Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-16
YOUTH TR|UMP PHs
OVER ACE; WINS
H0N0RS At COLE
Gene Sarazen of PittsbU &
Pa, Takes the
Championship at
Skokie Country Club.
(By The Associated Press.) J

!
Skokie Country Club, Glencoe,
ILL.,, July Is (by the Associated
Press. )-Gene Sarazen, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, a little 21 years old
native born American of Italian
descent, today pushed his way out
| in front Of the worlds greatest golf
ers, many Of them old enough to be
his. father, and won the national
open golf championship with a
score of 2SS for seventytwo holes
of play, lasting two days.
| A hooked drive out of bounds on
the seventy-fist hole, followed a
moment later by wild spoon shot,
cost John Black, Oakland, Calf.
professional, tie for first and the
strokes, with a missed putt few
lgreens earlier, kept him from win
ming the title. He finished a
stroke behind Sarazen in a tie with
Bobby Jones, youthful Atlanta
amateur, for second, while William
Mehlhorn, of Shreveport. La, was
fourth with 800 and Walter Hagen.
of Detroit, British open champion,
fifth with 291. Jim Barnes, of Pei
ham Manor, New York, defending
his title. was hopelessly out of the
running, finishing we'll down the
| list
| Sarazen's victory came in typical
american fashion. for he was hard
| ly considered even a possibility at
1.-THE start of today's play and had to
fight his way through from a place
in the rear. He did it with an ex-
hibition of golf that has seldom
even been approached in a titular
contest, for his final eighteen holes
were made in -5S-two strokes
under par and one of the only two
scores to break par in the two days
| of play.
This sixty-eight equaled the
courses record in competition and
tied Hagen's low mark of yester-
day.
| The tournament produced record
breaking golf. All of the prize
lwinners--the first twelve-finished
with scores of 900 or less. This is
1.-TWO strokes less than the 302 score
with which Hagen won the British
open championship.
| The tournament also brought a
Inew era in professional golf, for 1t
found all the old guard-Hagen,
Barnes, Hutchison, EYans, Mitchell.
Duncan and the many others whose
names are by-words in the golf
world-swept out of the running
A boy triurnphed over age and ex-.
perience, while another boy was
tied for second, and veteran
Black---really pressed the winner.
And Black is comparatively un-
known except on the Pacific coast.
Sarazen was 21 years old only
last February. He was born in
Rye, New York. and it was in that
Vicinity that earning little pocket
money as a caddy, he picked up his
golf knowledge. Sarazen is scarce
! ly five feet five inches tall and
weighs only about 145. ...
i Sarazen, by winning the open ma
tional golf tournament, received
cash prize of $500, the champfon-
tship cup and golf medal In addi-
ton to the glory that goes to a
title holder. When he was pre-
sented with his prizes and asked to
make a speech, the little player
Istepped upon chair and said:
II cant say anything, fellows;
It's all in my heart and nothing in
my head-Tm Just like all the
lyoungstersthat way"
Bobby Jones, while officially tied
for second place, goes into third
place in the prize list. He waived
his claim to second so that John
Black, a professional, could take
the second place money. Jones will
receive a silver plate as third prize,
since, as an amateur. he cannot ac-
lcept a cash award.