New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
John Black and
Bobby Jones in
Tie for Second
Melhorn Finishes Fourth.
With 290, One Stroke
A h e a d of Hagen

cay pushed his way out In front OF the
worlds greatest golfers. many Of them
cd enough 70 be his father, and won
tie national open golf championship
,ith score Of 2ss for seventy-two
holes Of play. lasting two days.
A hooked drive out OF bounds on the
teventy-frst hole, followed q moment
ter By a wild spoon shot, cost John
Black, Oakland, Calif- professional,
te for first, and these strokes, with a
Missed putt a few greens earlier, kept
m from winning the title. lie
lnished a stroke behind Sarazen in a
&c with Bobby Jones. youthful At
ianta. Ca, amateur, for second, while
William Me.horn, Of Shreveport, La,
IS fourth with 2e0, and Walter Hagen,
Of Detroit, British open champion, fifth
With 29i. Jim Barnes, Of Pelham
'anor, n. Y, defending his title, was
hopelessly out Of the running, finish
we'll down the list.
Sarazen's victory came In typical
American fashion, for he was hardly
Considered even a possibility at the
tart Of to-day's play, and had 70 fight
rs way through from a place In the
fc1r. tie did Il with an exhibition OF
~ that has seldom been approached
con In a titular contest, FOR his hnai
eivhteen holes we're made In 35-35-
~, two strokes under par, and one OF
tfe only two scores 70 break par In the
two days Of play. This 6S equaled the
course record In competition and tied
H-gen's low mark OF yesterday.
Result Is Long In Doubt
when Sarazen turned in his card II
haf "a
~ the winner, but the championship
,,ovn did not settle firmly 70 his head
It'll many hours later, for out on the
links playing desperately we're three
;-ifers. two OF them listed among the
rld's best shooters, striving 10 cut a
oke off the 2ss mark and snatch the
tictory out Of Sarazen's hands.
First, Bobby Jones threatened the
Pittsburgh player, for Bobby had par
~ in the morning, 36 on the FIRST
ternoon round and needed only par
8 on the last nine 70 tie. Bobby had
Inc chance 70 do this until he reached
fif seventy-frst hole. This hole, later
20 prove Blacks nemesis also, was too
n ueh for the young Southerner, and his
against par put him out. A short
foproaeh, followed by a short run-up,
was Bobbys trouble.
When a 33 against par 81 was report
: for Blacks fret afternoon round
meaning that he could shoot 3S on the
rar SO final nine and tie Sarazen-it
fcgan TO look as II the Pittsburgh
player was right In being modest. But
slack. forty-four years old, Southern,
Northern and Central California cham
pion, low yesterday with 142, and re-
ruted 10 be at his best when under hre,
failed in the pinch where the little
fellow from Pennsylvania had improved
in the crises. ..
When the Californismsn put himself
cat Of the running at the seventy-hrst
a newspaperman rushed 70 the locker
ON and told Sarazen he had won.
He Jumped from the bench, turned
tandspring and let out yell; A few
moments later he was carried out on
ne shoulders Of some of the thousands
tho gathered round and gave cheer
after cheer.
Reaching down In his pocket, ssrazen
pulled out a roll and took on $3.50 in
american money.
This is for the kid who helped me
vim" he said, and handed 1t to his
caddy.
The tournament produced record
breaking golf. All Of the prize win
ners--the first twelve-fnished with
cores OF 300 or less. This is two
strokes less than the 302 score with
which Hagen won the British open
ehampionship and eight strokes less
han the total which brought James
Barnes the American title at Wash
ington last year.
ssrszen Only II Years Old
SaraIen was twenty-one years old
'sst February. He was born in Rye,
y. Y. and il was around that vicinity
that, earning a little pocket money as
esddy, he picked up his golf knowl-
edge. George Sparkling, an Eastern
player. was the only real teacher he
ever had. He formerly eaddied for
Sparkling. SaYaIen Is scarcely five feet
i've inches tall, and weighs only about
IS pounds.
Blacks collapse was truly heart
breaking 10 his admirers. The silent
y Seotchnan had given a great exhibit
tion In his afternoon nine, after rather
Indifferent play in the morning. He
played six Of the first seven holes in
the afternoon In par and had a birdie
on the other. Then he placed a l9O-
yard midiron approach three feet from
he pin on the eighth green-the TWEEN
ty-sixth In the days play-and sank
birdie 8.
The short twenty-seventh brought
trouble, for Black sent his tee shot
into the sandpit at the left and barely
pitched on for his second. Two puts
made II over par 3, but he was still
! under for the nine.
Black Requires Par Golf
Then came the twenty-eighth. with
it's three puts, and the thirty-third,
with the first two shots in the pit and :
putt just missing. with result Of !
against par 4. This left Black in
position where he had to play the re-
naming holes in par TO tie Sarazeln,
but il seemed certain that he could
do IL.
The Western star generally had made
this psr hole in 4. Black carefully
adjusted himself for his tee shot on
the thirty-ffth--the seventy-frst in
total play-and then let go with ter
rife swing of the type that had been
giving him 30o-ysrd drives all day. j,
hit the fnirway and rolled toward the
boundary fence and woods at the left
"Is IL out or in :" called the official
score. 20 the Boy Scouts stationed
aio-- re fairways 10 help control the
galleries
,..ngster rushed over 70 the fence
while the gallery stood breathless, FOR
Il seemed 10 fash simultaneous y
through the mind Of every spectator
that on the reply Of the boy hung
Blacks chances 20 be national open
golf champion.
"O-u-t Of b-o-u-n-d-s," came back
the voungster's shrill voice.
Even then Black still had bare
chance, for his second tee shot was a
beauty. About 1870 yards from the