NO FORCED APOLOGY
Golfer's Criticism of British Crowds (Received 26, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YOEK, July 24. The professional golfer, Ralph Guldahl, replying'to a demand by the Professional Golfers' Association threatening suspension unless he apologised for his statements concerning Eng]ish crowds, said: — "The only thing to which Britain and American sportsmen could object would be insincere and forced apologies in a matter that has been magnified far beyond a reasonable proportion.'' Guldahl, who returned with the Ryder Oup players, expressed intensely anti-British feelings. In a statement he said: "It is my first trip over, and 1 hope I never% see the British again. They only cheer when you miss a shot, but crowd around ybu so as not to give you a chance to inake it." A London cablegram stated that British gjolfers were angered by the "Americans' charges of unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of Ryder Cup spectators, such as those made by Guldahl and Ed. Dudley. The latter said, "We all agreed that British antipathy to Americans reached new heights during our visit." The remarks were received in Britain with pained surprise.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19370726.2.69
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 7
Word Count
183NO FORCED APOLOGY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in