The New York herald., 1922-07-17
New Champion Overcame
Early Tendency to Hook
His Drives.
PLAYED AS IF INSPIRED
Magnificent Work on Last
Two Holes Clinched Title
for Youth.
BY JOHN G. ANDERSON.


GLENCOE, ILL.,, July l6.-The magnifi-
cent last round play of Gene Sarazen.
the former Apawamis caddy boy. in the
national open championship tourney
yesterday ranks alongside OF the few
great finishes which have thrilled golf
galleries. We followed along for the
first nine holes in the morning and saw
him give very lurid exhibition of shut
face golf. the right hand coming over
too soon and the drives hooking
sharrls, He was out in 40 and was in
any but an amiable mood. But golf
presents favors as well as it takes them
away, and in a fash on the tenth tee
the hook disappeared and straight drives
held sway
From that point on Sarazen played
as one inspired with extreme confidence
and skill He never made mistake in
the afternoon play on the first nine
holes. which he reached In a capital 33.
lie varied between safety play and all
or nothing golf. and the breaks came
his way. A pushed second at the tenth
hole was his only mistake from that
hole to the eighteenth green. while he
snatched off birdie on the twelfth.
The last two holes at Skokie are DIFF
inapds long straight drive and a
sliced second with an iron to carom up
TO green which is very tricky. Sara
zen was long and with a light iron he
laid the ball not tar from the cup, his
putt for a 3 missing by bare inch
margin. The home hole, AIS yards.
with the green on high promontory.
calls for two worthy shots. The wind
favored a bit and Sarazen was on the
green onshis second and down in two
more for a grand total of 2S8 which
sent the chills down the backs of the
hackers Of Jones, Hagen ct al.
Jones Learns the Sad News.
Jones had just finished when the big
cheer went up that acknowledged the 6S
of the former Tuckahoe boy now in his
twenty-first year. That's Sarazen," said
Jones. Il wonder what he did" When
told that he had scored a 6S he showed
no emotion either way. 1t was appa-
rent to all that he was nerving himself
for q 35 for the last nine holes, which
would give him the title. He responded
nobly for seven of the last nine holes
and then was left with two as for a tie
with Sarazen.
A tremendous drive to the difficult
seventeenth hole bounded into the rough
from where he recovered to the bottom
of the green. Hissapproach was short
and. a fifteen foot putt only looked al
the hole as it skipped by foot. A at
the long hole was well nigh impossible.
The Atlanta boy, for Bobby will always
be considered such, did well on his try.
but left him at 2S9. stroke too
much. Duncan, who played with Jones,
was in better scorinS mood. but "A
and 73 was not good enough to put
him In leaders, place at any time.
He finished sixteenth. 2os.
John Black has many memories to
take back with him to California and
We hope that they will not intrude too
much upon his usual stole disposition
He needed II to win and when he had
sunk with intense earnestness puts for
3s on the sixth, seventh and eighth
greens and was left with par 3 for a
32 to the turn II seemed to be Callfor-
MAS title. Right then there came a
slip I'm the machine. for he hooked his
midlron shot to the ninth and took a I
for 80 out. Even then II looked safe.
for 81 was sufficient to win and to a
man of his caliber this was not hard
golf. But after a grand drive to the
tenth he Just reached the green on his
second and then took three puts, the
approach putt being ten feet over.
Putter Fails Him Agn1n.
The eleventh was good 4. but on the
twelfth. playing his approach with the
low running shot learned on the links at
Troon, Black put the ball within six feet
of the flag. Again his putter failed him
and he missed. But there was worse to
come. A 3 at the thirteenth put him
level with even fours on the return trip
and 1t looked rosy. But he skied his
drive at the fourteenth and played a
bunker short of the green. This was g
terrible misplay for he should have
played safe to the right and scored an
easy A. Then came misdrive to the
bunker and a missed second. followed by
q wonderful third recovery shot. which
gave him par 4. Another par fol-
lowed. but only after recovery shot
from the rough.
II looked as II Black was slipping be-
cause OF his lack of confidence in his
drive, which up TO the eleventh had been
strong. He was left. as Jones was. with
two fours to win. But he hooked In
glorlously out of bounds, played good
second from the tee and then sliced to
trouble in the rough. A six made the
four at the home hole look as sad as
Black must have felt. Walter Hagen
knew that Sarazen had reached the turn
IN 80 before he started and tried to fight
his way to the front. 1t was no use.
however. the fates were not kind enough
and be had to be content with ofth
place.
Melhorn Is steady Player.
MeIhorn deserves great praise. for he
is not a flashy player and is far from
long on the tees. But he Is smooth
putter and this served him In good
stead. There had been some discomfort
when he was chosen last year as a
member of the invading team, but his
play has verified the choice.
There were large galleries. mighty wei
handled The request was made that
there be no applauoe until both players
had poled out wien the players reached
the green ars this helped everybody.
~xa tees ere roped off and the play
y were well protected. The committee
Is to be congratulated.
Sarazen Is a stocklly built golfer
weighing about 145 pounds and standing
feet ~ inches. He has the big wrists
needed for long iron play. Before he
started play he said he would enter the
British open next year. Now II Is GER
tain.
Saruzen Enters Canadian
OcrD Golf Cham DionshiDs.