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Show TALES OF I WAYSIDE TEE By GRANTLAND RICE (Copyright, 1922. New York Tribune. inc.) I As the 6eason of competitive golf moves on Into May, the main opening' month all along the line, one of tho big questions which confront the authorities au-thorities and interest all Is the selection selec-tion of the American team for tho British Invasion. Naming the- first four or five men Is simple enough. No long debate Is needed to suggest that Evans Ouimet, Guilford, Jones and Gardner should bo the first five choices. But if eight men are to be picked, naming the other three Is an entirely different matter. Among those to be considered are: Fowr.cs, Knopper, Swoetser. Marston Johnston. Hunter and four or five more who have shOWl) their ability in reci al years to play fine competitive golf. '1 here are five or six of these who are .-o evenly balanced that it Is almost al-most a toss-up as to which shall bo picked and which left out. TE M A STRONG ON E i Any golf combination headed by Chick Evans, Francis Ouiinet Bobby Jones, Jesse Guilford and Bob Gardner Gard-ner Is sure to be exceptionally strong. And when the committee has such stars as Fownes, Johnston. Knepper. Marston, Hunter, Sweetser, etc. tol select tho other three men from If the program is an eiirht-inan test, there will be no big drop near the finish. It is the stoutest combination which the United States has been able to select in a long line For It has proved experience mixed in with youthful brilliancy and every man mentioned has been thoroughly tested in more than one campaign, PICKING TEAMS Selecting the e international teams i Is no i. in. easygoing task. Lalt spring, at Ho,ake, when thci British team was announced there; were loud murmurs of complaint from numerous quarters At that time several of the strong' artisan golfers, including Willie Hunter, Hun-ter, were left out. As Hunter played the best golf of the championship meeting which followed there were quite naturally adduTonal murmurs ' later on Hunter undoubtedly deserved a place on the British team and this year there will be no such oversights. The British problem is even more! complicated than the American case, 1 for outside of Hunter and Tolley they have a Ions string that Is well nitch-ed, nitch-ed, With HO Kreat choice. i me might mention Wethered. Jenkins, Harry Braid. Holderness, Aylmer, Sandy Armour, Carter and a few more who are on a par and then hardly hit a man who survived the last eight in the Hoviake championship From this list the British committee commit-tee can collect a strong, experienced set of campaigners who may not win out who should put up formidable resistance. re-sistance. THE WALKER H I' TEAM The International team match is to be played at Brookllne just before the amateur championship siarts. Play for the Walker Trophy, modeled mod-eled something after the manner of the' Davis Cup for tennis, will be different. 'i his contest is scheduled for the National Links ami there will be only I four men to a side. Here the complications pile up From Evans, ouimet. Jones Guilford and Gardner, who is to be dropped? And suppose at Brookllne still another an-other wins the championship? If the teams have to be named bv a certain advance date. It Is easily possible that i he row . hu ropion will not be m the line-up. Evan- and Joins will be certainties 1 unless there is some new development beyond one's present limited vision Ouimet will be better for a short team-plaj dash than he will be for the nn? stretch of the chamnJonshin I grind. Bob Gardner, a fine golfer and a hard fighter, can hardlv be left off and the same con be said of Guilford I the present champion. We hardly envy any committee thei job of picking four men from this group. Guilford is the more recent of the lot to reach fame, but he did it1 in no half-way manner by crushing Evans and Gardner on successive days.. It is for complications such as these I thai the coining campaign will be more 1 than ordinarily interesting, for the! main climax of the season offers' greater drama tlian ihe game has vet I known on this .side of thot Atlantic So the statenu nt that golf is facing its 1 ' 1 " "i the i ,,,(,.,! states is not a mere collection of words. oo- I |