Show Top lop British Golfer Shuns Match With Snead in U U. s. s By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK Nov 12 AP The AP-The The movement to bring Henry Cotton over here for a hole 72 world championship golf match against Sam Snead the long hitter from the hill country probably was doomed to failure before it began egan Not that the dour Welshman would be afraid to match shots with this country's boy wonder Cotton is the supreme egoist and he i thinks with som reason that he hE r can an 0 man living But Bui t 1 he simply doesn't want to come tc M 1 the United States l In the first first r r the place l money he has all he be J r I needs and he is h t making more ore of f it its J tw J by staying rIght 0 gf in England than A 0 l lany any golfer ever event j i has At his club x near London Cotton Cot Cot- neal Snead I Iton ton and a half dozen assistants spend most of their waking hours giving lessons Cotton himself charges harges an n outrageous geo f fee e for s show show- ow- ow ing mg gouty COlOnelS now to 10 grip a brassie That he no longer holds the British British Brit Brit- Brit I ish open championship has detracted detract detract- ed little from Henrys Henry's prestige The average Englishman still divides that nations nation's golfers in two categories categories ries nies First Cotton second the rest They are right about it too Golf's GoUs Silent Man If the golf officials finally do Induce in induce induce in- in duce the silent man of the links to come over for a game with Snead their efforts will be rewarded Win or lose Cotton will show the gallery gallery gallery gal gal- lery a carload of golfer If they give him his favorite kind of course to play on on-a on a tremendously long course tightly trapped trapped trapped-he he probably probably proba proba- bly will b burn rn Snead down Snead undoubtedly is a great golfer but he is very young and he has been playing big league golf I Ionly only 20 months Cotton comparatively comparatively comparatively is a veteran He has perfected perfected perfected per per- his game gradually during the past 10 years and it is is a thing of beauty Snead is noted for his ability ability- to drive a ball out of sight yet it is doubtful he would gain 10 yards on Cotton in an entire round And where Sneads Snead's wallops occasionally wander into the underbrush Cottons Cotton's Cottons Cotton's Cot Cot- tons ton's go right down down- the middle about 99 times out of Denny Shute who for the two previous years had been this country's country's country's coun coun- try's match play king tackled Henry in a 2500 prize match at Walton Heath near London early jearly last spring and Cotton easily easily- beat him 6 and 5 Straight Hitter Shute a model of accuracy but buta buta a a short hitter had been accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed to shooting his pars and waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing for his opponents to make an occasional mistake But in Cotton he discovered a rival who not only could him up to 50 yards but could match him with his bUs approaches approaches approaches ap ap- ap- ap and his putts Just prior to this Cotton had given the entire American Ryder cup team Including including including ing Snead an impressive trouncing in the open at Carnoustie On the typical wide open country club course in this country where a drive can the fairway now and nd t then en without vi out i incurring r d disaster te WOUla prove at least eaSt leasta a match for Cotton But put them themon on an exacting course like Pine Valley or Oakmont and stretch the course as far as possible and bet your money on Cotton |