The New York herald., 1922-07-16


Sl50 IN American money.
This is for the kid who helped
me win he said. and banded II to
his caddie.
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meant now that he had to hoae from
off the green; but that home green at
Skokie is no pocket handkerchief There.
Is a pit down on the left corner. Jones's
ball went flying over that and fell limp,
but away FROM any trouble Bobby was
by no means done with 1t. He had
missed that glorious prize. the American
open championship. but he would show
them that he was game. From away
off there 1t would not have been sur
prising had he taken three more to get
down. Bobby was down in two a chip
that overran the cup by six feet and
then deadly putt. Bobby had missed
q tie with Sarazen by q single stroke.
His total for the round was 73 and his
aggregate for the seventy-two holes
was 2S9. one outside Duncan's guess.
And now the crowd that had been with
Jones went searching for Hagen, those
OF them. that Is. who had not heard
that John Black had gone out on hts
last round In the magnificent total of 33.
Black and Barnes had half the popula-
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or so at least 1t seemed. Some one COM
planned that at least one hundred thou
sand shoes had passed over his pet
corn In the course Of the afternoon.
Jones's card for the day:
MORNING ROUND.
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AFTERNOON ROUND.
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But as to Hagen. Walter was located
away out among the trees on the second
haf or the course. working like a
Trojan. Sara5en had caught the curly
wolf mapping and the fight was on.
walters jaws were set. He was down !;
but not until the final did ne intend
to admit that he was out. To catch
Sarazen Hagen needed a So That was
hard, but not for Hagen when he is
fighting. He had taken q for the
seventeenth and a s for the eighteenth
In the morning and that hurt. Three
strokes had been thrown to the winds.
In the afternoon Hagen played the
first nine in 3 That left him "a, two
under par to catch Sarazen. The in
coming half Is easily two strokes harder
than the outgoing nine at Skokie. Still,
anything is possible where Hagen Is
concerned. Walter grounded out three
par As on the first three holes of the
last half. but it was necessary to find
some threes. He got one Of these at
the short thirteenth, the only 3 hole
Of the second nine. and then a at
the fourteenth. Then he dropped a
stroke at the fifteenth instead Of GAIN
ing one. a -
Hagen's Last Hope Shattered.
Walter laid his approach for the six
teenth six or eight feet from the cup
and the gallery shrieked in delight. But
this was not Hagen's day. The ball
hung on the lip Of the cup. A at
the seventeenth shattered Hagen's last
hope and at the home hole left
him three shots behind. His score:
MORNING ROUND.
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AFTERNOON ROUND.
EN- fn..... 4 1 Is ( ! ! 4-sf72-i4f
Sarazen had ousted Melhorn as q pos
ssbility. The Skogie bred Shreveport
professional had blistered the course
with a 3S on the second nine In the
morning to keep himself In the running
but he had taken sS and SO for . "a In
the aIL6TnOOn.
sarazen had caught him; had beaten
him by two strokes
IL was now to John Black of Call
fornia that the crowd turned for DO
tential winner. Black had faltered on
the second nine of the morning round
but he was hitting the high spots this
time with vengeance. Standing on the
ninth tee he wanted a par three to send
him out In 49, Instead Black popped
his tee shot into a trap and took four
for the par three hole. Still 33 out was
capital work. 1t left John. the grand
father. who to-day settled all disputes
as to his age by stating that he was
forty-three his last birthday. He needed
81 to win.
Playing that brand OF golf. there was
no doubt where the title would 20. IT
was headed straight for the golden
West. back to the Golden Gate. instead
Of to smoky Pittsburgh. But Black
needed three puts on the tenth green,
wasting one precious stroke. He got
par fours at each of the eleventh and
twelfth. and at the thirteenth he scored
his par four.
Then Came the Breaks.
Then came the series of breaks that
settled the game, lost the hampionship
for Black and Herewith to the lad who
is young enough to be the Californian 3
son. Black was beginning to tighten
up. AS Scotty Chisholm, newspaper
man from Los Angeles. explained Black
never before had seen so many peopIe
as now were camping on his trail. He
slSied his drive for the fourteenth and
put his second In the bunker to the left
OF the green. He was on I'm three and
took three puts for a 8. He had lost
another precious shot. Black sliced the
fifteenth to a trap and played out to
the rough A roar went up, however.
as he laid his next two feet from the
pin. enabling him to score his par 4.
On the next Black played her freely.
but ne missed a birdie by a hair :
breadth. Things were not breaking for
Black. At the seventeenth there was
trouble when John hooked hts tee shot
into the trees. out Of bounds. He played
another down tho fairway and then
walloped his brassie shot over the
green. He popped the next back up
the bank cleverly with a nibiick but
the bali which looked an n n were
aimed directly for the back of the cup
hit the tin and turned aside. There
was n s. Like Jones. Black now had
to make the last hole in 3 to tie.
And. like Bobby. the veteran played
the last hole courageously His second
slsidded over the green when he might
have holed a long putt for a and a
tie. But 1t was not TO be. Black Clipped
back masterfully. but the ball stopped
short by about two feet Black sank
the putt for A, but Sarazen had the
title. and he. John Black. was tied with
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