The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-26
HORTON smith
Wins TOURNEY
BEATING JONES
Former World Champ lies
in 18th Place; Wood
Has Notable Shot
Bv HENRY McLEMoRE i.
ii pes Staff Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ca, March |o'-
(IIP1-Horton Smith. raw
boned professional from Chicago,
! and the last man to defeat Bobby
ZONES before the Albanian swept
all before him in 1880, Sunday
won the Masters Invitation golf
tournement in which Jones re-
turned to the competitive wars
for the first time in four years.
Smith won it as Jones used to
win, them-by answering his chal-
lengers with a perfect round in
those nerve-torturing final eight
cen holes. The Chicagoan, his task
made the more difficult by raw,
blustery weather, streaked around
the treacherous Augusta national
course in 70. even par, for win
ming aggregate of 284.
He had to have a perfect figure
to win, and he knew it, for before
he started out Craig Woods 285
was on the scoreboard, as was Bill
ly Burke's 286. And out on the
field with him were half a dozen
players close enough to breeze by
if he faltered. For thirteen holes
the pressure didn't bother him,
but standing on the fourteenth
tee, with victory just around the
corner. he caught the filters. He
went one over on the 18th and
18th, which sent him into the final
two holes needing a birdie and a
par to win. He made it, ramming
down a 12-foot, down-hill putt on
the 18th for a birdie, and RAM
ming home a three-footer on the
final green for his par.
Smiths gallant stand under
ipressure brought him first prize
money of $1,000, and partially
atoned that 10 strokes licking he
took from Jones in Augusta four
years ago, for Bobby, still show
ing only occasional flashes of the
form that once made him irwin
chile, could do no better than 294
and tie for thirteenth place. Two
notches lower than he ever finish
ed in national open.
Second money of $500 went to
Wood, whose fine II kept him in
the running until Smith sank his
final ball. Billy Burke, national
open champion in 1881, and Paul
Runyan, sensational New York
youngster, tied for third with 2S6.
Burke missed a 285 by one blade
of grass, for that was all that pre-
vented his 40-foot approach putt
on the final green from rolling in.
Two strokes behind them was
Ed E. Dudley, professional of
the Augusta National club, with
288. Willie McFarlane was next
in line with 291, followed by Har-
old McSpaden, Al Espinosa, jim
my Hines and Macdonald Smith,
with 292. Big Mortie Dutra and
AL Watrous were paired at 293,
while Denny Shute, British open
champion, and Walter Hagen
shared the 294 slot with Jones.
Smith doubly deserved his VIC
tory, for from the opening day,
when he bagged a 70, and Jones
fell by the wayside, he was the
target for the others. Golf has
seen no finer stand under fire
than Horizons play of Sunday.
When he walked to the first tee
he knew nothing but perfect golf
would suffice. And he came thru.
More than once it seemed he
was cracking up. but each time he
gathered his coura~, and held on.
He broke down for the first time
on the fourteenth, when his Sec
ond shot fell short of the green
and Just behind treacherous,
turtle backed bunker. His pitch
was beauty, falling four feet
past the pin, but his first putt was
shaky and missed the cup by ten
inches.
The most miraculous shot of
the tournament, and perhaps the
most miraculous shot of all time.
came off Craig Woods club on
the first hole. Craig's drive on this
hole sailed into the forest on the
right of the fairway, leaving him
a lie squarely in the middle of a
thicket. 80
His second shot made matters
worse, for the ball bounded off a
tree and deeper into the Jungle.
some $50 yards from the mir,
standing beside the ball, Wood
could not see the green at all He
was literally neck-deep in bushes
and brlars. Taking his mashie, the
ourly New Jersey pro hit the ball
tremendous swipe and it rocket
so thru the trees to catch the edge
Oh tne green and roll to a stop
"iGnin hve inches of the pin
Zones might have come throuph
WIN WIN the sensational round the
b;s s Lndous gallery that tagged at
ms heels was PRAYING for bod -
wbio Ieen for the first four holes.
H Hnie ,t, saw him go three over par'
ne !hree-putted the, first ere pa,'
o orue the stream guarding tbe
green 81 on the short third and lon me
ditch U a,ity IN the middle of the
fourth VIII m MS tee shot on the
a a siV This last error cost b rne
T This start was, enough - .,.,.
an ana golfer to his heels heels" bu 10 snake snake
came came back courageou sl out lone. Jones
holes to; make the turn anu ;ni .. seventh
py started the incom;ne Of; Bob
Wobbly fashion taking nine in
but again again went we 9ir oe the eleventh. Sa
ures on the twelfth TT: sven flg-