Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06
JOE TURNESA
FICHTSCHAMP
TOLAS'T HOLE
After Trailing Most
OF Day, Hagen Hits
Back on Hole 81 to
Recover
By wv. MARTIN GLENN
ASSOCIATED Press Sports WRITER

CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB,
DALLAS. Tex, Nov. 5.-tF-Nalter
Hagen, veteran II half a hundred
hard-fuuEht final matches. came
from behind today 70 shake off the
challenge uE M Younger opponent and
successfully defend his title OF
champion 0f the Professional Golfers
association.
Joe Turncsu. handsome ~15-ycar-old
pro from E~lmsford. ". Y. played a
versatile game and lei the old master
most WI tie way. but cracked fer "a
mnmen In tho last siz holes ard lost
the match. one down On the thirty
sixth green.
Crowned Fifth Time
In winning the title. Hagen added
the professional crown to his win
ter wardrobe Of fancy hcadgcar for
the fourth consecutive year and for
the fifth time i'm hi career. Ten
r. a.. IA. tournaments have been held.
and Hagen has won half of them. i'm
addition to being %runner-up IN 1916,
Tie first won the coveted champion
ship in 1921. after which Gene Sara
zen of New York ruled for two years,
But Hagen came back IN 1924 and has
occupied the throne since that time,
Ball Hangs
The champions game was frequent
N ragged during the day. but his face
betrayed Mo emotion at all as hole
after hole wore away with Turnesa
still in the lead and playing con
sistently. The crucial break finally
came nc the thirty-first green. Hagen
had won the twenty-ninth 70 square
the match when T~urnesa's hall hang
on the Zip or Ne cup and forced hin
10 take q four. IIrneaa's irons. which
had been steady most Of the day
wavercd for a moment nc the thirty.
first.
His second missed the green ant
his third was 15 feet over the pin
Hagen got down am easy four. but
Turnesa took u six and was one dowr
fer the first time since the sixth hole
Turrcsn did mot break under THE
strain and blow I'M. but Hagen gave
him an opportunity IN vcc0up. IA put
that would have halved the match or
the final green. hung on the IT'D whrr
Turnesa failed 20 give il the extrs
fraction WI an ounce III needed 10 sink
1urncsa I'm Tor Beating
y Turnesa apparently was IN for I
terrible beating as the match go'
under way. Re dropped an approach
in a trap M the first green and over
shot the third t0 70 two down. Tha'
was the biggest lead Hagen ever Oh
tanned. however. as Turnesa took thu
sixth seventh and eighth 10 80 on M
Hagen WAS two down when the hal.
way mark was reached and turnes
into the last nine still one down.
Each had a medal score Of las 70.
the 36 holes.
Turncsa took his defeat gracefully
wriHginw HaEen's hand over the 36tl
Gun, where his putt for a win wa.
still hanging on the lip. The TIVE
then walked TO the locker roon
shoulder " shoulder where Hagel
was handed a check for his capita
prize WI $1,000 and Turncsa "a chrcl
for the runncr-up position whicl
amounted to 5000.
Hagen Speaks
AT the door 0f the locker room. r
R. Brown Of the Dallas Chamber o
Commerce, handed Hagen N largI
loving cup. one of the many sid
prizes NJ will receive. Hagen, II
thanking Brown for the cup made
little speech in which Ne c0mpli
mented Turnesa highly. concluding
"Hs showed that Nv is a player D
rare mcttle and / hope that II ] eve
Va have ~ rrlirruiSh INV title. Tur