The Washington herald., 1922-07-16

holes. They have no respect for
age or sex. Sor skill or spirit They
are haunted with grim ghosts of
disaster for all alike. This seven
teenth hole had wrecked Jones
and Hagen Ii was now lurking
in the evening shadows for John
Black. His tee shot swept out OF
bounds to the woods at the left.
His second was faultless. hut his
third was over the green and when
he needed a 8 for this hole, John
Black, Of Oakland. had no story
of triumph to tell his ErandchiId
around a winter fire in the years
to come.
Unheralded and unsunC. he
fought one of the great battles Of
golf where at the finish one devas-
tatins hole cost him crown that
for a brief moment was almost
fixed upon his iron grey head.
SaraHcn shows Class.
When EEack took his six at the
trCacherOus seventeenth. Gene Sar-
azen. of Rye. y. Y. and Pitts
bUrgh. Pa. was the open golf
champion Of America, successor to
Long Jim" Barnes. Of Pelham
who could never hit his stride.
He stands as the only homebred
professional outside Of J. J. Nc
DermOtt and Walter HaCen. to win
this classic, which is now easily
the greatest prize in golf. Sara
zen. who won the Southern open
last winter at New Orleans. earned
this top height by Outplaying the
greatest field to he gathered from
all four corners Of the world. He
played in his first open champion
ship at Inverness two years ago
when he was only 10 years old.
At Columbia last summer he fin
ished at 81. just outside the
money. In this SkOkie test he
followed with T3. just three
strokes back of Black.
In his morning round today he
struck his one bad streak of putting
and when he needed 40 to the turn
ne seemd to be fading from the pic
ture. In this round he missed no
less than puts that were only
few short feet from the cup.
The break in his stride looked es-
peCialIy bad when Bobby Jones
went tearing around in a flawless
20. In this morning caravanser'e
Jones had the star round of the
field, 1t left him tied with MeIhorn
and four strokes ahead of little
Sarazen with the big prize at his
finger tips.
Ends with Four.
But when the Pittsburgh golfer
met this 20 with a So in tho final
whirl he had carved out a set OF
figures that were not to be matched.
Sarazen won because he kept
straight down the middle. played
his iron shots up near the pin and
continued to putt all afternoon with
an unerring steadiness. but above
all else he won because in the final
heart-break ng sector of the
stretch he was cool and determined
as any great veteran who had been
through more than a few long wars.
Fun proof of this was the way he
played the last hole. 1t seemed
evident that he needed here to
win, and this hole. 47O yards in
length. had been causing more than
his share of trouble. After a good
drive, he disdained to play with an
iron. There is a pond in front and
deep traps to the right and left.
Rho" hS that only Woulo win.
SaraZen slashed a long brassie shot
stright to the pin, the ball stopped
lust. twenty feet beyond the cup.
hred as Sergt- York m ght aim
Tennessee rifle. And then his putt
fo- a barely stayed out of tho
waiting TIN
Sarazen is hardly more than five
teet hve or six inches in height
He is extremely short. but power
fuly built with a pair Of big fore