Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-09
HORTON SMITH
End WITH l37
Deal. M. j. Pro Rallies At
Last Hole to Defeat
Joplin Pine
fsrecial 70 the Herald.)

49,
HARLINGEN, Jan. 6.-Know1n5
that ne had to birdie the five par
NO. l8 10 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
Grapefruit open by a margin Of on
stroke. That one stroke was q ZOO
rap. for otherwise Wood would haze
spiit 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 q total
score Of 1877. Wood was six under
uar Saturday. but Sunday he slip
ped and when he came into NO: 10
he was n over par for the DAY
making II imperative that he birdie
the 500 yard hole to win.
And How
He calmly stepped up to the tee
and smacked a beautiful go yaro
drive down the field. He then
drove another $50 yard drive, land
ing on the green in two, 10 feet
from the pin. With the entire gal
lery intentlye watching him, Wood
then hit the cup with O 20 foot putt.
The ball trimmed the cup, jumped
several inches into the air ana
stopped six inches from the hole.
He then tapped 1t in for a birdie
four 10 sew I'D the tournament.
Wood barely missed an eagle three.
A hearty burst of applause greeted
his great comeback on the Eignt-
eenth.
His sensational 65-six under par
Saturday had been enough TO
coast him into first money. as ne
euualIed 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. n stroke
behind the champion. Smith, yno
had a large gallery following him.
was three under on the outgoing
nine and euualled 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 q 70 for a total of l4l 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 l42's. Guest was one
under par Sunday while Golden had
even par figures. Golden, winner
of the Aqua Caliente open. had .
par Of II Saturday also.
Witty Cox with q lab was next
In order and this was worth 500
10 him. Witty was one over par
Sunday after hanging lip even par
figures Saturday.
Grouped at IA were Clarence
Clark and Harry Cooper. Tony
Manero and Mike Turnesa had lass
while Herman Barron had a las.
Abe Espinosa and Sam Schneider
had 147's. Jack Grout had a l48.
Grouped at $50 were Pat O'Brien.
Tom Raklets and Francis Schneider.
Denny Shute. q newiywed. had Isl.
How They Scored
Robert Harlow. Buffalo. n. Y,
T5-s7-I62.
Art Lynch. N. Y. ~.so-TT-is7.
John De Forrest. Surrey. Eng
land s0-77-l5T.
Witty Cox. Brooklyn IL 77-i43.
Clarence Clark. Tulsa. 76-68-i44.
Mike Turnesa. New York. 70.
Frank Fogerty. Kirkwood. Mo,
T6-T6-I52.
Ben weichman, Oakland. KY.
T7-60-i57.
James Fogerty. Kirkwood. Mo-.
TT-80-i57.
Chief George. Brownsville, so-77
~-l56.
II. Nenningen. Auisa. s0-75-l55.
@. w. Shine. Fort Worth $685.
feo.
Abe Espinosa. Chicago. 7s-Ti-i47
Horton Smith. New York. 69-6S-
: 1877.
John Golden, Stamford. Conn.
T-7l-l42.
Tony Butler. Corpus. 76-T7-i53.
Dick Metz. San Angelo, 75-77-