Leaves Ashridge Golf Club In Hands of Assistant London, Sept, 25.
Henry Cotton, who has been raising so much money for the Red Cross since the outbreak of war, has joined the Royal Air Force as a Pilot-Officer.
Before joining the Air Force Cotton stated that his contract with the Ashridge Golf Club, where he is professional, is in no way affected and he named his successor. He said: "During my absence the work at the club will be looked after by F. F. Dornan, whom I have appointed my assistant, Dornan. who was born near Edinburgh, evacuated from Poland where he had spent ten years. His elder brother was Scottish professional champion eight years ago,"
Dornan, who is 43, is known in England. but in the ten years he was in Poland he made a lot of money. He has now lost at all, the was lucky fo escape with his" life from Poland when "the Nazis marched in.
At the time of joining up- Cotton had no assistant at Ashridge.; Tom Haliburton was the last to go, and he also joined the R.A.F, Cotton's lást match before joining his unit was played at Deane. Bolton, Lancashire, where Richard ' Burton, the Open Champion, and James Adams, of Royal Liverpool, beat Cotton and R. L. Porter, the local professional, by ore hale, The players were all-square at the end of the first round, and the better ball figures for the 36 holes were 140 for each pair.
This match realised £350 for the Red Cross Fund, bringing the total for 60 matches in which Cotton has taken part to £23,750.—Reuter.
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