New-York tribune., 1922-10-05


Hagen and Sarazen will compete at
match play over seventy-two holes on
Friday and Saturday. Over this dis
tance there Is little chance Of fuke
victory being recorded. If either
doesn't happen to have the touch on
the first day he will have an oppor-
tunity to recover the next.
The first half of the match will be
played on the Oakmont Country Club
course, at Pittsburgh, tomorrow. The
second, or final half will take place
at tho beautiful Westchester-Biltmo ore
Country Club course at Rye, in West
chester County, on Saturday. The
purse at stake is $4,000. The winner,
Of course, will collect the larger por-
tion Of this sum.
All Of which leads up to the ques-
tion, who will win? Our only answer is
are concerned the outcome depends a
great deal on who gets the breaks. For
in no game can the breaks come so
rapidly as they do in golf.
If present Indications meant any
thing we would rush to get our money
down on Sarazen, for he seems to be
in better form than Hagen right now.
The latter did not fare so we'll in the
recent Southern open championship. in
fact, did the unusual-for him--of
finishing badly after good start.
Maintains Keener Interest
.Sarazen is young and can maintain
keener interest in the game than Ha-
gen, who has been through long,
gruelling on the links. Only the other
day after arduous morning workout
short session Of practice. The young
ster never loses an opportunity to play
a shot or half dozen, If possible.
So far as temperament is concerned
Sarazen's is just as good as Hagen's.
The American title-holder is not awed
by regulations or is he affected by
the changes in contest. He has
proved he is quite as great match
player as is the British champion.
In any event this match is likely to
be the most thrilling and most sem
sational of any single contest ever
played in this country.
If New York beats Philadelphia to-
morrow at Piping Rock as it probably
will there will be keen interest in
the meeting of Sweetser and Guilford.
The Bostonian will quite naturally be
looking for revenge while the cham
pion will be quite as anxious to win
to prove that the defeat at Brookline
was no fuke.
The women's championship just
ended at White Sulphur was the most
remarkable in many respects ever
held. In the first place there was an
unusual number of newcomers who ap-
pear as prospective champions. There
was Miss Frances Halloran of Salt
Lake City: Mrs. H. D. Sterrett, of
r. %cI,i E,.an
Hadfeld, OF Chicago; Miss Dorothy
Klotz, of Chicago; Miss Margaret
Cameron of Los Angeles; Miss KatE-
leen German, of Parkersburg, w. Va;
Miss Bernice Wall, of Oshkosh, Wis,
and Miss Dorothy Higbie of Chicago.
We could rattle off reams about the
merits of these young girls as golfers,
but space forbids. The manner in
which they hit the ball is simply
amazing. Right now we nominate two,
of these who are likely to win the
title within the next three or four
years provided they keep at it. They
are Miss Klotz and Mrs. Sterrett.
None, not even the wonderful Mrs.
Feitner,, hits longer driven than
Miss Klotz and not even the great
Alexa plays her irons in sounder
manner than Mrs. Sterrett.
Possesses Good Short Game
How good short game the Kansas
woman possesses is shown by the
score she and Jack Dawson turned in
in winning the mixed foursome prize.
Out in II they came back in thirty
six strokes, having four 3's on those
last nine holes, with Mrs. Sterrett
playing all Of the second shots.
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