Evening star., 1923-07-08

:. defeated the Washington pair by
u, while Macdonald was around in
only eastern pair beaten.
n the others over this mans course
p reasonably straight counts heavily
t, was unable to make up the deficit
'on play. He took a 76. That same
cd probably won't win this title, for
requisites on the 6,700-yard Inwood
OF stretched as far back as they will
US of the championship.
The net result of the east VS.,
west match, played as a benefit affair
for the Professional Golfers AsBocia-
ton, was an overwhelming victory
in favor of the east, golfers repre-
senting the Atlantic seaboard annex
ing nine points to two for the club
wielders from beyond the Allie
ghenies
Walter Hagen and little Gene Sara
zen, on whose black head rests the
champions crown, did their stuff
today for the galleries that thronged
the Inwood course. Walter, the deb
onair. was around in IS, with one
or two conceded puts, while Sara
zen, his partner. romped around III
an easy 1.-THE same score as that
made by Grandfather" John Black.
who was the partner of Jock Hutch
ison, maker of a score of 73 this
afternoon. Little Bob Cruickshank
professional at Shackamaxon, was
around in 20, and other fine scores
blossomed like mushrooms after a
foggy night. Clarence Hackney was
Il, John Farrell was Il, Bobby Jones
was 72, Chick Evans was 73 and
any score over 20 simply wasn't
in 1t.
Higher Scores Are Coming.
The scores will be quite differen;
Monday, when the pencil and bogey
of the missed short putt begin to
work havoc with the nerves of the
contestants. Yes, golfers all. 1t will
be quite different Monday. when the
tees are stretched out away bacl,
and the cups are placed in the most
difficult positions on the green's
Bobby Jones and Chick Evans. al
! though they are partnered by J. s.
! Worthington and Rudy Knepper,
respectively, had a fine battle be-
tween themselves. in which the best
ball match was halved and Jones
led Evans by one hole at the finish,
d
for his side but Worthington didn't t
help Jones a bit. Bobby. one down
| at the twelfth. stuck a low mashie
shot into the wind ten feet from
the pin at the very difficult fifteenth
and squared the match. He played
| the sixteenth, but failed to hole his
putt. With the match all square,
| Evans putt for a birdie 3 at the
eighteenth to win. stopped on the
lip of the cup. The matches were
played with one point going to the
| winner Of each nine and one point
to the winner Of the match. No In
dividual matches were played.
Diegel and Mcleod were all square
| with Brady and Mcdonald at the end
of the first nine holes. with Diegei
out in 35. A on the 421-yard
eleventh by Brady put his team In the
lead, and. although both Mcleod and
| Diegel had several puts to square
the match. they failed to drop. Brady
struck a long iron three feet from
to put his side . up. That's the
way it stood at the seventeenth, and
+, that's the way 1T finished at the
same hole.
Hagen-Sarazen In Driving Duel.
Hagen and Sarazen staged beau
tiful driving duel, with both men
| unusually long off the tee and both
consistently longer than Hutchfson
or Black. The latter, sensation Of
| Skokie in 1922. is hitting the ball
| well. and may again battle with the
leaders for title he lost by a stroke
last year.
Jim Barnes of Pelham ended the
match in which he and John. Farrell
played against Macdonald Smith and
| Emmett French when he laid a
mashie iron shot at the 425-yard six
| teenth dead to the pin. That shot
| won the match and 2, and laid
| away three points for the east. An
odd feature Of the Sarazen- Hagen
VS.. Hutchison-B Black match was that
all the players except Hagen had
Three long puts hit the back edge
| of the cup and dropped, while Hagen
| bunkered on his second shot, nearly
| Clipped In for a 8.
The east-west matches were not
the only attractions today, although
| picked as possible winners OF the
| title next week. The rest of the
| field, some S00-odd of them. went
| around the course, but no low scores
| were recorded.
Cards of Low Scorers.
| Walter Hagen had a medal of 6s.
| four under par for the course. Black
| and Sarazen, with cards of II each.
were one under par, and Hutchison's
l73 was one above.
!, Hagen and Sarazen had the best ball
| of Sc, six under par for the course.
| while Black and Hutchison'S best ball
was So. three under par.
The cards:
Hagen
Out ... 45454 40 , 4 $50
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