The Washington times., 1931-06-05
TOM ARMOUR
CAPTURES
{. CROWN
Horton Smith Has 303; AIIis,
British Star From Berlin, Is
Up in Front With 29e Mark

British Star From Berlin, Is
Up in Front With 298 Mark
CONTINUED From First PaSe)
155 for the SO holes, which tied
him for sixth place among the
nine American contenderS with
Willie Hunter. His cards for the
four rounds of championship play
showed the same even tenor
They were, 73, IS, II, 71-296.
British Disappointed
The championship was a bitter
disappointment to British golf,
None of Britain's tOuted stars fin
lshed anywhere near the head Of
the list. Percy AlliS, wandering
British professional now at the
Berlin club, was Britain'S sole rep
resentative below the 800 line. He
nosed Mac Smith out OF third
place by one stroke. AlliS com
pleted the ~ holes in 29S strokes
Henry Cotton, one of Britain's
chief hopes, wound UP in the ruck
with a grand total Of 800. Archie
Cornpston, another Of England's
star performers. was even further
back at the finish, with 300 on
his, card.
Going int othe final round five
strokes ahead of Armour and
three strokes Of both Mac Smith
and Arthur Havers, the nearest
competitors, Jurado appeared to
have things all his own way until
after he made the turn.
Hard Luck Comes
Starting home on the final lap
with a tight little 35 tucked under
his belt, Jurada struck his first
bump on the unlucky thirteenth
where he three-putted the green.
He took a big 6 on the fourteenth,
but rallied on the fifteenth and
sixteenth where he got back to
par figures.
On the seventeenth, the Argen-
tine drove with his iron and
wound up in the burn. His third
found a bad lie in burner. which
cost him another stroke to get
out. Two puts completed the
disaster. H eplayed the eighteenth
purposely safe. taking 5.
Gene Sarazen marched home
from the turn in par 36 Tor
1928, tieing Percy Allis for
third place.
Couldn't Catch Up
Sarazen made a gallant at
tempt to catch up with the lead
ers,, but was just short of sue
cess. His best hole was the
seventeenth. where he scored a
wonderful birdie.
His card, afternoon round:
sARAzEN
Out .... S 8 s S 8 4-37
In ..... 5 5 ; 4-Ss-7s-2ss
Kirkwood found the wind trou-
blesome on his final round, which
he completed in a gross 81 for
a grand total of 308. His card,
afternoon round:
K1RKwooD
Out go. 5 5 3 4--39
In see. 5 1 s 4 5 1 8 4-42-S1--3OS
Turned in Par
Horton Smith started his after.
noon round by holing out a r.
yard putt for a birdie 8. He
took a 5 on the second. On the
third his mashie second Tipped
the cup but SHE'D away, and it
required two puts to get the ball
down.
On the fifth, he sliced his
drive, but recovered to the edge
Of The green with his second, and
holed the putt. On the ninth his
iron second stopped six yards
from the pin. He attempted the
putt but failed. He made the
turn in par figures.
Coming home, he hOled q five
yard putt on the thirteenth for
a birdie 2. He followed this with
big six on the fourteenth, where
he sliced his drive into the rough
and pulled his second into the
rough also. His iron third found
o bunker. He chipped out in one
and took two puts.
Farrell's Card
Farrell came home in 81 for a
total of rs. for a grand total of
299. His card, afternoon round:
Farrell
fn...... AS IS 5-s7--7s-2so
On the sixteenth, he pulled his
drive, but recovered to within
five feet of the pin and downed
the putt. He put his second wood
over the green on the seventeenth.
and then negotiated a putt Of
over 20 feet, taking a birdie 8.
But, as with the previous
birdie, a terrible 6 followed. His
drive from the eighteenth found
the bank of the burn. He
Clipped out but his third was
short of crossing the second burn.
It required another to get on,
and two puts.
Macdonald Smith put himself
out Of the running when he blew
I'D on the last nine holes, taking
al to come home for a 76 on
his afternoon round and a grand
total of 299 strokes.
Mac missed a two,yard putt on
the tenth, but recovered on the
eleventh where he laid his sec.
ond yards from the pin and
sank the putt for a birdie. On