St. Andrews, June 3.
AFORE large crowds the tenth Walker Cup contest between the amateur golfers of Great Britain and the United States commenced here today. *Conditions were far from ideal, as a strong westerly wind, almost a gale, swept the links.
Although underdogs in the betting, the British representatives were on even terms with the Americans at the end of the first 18 holes in the foursomes this morning, leading in two of the matches and down in the remaining two.
The positions at the end of the first first 18 holes were:
Fischer and Kocsis (America) were three up against Bentley and Bru:
Peters and Thomson (Britain) were two up against Goodman and Ward:
Yates and, Billows (America) were up against Kyle and Stowe:
rowley and Pennink (Britain) were three up against Reynolds Smith and Haas. was erratfe in his driving and weak in his putting. Yates missed a one-foot putt at the third, and a yard putt at the 14th, Billows struck the pin with his second shot at the 12th.
The cards of the pairs' were:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.