The New York herald., 1922-08-07
OPEN CHAMPION ON
WINNING GOLF SIDE
Sarazen and Armour Defeat
Hagen and Kirkwood
by 8 and 2.
BY KERR n. PErR1E.

Walter Hagen, holder Of the British
open championship. received a different
kind of home town welcome when he
arrived with his team mate, Joe Kirk
wood. the Australian wizard yesterday
back at the Westchester- Biltmore Coun-
try Club. the jumping off point of his
tour. In Rochester on Saturday they
met Walter with brass bands. banners
and red fire but up there at Rye they
greeted both him and Joe with the big
stick and made them members Of the
Down and Out Club. In perfect standing.
When Walter and Joe opened their
transforming trip at the Westchester-
Biltmore four weeks ago they were
promptly tripped up by the home pair.
Thomas d. Armour. amateur, and Cuth-
bert Butchart, professional Then the
two transformers went West and rolled
Up a record Of twelve consecutive
victories. treating em rough. both anna
teur and professional from Maine to
Minnesota and return.
This time Butchart stepped down and
let Little Gene Sarazen, the national
open champion, team up with Armour
But 1t is thought there must have been
a conclave behind the Butchart Club
shop doors before Gene and Tommy
moved out to give the tourists battle.
For Sarazen and Armour started right
in where Armour and Butchart left off
and did not give Walter and Joe a look
in either morning or afternoon.
Play Over Two Courses.
In the morning game played over the
south. or short course, Armour and Sara
zen finished l UP. It was just the same
over the $500 yard championship course
in the afternoon. only more so. For
this time the open champion and his
partner won by 2 up. Also, they carried
off the honors Of the thirty-six holes
by up and 2 to play.
Armour deserves good deal Of the
credit for the way in which the barn
stormers were sent about their business
and, on the other hand, KirKwood de-
serves something Of the blame. 1t may
be said that with Hagen reeling off
81 over the south course he did not leave
much for his partner to do. which Is a
fact. Still Sarazan and Armour got a
best ball Of Sc on an Individual card
OF So by Sarazen.
1t was thought that the change to
the championship course would give
evenge the mornings reverse. Sarazen
did not hit 1t off quite so happily over
the longer circuit but Armour was not
long in showing how he felt about It,
After Sarazen had halved with his OPP
ponents on the first, Armour took up the
burden. On the second he and Hagen
holed twenty footers for a half in and
at the third, a 4S5 yard affair, the anna
teur bettered par by two strokes. hol-
ing a thirty foot putt after reaching the
green In two.
Armour I'm Fine Form.
That left Armour and Sarazen Q up
on the day. They lost the fifth and
seventh but won the sixth through Sara
zen's and so turned into the home
stretch UP. A 3 at the tenth by Armour
made 1t 2 up again and once again the
amateur shone when he holed the only
4 at the twelfth. tg
Working in his usual masterful style
Hagen won the thirteenth with ). but
Sarazen carried off the fourteenth and
1t was practically all over. Halves on
the next two left Armour and Sarazen
in possession Of the field. The winners
fully merited their success. for never
once, morning or afteroon, had they
been down. The cards OF the matcn'
MORNING. REST BALL.