Evening star., 1922-07-16
GENE sARAzEh, q,
WINS GOLF CROWN
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considered even 4 possibility at the
start OF today's play and had to fight
his way through from. q place in the
rear. He did It with, an exhibition
of golf that seldom has been
approached In tftular contest, for
final eighteen holes were made, In
s3-35-6s-two strokes under par and
one of 7the only two. scores to break
par in the two days yof play. This
Ss equaled tho course. record. in COM
petition and tfed Hagen's low mark
Of yesterday. :. -
When sarassn turned in his card 1t
seemed reasonably sure that he would
be the winner, but the championship
crown did not Settle. firmly to his head
until many hours later, for out on
tne INKS playing desperately were
three golfers two of them listed
among the, worlds best shooters,
STRIVING to cut stroke off the 2SS
mark and snatch the victory out Of
Sarazen's hands
First Bobby Jones threatened the
Pittsburgh player. for Robby had a
first afternoon round, and needed only
a par SO on the last nine to tie. Bob.
by had hne chance to do this until
he reached his seventy-first hole.
This hole. later to- prove Black's
nemesis also, was too much for the
young southerner. and his ave against
par four put him out. A short an.
proach followed by a short run up
was Robby's trouble. -ss- :. : :,
sarasea II Iacreaulous.-
Then the statiscians figured that
Walter Hagen could tie with a 69
for the afternoon. He took as ON the
first nine and thon fell down com
pletely. With only John Black be.
tween him and the title Sarazen sat
on bench In the locker room insist
ing to. his friends that he could NOT
win.
How can 1 win?" he asked Leo
Di.sei. I'm just kid, tust beer,
professional three years. and every
thing | know about golf 1 learned
caddying. Out there are, the best, in
but it's too much to expect. even II
you did tell mo last spring, when I
won the southern open cnalnu,on.
ship that l was sure to capture the
When q 80 against par "a was re-
ported for Blacks first afternoon
round. meaning that he could shoot
IS on the par SO final nine and tie
Sarazen, it began to look as II the
Pittsburgh player was right in being
modest But Black. forty-four years
old, southern, northern anu cen,rdi
California champion. low yesterday
with l42 and reputed to be at his best
where the little fellow from Pennsyl-
vanta had improved In the crises.
When the California man put him.
self out of the running at the seventy
first, newspaper man rushed to the
locker room and told Sarazen he had
won.
He jumped from the bench. turned
a handspring and let out a yell. A few
moments later he was carried out on
the shoulders of some Of the thou
sands who gathered round and given
cheer after cheer.
Victor Rewards His Caddy.
Reaching down in his pocket. Sara
zen pulled out roll and took OF $50.
This IL for the kid who helped me
win." he said. and handed 1t to his
The tournament produced record.
breaking golf. All Of the prize win
ners-the first twelve-nnfshed with
scores of 800 or less. This is two
strokes less than tho 500 score with
Which daeen won the British open
championship.
The tournament also brought in a
new era In professional golf. for 1t
found all of the >old guard-Haxen,
Barnes. Hutchison, Evans, Mitchell.
Duncan and the many others, whose
names are bywords in the golf world
out of the running. A boy
while another boy was tied for Sec
ond and only one yeteran-Black-
really pressed the winner. And Black
10 comparatively unknown except on
the Pacific coast.
saraxen was twenty-one years old
Rye. N. r. and It was around that
vicinity that. earning q little pocket
money as a caddy. he picked up his
golf knowledge. George SpariinG. an
eastern player. was the only real
caddied for spariinE. sara1en is
scarcely five feet, fve inches tall. and
weighs only about 145 pounds.
Asked, II he was married, the new
champion laughingly replied:
Goodness. no. But just bring on
the girls and be sure and tell them
And when the many feminine ad-
mirers of championship ability flock
ed around they agreed that little
Gene Sarazen was just about the best
looking golf player they ever saw.
Youngest Of All Title Winners.
Walter Hagen when he won the
open title some years ago was only
wenty-one-Saraxen ago in years
but tho present champion is a few
months younger than Hagen was
whom he captured the title.
Black's collapse was truly heart
breaking to his admirers. The silent
Scotchm4n had given great exhf-
bition in his afternoon nine after
rather Indifferent play in the morn
ing. He played six Of the first seven
holes in the afternoon in par and had
. birdie on the other. Then he
placed q 1s0-yard mfdiron approach
three feet from the pin on the eighth