Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07
Victor on 9th Green i'm Match That Is Crueling
Batte-Pittsburgher Twice Overcomes Sup
Lead Held by Foe From New York.

BY the Associated Press.
~ LEVELAND, Ohio, August O.
Carl Kaufman Of Pittsburgh
is national public links golf
champion tonight, and ne
knows that we won it. for
to conuueI. William Serrick of New
York in the 36-ho;e final he had twice
to overcome lead of up, see lead
of 3 up he finally acquired melt away
and then go to an extra hole to gain
the victory.
1t was sweet for the champion 10
win on that first hole, no doubt, Tor
the first time they played 1t SerTlck
drove the green. 319 yards, and sank
q longish putt for an eagle when
Kaufman was ready to putt Tor
birdie 8. And it was bitter spot TOT
the rUrner-up, for after such prllidhl
play there in the morning he TOOK q
S on the hole the next two times ana
lost to a birdie and par.
r. was a hectic match between the
two veterans of public golf courses
70 determine which of the two former
runners.up would finish second again
and which one would be champion for
tho first time. When Serrick won the
first three holes i'll VOW win an
eagle and two pars. he looked IKE
victor by all odds. but Kaufman
would not quit, halving the next SIX
holes. five of them in par. to reach
the quarter post with 80 to ser,
ricll's So, where par is ~, but SUN
down. 49,,
Kaufman FORCES Ahead.
Then Kaufman forged to the front,
and by winning the tenth with par,
the twelfth with a birdie when ne
sank an approach shot and the tnlr-
1eeuth with another par, squared the
match, only to lose the next three
holes and he down again. The -FOUR
teenth he lost to birdie, the fifteenth
TO n par and the sixteenth by taxing
the first of his three 6s of the day
through driving into the creek.
The coming champion won the next
two in par, however, and was only
down at the halfway mark. lie nao
come home in SO for a II, while Ser
rick had taken 40 for a &c, above
par. 4.
Kauffman's luncheon seemed TO
agree with him, for he squared the
match at the nineteenth and became
| I'D by winning the twenty-first with
a birdie. 1t was the first time he had
been in the lead and he quickly sank
hack to even by his second at the
twenty.third. where his good brassie
got a bad kick into a trap.
But, having found how nice it was
to be in the van, he took the next
three holes with two pars and
mediocre S, while Serrick had his
widest streak of the day. He had
outdriven Kaufman during the morn
ing round, but for the first nine of the
second round was shorter and not so
straight. He flubbed a drive at the
fifth and took and sliced out OF
bounds at the seventh and finally
Djcked up when two trap shots prom
iscd a at best.
Seriick Drives Well.
That was the end of kauffmans
winning, however, for a long time, as
Serrick took the twenty-seventh with
a par, the twenty-ninth with a birdie
and the next two in perfect golf to
be | up again, while Kaufman TOOK
q, sad on the thirtieth and poor
on the thirty-first. Serrick was again
outdriving his opponent, sometimes
getting we'll over 800 yards on the
fast fairways.
Kaufman squared it at the long
thirty-second with a birdie when Ser
rick was short with his run-up, anc
he halved the next four. Serrick play
ing difficult shots dead from traps
and hilsides on the last three holes
TO stave off defeat. And so it seemed
he would do again at the extra hole
after he ovcrapproaclaed, but the
trickle of the sloping green fooled
him and he ran past the cup. where
victofy lay, and could not attain 1t
on the next attempt.
The medal scores were not particu-
Iarly good, Kaufman approximatlng
77-7S-155, while Serrick had 70
82-15S, giving him Z on the hole
where he picked up. Kaufman had