The New York herald., 1922-07-16
OF THE LINKS "A WESTCHESTER BO
Gene Sdrazen Captures National
Open Golf Championship at Sk0kie
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made fine recovery and then went pur-
ring along like a well oiled machine.
sweetly. confidently. When friends
asked him the old question this time as
he rolled his stoely body toward the
tenth tee Genes teeth again cleaned as
his mouth parted in a smile and he
answered the magic words Thirty
three"
| This time there was a happy radiance
on that bronzed face, a snap in the
dark Italian eyes. Gene ambled through
the crowd and teed UP for that swipe
down the hill This time there was no
I lounging on the hill The gallery was
dense behind him. Sarazen had been
a bungling dub in the morning. Now
he was playing for the championship.
real contender II ever there was
one.
| Gene reached his ball down on the
middle of the fairway, selected his iron
and took a practice swish. Then he
bent his broad shoulders over the ball.
Ills shot was a little too hard on the
drying green. The ball bounced away
off that emerald patch of turf and fin
ished in the trap. With his third Sar-
azen was back upon the green and his
fifteen foot putt hit the cup. He took
I a for the par A hole.
Still it was not altogether his own
fault. He had been on the mark with
his putt in any case. Sarazen got his
par for the, eleventh and then he began
| TO work in little closer with his APP
proaehes This accounted for his birdie
| at the twelfth The thirteenth gave
him another chance for a 3. and he was
right on top of pportunity by now and
| clutching at 1t with both hands. eagerly.
| feveristly. Gene sliced his drive slightly
at the fifteenth, after registering his par
A at the previous hole. but be pulled him
self back to the proper place. laid his
ball on the green and holed his 4
Duncan Said ass Would Win.
With three holes to play Sarazen was
now four strokes under As. More than
! that, he wanted these three As to give
him even As for the seventy-two holes
OF play. George Duncan this morning
Lad said that 288 would win. George
later proved to be . wizard Of a guesser.
Every ounce of energy in that sturdy
frame now was centered on the securing
Of these three A But the last two are
hard ones. especially the home hole.
which actually is a par 5. Sarazen got
his at the sixteenth--a drive. approach
and two puts. That was one step
nearer home.
Now the seventeenth, 43o yards long
| and one of the most treacherous holes
on the course. down between a lane OF
II ees for the drive and thefsecond shot,
sometimes a brassfe or spoon 10
tablelike. slightly canted up green
banked on three sides and with guarding
pits at the right hand corner.
Sarazen never fiinched. Down throu9h
the lane went that ball and upon the
green went the approach. There was a
| thirty foot putt and Gene almost
holed It.
And now the long eighteenth. 40 yards
| back through the trees to the club
| house, where an immense gallery was
sitting in Judgment viewing the players
as they came up and faded out OF the
picture. giving them cheer If they de-
| served It and never failing to award
brilliant finishing shot.
Sarazen looked along that out OF
| bounds fence running away from the
tee. The trees on the left held no great
terrors. Their line snapped off short of
where q decent drive lands. 1t had to
be a badly sliced drive that got trapped
there. However. out beyond the line Of
trees on the right there Is a series Of
pits.
Sarazen drove down the middle, a fine
/ shot. far and true. Using spoon he
laid his bali on the green. thirty feet
from the cup and held out nicely for
his g. There was a great cheer as
/ Sarazen picked his ball from the cup
He had made Duncan's 2sa
Sarazen's card for the day:
Morning round:
fn'.. Gat..- ssssssss
Afternoon round:
Out. nut. 4sssta. IS Ess-es-,4s
Par for the course Is:
fn..:: Hrt.:... az ! Gaac
With that load OF his mind Sarazen
went into the clubhouse. He was anx-
ious--more anxious now than when
playing his last round. He wanted to
go out there by the side Of the last
green and watch the others finish. but
some Of his friends among the profess
sionais restrained him. saying: Gene.
stay here ard forget IT," And so Sara
zen sat down among tho lockers and
talked over puts and drives and APP
proaches with the other perspiring men,
bers OF the brotherhood and let the rest
Of the world go by.
Meanwhile there were stirring scenes
outside. where a gallery estimated at
$4,000 was IN the trail Of Hagen. Jones
and Black Jim Barnes was with the
Californian. but Jim was the champion
last year. The crowd now was there to
see Black this time. Barnes had had
his day.
Jones was out IN So. That was q
worth while score. 1t left Bobby a par
card home to tie Sarazen. Bobby passed
along toward the Skokie swamp with a
Human avalanche In his wake. 1t was
lquite evident that a Victory for Bobby
was to be a popular affair. Could he
do 1t with Stewart Maiden. his faithful
tutor In close attendance? Bobby was
out to try. And why hadn't he done
a 10 in the morning.
Bobby had a 36 but ne spilled q shot
at the eleventh and made II Just that
much harder for himself. He got a par
at the twelfth and then dropped one
more at the twelfth. That was heart
breaking maddening. But the Atlanta
boy made no more mistakes on the next
few holes. He had a par at the
thirteenth and then he stole one from
that half baked par Of a 315 yard
fourteenth where Harrison johnson. the
st. Paul amateur. this morning had
driven the green
| Four fours would not tie Sarazen.
/ Bobby got his first all right and he
marked yet another one off at the six
teenth. Incidentally both OF his puts
on these fifteenth and sixteenth had
stuck right on the lip of the cup. There
was q gasp Of astonishment as Jones