The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-16
2lYEAR-0LDLAD
LEADS VETERANS
FOR GOLF CROWN
"Black Horse Upsets
Dope by Winning From
Great Galaxy Of Stars


cent. today pushed his way out in |
front OF tho wurlds greatest golforH. |
many Of them old enough to bo his |
father. and won the national open |
Eol{ chamu,oushlp with a score of /
2Nk, for ~ holes of play. lasting two T.
days a hooked drive out ot bounds /
ON The fist hole. followed mo- |
mont later by wild spoon shot I
cost John Black, Oakland. Cal, pro- |
fosaional. a tic for first and these |
strokes with "a missed putt, few
groons earlier, kept him from win
ming the title. lie finishcd a strOlto
behind SHrazCu. IN a tiu with Bobbio |
Jones, Atlanta, ca. youthful anna
teur for second, while william Mel
horn Of Shreveport. LH.. was fourth
with 2g0. aud walter Hagen Of DO
troit. British open champion. fifth /
with 29l. Jim barnes OF Pelham
Manor. n. Y, defending hls title
was hopolossly ont Of the running
tir ighiuR wen down the LIST.
only ono OF the throo Rrltons FIN
ishcd among tho first ~, George
Duncan. tying for sixth place with
Leo Doigel OF New Orleans. Jones
was tho only amntour in this list.
Was out OF Race.
GdfNf'u WiA lAlOlN fOnHlntltu
possibility at the start of to1ay'H
play, and had 10 fight his way
through from q place In the rear,
lie did IL with an exhibition OF golf
that has seldom, II over. been ap-
preached In n titular contest. for
his final IS holes were made In as
35-GS, two strokes under par. and
only ono of the only two scores 10
break par In the two Gays Of play.
This GS cluallcd the course record
In completion and tied Hngons low
mark OF yesterday.
Whom Sara2cn turned in this
score II seemed reasonably sure
that he would bo tho winner, but
the championship crown did not set
tie firmly to his head until many
hours later. for out on the links.
playing desperately were three golf
ors, two of them listed among tho
worlds best shooters, striving to cut
a stroke off the 2SS mark and
snatch the victory out OF Sarazen's
hands.
first Bobby Jones threatened tho
Pittsburgh player. for Bobby had
par 20 in tho morning. "A 80 on
the first afternoon round and
needed only n par SO on the last
nine TO tie. Bobby had "A fine
chance TO do this until he reached
tne 7lst hole. This holc later proved
Blacks nemesis was too much FOR
the young sOutherner aud his five
against par four. put him out. n
snort approach followed by n short
run-up was Jones trouble.
Iiagcu Fen ont.
Then the stdtisticians figured that
Hagen could tic with 80 for tho
afternoon. He took 30 on the first
nine and then fell down completely.
with only John Black between
him ana tho title. little Sarazen snt
on bench in the locker room In
slsting to his friends that he could
not win.
when 80 against par Si was e
ported for Blacks afternoon round.
meaning that no could shoot as on
tho par SO final nine and ito sara
zen, It began to look as II the Pitts
burgh player was right I'm being
mnd"st Rut BLACK. "A FEARS old,
southern, northern and central CAL
ifnrnia champion. low yesterday
with 142 ana rcputed to be nt his
best when under fire, failod In the
pinch where the little follow from
Pennsylvania had improved IN the
cri,is o,-,,,,-
hen mo HlIIol MA nun put
n!"IS'H o"l o' wy u'l"'l'b ~ Wv
lIS'; a. hoWSpapor u'3n ua'vu w
the locker room ana 'o'u ""''<'n ne
had WON
lie jumped from tho bench.
turned handspring and let out n
yell \ few moments later no was
carried out on tho shoulders of some
OF the thousands who gathered
round him and gave him choer aft
sr cheer
Rewarded His Caddy.
Rcacblnp down in his poclJet. Sa-
reZen uullcd out a Louis Dominick--
4I5O In American money.
rThis Is for the Kid who helped
mo win" he said. and handed A. 10
hi, coddy
THO tnI,rpamcnt produced record-
brealing golf All of tho prize
Nyinners-thc first l2--finished with
scores Of 2oO ar less This ia two
strokcg Irss than the sOe score with
which Hagen won the British open
Championship and s strokes less
than tho total which brought James
Barnes tho American title at wash
!ngtoE last year.