Sport: Walker Cup

After a decidedly uneven showing in the English Amateur Championship, the American Golf Team won the Walker Cup from the English at St. Andrews. The trophy carries with it the world’s championship in international team play.

After the first day’s play (four ball matches) England led, 3 to 1. The Americans were forced to take five matches in the final seven (two-ball) to win. The startling uphill play of Francis Ouimet, Boston, against Roger Wethered, British Amateur Champion, was the brilliant feature of the tournament. Three down to Wethered at the turn, Ouimet holed a curling 18-foot putt against a dead stymie to square his match on the final green.

With the point score all even Dr. 0. F. Willing, of Portland, sank an eight-foot putt on the home hole to win the final match and bring the cup to America.

While the American amateurs were winning the Walker Cup, Walter Hagen, British Open Champion, was finishing 2 down to R. C. Jolly, of Foxgrove, in the finals of a £700 professional tournament conducted by the Yorkshire Evening News at Leeds. (Hagen had previously eliminated Gene Sarazen, the only other American entry who qualified.)