GOLF.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 17894, 14 June 1920, Page 6

GOLF.

Z.ADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND. Received 5.5 p.m., June 13. LONDON. June 1. In the ladies’ golf final, Ceeil Leitch was lour up on Miss Joyce Wethered at the seventh, and maintained it to the 22nd. She was two up at the 29tn. Miss Wethered won two up and one to play. Joyce Wethered is the eighteen-year-old sister of the Oxford golf captain. ENGLAND'S AHATEUB CHAMPION. A DING DONG STRUGGLE. TOLLEY'S DISTINGUISHED CAREER. Received 5.5 p.m., June 13. LONDON. June 11. Owing to the presence of the American Gardner, the amateur golf final attracted more public Interest than In any year since Travis won in 1904. In a stern ding dong struggle, Gardner was two up at the fourth, and square at the ninth. He led to the eleventh, was square at the twelfth, two up nt the eighteenth and square at the twentythird. Tolley then led for the first time, and was two up at the twentyseventh three up at the thirty-second, one up at the thirty fourth, and square at the thirty-sixth. Tolley won at the thirtyseventh. Tolley is aged 24, is six feet and weighs fourteen stone. He began golf in boyhood. He was an officer in the ’l’ank Corps and won the Military Cross. He was a prisoner in Germany t'or a year. He distinguished himself in golf at Oxford, and is a tremendous driver.