London.
Henry Cotton, the open golf champion of Great Britain, has turned down the offer to captain the England professional team agains, Scotland. The match will be played at Muirfeld on June 22 The reason he gives for his decision is that it would interfere. with his plans for the open Championship, Which begins two days later "Is it not more important that British player should win the open championship?" he asked. "I. going to try to win again, and to playin this match would' interfere with my preparation.
"It is not Scotland we want to beat] in golf. We want to get Britain into supremacy again."—Reuter.
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