The Archive · 1926

of the Walker Cup

Hezlet and von Elm halved their match, Sweetser (America) beat} Holderness (Britain) by 4 and 3, Wethered (Britain) beat Ouimet (America) by 6 and 4, Gunn (America) beat Brownlow (Britait) by 9 and 8 Harris (Britain) beat Guilford (America) by 2 and 1, Storey (Britain) beat Mackenzie (America) by 2 and 1, and Jamie-gon (Britain) bent. Gardner (America) by 6 and 4.

Britain thus won four and half to three and a-half matches in the singles, while America won three matches to ove in the -foursomes yesterday.

The British put up a magnificent fight after being overwhelmingly beaten this morning, the result actually hinging on the match between von Elm and Hezlet.

The American (von Elm) was) four up at the 27th hole. Hezlet made it all square at the 32nd and the pair wore still square at the 26th. Then von Elm' ast hole we too far. Hezlet, yard putt, played it with de accuracy but his ball stopped three inches from the hole by which margin America won the Cup.

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