Evening star., 1933-06-26

yard putt to cut the Americans lead tC
one hole. At the fourteenth, which the
Britons also won to square the match
Hagen was bunkered while Arliss' ap-
proach shot was dead. Within yards
of the hole. On the next hole, Sara
zen's putt went in and then out of the
cup and Arliss and Whitcombe won the
hole, 3-4. to take the lead.
Wood and Runyan locked in ding
dong battle with Davies and Easter
brook, with the Americans finally gain
ing 1-up lead as the turn was reached
Dutra and Shute trailed, Mitchell and
Havers by two holes going to the fif-
teenth tee.
Walter and Gene increased their ad-
vantage to up as they took the
twelfth with birdie 3, but the Britons
then took four straight holes and after
halving the seventeenth. finished out
the round with on the home hole
to go to lunch uD.
Dutra and Shute squared theirTmatch
at the tenth, but didn't win another
hole and the Englishmen moved serenly
along taking the eleventh thirteenth,
fifteenth and sixteenth holes, the short
fifteenth with birdie 2 to end the
morning round 4 up.
Wood and Runyan lost their one hole
advantage at the eleventh, where they
went / over par and went l down at
the fourteenth as they again slipped
l over perfect figures, but they squared
the match with Davies and Easter
brook at the long sixteenth, where they
got a birdie 4 and halved the next two
holes to finish all square for the best
American showing.
Dudley and Burke started out by los
ing the first hole. named the tr1al,
to a birdie 2, but they won the next TO
square the match and went l up on the
fifth.
They could not stand prosperity, how
ever. and lost the last three holes OF
the first nine to make the turn down.
The first three holes of the incoming
nine were halved in As, but Padgham
and Perry then got into action again
and took of the next to fnlsh the
morning round up. Dudley ana
Burke won the fifteenth to reduce
Padeham and Perry's margin to 8 up.
Hagen and Sarazen won the twen-
tieth with a birdie 4, becoming only
2 down.
Meanwhile, Dutra and Shute failed
to take advantage of chance to gam
on Mitchell and Havers at the outset
of the afternoon play. The Americans
took three puts. for a hall, a1ter
Mitchell was bunkered.
Hagen's short approach and Sarazens
equally weak chip shot cost the Amer
leans the twenty-first, where Whit
combe's long putt for a birdie .
Tipped the cup and Briton's 4 was
good enough for win. Sarazen then
got down a 5-footer for a half in As
on the twenty-second.
Americans Break Deadlock.
Davies and Easterbrook, starting the
afternoon round with Wood and Run
van. broke the deadlock and went l up
when Davies holed l2-foot putt for
birdie on the short nineteenth.
Mitchell and Havers went up at the
twentieth, where the former laid a long
iron feet from the pin for an eagle 8.
Shute meanwhile topped the Americans
second shot and Dutra flubbed his chip.
They halved the twenty-first in As,
Dutra's approach hitting the pin and
Shute then failing to hole short putt.
Runyan ran down putt clear across
the twentieth green for birdie 4.
squaring the match again with Davies
and Easterbrook. They halved the
twenty-first in 4s.
After halving the twenty-third, Sara
zen got down 25-footer to win the
twenty-fourth, where Whitcombe missed
5-footer Arliss and Whitcombe
quickly drew away again. taking the
next two holes, the twenty-fifth with
birdie and the next, short one,
in par, as the Americans got into
trouble A birdie for Sarazen and
Hagen on the twenty-seventh left them
3 down with to go.
Gallery Stampedes.
The gallery following the featured
match got out Of control on the twenty
sixth and stampeded while SO stewards,
waving long fagstaffs, tried desperately
to check rushing spectators.
Hagen and Sarazen gave the crowd
thrill by winning the twenty-eighth
and twenty-ninth with par fours. Whit
combe was bunkered on the twenty
eighth and missed and 18-inch putt on
the next, leaving the Britons only l up
Dutra and Shute won the twenty
fourth, after halving the two previous
holes, but promptly lost the twenty
fifth on a stymie laid by Mitchell. Shute
holed 24foot putt for birdie duce
on the tWenty-siXth. They halved the
next in par and the Americans made
the turn still 4 down, having failed TO
make any headway on the outgoing
nine.
A birdie for the Davies -Easterbrook
team put them l up at the evenly
second and they went 2 up at the
twentyfourth, where Wood and Run
yam got off the line to the gap hole"
The Americans, after halving the next
two, got back hole with birdie on
the twenty making the turn
only one down. Both sides cracked par
on the outward journey, the British
by strokes and the Americans by l.
Hagen and SaraZen, fighting gallant
ly. halved the next three holes. through
the thirty-Second in par figures
Meanwhile Ed Dudley and Bill Burke,
the fourth American combination
staged another sensational rally. They
won three straight holes at the outset
of the afternoon round. from ALI
Padgham and Alf Perry, then squared
the match at the twentyfourth.
Dutra and Shute reduced their
deficit to three holes by winning the
twenty-ninth on an approach shot that
Dutra laid within 2 yards OF the pin.
The Hagen-Sarazen match continued
at an exciting pitch over the inward
nine. After both sides had puts hang
on the lip Of the cup at the thirty
second for 3S. they halved the thirty
third. a short hole in par IS. Here
Whitcombe's putt for 2 hit the back
OF the cup and bounced out.
Hagen and SaraZen squared the
match at the hirty-fourth, where
Whitcombe's putter again failed him
and he missed from feet. The Ameri-
cans were twice in the rough on the
thirty y-flfth and lost the hole, but came
back 10 win the thirty-siXth and last
to square the match. A par was
good enough. as Arliss missed hole
able putt on the home green.
AS the Ryder Cup rules call for no
playof Of matches all-square over the
regulation route, the outcome gave
each side half point.
Dutra and Shute failed to sustain
their uphill charge after winning three
of the first five homecoming holes, to
become only 2 down. A deuce for
Mitchell and havers on the short
thirty-third put the Britons up again
and they ended the match with a half