Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-10
Misses Three-Footer for Par.

LIE took the three puts. missing
III a three.fOoter for a par 4after
two colossal wallops into the
wind on this 458-yard hole, and tap
ping in a two-inch putt to win.
Dutra has won many other tourna-
ments. including two victories in the
P. G. A. championship, but he never
has shown more downright courage,
more assidious attention to his work
as he knocked in a birdie on the
fifteenth hole of the final round to
give him the margin he couldn't lose
unless everything went awry. At the
end. his swarthy brother Mortie and
group of California friends carried
him high in their arms of the final
green while a broad smile spread over
his countenance. For him the end of
the trail-the coveted national open
golf championship.
Down there in the ditch on the
eleventh hole Gene Sarazen buried
his chance to win the title. for the
swarthy little Italian American was
breezing along in great style and
seemed to have the crown laid away
until he hooked into the ditch, picked
out and wound up by three-putting
for a T. Although Gene strove might
lily and CALAMITY, he could not over
come that burly 7, although as 1t
turned out a par 4 on the eighteenth
would have deadlocked him with
Dutra. But then Dutra might not
have three-putted the home green.
Star After Star Falters.
THEY tossed the championship
around out there this afternoon
like wind blown sand as star after
star faltered and skidded to fall back
of the California caballero. You would
have thought the open crown was
ten cent store bauble instead of
$50. 900 coronet as Sarazen, Cruick-
shank. Cox and the others tossed 1t
from lap to lap in one of those char
acteristic wild finishes which mark
the chase for the national open title.
None of them could hold onto 1t as
holes over par crept into their cards
and the deadly tension of the last nine
holes of the championship took its toll.
They all cracked but Dutra and the
calm Californian swept into the title
simply by sticking along at par. The
last nine holes of the open Is the
greatest scramble in any sport. Half
a dozen men usually have the tourna-
ment tucked away with a few holes to
20 and the deadenins tension gets in
its work. 1t was true out there again
at Merton today. Only Dutra chung
relentlessly to par and it brought him
his first national open crown.
Perfected Game BY Practice.
He is quite a fellow-this new open
champion. Scaling more than 200
pounds, more than 6 feet tall. he
has perfected his game by constant
practice on the wlnd-swept California
courses. He is known as the hardest
worker in golf. Seldom a day goes by
that this physical giant does not prac-
tice for three hours or more. That
muscle memory, grooved by thousands
of swings of the same kind, stood him
in good stead today as he faced the
lengthy eighteenth hole knowing he
had a to win. The yawning quarry,
graveyard of many hope; the woods
at the left: the traps biting into
the green did not daunt him.
Smoothly and calmly he walloped
a tee shot for go yards and smoothly
and calmly he knocked brassie shot
onto the front of the green, 22S yards
away. avoiding the deep traps and
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