The New York herald., 1922-08-18
Saruzen and French Meet
in p. @. A. Tourney Final
Open Champion Earns Right to Play Off for Title To-
day by Beating Cruckshank, and g. While
Rival Downs Golden, 8 and T.
ny KERR N. PETaIE.

OAKM MONT COUNTRY CLUB. OAKMoNT,
Pa. Aug, 17.-Bobby Cruickshank OF
Shackamaxon ari John Gorden of
Tuxedo, the metropolitan districts
representatives at the Professional
Golfers Association championship,
were eliminated In the semi-final round
of the annual tournament to-day on
the links of the Oakmont Country
Club, leaving the title won last year
by Walter Hagen to be contested for
over thirty-six holes tomorrow be-
tween Gene Sarazen, the national open
champion, and Emmett French Of
Youngstown. captain of the American
professional team which went to Great
Britain last year.
Golden was defeated and 7 by
French after standing 4 down on the
first eighteen holes, while Cruickshank
fell before Sarazen 8 and 2 after a
heroic battle in which he was down
on the first eighteen.
All the circumstances considered.
Cruickahank comes out OF this tourna-
ment with a measure of glory that
reaches even beyond tho point at which
he made his exit from the tournament,
die not rise from the caddie ranks. He
was an amateur a year ago last spring.
and he only turned professional because
his bread and butter had to be earned.
and because professional golf at the mo-
ment held out brighter inducements
than any other line of business.
To-day Cruickshanl was opposed to
that same brand OF golf which carrier
In the tournament found Charlie Hoffner
complaining that he was down at the
ninth to Harry Hampton with card of
49, This time Bobby ws playing the
role OF Charlie, while Sarazen was
standing In the shoes of Hampton. Gene
had gone out in 80 to his opponents SO.
and he was up,
Cruickshank 8 Down.
At the tenth Sarazen won another
and was up. II was a dishearten'ng
valuation. Of course, hut Cruickshank
has been in many more serious pre-
dicament in his life. Five OF his twenty
six years were spent swinging niblicls
In the great game OF war, This time
1t was merely sport, and so Bobby kept
plugging away confident that 1t could
not be always thus. The eleventh was
halved in A, then at the twelfth Cruich-
shank followed a good drive with
splendid second, and had the satisfac-
ton of winning this COL yard hole with
a A. Sarazen had failed to get away
very good shot from the tee. His Sec
ond was hooked.
The champion by this time probably
was playing a trifle loosely. 1t seemed
so at the thirteenth, when he took three
puts from distance of a dozen or fif-
teen feet Cruickshank played n grand
shot to this difficult green and almost
sank his putt for a 2. However. ne
had won another. Now he was only 5
down.
Buckling to his work with more vigor
than ever Bobby hit fine ball down
the fairway for the fourteenth, laid his
mashie shot on nicely and hoicd for
3. Sarazen could not do better than A.
so Cruickshnnk had cut three holes from
the national champions lead. Sarazen
for the fifteenth hooked to the rough
His second was over the green and he
required 5. Playing perfectly Cruick-
shank was down at par. and now he was
only one hole to the bad
There was sparkle in Bobby's eye
as he walloped the ball off of the six
teenth tee. The hole was correctly
played by both and halved in g.
On the seventeenth Cruickshank was
forced TO concede a hole. He should
have halved. but his bah nit the cup on