GOLFING

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1930, Page 3

GOLFING

THE WALKER CUP. i;luted Press Association—By ElectricTelegraph.^—Copyright.] LONDON] May 16. The Walker Clip Singles resulted: iones heat Weathered, nine up and •iglit to play. Voight beat liolderness, ten and eight. Johnson beat Tolley, five and four. Von Elm beat Hartley, three and two. MaeKenzie beat Campbell, six and five. Willing beat Smith, two and one. ‘ Moo beat Stout, one up. Torrance beat Ouimat, seven and six. Torrance scored England’s only win in the Singles. GOLF CHAMPIONS. LONDON, May' 16. The triumph of the 19 r yenr-old Diana Fisjiwick in the ladies golf champion--1 ship was blazoned forth by the news-

practice, but her opponent, playing tent only comparable with a decisive lest match. It was truly a remarkable effort "by a girl playing in a 1 championship for the first time. i When the’ match began, it was considered that the, odds were on the mare experienced American, Miss Glenna Collett, but Miss Fishwick soon showed she was in no way over awed by the importance of the occasion, her j opponent’s many victories, or the size I of the crowd, mostly , women in sports clothes. She set about her task with I a painstaking calm which she maintained to the end. The English woman did not lead till the ninth, hut at the end of the first round had a commanding lead of five holes with a stroke score of 79 to Miss Collett’s j 85. Miss Fishwiek’s lead was almost | entirely due to Miss Collett’s wretched putting. Miss Collett during the lunch interval settled down to putting practice but hc'r opponent playing splendidly on resuming was six up at the twenty-fourth and turned for home five up. Miss Collett rallied hut never looked like winning off the lend. Prior to the match Miss Fishwick telephoned lo a London paper for which she writes golf:—“I must ask

you to let me off writing to-day. I’m I England's last hope. What a lark. I Cheerio.” , | The new champion received ail ovation. After the match she again telephoned to London:—“Cupi remains in England. I am glad I have done something for Britain. I could not ( iiave wished for a sportier opponent. 1 desire to pay tribute to America’s wonderful team play. Throughout it was most enjoyable. I am a happy girl.” There was quite a different story to be reported from Sandwich, where eight thousand people, ipchiding the Prince of Wales, saw American win the Walker Cup for the sixth time. It is no exaggeration to say that the invaders quite outclassed the Englishmen as the results indicate. One match was responsible for an extraordinary happening. Mac Ke- 1 zie’s second shot to the eigtheenth green dropped into the pocket of a spectator standing on the fringe of the green. When . the players came up, the hall was dropped where the spec- j infer stood, without penally. ; A more unfortunate event marred j

the Wethered-Jones match. A spectator received the full, force of a sliced drive by an Englishman and fell tui? conscious, recovering \ shortly afterwards. The,event seemed;to. rattle)tbhplayer badly, and he lost the. next sixholes running. \ IqQNDONi May 18.: . Neither Diegel Vor Mitchell were; ait their, best in the Jirst half, but showed a vast improvement in the second’ round. Mitchell was. four down .at Alter tenth. The American; seemed .to have,, the match in hand when Mitchell, by a super display won four-of *the next; seven, liolqs, and squared,, the, mateh; with one hole to play. Excitement; was intense when at the short eighty., eenth,. Mitchell placed his tee shat/ seven feet from the flag. , Diegel thirty-five feet, distant, but the unexpected happened, Diegel holing a putt, from the. other side of the greeh/i while Mitchell missed,