Show Walkers Walker's ers Victory Comes as MERE MIDGET GETS REWARD IN NATIONAL GOLF PLAY Cyril Walker Weighing Only Pounds Upset the Prediction of Critics in Gaining Victory Putting Game Factor in Win By fly U n nY Y Y M 1 C C Special Correspondent of I 1 ho ito Id I'd- L Copyright 1324 1024 by The Consoli- Consoli died Pr ss Association OAKLAND HILLS HILL COU COUNTRY THY CLUB Birmingham lIch Mich June 7 CyrIl Cyril Walker a midget of only pounds won ion on I the h e national open golf golt championship this eck OHr the Oakland golf golt I course o over r which only the heavy J were ere re expected to chine Walker alker attained victory not so I much by Ly Raining gibing strokes on n the fiEld fIld as by sl ln satIng savins them while whilo the others v were ero wasting astIng shots I Peculiarly Walker an English English- Englishman man ivan won icon this thia tournament In much the same manner that Long LongI Jim Raines nos another Englishman I ion on the national 1 I open at Colum Colum- Columbia Columbia bia Country club In In 1921 On the former occasion the pia players ers found the greens grens dS is slippery as a ballroom floor and andas andEA Cob as treacherous a as an undertow Darnes quickly took a advantage antage of the Ibe situation While hIbo the tho floundered around the greens 1 gl and complaining barnes roame roamed along serene serenely taking things easy and aad pI Ing C sate lIe He took no un- un un unnecessary necessary chances with his put put- put and romped In nine to 10 the good The greens at nt Oak Oak Oak- Oakland Oakland land Hills HUls were ere much the same a as those at Columbia club It If they ere were more baffling because of the undulations Ie IC Iea ICa a player pla was not onIth on with Ith hi hIs second shot he le had practically no chance hanco of or chipping dead for tor his par Because of hl his bis remarkable puttIng touch altel Hagen 1 nas as to 10 have a big antar ad But gen H s 5 putting v was nas as poor here v which was one of the rca rea- reasons rea reasons sons for his failure to win Walk Walk- Walker W er alk-er er has a very good putting touch also What Is mOl moie e he ho Is Ic a cry ery deliberate painstaking pia er nho ho Is patient nough to look looh things over before the shot In this match he ho made sure suro to set get the proper line to the cup before making each putt Then again he never neier went nent boldly for any birdies that nee el e In sight I Tose he made a came me not from OilY eny boldness on his part but butI butmore butmore butmore more because of his heme eJ cau- cau cau caution butI I tIn tion I nair- nair TC TEN 1 rUt 1 Cyril Is a man of ot jl 31 y ars ar I has been In this country just 10 I ealS eais an and although he had never non on any really Important title he had been a prominent In all tournaments In the la las three years ears He I-fe finished second In the last two tao tv 0 North and South open championships at Pine Pine- Pinehurst Pinehurst Pine hurst V where here a good putting touch 13 more valuable than any other kind of or shot Of Ot course courie Walker Is more than thana a good putter He la Is la also a great grent I slot maker else he never could ha hae e won non on the national open In spite of ot his light weight he Is an long hitter from the tEe His perfect timing tinting enables hIm to got e extraordinary mary dl- dl dis distance tance nee on his drives es He Ho Is not as long through the fairways as lS some or of the others others and tor br but example example but he proved pro here that control of or the Irons and good putting are a better beller combination titan long hitting and UPSETS DOPE Walkers Walker's victory upset the tho pre pre- prediction prediction pre prediction diction of or the writer that a mem- mem memI member member mem I ber of or the younger school woul would I Ibe be the champion again this ear ear But 13 r 1 not exactly an old at this game as he Iris dc eloped hl hi his 0 own onn n gam game ony the last lat five years sears ears J Je lie e showed promise in 1913 when hen ho he homade homade made a fine tine sho showing Ing in the British open at nt Hoy Roy LIke Lake Since bince coming I to this thia country ho however ever Walker has developed more rapidly than he did on the other ether side Know Know- KnowIng KnoWing Knowing ing that ho he could never hope hop to tool ol obtain any distance by pure hit hitting ting alon alone he ho made mada a scientific judy tudy of timing his stroke To- To Today Today To Today day he Is probably the greatest pia er In the game in thI this re- re respect respect re respect There Is nothing ot of the pec- pec about Walker He lie plas pIas golf Kolf In the same manner an en engineer engineer would work worl out a a cal problem Everything Is don donon domon on a basis basin Walker ha hahie hi hie 0 own n theory for tor e every eiery ery sho e The youngsters did ld well nell ell In thi Right night hack back bac of or Walk Walk- Walkr ir r were nere ere Bobby BoLby Jones Bill Dill Mel leI horn Lorn and Bobby Cruickshank They were nero In the thick of the tight fight until the end So was Joe Joo young oung Italian American Italian of or the Far car View Country club of ot New York Keep our e ese ee e on this bo boy 00 00 |