The Washington herald., 1922-07-16
RECORD 6S FINISH.
BEATS JOHN BLACK
and JONES BY One
Youthful Champion Hits
Sensational Pace-Ha-
gen Is Fifth.

ScIt Is It III III.
co.tinHed from Page One.
the ninth hole and a wild cheer
from the big gallery around this
/, green as the scorer gave out these
: startling figures. ''Sarazen is out In
! ss."
This 80 included a penalty shot
at the long fifth hole where his Sec
. ond shot lodged in the root of
tree and he was forced to chip
out into the fairway and be content
with a six. Out in So. the game,
brilliant youngster = kept going.'
Nothing could stop him as he reeled
! OF par after par. At the long
seventeenth and the 470-yard
: Eighteenth his puts for 3s ran up
10 the lip of the cup but when the
other roar that shook the sturdy
oaks and naples of the Skokie VAL
ley as the scorer announced a 6S
for 2Ss.
Mobbed by Gallery.
As Sarazen walked off the green
: the great gallery rushed upon him
10 offer its congratulations. wheth-
er he won or not, that finishing 6S
under a heavy strain was one Of
the classic rounds Of golf, full proof
that great golfer with the heart
of a lion had come along to take
his place in the high plateaus of
the game. They came near tearing
him apart as he fought his way
through the crowd with a smile
upon his brown. tanned face as
broad as the last putt he had just
holed for a birdie 4.
Jones. Hagen and Black all have
a chance for 2SS to tie" some
excited golf fan remarked.
Yes, / know they have" re-
marked Sarazen, but I've got
mine"
That was the story-Sarazen had
his 2Ss. The others had theirs to
make and when $4,000 racing golf
fans are hurtling over a golf course
and crowdinE in close enough to
hear the ball whistle as il sings
on its way to the turf. keeping even
pace with par is no light matter.
Jone. Tries Hard.
Bobby Jones, the Georgia sensa-
tion and one of the greatest golfers
of his time. was the next man with
q chance. Jones started four strokes
ahead of Sarazen. but he needed a
70 to tie. Bobby was out in 36
with few mistakes. a SO coming
home would leave him tied and no
golfer ever fought a greater fight.
AT the tenth hole he had a fine
drive and his mashie pitch to the
green struck near the pin but skid
ded over. His putt for a 4 struck
the cup. went in and came out.
That meant that he had to finish
the last eight holes one under fours.
He came out of a trap at the elev-
enth and held his putt for par. At
the twelfth, after a long, straight
drive, his pitch to the pin failed
to hold the keen, hard green and
he needed ;. He had his at the
short thirteenth, and at the four
teenth when ne sank a 30-foOt putt
for another 3 he was in the run
ming again.
At the 35O-yard fifteenth Jones'
putt for a came straight for the
cup. stopped at the rim and hung
there by an cye-lash. This ball
resting upon the iron rim of the
cup, cost him the championship.
You could have blown it in with
a half breath. but it refused to
drop. His putt for a at the six
teenth again trimmed the cup, but
the seventeenth brought about his
downfall He had two Is left to
tie: his tee shot slightly hooked.
stopped in n bare. grasslcsS depres-
sion with the limb of an overhang-
Ing oak ten feet on beyond. His
low shot out ran half way up the
greens bank. hut stopped in bad
lie and when he needed a ; here
/, all hope Tor a ? at the t7O-yard
eighteenth was over. At the long
ot~htaentH Jones' chip shot for a 3
raw -srUa rely over the cup and he
? got his birdie !, just one stroke
+ out.
Haren Drops out.
t'rt vHcu he took his on the
s"vnuf fr-1rH the immense gallery
th-f .'aE followed him throu=h his
~--'~ cows BID for the crown
s----Dt ar-av with stampede for
N-a'tH~ FTl~au and John Elack.
Ita-cu. VIM had gone out in SE
q fsd p % 'rrt &" tie. EIack. who
t7T cone out in q brilliant -. had
2 = 20 TO 20 and e - to win and the
C~'i'0~0il grandfather had been
'~ti0- ~ this last as one might
p p H-tar h-.Hst nf guinea hen and
Y -~--ir hgnl- Hagen had too
r1urh - du. Even the stout
h.r---r hprrnr-cd under this test
nj No. - Ia~t in his system He
+. p n. on c"imIv until he reached
to "-7-varf fifteenth. but when he
Z rCr1ed here his last hope was
gone. Hr "ama to the last two
h0'ss With two 2s 70 tie. but there
!. lf--it to the stOutSs st heat and
IT, finest skill Hagen winner of
. q british open. one Of the great
F~t ri al homcbreds. who had
fought yaliantIy to win two crowns
81 fhe same time. was out Of II
s'i~sClcs may happen. but no two
s'rpCTmiracles are going to follow
{ in unhroken order.
With HaCer gone all the divided
galleries Of the day swung out to
John Black. The Oakland grand
father. who had started his amazing
Journey towards fame with only a
few loyal souls in his entouraEp.
started tire last nine with over
10000 highly wrought spectators at
his heels He Rad the champion
ship in the hollow Of his brown
horny hand. out in 80 he needed
only 81 to tie and 81 to win.
and he had heen moving at a faster
pace than this for over a week on
: this last jaunt where the holes are
not long. hut where the Skolie