The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-29
4YANKEE GOLFERS
5, REPEAT T|TLEPLAY
!. During LAST Year
Jones, Hagen, collet and Die.
gel Retain and Regain
| Title Honors
By BRIAN BELL

It. Bobby Jones won the Amateur
for the fourth time, tie for the rec
ord; Walter Hagen captured his third
British Open. Glenna Collect took the
Wornen's title which she had won IN
1922 and 1925. and Leo Diegel made
the Canadian Open his when he had
had scored two previous triumphs.
Johnny Farrell, who prepared for
the golf heights by winning eight
minor championships in 1927, finally
reached his objective when he won
the Open. after a play oft with Bobby
Jones. After being out of the money
in 1927. the Atlanta lawyer came back
to claim the runner-up place in the
1928 title quest. The Georgian's rec
ord for seven years was made to read
two victories. three seconds. one tie
for second and one tie for eleventh.
Diegel In addition to winning the
familiar Dominion crown dethroned
Walter Hagen who had been estab-
lished for four years as champion Of
the Professional Golfers Association.
Perkins Fails Here
Thomas Philip Perkins. All unas-
Stunning golfer with twinkling eye
behind sedate spectacles. won the
British Amateur championship from
q good field but had no golfing luck
on this side of the Atlantic. He was
routed by Bobby Jones in the Walker
Cup matches. Is up and IL to play
and although he did much better In
the Amateur and played his way to
the finals. he was again no match
for Jones. and bowed again to the
Albanian. ten up and nine to play.
Mile. Manette lie Blan, kept the
British womcns title in France. al
though Mile. Simone Thion de la
Chaume. defending champion. was
eliminated by Glenna Collect. Miss
Collect later fell before the steadiness
of Miss Mabel Wragg the Yorkshire
champion in the fourth round.
The Walker Cup was ably defended
by team headed by Robert r. Jones.
Jr.. the invading British amateurs
being repulsed II to I. r. A. Tor
rance won the lone point scored by
the British.
There was no international profess
the United States will go to England
in April to compete for the Ryder
Cup. now held in the United States
Walter Hagen will lead the best of
the American homebreds into the
overseas fight. including Johnny
Farrell. the champion of champions
at the moment. and Leo Diegel. p. g..
A. titlist. who insisted that Hagen act
as team leader. although the cap
taincy under ordinary circumstances
would go with the pro title THE
Haig." of course, will carry lis British
championship with him.
Ryder Matches Anticipated
The Ryder Cup matches in England
will make Muirfield a real battlefield
at the British Open in May for all the
members Of the United States team
and perhaps a dozen other native and
adopted Americans will compete with
the British. who have not concealed
their unrest at the continued absence
of their most priced trophy.
The golf goose hangs high in the
United States for the new year. Golf
history will be made on many fronts
For the first time the Amateur will
be played on the Pacific slope, Del
Monte. Calf, getting the prize. The
Professionals will have their annual
slug fest at Santa Barbara and the
Open will be fought over the rugged
Winged Foot course at Mamaroneck,
N. Y. The Women will play at Oak
land Hills. near Detroit,
Farrelrs Triumph Great
The 1929 Open will 60 down in the
records as great triumph for the
brilliant johnny Farrell and a tragedy
for an i'll fated young golfer. Roland
Hancock. son of professional and q
pro in his own right at Wilmington.
N. C.. Bobby Jones as a menace has
come to be taken for granted over the
years and he is news only when he is
not one-two. as was the case at Oak
mont in 1927
Hancock came to the last two holes
1t Olympia Fields with Farrell and
Jones all finished, tied at 294. the New
Yorker having come from seven
strokes behind to tie the Georgia
magician. The Wilmington lad need
ed 6-5 on the last two holes to make
It triple tie or anything better than
these liberal figures to win without
further struggle. A surging crowd all
over the course and almost OH top Of
his ball unnerved the young pro and
he used IL terrible strokes to play
the final holes. divided six EACH
The next day Farrell and Jones
went out to decide the issue. this
overtime excursion marking the third
for Jones In an Open title event.
FarrellS 143 was a stroke better than
Jones could produce.
The Albanian came back In the
Amateur at Brae Burn to make q
show of the field in the latter stages
Of the competition. He won oil but
one match by top heavy scores. He
had to 60 an extra hole for the first
time in his major tournament career
to defeat Ray Gorton. q veteran but
sensational golfer, but past that haz-
ard he coasted home. over the SO hole
route.
/. Beck of Britain fell. IL and 13. the
long hitting colleEian. Phil Finlay.
0l0 uCLlc CcCVSI, Id dilO 10, 4llO t4lC
10 and g. victory in the final merely
served to confirm conclusion before
the match that there was no one In
the neighborl1ood able to make It =
contest for Bob at SO holes with title
1T stake.
Glenna Collett Good
Clenna Collett. driving superbly as
only she can among the women stars
and putting with deadly accuracy.
won the woinen's title from the
ycathful Virginia Van VIE of Chjca-
go by greater margin than piled up
by Jones over the hills Of Brae Burn.
IN the valley among the mountains
OF Virginia Hot Springs. the Provi-
dence girl stopped her Western OPP
ponent, Is up and II to play.
After taking q terrific lacing. IS
and II, from Archie Compton Is soon
as he reached England, Walter Hagen
came back in the Open to win the
title at Sandwich by two strokes from