Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-09
HORTON SMITH
End With l37
Deal, N. j. Pro Rallies AT
Last Hole to Defeat
Joplin Pine
Especial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN. Jan. 8.-Knowtng
that he had TO birdie the five par
No. Is to stave off the incoming
rush OF Horton Smith, the Joplin
Pine. Craig Wood, Deal, N. j., pro-
fessional. did just that here sun
day afternoon to win the Golden
y Grapefruit open by a margin OF ons
stroke. That one stroke was a sZO8
rap, for otherwise Wood would haze
split the 500 and $500 prizes with
Horton Smith.
The Joplin Pine was two under
par Saturday and cut three more
from par Sunday to ring UP a total
o OF 1877. Wood was six under
uar Saturday, but Sunday he slip
ped and when he came into No. IL
he was one over par for the day,
making II imperative that he birdie
the 500 yard hole 70 win
And How
He calmly stepped up to the tee
and smacked a beautiful $50 YARD
drive down the field. He then
drove another 25U yard drive, land
ing on the green in two, 40 feet
from the pin. With the entire gal
lery intently watching him, Wood
then hit the cup with a 40 foot putt.
The ball trimmed the cup, jumped
several inches into the air ana
stopped six inches from the !
He then tapped it in for q birdie
four to sew up the tournament.
Wood barely missed an eagle three.
A hearty burst Of applause greeted
his great comeback on the Eight
zenith.
His sensational 65-six under PAR
Saturday had been enough 10
coast him into first money, as ne
euualled only par Sunday.
Horton Smith shot sensational
golf Sunday, clipping three strokes
from par. This. added TO the two
he cut off Saturday. made him i've
under for the So holes, one stroke
behind the champion. Smith. uho
had a large gallery following him,
was three under on the outgoing
nine and equalled par figures COM
ing In. He missed at least four
puts which would have given him
brides coming in the home stretch.
Al Is Third
AL EspinoSa, who had a par II
Saturday. was one under par Sunday
with a 10 for a total Of 14l and
third place in the tournament.
This was worth $500 In cash to him.
Charles Guest and John Golden
divided $500 between them as they
came In with f42's. Guest was one
under par Sunday while Golden had
even par figures. Golden, winner
of the Aqua Caliente open, had a
par OF II Saturday also.
Witty Cox with a 143 was next
in order and this was worth 500
20 him Witty was M over par
Sunday after hanging up even par
figures Saturday.
Grouped nc IA were Clarence
Clark and Harry Cooper. Tony
Manero and Mike Turnesa had Ass
while Herman Barron had a las.
Abe EspinoSa and Sam Schneider
had 147's. Jack Circuit had a 148
Grouped az $50 were Pat O'Brien.
Tom Raklets and Francis Schneider.
Denny Shute. a n~ewlywed. had Isl.
How They Scored
Robert Harlow. Buffalo. N. Y.
T5-S7-i62.
Art Lynch, ". Y~..eo-77-I57.
John De Forrest, Surrey. Eng
land S0-77-i57.
Witty Cox. Brooklyn IL T7-i43.
Clarence Clark. Tulsa. 76-65-i44.
Mike Turnesa. New York. ".
Frank Fogerty. Kirkwood. Mo.
F6-76-l52.
Ben weichman. Oakland. Ky.
TT-S0-f5T.
James Fogerty. Kirkwood. Mo.
T7-S0-f57.
Chief George, Brownsville. s0-77
-l56.
H. Nenningen. Aulsa. s0-75-i55.
@. w. Shine, Fort Worth $685.
fse.
Abe Espinosa. Chicago. 76-7i-t47
Horton Smith. New York, 69-65-
1877.
John Golden. Stamford. Conn.
7f-71-i42.
Tony Butler. Corpus, ~7e-77-i55.
Dick Metz, San Angelo, 75-77-