Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-05
sARhzEH CAPTURES GOLF
TITLE At NEW ORLEANS
Pittsburgh Man Makes Medal
Scare of 294 for y
Holes.
LEO DiEGEI. IS PLACED SECOND
jack HWtchixon, Jim Harness and Boh
Macdonald Fail to Finish Among
First Three, but Piny Remark
nbic Games.
IRv Associated rress.l

NEW ORLEANS, La. March f.
Gene Sarazen, representing the High
land Country Club. OF Pittsburgh, and
practically shooting par golf all
through the tournament captured the
Southern open championship here to-
day with medal score OF 29t for
seventy-two holes. Leo Diegel. of
the New Orleans Country Club. was
second. with a medal score of 3O2.
Third place went TO Cyril Walker. OF
Englewood, y. J., with a medal score
OF 3oi. two strokes behind Dicgel.
Jock liutchison. British open cham
pion: Jim Barnes. national open
champion. and Bob Macdonald, met
ropolitan open champion. who were
among the favorites to win the
tournament. failed to finish among
the first three. Hutchison got OF
to bad start on the opening day.
but played remarkable game Sat-
urday morning. turning in the low
est score of seventy-thrcc for the
morning round.
Turns In Card of Seventy-Two
Sarazen. the winner. turned In the
lowest score of the entire tournament
with sevcnty-two. just one above
par In the last eighteen holes OF
play. The playing of Sarazen dur
ing me afternoon round was real
feature OF the tournament The
Pittsburgcr, who is one OF the
youngest professionals entered in
the tournament. played the gume
| like real veteran, and displayed
rare GOODNESS and steadincss through
the matches in which he was en-
gagged.
In the morning round he lost to
Leo DieEel who the day previous
had outclassed Jock Hutchinson. In
the afternoon. however, he came
| back with wonderful game. and
completely outplayed his conuuerer
of the morning round. SaInzen
played par for the first nine holes,
and would have perhaps played par
for the second nine, but he missed
three consecutive easy puts on the
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth
holes. which cost him three extra
strokes.
Putting In Poor.
Diegers loss of the tournament was
attributed to his poor putting in the
afternoon round. Time and time
again the New Orleans pro appar-
| entity missed easy shots for the cup.
while on the velvet and played n
| rather erratic game.
Cyril Walker finished the first days
play in second place. but fell off his
game in the second round and gave
way To Diegel.
Sara;en, as winner OF the tourna :
ment, was given a purse OF 1000,
while Dlegel gets $3.50 as runner
Walker won $500. while Jock Hutch
| ison's share OF the prize money was
$3.50.
The contest. which closed here to-
10 no fret
pionship tournament held under the
auspices of the Southern Golf As
| sociation. The title won by Sarazcn.
therefore. does not uncrown any
former champion, according to local
club officials and sport writer's, who
declare that the results Of the tourna-
| ment Will in no way affect the titles
champion, nor the Southern profess
sional champion.
! Eight Amateurs Enter.
OF the fifty professionals and eight
| amateurs who entered the contest
Yesterday morning. only the follow
ing completed the scvcntytwo holes
and turned in cards. as follows:
Gene Sarazen. Pittsburgh. 294; Leo
Diegel. New Orleans, 3O2; Cyril
Walker. Englcwood. y. j.. 800: Jock
Hutchinson. British champion, 3OS:
Charlie Hoffner, Philadelphia. All:
Pete OHara. New York. 3l2: Fred
Mcleod. ST. Louis 3l3; Jim Barnes,
Pelham. y. V. 3l3; Bill Melhorn.
Shreveport. La, 3l4: Lloyd Gulick
son. Chicago. 315; Tom Laliy, San
| Antonio. Tex. 315: John Rogers, Day
ton. Ohio. SIS; John Golden, New
York. 3ls: Tom Rajoppi. Maplewood.
y. j.. BIS; Bob Macdonald. Chicago,
BIS: Charles Hall, Birmingham. Ala.
82i; Pat Doyle. New York, 32l; Alex
| Campbell, New Jersey. 322: william
Mcclure. Houston. Tex. 322: Tom
BOYD. New York, 1913: Pat O'IIara. New
YORK. 1923: Dan Kenny, Pennsylvania.
,'25; George Turpic, New Orleans,
1913: Charles IIilgendorf New Orleans.
32S: w. j. Damcn, New York, 32S;
Harry Turpie, Hammond. La. 329:
Tom Hughes. Chicago. 329: Jeff
Adams. Gulfport. Miss. 333: Frank
Kenneth. Alexandria. La, 332.