Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

won the British open In May and then
won the American open in June. The
great Haig, playing before gallery OF
1000 charging, racing people. played
bad golf. golf of the kind that cost
him two shots at the fourth, where ne
hooked out of bounds and that only
enabled him to get 4 at the 3o0-yaro
fifth by 20-foot putt.
Hagen's 6 at the ninth came as the
result of topped tee shot, which Iouno
water ditch. He then needeo 81 TO
tie, 1t was too much even Tor hagen.
but he made bold bid. the wraps
came off and the worlds greatest m
Usher went boldly for every pun, out
where they dropped yesterday they JuSs
STAYED out today. He missed orace OF
them by not more than the width Oh
his putter blade. and instead OF tleihg
was outside by two shots.
Then there was George Won Elm,
playing winning golf and Thoroughly
deserving to win the championship:
getting out in 81 to be only brace OF
shots behind Jones, one OF which ne
picked UP at the tenth. George got
deuce at the l30-yard thirteenth ana
stood on the fourteenth tee with par TO
tie, although he didn't know 1t then;
This fourteenth. 433 of the longest ana
most terrifying yards ever offered IN
any championship, had previously cost
Jones a 6, and cost many competitor
chance to win Here Won Elm put
his ball in the woods at the right ana
finally holed out in 6.
But he still had chance. At the
long fifteenth he pulled to the WOODS
and took another and was definitely
out. He made gallant bid. however,
finishing with a par 3, a birdie and
5 on the last hole to tie Hagen.
Meanwhile Hancock, entirely without
a gallery over the first nine holes, ana
a lad to whom no one had paid any
particular attention came charging
over the first nine holes in 33 strokes,
picking up a brace OF brides and never
going over par on single hole. TO leaa
Jones by one stroke at the SlXty-thlro.
with nine holes to play, and to ftnlSh
the first nine of the last round with
2-stroke lead over Farrell.
What a grand chance this tactiturn,
serious lad from North Carolina had.
chance that comes but once IN me-
time. He took on on the tenth, ano
picked up a small gallery as Woro
spread that he had a chance But ne
got birdie 3 at the tenth to pick up
a shot on Jones and stay two shots IN
1EOUb "a LlAo SCSSIAA So
twelfth went over the green and ne TOOK
three more to get down. dropping snot
to Jones and Farrell. But he picked 1t
up again at the short thirteenth where
a 25-foot putt for a deuce just loboed
over the lip of the cup. He smiled Tor
the first time in that tense, nerve shak-
ing round. a smile that seemed to spell
victory, for he led both Jones and Far
rell by two shots. with five holes to go,
and they hadn't finished particularly
strong.
Trembles at Tee.
His worst holes were yet to come,
however. for the fourteenth and fif-
teenth are fearsome affairs. with the
weight of a national championship
bearing down and eating at a mans
soul. And this lad hasn't had much
experience In championships. Ii ne
had he wouldn't have played the last
two holes as he did He played the
fourteenth and fifteenth in even par
and stood on the sixteenth tee leading
by two shots with three holes to play.
He could literally have played them all
with a maShie. midiron and putter and
won the championship.
A perfect pitch to the sixteenth was
followed by putt that Tipped the cup
for deuce and he still had two-shot
lead. Some one told him what he had
to do at the seventeenth and we watch
ed him as he teed his ball. This tall