The Washington herald., 1920-08-14

Use Ol MS aluminium pukLET WHICH
missed one or two short pOkes but
iu the main found the center of the
cup with amazing certainty all
through the closing day. Ray won
Gy greater stCadiness, for when the
pinch came at the finish he alone
maintained his poise. where both
NardOn and 'Deigel ran into trouble
that left an extremely devastating
feet. The great drama of the tour
G..ment passed Ray by .nd took in
!Is, swirl two of the beaten who
fought 10 the finish only to lose
%; by less than half a span. These
Two were Jock Hutchison, the Scot
.isI- American, and Leo Deigel, the
Detroit home-bred, who each had
one putt left upon the home green
ip tie the winner and carry the bat
he forward for another day.
Dcigcl had the championship in
Is grasp when he left the thir-
.rCnth green. but two bad shots cost
am a SIX at the fourteenth where
%" was bunECred. additional mis-
tsEes added two more at the fif-
.ccnth and sixteenth and he then
was left with seven strokes to catch
EFy who had already finished with
Ms @95. Coming to the 430-yard sew
-aicenth hole DiCgel had taken 295
strokes for the 20 holes already
completed.
n" had to beat par on one hole
10 get his tie and roll back or avert
-hc British triumph. After a fine
.e shot he played a second to the
veatcenth to within eight feet of
Tho cup. All he needed was this
t.-ut fUotcr and simple four at
me finish to stand all even with
RAY Chick Evans. who had sup
planted Deigel's Caddie at the four
i'enth hole. stood by while the %
Near-old home bred made his trv
for the tin. The ball trfckled
slowly by and as it rolled an inch
above the rim of the cup deep
gTUan went up from the 1000 spec
ta-Drs banked upon surrounding
lUolls and knobs above the green.
Only three now at the eighteenth
hole would do the trick. The crowd
rushed forward and left human
lane from tee to green. DeigeTs
tee shot was straight down the
course. His nashie shot to the
green stOTped high 20 feet to the
right and after carefully studying
the line of the putt he sent the
ball upon its way. It's in" shouted
Evans. but once again the ball
rurled slowly and DeigeTs game bid
had beer completed. Then came the
news that Jock Hutchison, the gal
liant SCOt, also had 2SS stroke for
30 holes with DCiEels chance to tie.
One under par would turn the
trick Jock was just off the seven
teenth green on his second shot but
nothing daUnted, he went boldly for
th' cup with his chip. The ball roll
Cd straight and true to less than an
in"h Of the cup before it turned
aside as if blown by a breath only
10 hang on the lip.
20 Jock. too. needed d finishing
10 force drawn fight. Tis tee
shot left him a hard pitch to the
pin. but he was safely on with about
the same putt that confronted
Detgel. Hagen, who was also on and
." feet away. but with no chance
for the title, stepped up and holed
his 80 fOOter. Now go to it, Jock, "
he remarked. You see how easy
ij is
Jock, generally a bundle of raw
Trrves, looked as cool as a thin seq
Wcnt Of cucumber on ice as he took
his stick He struck the putt well,
lA q llLt CudIte ana once more
tn" ball hOlled for the tin, only to
turn aside in the last two inches Of
its journey.
And so by the margin of these
missed puts the big EngIishman
succeeded Walter Hagen as open
golf champion of America, taking
over the throne which Harry Var
ion captured twenty years ago at
-HIcagO, but which he and Vardon
allied to win at BrookIine thirteen
Gears after NardOn's triumph Eng
hSh golfers have now won two OF
2Ur open championships. and their
-riUmph today checked the home
7rcd run Of victories which J. j.
NvDermOtt started nine years ago
IN the morning round Harry Var
ion took the lead at 2lS strokes,
titer a spectacular II which began
most inauspiciOusly with a six at
he first hole, his first six of the
.ournament
Hutchison and Deigel were in
gecond place at 3Is, with Ted Ray
'ourth at 22o. Hagen had broken
BADLY and was counted out, but
Barnes was still but four strokes
Iwsy with 222, while Bobby Jones,
with a spectacular 10, the best
'Ound Of the day. was tied with
Sarnss. Mcdonald and Loos at the
Fame hgures- At the eleventh hole
n the afternoon, with but seven
1Oles to go, the big crowd conceded
Eardon the championship in a run
way race, with his lead of a stroke.
The immortal one in golf had
gone out in IS by fiawless, machine
Ike golf. He was playing with
all his old skill, unruffied and Sc
enc. He had his four at the tenth,
and at the eleventh he beat par
~ taking a three. So he was one
Inder four, with the crown in easy
each. But unknown to the multi
.ude the strain at so years had got
zen in its work. From that point
IN his matchless skill deserted him
and his game faded into a dull,
irao mediocrity, brought by the long
grind OF the four-dsy test. Start
.ng at the twelfth. he played next
six holes in seven strokes over par,
missing stroke after stroke that he
lad played with consummate ease
lntil nature demanded its toll. an
he half-century mark stepped for
ward 20 collect its pay. His final
collapse came when he caught the
brook at the seventeenth on his
second and had to lift for a pen
atty stroke where a simple four
would have earned another triumph
Ifter twenty years delay. Those
Who followed and watched saw one
1f the great sport tragedies, the
great master fighting for his final
title, holding IL for one brief mo-
nent and then colspsing on the
,dge of victory where just one we'll
played shot would have carried him
'afely through. So Vardon passed