss Hicks also defeated our own champion, Miss Enid Wilson, in the same event. She has been to England before, as lias Miss Maureen Orcutt.