The "Glasgow Herald" golf expert remarks:—"What the R. And A. have done is not only unexpected it is nothing short of sensational But one thing must be conceded to them. They have shown a spirit of enterprise far beyond what was expected of them, and while the result of their labours may be queer, "the desperate situati@ into which this series of matches with America has fallen needed desperate measures, We have them here.
if one had indulged in a little forecasting of the 16 players who might be invited to take part in the {rials it is very doubtful if a 60 per cent "mark" would have been gained, We, in Scotland, can hardly complain, for in addition to Kyle, whom the Scottish team selectors—keen as they are—appear to have missed, we have Hector Thomson, Gordon Peters, Andrew Jamieson and E, D. Hamilton, four sound players, and all with a background, "Jamieson was perhaps not so confidently expected as the other three, but anyone who watches the Pollok man hit a ball, especially in a run-up shot, knows that he is watching a polished golfer.
"Probably the only Scot who has a real grievance is the present native champion, Hamilton M'Inally, but then again his showing in the International matches at Portsmarnock was quite enough to wreck his chances. Still, there are others invited to play who did not even have the opportunity of wrecking their chances in the Internationals,
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