Evening star., 1922-07-16

green--the twsnty-sixth In the day's
piay-and sank q birdie .. ~.
The short twenty-ssventh brought
trouble. for Black sent his fees shot
into a sand pit At the left and barely
pitched on for his second. Two puttA
still on under for the nine. 80 ~
Then came the twenty seiGhth with
Its three puts and the thtrty-third
with the first two shots III the pit and
6. AGAINST par L. This left. Black Ia
q position where he had to play the
remaining holes In Far to tie SarSEen.
but It seemed certairs that he could
do It. -
made this par s hole in 4. Black
carefully adjusted himself for his tee
shot on the thirty fifth-ther seventy
nrst In total play--and then let go
with 2 terrific sw,ng , q snS rypS tns.
ali day. II suddenly took 9 hook
and as it hit tho fairway rolled TO.
ward the boundary fence and woods
'Is it out or inT called the officiai
along the fairways to help control
IA A yaunEster rushed over to the
fence while the gallery stood breath
less, for 1t seemed 70 Hash stimuli
spectator that onA the reply of the
boy hung Blacks chances to be ma
tionaI open golf champion.
"O-u-t OF bso-u.rf-d-s' came oack
the youngsters shrill voice. Even
then Black still had bare chance.
beauty. About l90 yards from the
rreen. which was guarded closely BY
Sunkers, lay the ball, and Black tried
to make It with 2 spoon. The bni
started straight for the pin and the
gallery started yelling. but suddenly
carried It Just to the left of the green
in the rough and against a vertical
bank three feet high. Tho six which
resulted really put Black out.
although he still could have tied with
an eagle on the nnal hole.
tournament was remarkably steady
and frequently brilliant. OF the eight
sections of nine holes each. he played
three in less than par, two in par ex-
actiy and the rest slightly over He
had only one bad nine. his hrst out
this morning, when he took a 40--
s over par. He narrowly missed some
puts. and several times barely got
into. traps~always, with q bad lie.
Twice he was bunkered. 1t was ce
fact that he went out and won by
shooting less than par for the rest Of
tho DAY InaL Iu6Q0 ui8 NISlOIy 0li Iuo
more sensational.
Seven Brides and IN Eagle.
He hung up seven brides today and
SD for an eagle 2. On his second
out round today his 80 was made
through the finest shooting ever seen
on the Skokie course.
Only once did he get any real luck
on q hole, and that was through a
r.. kInA u
break whom two shots in succession
IN the 590-yard 25th barely rolled
into traps. being 8. against par s.
ne rest of that one upuer par total
was just plain golf ability, every shot
souls absolutely true.
The incoming nine OF this round
35 for the 68-was even better. A
bad shot on the twenty-seventh gave
S where perfection is {, but the
rest of the card was made up Of six
Is and two 8s-two Of the eight being
birdies-and he ended with total
for the nine Of enc under par.
The title winner did not excel with
any one club in his play. He swung
them nicely at. all times and through
out his seventy-two holes he did not
really dub a single attempt His IS
Is believed to be the f1rst time that
any player has beaten 10 in his dnal
round Of q national tournament.
Few Se0 OnoMRt0D Ftays
Oddly, only very few of the
10000 persons who paid to watch
the play during the two days saw
the new champion shoot. The gal
ieries all followed Bobby Jones.
Hagen, Evans. Black, Duncan and such
well known stars. especially when
it became known exactly what Jones.
Hagen and Black had to shoot to
win. Bobby and Black faced rtre-
mendous mental handicaps in know
ing they had to shoot virtually per-
feet figures when they still had nine
or more holes to go.
The paid attendance yesterday was
more than 5000, and slightly less
than that figure today, although to-
days play decided tho title. The
weather and playing conditions were
virtually perfect. No complaints from
the players were heard.
It was announced tonight that ar
ranRements had been made for q
British team to como over hero in
August and play an international
match with an American team. The
latter undoubtedly will number Sara
zen among its members.
tAdditional news Of the open golf
tourney viii be found in the sports
section.)