The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
SARAZEN OFF
TO GET HUTCH
Z AT WINDY CITY
World Champion to Give Ex-
hibition, Stopping Later at
Denver Before Arriving on
Coast.

UeHVeT beI0Te ATTlVIIiy Oii
Coast.
AIEw YORK, Dec. 25.-Genisl
~ Gene Sarazen, who at
~ twenty-one is hailed as the
worlds greatest golfer. started
today on q transcontinental tour
that will keep him away from
these parts for three months. He
left on the Twentieth Century
for Chicago, where he will pick up
Jock Hutchison, British open
champion Of 1921, and from the
Windy City this great combina-
tion of shot makers will travel
% . team.
The tour, a. outlined. will take
0arazen and Hutchison through
California and the Southwest. and
thence into Florida and the Caro-
nnas- The pair will travel about
5000 miles. viii play in thirty-five
or more matches. and in several
tournaments along the route.
Sarazen's first stop will be Chi
cago. where he will give a free
lesson to the golfers of that city in
the largest indoor hall obtainabie.
This treat will be given under the
auspices Of the Chicago Herald-Ex-
aminer A genuine royal rooters' I"
welcome will be accorded the Lion
of the Links when he detrains at
Chicago. for Mayor William Hale
Thompson and a committee of golf
srs will be at the station to greet
him.
LUNCHEON ARRANGED.
A luncheon has been arranged
for the entire party, and in the
evening Sarazen will give his dem
onstration, just as he did at Van
Cortlandt Park links and in Wash
ington for readers Of the Sporting
Herald. Hutchison will assist the
champion Of champions tomorrow
night. A few hours later. Sarazen
and Hutchison will hop out TO Den
yer for their first exhibition match
Of the sojourn.
From Denver the pair and their
manager. the ever bubbling and
hustling Ray Mccarthy. will hit for
San Francisco. where they are due
next Sunday for an exhibition on
the public links under the auspices
Then will begin in earnest their
series OF matches against the best
oppoennts available.
STAY IN CALIFORNIA.
Tn echampion and the colorful
Jock will spend all of January and
part of February in California,
playing exhibitions. Then they will
proceed to Texas, Alabama, Louis
lana and Florida.
On the tour Ssrazen and Hutchi-
son will introduce a new feature
Preceding each of their exhibitions
the pair will give a complete demon
stration Of their shorts and explain
the mechanics Of the golf swing on
every shot. 1his will be the first
time two touring golfers have both
cred with lesson-giving along with
exhibition play.
The first tournament for Sarazsn
and Hutchinson will be the CalifOr-
mia open championship on the
course Of the San Francisco Golf
and Country Club. It was on this
spiendid layout that Hutchison
walked off with the Northern Cali
fornia open last year against
strong field This meeting will be
held January 5 and s.
N GREAT SHAPE.
Hutchison is in wonderful lcondf-
ton for the trip. He SAYS that up
10 a month ago-he hasn't played
any golf since then on account of
fnclenent weather-he was playing
better than ever before. II Is not
unlikely that The Hutch will start
10 blaze the trail with another WV
tory In San Francisco in the Califor-
MA open
Sarazen has fully recovered from
his appendicitis operation and ap-
pears to be in as good condition as
ever. Certainly he has lost none
Of his confidence.
There has been some talk about
smother Sarezen-Hagen match in
California. sarazen saws that IL not
likely inasmuch as he will be ap-
pearing as part of a team and will
not care to play alone except in
tournaments.
However. when we end orrr trip
next spring." Gene said yesterday.
'T shall he only too glad 10 meet
Hagen again anywhere In the
South. Some ot Leo Dieeel's friends
r,a 90 y~Ia hira In, Wo n.