Evening star., 1923-07-15

took three puts for 6. That didn't
look like the championship But his
come back made history.
Cruikshank n Younsster.
Every golfer knows Bobby Jones,
they all concede his skill. but for
some reason or another Jones fails
to win. But every one does not know
CruikShank. He played at Columbia
in 1921 and didn't do much. He failed
to show well at Skokie last year But
this year Cruik shank. playing grand
I golf all the way. came with a rush
tied for the title. t
Cruikshank was born at Grand
Mountain, Scotland. twenty-ei eight
Edinburgh when he was a youth and
he played on the Masselburgh and
Monifieth courses about the Scottish
capital AS an amateur in the land
or the heather he won several major
tournaments, although ne never won
the Scottish amateur. nor figured to
any extent in the British amateur.
He came TO this country three years
ago, week back of Jack Forester
who finished fourth today Crufk-
st. Joseph. Mo, two years ago from
field which included all the star
pros of the country. He played the
last nine holes in S2 to tie and then
the playoff with. Barnes and Hutch
ison. Little Bob has a great future
in golf. His Scottish common sense
is notable. He has none of the cockiness
of the Hagsns Sarazen type of player.
Cruikshank is the. same size as SaraZsh
and much the same build. His iron
shots have all the punch of the de-
throned champion. and he is proba-
bly, straighter off the tee, although is
not one of the longest hitters. Jones
consistently 'outdrove him today.
Hagen. playing with Cruikshank,
took Sc to get around this afternoon.
Ponder on this, We buffers, and note
the weakness of champions. They all
fail sometimes.
Sarazen< Rally Short.
But the passing of Sarazen was a
tragedy. Gene went great guns in
the morning. getting out in So. and
picking up six shots on Jones, with
whom he played. Gene got back in
81 for total of 70, and 54hole to-
tai of 230, ten shots back of, Jones.
have been dismayed. He. couldn't get
them ausback, of course, but he might
have finished second or third. III
But Gene began missing them on
the first nine this afternoon and
thereafter he faded like a fog bank
before a strong wind. He capped the
whole weird round by taking Z. at the
seventeenth this afternoon. finishing
with an so.
Jock Hutchisons big round came
this morning. Jock couldn't hit
barn door at 20 PAGES He actually
began the last nine holes 4, 6, 5, holes
that he had then. played in 3, 4, 8.
That was the end of Jock the Hutch.
Brilliant yesterday, he was only or
dinary today. and when the shots be-
gan straying off the line, Jock began
worrying. When he started to worry,
he was through.
Hagen looked like the Walter of old
this morning, but this afternoon he
was bad He played with Cruikshank
and he might have helped Bob, but he
couldn't do a thing for himself Wal
ter's chief trouble was around the
putting greens. He couldn't get the
ball to stay down.
At luncheon Bobby Jones led with
total of 220. Three shots behind
was Cruikshank, while a shot, behind
the Shackamaxon pro. was Hutchf-
son. Gallett. Hagen, Watrous and
Forester were tied at 225, while VIII
liam Melhorn was 227. Only the first
six really had aSchance and none but
Cruikshank proved equal to the .oc-l
casfon. -
The-cards of Jones and Cruikshank
follow: -
RlornlnS TOuno:
Out A 5 5 5 S 4 5 Al
In ..44344 4-35-76
Afternoon round:
Out ..5455 44-39
In ..343443 6-37-76-144-296
Cruik shank f9-- .
Morning round:
Gut ..46657 4-42
In ..34454 5 5 3-36-7S
Afternoon round:
Out ..5455523 34-36
In :. .3 4355 As 43-37-73-l45--2S