Evening star., 1928-12-30
-FOUR HOLD SWAY
IN GOLF|NG REALM
Jones, Farrell, Hagen, Glenna
CoIIett Rule in One of
Busiest Seasons.

~ UE to the increasing number oi
important tournaments and the
visit of the British Walker Cur
~ team, the golf season Of 1925
was one of the busiest on rec.
ord. The international competition,
staged at the Chicago Golf Club
Wheaton, Ill, furnished an opportunity
for the United States team to demon
strate its overwhelming superiority over
the representatives of the British Isles
The outcome was more of a debacle
than anything else, as the players from
overseas simply could not keep up with
the pace set by the team under the
leadership of Robert Tyre Jones, jr., of
Atlanta. Only one of the invading
players won his match, and the result
was therefore one of the most one-sided
battles ever seen in connection with
the Walker Cup.
Britons Are Repulsed.
Coming only a few days before the
national amateur championship, for
which practically all of the Britons
entered, this flasco did much to spoil
the interest in the international aspect
of the amateur classic, held this year
at Brae Burn. However, a surprise was
in store. T. P. Perkins, holder of the
British title, reawakened the interest by
defeating opponent after opponent and
going through to the final. Then again
came disappointment. Perkins had
taken a terrific beating from Bobby
Jones in the Walker Cup matches He
had this opportunity to strike back, but
failed dismally, the match finishing on
the ninth green of the second round.
And so for the second time United
States trampled over Great Britain.
BY retaining his title Jones caught
UP with Jerome D. Travers in this event
with four successes. The Albanian also
came within an eyelash of landing the
national open championship as well.
He was tied with Johnny Farrell, young
professional of Quaker Ridge, at the
end of the 70 holes. and after a hectic
play-off over So holes Farrell emerged
victorious.
This tournament. played at Olympia
Fields, Chicago, was one OF the best
and most thrilling open championships
ever staged. The one tragic episode of
the competition was the failure of
young Roland Hancock to come
through. One of the tournament dark
horses, Hancock flashed into the picture
the last day after some sensational golf.
Leaving the seventeenth tee he ap-
peared to have the title in his pocket.
Ordinary golf would have won for him.
But under the strain this inexperienced
young pro broke down, finished with
two 6S when two 5S would have done
the trick, and SO left the field clear for
q play-of between Jones and Farrell.
Hagen Is Dethorned.
After holding it for four years
straight, Walter Hagen lost his p. G. A.
crown this year, but Glenna Collett
bobbed up once more to win the
women's championship. This marked
Miss Collects third success.
This year the womeu'S championship
was held at Hot Springs, Va. Starting
rather deliberately, Miss Collett reached
the apex of her form in the third round
and from there to the end Of the COM
pctition played brilliant golf, outplaying
Miss Virginia Van VIE of Chicago, so
dccisively that the match was termi-
mated at the sixth hole in the afternoon
round.
Leo Diegal captured the p. G. A.
championship this time. In the tour
nanlent held at Baltimore he scored
successive victories over Walter Hagen,
Gene Sarazen and Al Espinosa. Diegel
also won the Canadian open this year.
Although forced to surrender this
coveted honor, Hagen again enjoyed a
large measure of success, his most out
standing achievement being the VIM
ming Of the British open for the third
time.