Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-27
H. SMITH TOPS ALL
SCORING VICTORIES
Gene Pockets $11,500, Hor-
ton SO, 500, Though Worse
Than Second Only Once.
BY HERBERT w. BAKER,
Associated Press snnrts Writer


n JEW YORK, January 81 up
nj Gene Sarazen, Stocky
New Yorker, may have
won the most money, but
the real leader of the Winter
golfing troupe is young Horton
Smith of Joplin, Mo.
Thanks to his victory in the
rich Aqua Caliente open, Sarazen
former open title-holder, has en-
joyed the most profitable Winter
of all his golfing brethren with
cash prizes aggregating close to
$11,50 Smith, however, has
given a sensational display OF
consistently brilliant play ever
since the troupe left for the West
late last Fall.
ments in which he has played the
Joplin professional has won three
placed second once and tied for second
twice, being worse than second only
once. And in compiling this imposing
record Smith has earned nearly SO 500
Sarazen did not follow the same trail
as the majority of the pros. He won
$500 by finishing fourth in the Hawaiian
open; jumped back to Florida to win
shared the big prize of $4,000 in the
Aqua Caliente open.
Some Other Winners.
Smith, on the other hand, played in
practically all of the California tourna-
ments and nearly always with con-
Spicuous success. He won the Pasadena,
Berkeley and Portland, Greg, open;
placed second to Craig Wood in the
Hawaiian open and tied for second at
Aqua Caliente and in the Los Angeles
open.
These two were the big money win
ners. but some of the others did not do
badly at all. AL Espinosa of Chicago,
won about $4,000 by tying Smith for
second at Egua Caliente and finishing
fourth in the Los Angeles open. Denny
Shute, young Columbus, Ohio, pro- won
$500 by finishing sixth in the Pasadena
open and then added $500 to his bank
roll by capturing the Los Angeles OPEN
DIN Dutra of Los Angeles tied for first
IN the Long Beach open, placed second
in the Catalina Island open and tied
for fourth in the Aqua Caliente event,
for prizes of about $4,000.
Other earnings approximated the fol-
lowing:
Craig Wood, Bloomfield, N. j., $4,000;
Billy Burke, New York, $3.50; Mortie
Dutra, Tacoma, $3.50; Tommy Armour,
A(CblOlbs S4sOOOs 1Olly n0du6EO, NEW
York, $500; Joe Kirkwood, Philadel-
phia, 81 500: Bobby Cruichshank, New
York, $500; Ed Dudley, Wilmington,
Del, $1,100.
Diegel, Hagen Slump.
Leo Diegel and Walter Hagen have
had no luck at all. Diegel won the
Professional Golfers Association crown
again, but has won little or no money
in the open tournaments.
With the California season over for
another year, the pros were heading to-
day for San Antonio for the $500
Texas open.
Here's how the Winter tournaments
have gone SO far:
Aqua Caliente-First, Sarazen; Sec
ond, Smith and Espinosa.
Portland. Oreg-First, Smith; Sec
ond, Harry Cooper; third, Dudley.
Berkeley - First, Smith: second.
Burke; third, John Perelli.
Catalina - First, Manero; second,
DIN Dutra; third. Bill Mehlhorn.
Pasadena = First, Smith; second,
Johnny Golden, Dudley and Eddie Loos.
Long Beach-First. Kirkwood and
DIN Dutra; third, Clarence Clark.
Los Angeles-First, Shute; second.
Smith and Bobby Cruickshank.
Hawaiian-First, Craig Wood; Sec
ond, Smith; third, Burke
Oklahoma City-First Wood; second,
Armour and Dick Grout.