The Washington times., 1923-07-14
LEADING
HUTCHINSON.
FOR TITLE
Youthful Southern Star Has
Four Stroke Margin
Over Big Field.
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grand iron, placed just right in
the cross wind to fall near the hole,
did four.
Both took five's at the third,
Sarazen again putting boldly for
q three after finding the green with
two woods. Jones' second was just
short Of trap and he took five.
AZ the long fourth Sarazen again
raped his putt for a birdie and
this time it dropped for a birdie
four. Jones, trapped to the right
ish, took five, playing g fine out
Gene outplayed Bobby again at
the fifth, smashing two woods to the
green and talxing two puts. Bobby
was short In two, topped his APP
proach, ana the bali ran into the
far edge OF the green. He took
five.
Jones' frinsds began to become
alarmed.
they were given further cause for
worry when, after driving the fifth
green, Jones took three puts. He
wac annoyed. He picked his ball
from the hole end threw IL on the
ground. Saraxen gave a twenty.
E6ot putt q rap for the hole and it
dropped for q two.
The seventh hole 10 the meanest
on the course. It 10 223 yards. The
fairway 10 very narrow near the
green with out Of bounds on both
sides. Sarasen, playing too safe, to
avoid the fence at the right, hooked
into the ditch at the left. Jones,
also wishing to avoid the fence, put
his bali In the same ditch, q few
feet away from GaraEeH.
Then there was q cOiorful scene.
The crowd Swarmed about the
ditch to see how the balls were
placed. MarshaIs cotlld not keep
them back and two policemen were
called. Sara4en and Jones pushed
their way through the crowd. Both
were determined but wore worried
faces.
It took some time to clear the
space so the players could lit.
Sarazen took q deep faced mashie
and mud which hid his ball from
sight. He was despatched with
mud, but the ball came away to
the fairway. Jones elected 20 lift
from a worzlie. His chip left him
a six-foot down hill putt Sarazen
nearly holed from q three and had a
four.
Jones had the appearance Of a
tiger ready TO spring. But the putt
would not roll In. He took q five
Jones finished the nine with two
pars. Sarazen took S at the eighth,
but holed the ninth in three.
Disaster Faced Bobby.
Disaster faced Jones after he had
played the first nine holes today in
hts third round In the national open
golf championship. He took Al to
go out. He started with Gene Sara
zen, holder Of the title.
Jones was but two shots behind
the. leader when play began today,
and Sarazen trailed in the ruck, Is
strokes away. SaraSen went out in
SO, Jones in IL.
Jones started In with three pars,
puts on the eleventh.
Jock Hutchtson, the leader OF
the field yesterday. was two over
par on the first hole, where he got
in the marsh land and then took
three puts, but birdie As on sthe
third and fifth and pars on the
second and fourth put him even
with the score card.
Joe Kirkwood, playing with
Hutchinson. was two over par for
the first five holes. starting 545 Sc.
Hutchinson took ten shots on the
sixth and seventh, the par Of which
totals six. His iron off the sixth
tee landed on the seventeenth tee,
to the left Of the green, and he took
a four. On the narrow seventh. his
drive was sliced out Of bounds.
His second drive went into the
trap to the right ana he required
Kirkwood did not get the green
on either the sixth or seventh, but,
by good recovery, got his 3 OH
the sixth and a on the seventh.
With the exception of the fit.
teenth hole, Jones played flawleSs
golf coming in. He pushed his tee
shot in trap at the short fifteenth
and 1t cost him q 4. Otherwise his
play was perfect, with all p0rs with
the exception Of the 497 yards four.
teenth hole, where he obtained a
birdie by putting his second shot
| ON the green.
sarazen dropped a shot at the
eleventh. where he took 3 puts,
and another at the fifteenth, where
he was trapped. At the sixteenth
his second was in deep grass on u
| mound close to the green and he
took S.
The third round totals in the ma.
tional open golf championship tour
nament are:
hobby Jones, Atlanta ........ 7s--?20
Gene Sarazen' view YORK. 1880
I'm nArnes' REMAIN. ........ 74-233
MotnersoIe, New YORK: ...... 71-22s
EEeu LurneS9, Ehms1ord... 1874
Eoole heIo. 81 Louis ...... $3.50
rom harmon Hudson River. = $3.50
| Bill Menlhorn' 81 Louis. 1911
pan Wnnams: Snackamaxon. 91--254
JpH BURKE 81. Paul ......... S7-239