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...teamed with Lawson Little of San Francisco. Semifinalist in last year's National Amateur, Golfer Little is accustomed to playing in the world's far corners, having learned the game while his father was an army officer stationed in Tientsin. Opposing Little and Goodman were huge Cyril Tolley and Roger Wethered. That match was won on the first tee when Little stepped up to the ball and lined a drive 30 demoralizing yards farther than Wethered's. Long before the match ended 8 and 6 in favor of the U. S. pair, the solemn crowd of spectators...
...other semifinalists were beefy Cyril Tolley, champion in 1920 and 1929. who has lately done most of his golfing in the U. S., and a capable Scotch player named Thomas Arundel Bourn, 23 years younger than Scott. When Dunlap lost, everyone knew what to expect: Tolley would beat Bourn and then take the final. Instead, playing on a course he distrusts because it imposes eccentric penalties on his long drives, Tolley lost to Bourn in a tight match, after 20 holes. Next day, Scott made matters easy by piling up a 5-hole lead in the morning. In the afternoon...
...same afternoon. One was George Voigt, beaten by the young Nottingham clerk, Sidney Roper, who last year came close to putting Jones out of the tournament. The others were the onetime Champion Roger Wethered, who was runner-up to Bobby Jones last year, and beefy, self-important Cyril Tolley...
...heat of 105° in the shade, big British Cyril Tolley said he lost nine pounds in the first round...
...clock on the tower of the Royal & Ancient Clubhouse to clear the 18th fairway for the final hole, and each of these times the mob had come over in response to the news that Jones was in danger. The first time was when Jones was playing big Cyril Tolley, last year's British amateur champion, reckless, huge-shouldered, one of the longest drivers in the world. They were all even at the turn. They won holes almost in alternation to the 18th. Both were slipshod around the green and unsure in the pits, with Tolley driving farther and hitting...