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► Turnesa Paired With Urzetta As Walker Cup Matches Open f Sun Finally Finds Birkdale Course as American Squad Eyes 12th Victory in Series By HENRY W. THORNBERRY United Press Sports Writer BIRKDALE, England, May 10. — Capt. Willie Turnesa, who has scored some of his ; finest triumphs on English courses, and I U. S. Amateur Champion Sam Urzetta, who is playing gold abroad for the first time, today were paired against Britains Jim 1 Bruen and John Morgan for tomorrows opening foursomes play in the 1951 Walker • Cup matches. The other three opening day matches 5 , will pit Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio, » and Bill Campbell of Huntington, W. Va., , against Ronnie White and Joe Carr; Charles Coe of Oklahoma City and Jim McHale, Jr., of Philadelphia, against Cecil 1 Ewing and John Langley, and Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, N. C, and Bob Knowles, Jr., of Brookline, Mass., against Alex Kyle and Ian Caldwell. The chances of the favored Americans brightened as sunshine flooded the Birkdale links after three days of dull, freezing weather. Turnesa, the Elmsford, N. Y., * veteran who is playing in the Cup competition " for the third time, was all smiles as the U. S. players finished practicing for what they hope will be Americas twelfth j triumph in 13 meetings with Britains best t amateur golfers. Turn in Weather Helpful "All of us are happy and raring to go," » Turnesa said. "We thought the weather r would never improve, but the change has given us just the lift we need. The greens 5 are drying out fast and I think well be ; able to handle the wind all right." Chilly but clear weather was forecast for tomorrow with the first of the 36-hole foursomes scheduled to begin at 4:30 a. m. _ EDT. The narrow fairways and the ; greens on the 6,843 -yard championship course were soft underneath today but were expected to be in excellent condition x if no rain falls before the competition gets 3 under way. There were no surprises in the pairings for the foursomes. Turnesa dropped Harold . Paddock of Cleveland, who made a poor r showing in the warmups and stuck with x the partnerships which wound up todays 3 drills. Raymond Oppenheimer, the non-playing r British captain, took the advice of British ! professionals Henry Cotton and Dai Rees 3 and paired the experienced Ewing, Kyle ; and Bruen with Langley, Caldwell and Morgan. The Americans, except for Chapman and I Knowles, who each shot a 68 over a par 74 [ layout this morning, did not make an impressive . showing in their final practice ; rounds. Turnesa, Urzetta, Campbell and Chapman . all missed short putts and were under driving. However, local experts pointed out t that the relaxed Americans seldom do well I in actual competition. Oppenheimer was so pleased with his 3 squads showing yesterday that he let them i practice as they pleased today. The British believe their best bet in the foursomes will be the Kyle-Caldwell team against Chapman and Knowles. They also expect Bruen ; and Morgan to show well against Turnesa t and Urzetta, because the latter is playing I in the cup matches for the first time. The eight singles matches, which wind 1 up the thirteenth renewal, will be played 1 Saturday.
