San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
DINE GOLFERS
GIVE TOURING
| CHAMPS 4 FIT
Ily Shoots 6S in Rain
nd Gene and Jock Win
by Only One Up.
I'M DAY-GOOD GOLF
lily Few Enthusiasts
lave Elements but They
Get Moneys Worth.

|eue Sarazen and Jock Hutchinson
"a gone, and with them has gone
|3 $500, but they earned it. Jock
bably is wondering what kind of
\ fellow has to play to beat Tom
" and Clarence Mangham, the
&c pair, without having year
He'd off ones life. even If ones
4 ner is the national open and pro-
&onal champion, unofficial worlds
III holder and winner of sundry 9th
|<tolf honors.
had to shoot a SO and a 20
Nav under extremely unfayOrable
Ether conditions. to grab that $500
{Shim and Gene Sarazen in the win
)3take-all match of SO holes against
|4y and Tarrant at the San An
|5o Country Club. And then the ia
|Xs couple were carried TO the very
III green before the issue was set
~ one up.
|2he close outcome. which provided
Nils galore for the small gallery
Hging through the rain over a wa
Hogged course. was made possible
|4Sarazen's utter lack of champion
NJ form-he won only four holes of
l36 and was inclined to be cratic
IL falkland Tom Lally's spectac-
M performance in the afternoon,
in he personally won six holes,
We'd six and established competi-
q course record of 6S-the non
,petitive record j. 6I-despite sog-
greens, lake-like fairways and a
IAy, disagreeable rain.
N HutchisOn VS.. Lally.
~ was pretty much a Hutchison-
Wv affair. Sarazen didn't give his
1fran ally much assistance, and
',hgham, while he played well on
n morning eighteen, couldn't get into
N limelight in the afternoon. failed
Twin a hole and managed through
efforts to halve only two of the
Ming eighteen.
Hutchinson played the steadiest golf
lbughout the day, totaling 139 for
n 80 holes, with a few puts con-.
nd. He had a fine SO in the morn
I giving a truly remarkable exhi-
.<on of golf as it should be played,
,r-r,h a brisk north wind was blow
n fingers were stiff and the clouds
St systematically.
AaIly played T6 in the morning,
fch, with his afternoon 6S, gave
v second place in the days totals
IA 144. Sarazen, with lots of puts
Needed. played 70 in the morning
n q 73 in the afternoon, for las
d. Mangham had 76 in the morn
y the same score as Lally. but piled
HI strokes in the murky afternoon.
the San Antonians never had the
p, although the match was squared
esral times after the visitors had
e far in front.
Hally won seven holes in all. one
the morning, the last, and six in
afternoon. Hutchinson took six
spugh his own efforts. four in the
sfning and two in the afternoon.
,ir were captured by Sarazen. two
each round Of the course. Mang-
n won two in the morning and
led to register in the afternoon.
Visitors Never Believed.
! me first three holes Of the morn
round were halved, Lally's ten
u putt for a three turning the trick
1.-THE second green. Tom hit the cup
\ bounced out on his third shot on
s1ber -four, and Hutchinson sunk bis
I'D, giving the visitors their first
iantage. The fifth was halved and
kyas the sixth. on Mangham's three.
IRE were three fives and Sarazen's
on number seven. and Hutchinson
K q man-sized putt for a half on
jnber eight. On number nine, Mang
b. gave the gallery cause to yell by
ling out a shot from well to the
/ of the green for a three. squaring
match.
|iutchison won the tenth with a well
\ ted three and Sarazen's easy four
the eleventh, while the home hopes
Re getting into a bit of trouble,
lie it two IN for the invaders.
s-SS ereeped a putt in to halve the
hlfth, and everybody took five on
thirteenth. On the 160-yard four
nth, the lead was reduced to one
'e when Mangham laid his drive
I'd from che pin and holed one in
b. Hutchison's three on the fiji
nth re-established tie twO-hole lead.
h the enemy became three up on the
1t hole when Hutchinson got down
four. SaraZn came through with
Ihree on seventeen and he and Jock
RE four uD. On the eighteen. Lally
ecuted a snappy four. while the rest
X or were conceded fiveS and the
Irning round ended with the Cham
ms three to the good.
Some Early Statistics.
The morning cards:
Sarazen best ball:
ID 49, 34S j44-35
..........3 44 533 435-34-69 |
9utchison's morning card was the
ne as the best ball. Sarazen:
d ......... .436 343 645-3S
"A 534 535-37-1J
2 ally-Msngham best ball:
I ........... 435 443 J43-3j
.454 J24 J44-3T-T2 |
Lally:
..........4 35 IA 544-3T
.............4 54 54f 544-39-7G
/ ........J45 J43 543-3S
............454 524 J4j-3S-76
Tom Lally's fine shooting is plain
Indicated in the details of the at
noon round. 1t was ne who halved
first with a four. He started
spectacular streak then and won
second. third and fourth and
rSd the fifth. before the opposition
Id get righted and capture the
m. through a birdie two by Hutch
Il. Lally's puts on the third and !