Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 18 | Famous Rallies Enable Yanks to Win Two Tilts

Famous Rallies Enable Yanks to Win Two Tilts Records Indicate American W Walker Cup Players May MayBe Be Hard Pressed Presse to Gain One Point Margin l Editors Editor's Note Henry McLemore United Press ace Bce sports writer today resumes the helm of today's sport parade Henry is in Europe covering the big summer International sports events lively comment con con- which be begins herein By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Sports Writer ST. ST ANDREWS SCOTLAND May lo-I lo records mean anything and they must because everybody from plumbers to governments keep them the Walker cup between America and Grea Britain here Friday Fri Fri- day and Saturday should be decIded b by nothing more substantial l than one po point in t. t Twice since its inception In 1921 the event has been contested over St. St Andrews with the Americans winning win win- ning 6 to 5 5 and 6 2 12 to 5 2 12 The 1922 or 5 match is 3 the standout or of the cup series and saw the Amen Amerl cans come through only after fter one ol of the finest rallies in sports sports' history Told to Keep Plugging Francis Ouimet AmerIcan captain who has played in aU all the cup matches in one ot of his little talks to the younger young young- er members of the team used the 1932 match today in pointing out that the boys were not to get discouraged J if the British were oft off to an early carly lead I I remember as wen well as It if it were Ouimet iet said how we Silt sat around the night before belore that match started and figured out how wed we'd mop up the foursome matches the first day and so have a comfortable lead to work on in the singles Well we were a pretty sad bunch the next night having lost three of the tour foursomes nd for a the next day the singles looked worse wane At one onetime onetime time we were down collectively no fewer than 27 holes Nearly everybody was down anywhere from two to five d at the end of 18 When we started the afternoon round our seem to tobe tobe be worth a nickel I I went to the tee with Roger Wethered two down but managed to tie thanks to a putt on the final green I couldn't sink again In 50 years Fred WrIght was in the same fix with Ernest Holderness but Fred went me meone meone one better by taking the last three holes hoes for a win I All over the course It was the thes s same mc way George Rotan was six down at one time to Willis McKenzie but went crazy to take 11 ot of the first 12 holes of the afternoon round to wIn 6 and 4 Doe Doc Willing had hod to sink sinka a nine footer on the final green to lick Willie Murphy n It was Willing's s 's putt incidentally wh which h clinched the cup But the comeback belonged 1 Don Moe Ioe In 1930 lie had bad a beautiful 72 on the lint first round against Bill stout but went to lunch four down That was enough to break a mans man's heart but Don didn't quit not even when lie he lost the first three holes of the afternoon round to go 0 seven down And he lost Jolt those three holes when hen stout who was re red hot got 3 two par Beginning at the hole Don started comin coming back and he quit until he had won seven ot of the next nine holes to square the match Even th the pulling for lor him when he and Bill Bill all all' square stood on the tee of the hole Don won von it and and the match when he laid his second iron two feet from the cup He had a 67 that round the lowest ever shot in the matches So it if You boys bes find lind ourselves getting licked dont don't despaIr Just remember remember re- re member Moe and Rotan and Willing yes and Ouimet Moreland's 1 System Ill remember that Francis drawled Gus Moreland but you wont won't mind if I try the Moreland system tern tem willya the Moreland system asked Ouimet Try and get em 10 down and work like the devil to make it 11