New-York tribune., 1922-07-16

heavy strain Of long hard week be-
aina 20 tell there r. a certain droop
- The weary shoulders and certain
a.. of lines that begin 20 form around
81. wearv ewes. John Black, the cN.
cornonter from Troon, the professionsi
al oakland. Calf. had begun 70 feeI
the nrossure % many years. hc was
sge surrounded by youth upon tne
Tcld ~ competition. He vas older
,ben Gene sarA7en and Bobb. Jones
eorsblned. He had the skill and ne
hod .he courage, but the drifting years
sir.vs .ake their toll where the test
1. iong and hard. Black came near
| b,.aki10 AT the fifteenth, where his
,ss shot found a bunker and his OUT
barely cleared another trap, sti!l rest
ing In the heavy rough. a mere
meant disaster, but over a yawnlns
bunker Black played one o. the gresl-
est shots OF his long career when ne
laid his sixty-ysrd approach witnin
twenty inches OF the cup. =.
Annarently he was saved. HIS put,
for on the sixteenth barely stayed
an. and ne now had nine strokes 70
,ie the Young Pittsburgh home oreo
a, 2ss. But the same hole tnas
brought the downfall o. Bobby Jones
Md Ia high explosive for the veteran.
There is one thing about certain golI
holes They have no respect Tor age
or seq. FOR skill or spirit. Iney ar
haunted with grim ghosts OF oisas,sl
FOR ali alike This seventeenth nor
had wrecked Jones and Hagen. ~ wa
now of bounds 20 the WOODS AZ ,Mne M
left His second was faultless' put hls
third was over the green, ana when
/ he needed for this hole, John plaSn,
81 Oakland, had no story o. truinphs
20 tell his grendchild around WIZ
6re in the years TO come. Unhetaies.
ard unsung he fought one OF We We
Great battles Of golf where az tns
I fnlsh ore devasting hole cost MN
crown that for q brief moment was
almost fixed upon his iron gray neaa'
Tr.aeherous Seventeenth Got Him
When Black took his 8 at the treaen,,
.rous seventeenth Gene Sarazen' OF
re. Y Y. and Pittsburgh. was the
men oolf champion Of America success
.or 10 Jim Barnes, OF Peinam' VINO
could never hit his stride.
He stands as the only home-bred pro-
te.sionaI outside OF J. j. MeDermott
and Walter Hagen 20 win TINS classic,
which is now easily the greatest prize
IN oolf sarazen, who won the Soutn-
~ onen last winter at New orleans,
e.rrsd thi, top height by outplaying
tL. greatest field to be gathered from
ali four corners Of the world. ne
nl.ved in his first open championship
AZ Inverness two years ago when ne
,yas onIv nineteen years old. Az Co
lumbia last summer he finished At OIL
iust outside the money. In this Skokle
,sst he opened FIRE With 72, and then
soiIoved with a rs, Just three strokes
bark of Black. In his morning round
to-dnv ne struck his one bad streak OF
nutting. and when he needed 40 TO the
turn he seemed 70 be fading from the
picture.
Missed Three short Puts
In this round he missed no less than
three puts that we're only few short
feet from the cup. This break in his
stride looked especially bad when
Bobby Jones went tearing around In
flawless 10. In this morning caravan
serie Jones had the star round OF the
held. II left him tied with Melhorn
and four strokes ahead OF little Sara
zen. with the big prize at his hnger
tins. But when the Pittsburgh golfer
met this 10 with IS in the fnal wnirl
he had carved out a set Of figures that
were not 10 be matched. Sarazen won
because ne kept straight down the mid
die. played his iron shots sp near the
min and continued 20 putt all afternoon
with an unerring steadiness.
But, above all else, he won because
In the fnal eart-breaking sector OF the
stretch he was as cool and determined
as any great veteran who had been
through more than a few long wars.
Full proof Of this was the way he
played the last hole. II seemed evil
dent that ne needed here 90 win,
and this hole, 470 yards in length, had
been causing more than his share OF
trouble. After a good drive he dis
dained 10 play with an iron. There is a
pond In front and deep traps 10 the
right and left.
Knowing that only would win,
SaraEen slashed a long btassie shot
straight 20 the pin. The ball stopped
just 20 feet beyond the cup, fred as
Sergeant York might aim a Tennessee
rifle. And then his putt for 3
barely stayed out Of the waiting tin.
Hagen Finished Fifth
Sarazen is hardly more than feet
or inches in height. He is ex-
tremely short, but powerfully built.
with pair OF big forearms and sturdy
legs. OF Ital an descent, he is one OF
the home breds who have threatened
10 break through for year. The
finish Of this open breaks up the old
guard. Hagen finished fifth. Hutchi-
son finished eighth and Barnes. after
his great triumph last summer, fin
ished out Of the money.
The old procession Of Hagen.
Barnes and Hutchson, who have been
ruling the game for so long, now seems
70 be definitely halted. They were
stopped by one young amateur and
two young home breds. Bobby Jones
for the first time in years, dropped
Chick Evans from the amateur top
in an open test. Bobby beat out
Chick by thirteen strokes.
Here is sara-en's double card;
MORNING ROUND
Out q" ......" stssss,s;-.e
AFTERNOON ROUND
Gir''....'.. in'........ s.sstii; ,--,,ss-s,-,.,
II wasn't playing against any man in
the hcld,' Sarazcn told US az the cons
clution Of his round. 81 figured il
would take something under 300 10
win, and after my morning round
knew | had 20 beat 20 20 stand any
chance. SO l played nothing safe.
went for the pin on my approaches, and
once on the green, / went FOR each putt.
Any man who wins q championship
muat have his lhare of luck and |