Evening star., 1935-04-09
PUTS HIM IN TRIM
FOR AUGUSTA WIN
Gives Simple Life Credit
After Conquering Wood
Easily in PIay.0ff.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Associated Press Sports Editor.
A UGUSTA. Ga, April Scene
~ Sara2en has found Q new
n secret for golfng success, and
for proof he can point today
to his sensational triumph in the
Augusta National Golf Clubs second
annual invitation tournament.
Gene attributes the recovery OF
winning form after lapse of nearly
two years to the fact he has exchanged
the social demands of city life and
world travelling for the tranquility Of
a farm in East Brookf1eld, Conn.
He has substituted the habit Of
rising early for the temptations of
metropolitan night life.
He says he never felt in better con-
dition. and he's confident his victory
means the launching of another Dig
season.
Never Played Better"
"Y NEVER hit the ball better in nv
/ Hte." said Sarazen. Il had
some good luck, maybe more
than my share, on that double eagle
Sunday afternoon. but I feel more
confident Of ny shots than al any
time since 7 Won the British and
American open anpionshtps in 1882.
I'm going right back to the farm,
TO keep II shape. III be uo With the
roosters every morning from now on,
running mile before breakfast TO
improve my endurance"
Those who stayed to the finish Of
the battle OF Augusta TO see Sarazen
conquer blond Craig Wood Of Deal, N.
j., by five strokes n their 36-hole
play-of, l44 TO 14e. are convinced
Sarazen is right. In six rounds of
tournament play he was 6 under par.
In practice beforehand he was II
under par for four rounds. His shot,
making was machine-like in its ac-
curacy and consistency.
Deuce Shot That Tells.
IT'S million-to-one shot, the deuce
IL on the par five 4S5-yard If
teenth hole Sunday, made it
possible to tie Wood at 282 over the
regulation distance.
His decisive play-off victory was the
climax of an extraordinary scoring
jamboree The shotmaking ran the
scale from Sarazen's double eagle and
Willie Goggin's ace to Frank Walshs
buzzard IL on the eighth hole.
The two-day scoring sensation, Hen
ry Picard of Hershey, Pa, who led by
four shots with 135 at the halfway
mark, faded in the final drive. where
Olin Dutre blew out in AZ and then
came back with a 80, the best nine
holes Of the tournament, to take third
money with 284 Picard was fourth
with 286 and Denny Shute was fifth.
Too Fast for Jones.
THE professional fireworks over
shadowed the fact that the re-
nowned Robert T. Jones, jr., not
only failed to make a comeback in his
second competitive attempt, but fin
ished lower than he did in the first
battle Of Augusta.
Jones was in tie for twenty-fifth
place with a 72-hole total of 297.
Yet he added to the drama by
f1cing a 80 for the outgoing nine Sat-
urday, and he demonstrated that all
he needs is more confidence on the
putting greens to make it interesting
again for his professional rivals. He
will play again next Spring.
Naturally / would like to turn In
some better scores than I've done here
so far" said Jones. but haven't
the time or the urge for real come
hack. I'm through with big-time CONF
petition. 1t would take me a year,
playing steadily in fast company, to
regain anything like tournament con-
f1dence. When get down in two
puts now from 10 feet I'm tickled to
death"
Course Is Golf Mecca.
ZONES has made the Augusta
=. tournament, and the course he
helped design seems likely to be-
| come an American golfing Mecca.
It Is unquestionably great as well
as a beautifully constructed layout,
| attractive alike to the duffer or the
expert. 1t may, in time, set a new
style in golf course building.
In any event, the annual invitation
affair within two years has gained as
much general interest as national
open championship.
Besides giving Sarazen the spring.
board for a comeback, the tournament
emphasized the stature of William
Lawson Little, jr., as the Nations out
standing amateur. Little equaled par
for his four rounds with 288 and
finished sixth in a great field of pro-
fessionals only six strokes behind the
leaders.
LONE CHAMP LISTED
FOR A. A. U. BOXING