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The amateur team which will represent. influenced by age, geography or any the United States against Great Britain factors other than those named in the fourteenth l\iatch for the Walker above. Cup will comprise Charles R. Yates, of All three factors are, of course, matters Atlanta, Ga., non-playing Captain, and of opinion; but the final opinion is. that the following players: of the USGA Executive Committee, William C. Campbell~ Huntington, reached after its individual members have W. Va. evaluated each candidate on the basis of Richard D. Chapman, Pinehurst, all three criteria. I\. C. Pbying ability is a particularly diffi- Donald R. Cherry, New York. N. Y. cult element to judge in a country as Charles R. Coe, Oklahoma City, Okin. vast as ours where leading players of all James G. Jackson, St. Louis, Mo. sections rarely compete against one an- Gene A. Littler, San Diego, CaI. other. The USGA Amateur Champion- , East Rochester, N. Y. ship is the principal national get-to- Kenneth P. Venturi, San Francisco, gether. Therefore, performances in this CaI. event are given particular weight. E. , Jr., Atlanta, Ga. Over the years the USGA has de- , Everett, Wash. veloped the following method of rating These choices represent a consider- players, and it seems to be as feasible able infusion of new personalities into and efiective as any others which are the competition, for five of the ten play- suggested from time to time. ers have not previously appeared in Each of the 15 members of the Execu. Walker Cup play. The only veterans are tive Committee is asked to nominate as Captain Yates, who played on two Teams many candidates as he cares to for con- in the Thirties, and Messrs. Campbell, sideration for places on the Team. Since Chapman, Coe, Urzetta and Westland. the members of the Executive Commit. The Match will be held at the KiUan- tee are scattered widely throughout the sett Club, Marion, Mass., on Sept. 4 and country, this is a means of insuring that 5, the Friday and Saturday of Labor no promising candidate is overlooked. Day weekend. The names of all candidates nominated In case any of the players selected can. (this year there were forty-seven) are not play, an invitation will be issued to then ranged in alphabetical order and one of the following alternates in the lheir competitive records are compiled order named: Arnold S. Blum, Macon, and forwarded to a Selection Committee, Ga.; William J. Patton, Morgan. c(,mprising five members of the Executive ton, N. C., and James B. McHale, Jr., Committee. Philadelphia, Pa. Each member of this Selection Com- In the selection of this Walker Cup mittee rates the leading candidates in Team three principles governed: the order of his preference and the bal. 1. Merit as a competitive golfer, 1(\1::: are then tabulated. It is immediately based upon records in tournaments apparent that certain players are unani- of importance in recent years. mously recommended for the Team on 2. Sportsmanship and general abil. the first ballot. It is equally apparent ity to represent the United States in that certain other players have not ob- international relations. tained sufficient support to warrant fur- 3. Unquestioned status as an ama- ther consideration. These names are then teur golfer. t.liminated, and the members of the Se- Selection of Team members is not lection Committee- again rate the players 6 USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: JULY, 1953

Kennelh P. Venturi E. Harvie Ward. Jr.

James G. Jackson

who remain under consideration for the find places on the Team and for alter­ nates. The result of the Selection Committee's balloting is then presented to the full Executive Committee in the form of a recommendation. Again all members of Charles R. Coe the Executive Committee have opportu- USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: JULY, 1953 7

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•- Gene A. Littler

Sam Urxeita

Richard D. Chapman nity to approve or disapprove the indi­ vidual candidates. Biographies of the players follow: William C. Campbell 8 USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: JULY, 1953 William C. Campbell Donald R. Cherry Mr. Campbell is a veteran of the 1951 Mr. Cherry is a new-comer to the Walker Walker Cup and the 1952 Americas Cup Cup Team, and he' earned his place by Teams. A graduate of Princeton, he is 30 reaching the semi-final round of the Ama­ and an insurance agent and broker in teur Championship last summer, going to Huntington, W. Va. the quarter-final round of the Mexican Since receiving his release from service Amateur and taking the medal in the West­ as an Army Captain, he has made his pres­ ern Amateur. He is 29 and a native of ence heavily felt in amateur . He de­ Wichita Falls, Texas, although he now voted the first part of last year to an un­ makes his home in New York City. successful campaign for a Congressional As a professional singer of popular songs, nomination, but in the latter part of the Mr. Cherry has cut many records and ap­ season he went to the fifth round of the peared on radio and television networks Amateur Championship, to the final of the and in theaters and night clubs throughout Canadian Amateur and to the third round the country. of the . In 1949 he de­ In sectional play last year, he won the feated in the quarter-finals of West Texas Amateur for the second time but lost in the and was runner-up in the Metropolitan semi-finals. In 1950 he reached the sixth (N. Y.) Amateur. He was a semi-finalist in round of the British Amateur, losing to the 1953 Southern Amateur. Joseph B. Carr, and won the North and He is a bachelor. South Amateur. This year he repeated his victory in the North and South Amateur Charles R. Coe and lost in the round of sixteen of the Brit­ This will be Mr. Coe's third appearance ish Amateur to Cecil Beamish. in Walker Cup play. He is 29, a graduate In the last Walker Cup Match, Mr. of the University of Oklahoma and rep­ Campbell and Frank R. Stranahan halved resents the Oklahoma City Golf and Coun­ with Ronald J. White and Mr. Carr in four­ try Club, where the Amateur Championship somes; he defeated R. Cecil Ewing, 5 and will be held in September. His business is 4, in singles. oil investments. He is a bachelor. Mr. Coe won the Amateur Championship Richard D. Chapman in 1949 and was runner-up in the British Amateur in 1951. He was Western Amateur Mr. Chapman is the only golfer who has Champion in 1950 and last year took the won the Amateur Championships of the Trans-Mississippi Amateur for the third United States, Great Britain, and time. He also was playing Captain of the , and he was a member of the 1947 1952 Americas Cup Team. and 1951 Walker Cup Teams. He is 42 and an estate executor, living in Osterville, In the 1949 Walker Cup Match, Mr. Coe Mass., and Pinehurst, N. C. His college participated only in singles, defeated Mr. was Williams. Ewing, 1 up. In 1951, he and James B. Mc- Hale, Jr., halved with Mr. Ewing and John Son of a notable golfing family, Mr. D. A. Langley, and he bowed to Mr. White Chapman won the French Amateur in 1939, in singles, 2 and 1. the USGA Amateur in 1940 and, after his He is married and has two sons. release from service as an Army Major, the Canadian Amateur in 1949 and the James G. Jackson British Amateur in 1951. Last year he won A newcomer to the Team, Mr. Jackson the French Amateur for the second time, was leading amateur in the Open Cham­ and this spring he won the Carolinas Ama­ pionship and went to the fifth round of the teur. Amateur Championship last year. He is a In the 1951 Match, he and Robert W. graduate of University, 30 and Knowles defeated Alex T. Kyle and Ian a salesman. His home is in Richmond Caldwell in foursomes, 1 up, and he beat Heights, near St. Louis, Mo. John L. Morgan in singles, 7 and 6. In 1947, Mr. Jackson won the Missouri Amateur he and Mr. Stranahan lost to Mr. White Championship in 1951 and has made a and Charles Stowe in foursomes, 4 and 3, notable record in stroke-play competitions, and he defeated Percy B. Lucas in singles, winning the Westborough Invitational 4 and 3. Round-Robin, the St. Louis Open and sev­ He is married and has two sons. eral qualifying medals. USGA JOURNAL AND TURF MANAGEMENT: JULY, 1953 9

He saw service with the Army during the has had few opportumtles to compete out- war, is married and has one son. side of his home area, but he has won the San Francisco, Richmond and Northern Gene A. Littler Championships. 1\Ir. Littler will be making his debut in He is a bachelor. Walker Cup play at the age of 23. His E. Harvie Ward. Jr. home is in San Diego, CaI., and he is an Airman in the Navy, having served a little Mr. Ward is another new-comer to the more than half of a four-year enlistment. 'Valker Cup Team, but he qualified by win- He attended San Diego State College. ning the 1952 British Amateur Champion- In the Amateur Championship last year, ship .and was a member of the Americas he went to the quarter-final round, and he Cup Team last summer. Although he is now went to the third round in 1950. His Navy a stock broker in Atlanta, Ga., he is a na- duties prevented him from entering the tive of Tarboro, N. C., and a graduate of Amateur in 1951 and from playing in many the University of North Carolina. He is 27. other. events. He first attracted attention by In addition to winning the British Ama- winning the Junior Chamber of Commerce teur last year, he went to the fourth round junior tournament in 1948, and. he has of the Amateur Championship and to the been dominating amateur golf in the San final of the Western Amateur. He won the Diego area, where he is stationed. This North and S~)Uth Amateur in 1948, the Na- spring, for example, he won the California tional Collegiate Athletic Association Cham- Open. pionship in 1949 and this year was runner- He is married. up to Mr. Carr in the British Amateur, tied for the amateur prize in the Masters Tour- Sam UrzeUa nament and won the Georgia Amateur. He is married. Mr. Urzetta won the Amateur Champion- ship in 1950 and was a member of the 1951 Jack Westland Walker Cup Team, after which he went to Mr. 'Westland gave all veterans new hope the quarter-final round of the British Ama- by winning the Amateur Championskip last teur. He was a member of The Americas summer at the age of 47 to climax a golf- Cup Team and a semi-finalist in the Cana- ing career of thirty years. He is now 48 dian Amateur last year, and was tied for and represents the Second Washington Dis- fifth amateur in the 1953 Open. trict in the House of Representatives of the Following Army service during the war, United States Congress. His home is in he completed his studies at St. Bonaven- Everett, '''ash. ture .University and became an outstanding His appearance with the Walker Cup basketball player. He is now 27 and a but- Team this year will be his third over a lon sale'3man, living in East Rochester, span of twenty-one years. In 1932 he halved N. Y. with John Burke in singles. In 1934 he and In the last Walker Cup Match, he was Gus T. Moreland defeated Harry G. Bentley assigned the No.1 singles position and de- and Eric W. Fiddian in foursomes, 6 and feated S. Max McCready, 4 and 3. He and 5, and he again halved a singles match, this William P. Turnesa defeated James Bruen. time with Eric A. McRuvie. Jr., and John L. Morgan in foursomes, 5 Before Mr. Westland had graduated from and 4. the University of Washington, he won ilis He was married last winter. state championship, in 1924. He was runner- up in the Intercollegiate Championship in Kenneth P. Venturi 1925, French Amateur Champion \ in 1\Ir. Venturi is a senior at San Jose State 1929, runner-up in the Amateur Champion- College and has won the California ship in 1931 and Western Amateur Cham- Amateur Championship and pl~yed with pion in 1933. Since that time, he has con- The Americas Cup Team. He is, at 22, the fined his competitive play largely to hi., youngest member of the Team. His hom~ home area and interrupted it to serve five is in San Francisco, CaI. years with the Navy, being released as a In 1948, Mr. Venturi was runner-up in lieutenant commander. Yet he won the Pa- the first USGA Junior Amateur Champion- cific Northwest Amateur four times and the ship, and he has since earned a consider- Washington Amateur three times. able reputation in Northern California. He He is married and has one son.