Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18

hands OF a hitherto unknown lad
champion today. He was beaten fro
golfers that ever swung a maShie
Nabholtz. who on Tuesday exc
Forester, today is battling Henry
.ex-caddic and another gritty youngs
But the match that drew the gallery
today. larger than on any other day
of the tournament. was the combat
in which Walter Hagen. the British
open champion. matched shots with
Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge. 1t
promised to be whale of a match,
Tor both are right. The putting of
both men is ragged, but their shots
up to the green perfect. and that's
what gallery likes to watch.
Lineup Is Queer.
The lineup today was a queer one
as to nationality. for from Scotland
home of the royal and ancient game
there is not left a lone representative.
The last of the Draw lads from Scot
land succumbed at the thirtyseventh
hole yesterday. when Bobby Cruick
shank missed a wee putt for half
with Ray Derr of Philadelphia.
Farrell is a bit of the old sod of Ire
land. with sunny smile and the
same sort of disposition. Hagen is of
German descent. American born as is
Farrell. ESpinosa comes of a Spanish
family. and his opponent. Derr, is an
American lad. Ciuci is of Italian de-
scent. while Nabholtz comes from
German ancestors. Jim Barnes. the
long one from Cornwall. is the lone
foreign-born golfer left in the cham
pionship. and is playing Emmett
French, an born pro. from
Youngstown, Ohio.
Fighting hard to retain his last
cha mpionShip and maintain his great
match play record since he lrSt broke
through at Skokie, in 1922. Sarazen
succumbed to a better golfer yester-
DAY. a lad who was longer than Gene
from tee to green, more accurate
through the fairway and with bet
ter putting touch than the title
holder. The famous Sarazen grin
broke out as wide ever when his
putt at the 18th failed to go down
and he realized he was beaten.
Offer Great Match.
The finest match of the day, how
ever. found Bobby cruikshank losing
to Ray perr. Bobby was up all the
way against the long lad from
Philadelphia. and came to ;he 18th
hole with victory we'll in sight, for
he was I up with five to play. Here
Derr broke loose with an amazing
putting streak that finally won the
match for him.
\ 2ofooter to the cup on ledge,
two feet above where he stood to
make the shot, banged against the tin
for a birdie al the long 18th. Ii
haIved the hole and Derr raped one
against the back of the cup for an
eagle at the 18th Bobby blew
four-footer at the 18th for the half
he needed to win the match. and at
the 18th Derr again laid one up
against the hole for another birdie
). while Bobby half topped his tee
shot. So DeTr came to the last hole
l down, and again his putt for
birdie went down. He played the
last five holes in Is shots, l par /
eagle and ) brides.
And they went to the extra hole
with Cruikshank far ahead off the
tee. but outside of the Philadelphia
lad, with his second shot. His putt
for d just grazed the left edege of
the cup and lay three feet away.
Derrs putt was badly hit. but ran up
inside of Cruikshank's Then Bobby.
as he had done at the 18th, blew the
short one. Derr hoied and Scotland's
last hope WAS cut Of the tournament.
Has Plenty of Grit.
Last year Nabholtz played SaraZen
in an exhibition match at Lima. Ohio,
-
fully believed he could do it again,
and being 8 down at noon did not
deter him in the least. for he sank
10-footer for IA 8 at the second in the
afternoon, and Gene took three puts
at the short fourth, leaving Nabholtz
but ! down. The Ohio lad squared
at the fifth with the aid of stymie.
Gene again went into the lead at the
sixth. but lost the seventh to fine
MOI hat
came to the turn.t
Sarazen for the first time became
down at the tenth, where he pitchea
INTO d bunker short of the green ana
went over the green in three. AL
though Nabholtz put his tee shot into
a bunker at the eleventh. he got q
half for Genes try for "a 3
brushed By the lip of the cup. TAX
ing that wide wooden implement he
used so well against Fred Mcleod for
his approach putt at the twelfth,
Gene left himself too much to do and
dropped the hole, for NabholtZ was
well inside of the second shot and
made holable putt for 3.
The situation had become suddenly
changed Here was the champion
down. with six to go, and in danger
of being dropped out. Although Gene
hooked his spoon shot to the 2O3-
yard thirteenth, he got half in
three by great chip over a side
slope, although Nabholtz very nearly
sunk a 30-footer.
Sarazen Gets Worried.
Gene began to show his worry at
the long fourteenth, for here, where
he had nearly always been home or
just under the green in two, he
hooked wide to the left and got
lucky half when Nabholtz missed an
eight-footer for 4. They haivet
the fifteenth in birdie As and Nabholtz
holed three-footer and Gene was
dormie down. He hit whale
of ball off the seventeenth tee, but
Nabholtz was ahead of him. Their
pitch shots were about equal Is feet
away. Nabholtz was away and laid
his ball six inches short. Genes ball
had picked up d clump of dirt as 1T
struck the green. He made a gallant
bid for his three, but the mud on the
ball killed the run and it stopped six
inches short on a dead line. The
rutts were conceded and Gene was
no longer champion.
Willie MacFarlane and John Far
rcll had dingdong match with
the latter turning = up. Farrell
esught him before the turn in the
Srternoon and won, 3 and 2.
Hagen Given Battle.
In the meantime Walter Hagen
and AL Watrous Of Grand Rapids
were having a fine battle going to
lunch all square. Hagen won the
fourth hole when Watrous missed q
short one in the afternoon, and the
seventh when AL was trapped In
front Of the green. Although Watrous
struggled gamely. his best was not