Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-29 | Page 35 | Yanees Show Grit on Links

V ANEES- ANEES SNOW SHOW GRIT ON O LINKS I Americans Avoid Defeat In First Battle In England r England April 28 13 28 The Tho Associated FIne FIno Fine corn com spirit 1 saved saed cd the American amateur golfers from defeat today In their first battle on the English fai as a's ays In ln the morning they a ase aseere se seere er re reverse erse but in th the they IhlY made a fighting comeback and ended the day all square with i the stars of nt tho the Oxford and Cam Cam- CamI Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge bridge Golfing society with whom a I they played a doZ dozen n foursomes ER Six SL four ball foursomes were re e played in the forenoon of ot which th the natives naties es won von four tour With a bet bet- heft betty hefty t ty British luncheon under their beit and th the will 11 to win under their cap caps the tho Yankees T returned to 10 the windy sandy links In the afternoon and before losing a 0 match won on four straight or suf- suf sufficient sufficient suf sufficient to square m with their hosts Tb The afternoon matches were two-ball two foursomes One thousand spectators or thereabouts motored to 10 this an- an ancient an ancient cleat town lown by the tho English to see sec the debut but ot of the Americans i and most of them walked In the wake of ot Jess Sweetser the Amen Ameri American can an champion who ho paired wIth mth Ouimet cam came ame away aay tri tri- triumphant tn tri triumphant in 10 both his mc morning and afternoon matches hes IN IV 1 i Grai They were ero eno the tho only Americans to win In am both before and after aCter lunch and British critics among amon the tho gal- gal gallery gal gallery lery Iry decided to get their sporting s ready for tor the possible ordeal ordeal or- or deal of watching either ot of the Am- Am orleans walk away avay with the Eng Ear English English lish ugh amateur championship a fort fort- fortnight fortnight tort 1 night hence