Evening star., 1924-07-27

par, and the afternoon round in 81
35-7+. for total 145 strokes. Seck"'
scored "a pars and five brides, Scor-
ing 34-3S-72 in the forenoon and
3540-75 for the second round
totalling 147 Each one went over
par on hole during the day. John
ston taking or the 410-yard third
hole in the afternoon when he got
into patch Of pine shrubs. and
Seckel taking on the 558-yarl
seventh hole when he got tangled up
IN such deep rough that he took
shots to get out and then landed in
| trap where he expended , more
blows.
Even in First Half.
Finishing the first IS holes all
square, they started what amounted
to an 1S-hOlr match, except that both
players were not quite as brilliant
part of the time as il the morning.
They halved the first hole in par al
though JohnSton's drive found the
rough and the second in perfect fig
ures, although Seckel pulled to tail
grass but the former champion be
came l up with a par on the third
when Johnston got of the course and
took 6.
In fact. seckel hit a fast stride
at this point that might have dis
heartened a less valiant player. for
he holed 60-fopt putt for a birdie
2 on the short fourth and got a par
4 for a win on the fifth, after run
ming his approach over into dceu
trap, by exploding his ball to with
in feet of the cup and sinking
d putt.
After halving 44S-yard 18th in
brides 4, Johnston threw away tn
short 18th by missing 2-foot putt
for d par 3 and was 1 down with
only to go.
JohnSton's Great Shot.
Two down. and three TO go, John
CT Ct ia
across deep valley to a. hilltop green
that has defied hundreds Of players to
reach its limited boundaries and stay
there, for it hangs on the edge OF 4
prOmontory with decliviues on all
sides except the right and there are
traps everywhere except for about %
feet at its entrance from the tee, The
drive must be made to a space nor
many feet wide at the right hand
corner Of the green. The distance is
24S yards
Jchnstons drive sailed through and
hit the exact spot and ran within
feet of the cup, amid the plaudits of
the spectators, who were now wild
yards short of the cup on the hill
side. His second ran 5 feet over
and his third was feet short. The
| Chicagoan conceded the hole in 3,
although Johnston might have holed
| d birdie 2 if he had been pressed.
! Seckels defeat was not without
! honor, for he played wonderful golf
most of the time and was up much
| of the day. He oUtdrove Johnston on
many holes, and while Johnston gen
orally was more exact in his ap-
| proaches, Seckel was more deadly
| with his putter. Seckel, owing to
! longer experience, having won the
| title in 1911 while he was a student
at Princeton University, displayed
! slightly better generalship. but John
! Ston drowned all his other faults
with the brilliancy he poured out on
| the last five holes, for it seldom falls
| to any golfer in a championship
match to win five holes straight. in
! cluding three brides and two other
| holes possibly brides.
Fought Way to Final
Johnston qualified for the cham
| piunship with 1+6 strokes, five above
! the medalist, Art Swe at of Chicago.
! and Seckel survived the elimination
round with 14S. In the finals each
! shot one stroke better than in those
| rounds
Both waded through fine field of
| golfers, Seckel numbering among his
| victims R J. DAILY of Chicago, Frank
| Dyer of Memphis. former metropoli-
! Louis and James Medart of St Louis,
| who put out Chick Evans in the third
round by shooting better than par.
! Johnston Waded through the finals
| by downing Lawson Watts of ST.
| Louis, runner-up to Manion in the
| transmissisSippi championships E H.
| Ba kard of Chicago. who had elimi-
mated former National Champion Bob
| Gardner; Eddie Held of st Louis. al
| though the latter shot II, and Bur
/ ton Nudge of Chicago, a Princeton