The New York herald., 1922-07-25
SARAZEN HONORED
BY APAWAMIS CLUB
Champion Receives Wrist
Watch From Golfers for
Whom He Used to Caddie.
By KERR n. PrrRIn.


BY the time that little Gene sarazen
gets through with the long list Of social
calls which have been thrust upon him
by virtue Of his position as the newly
crowned king of the links he will be
able to determine whether no IL to keep
right on in golf or to open a jewelry
store. an automobile salesroom or a
bank. Gene these days Is truly living on
top Of the world. How many police dogs
OF thoroughbred racehorses no will take
back with him to Pittsburgh has not
been disclosed. but It II said that In
other respects no IL being well taken
care Of; that, in fact. he II ectually
breasting an avalanche Of presents in
the shape Of checks. goldplate. silver
ware and other odds and ends.
At Siwanoy the other day Earaxen was
made the recipient Of watch as = little
souvenir of his victory In the national
open championship at Skokie. Yester-
day he was taken over to Apawarnie and
during q luncheon rendered him by the
members OF the organization at Rye for
whom he used to caddie he was pre-
sented with wrist watch. Gene re-
marked in an aside that the dawn of
the present day would find him back in
the Smoky City. which has seen him
but little since his sudden rise to fame
little more than a week ago.
Not that Gene Is anxious to get away
from the hospitality Of the home folks.
or that he is afraid some one will yet
thrust upon him grandfather clock, a
set Of chimes or O whole boxful Of alar-
ums. He simply feels the thrill natural
In 21-year-ofd national hero In sport
who has heard It said that when he re-
turns to Pittsburgh he is to find await
ing him as a little mark Of the esteem
of the Highland Club members a fine
big motor car.
Mayor to Make Presentation.
How many more presents Sarazen will
receive from Pittsburgh and its golfers
the next few days can only be conjec-
tured. Possibly they may yet decide
to make him the owner of a steel mill
or something of the kind. In any event
Pittsburgh is on it's toes and It is to be
hot time in the old town to-day when
Gene comes marching home. One whole
floor of the city's biggest building has
been engaged for the occasion and Sara
zen Is to be met by the Mayor Of Pitts
burgh. who will make the presentation
speech.
1t was quite natural that Apawamis
should want to show it's appreciation of
Sarazen and his prowess. Half a dozen
years ago Gene was whacking the rough
and generally acting as a very humble
and efficient member Of the brigade Of
club toters. Now he is the open cham
pion, the kingpin OF them all.
F1ndlay 8. Douglas and Harold l..
Downey remembered what Gene had
done for them in the years that are
gone. so they arranged a match and a
luncheon. Sarazen and Douglas played
against Downie and Jimmie Thomson
the Apawamis professional, and with
club members, caddies and half the In
hanitants OF Rye whooping it up in their
wake these two pairs went out, came
back and finished up all even.
1t looked for a time as though Sara
zen would end upon the losing side.
Gene and his partner were down with
TO play. but Downey got the sixteenth
In 3 and Sarazen squared the match
with a on the seventeenth. On the
homo green tho open Champion had a
six foot putt for 8 and victory. but
missing this. he allowed the match tc
finish all square,
Champion Puts Poorly.
sarazen was not putting any too we'll
Ihis being the case he required 7sf ia
go around, 81 out and 80 back. He
started very smoothly and plaved ma,
golf up to the sixth. but at the next bf
sliced his drive away from the neck of,
the gorge and hit a tree with his second
he was on in three and down in two
puts Tor a .. The short eighth cost
him 4. so''
homecoming he was over par at the
tweirth, fourteenth and sixteenth. A1
the fourteenth he sliced into rough 81
was snort OF the brook on his second
His third was over the green ana hs
took for the hole. The best bali "a m e
Downey and Sarazen;
| Cut .......4 8 3<l Aox
| IN ......:. & 90 "a
Douglas and Thomson. oo-'o
| yut ....... 8 34B Ass
| In ......... 4 8 5 q ia "a