The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
CHAMP
SCORES BY FLASH
AT FINISH, 3AVD
Plays Last s Holes in %
To Enter Pro- Semi
Finals.
b JOE DAVIS

oAkMoNT COUNTRY nua
sssohGH, Pa. Aug. 1e-oene
rsxen. who q few week. sro
csIed MS name In the record. ~
american golf by winning the ns !.
uonai open championship A. Chi.
csso. further Emphasized his rirht
rank as one of the leading
Eoliers OF the country by defeatinr
JOCK Hutchison. Of the GIenyiev
: Cino. OF Chicago, 3 and 1 In the
lourtn round of the Professional
Soiiers Association tournament at
the Oakmont Club today. There
nave been few greater matches
iousht on American soil and when
the dimcult character Of the Oar.
mont course Is considered there
mas been no better finish than that
made by the swarthy little Pitts
ourgh professional.
squaring the match at the tenth
nole in the afternoon he made the
lsst eight holes in 2s. winning four
N the last fve holes by shooting
under par. It was a hard match
Tor Jock TO lose. but he went down
with colors flying against a game no
one could have beaten.
Gene Meets Cruiekshanks.
This match was looked upon as
the crucial battle of the tourna-
ment- II. brings Sarazen agains,
Boooie Chuickshangs. a bundle of
scotch humanity about the same
size as Sarazen. tomorrow. Cruick-
shanks went INTO the semi-dnaI
round by defeating Charlie Rowe.
the Oakmont professional. 8 and 2.
hn
VINO was born near Tuxedo, n. Y.
caused something of an upset by
defeatine Tom Kerrigan. of silvia
noy. n Y and 3. and Tomorrow
Will face Emmet French. OF Younes-
town. who eliminated Emil Loefrier.
Of Oskmont. the Pennsylvania State
champion. and 2.
The contestants were favored by
another. fine day although in the
morning the smoke over the Al
le=heny hills made the visibility
poor. but the atmosphere cleared
Later and there was hardly a zephyr
stirring.
Spectacular Finish Wins.
All of the other matches were
deserted and a gallery of 1900 fol-
lowed Jock and Gene from the
tenth hole in. Gene squared at the
tenth hole. 4s1 yards. being home
in 2. while Jock was off the rreen
to the left. Jocks chin wa, 20
feet short and Gene won To 5.
They halved the eighteenth in
fours. Sarazen missing a s-foot nut
for three. At the twelfth hole.
sol yards. both drove 400 Yards.
hut Sarazen smashed out a ine
brassy second that went IL feet by
the pin. Jock being 30 yards short.
Jock Clipped up 70 six feet and
when Sarazen missed his eagle
three. Jock halved in four.
Gene was 1 up with to play
at the sixteenth tee. The hole 10
e,s yards. and Gene put his tee
shot 30 inches from the cup.
Jock was to the right of the
green IS feet away but his chin
shot ehich might have saved tho
match hung on the lip of the cup
and he lost to ..
Jock Picks Up Ball
The green for the seventeenth
hole % on the top of a rise, and &c
is a Bunker Hill for Jock. Twice
on the preceding day he drove into
traDs near the green. which Ia 2s2
yards from the tee and he did the
same again today. Gene made .
had drive but struck a post which
saved his ball from going up
against a house. He lit in the
rough but from 30 yards Clipped
dead to the hole and Jocks only
hope was to hole out from the pit
but he did not get the ball out and
so conceded defeat.
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