Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-27 | Page 10 | Horton Smith Breaks Jinx With Brilliant Victory in $10,000 Mee

H HORTON SN SMITH BREAKS TH BREAKS JINX WITH BRILLIANT BRiLLIANT VICTORY IN N M MEE JOPLIN GHOST SIGNALS RED TO LINK ACES Cooper Second Von Voi rOIl Elm Hagen Split Third Money B By Paul A Associated Trees Prez Correspondent ST. ST PAUL Minn Minu July 27 27 Horton Smiths Smith's long weary golfing depression depres sion is over After almost a year and a half halt of off on f t u uti I. I 11 lie Ic Ie campaignIng campaign campaign- Ing the erstwhile r fi Joplin Ghost fi finally fi- fi u nally overtook hi hi uk t notorious Jinx yesterday yes yes- by winning z 1 5 the St. St i. i 0 ope open p C n 11 championship champion champion- 4 ship on the tide ol ola of J i a J. record shat par S v score of strokes for the 72 r S J Jand hole jaunt for gold Ii f and fame over th the Kell Keller r club layout t i h d. The b brilliant r ill 1 a n t sw M 4 t J s 5 score C cor 0 r e which hc he car carded d e d wit with h Smith rounds of 69 73 67 carried him ahead of a brilliant S field Held of ot par and gave him the first prize of 2500 by three shotover shots shot over the defending champion and up runner-up Harry Cooper Coop Coop- S er of Chicago There wasn't a 0 happier fellow In hi Inthe inthe hithe the world of ot golf today than Smith As soon as ashe he pocketed his big money prize he grinned broadly and re rc remarked remarked re- re marked BELIEVES ELlEVES liE HE HAS FINALLY ROUTED JINX Well I guess I finall finally routed m my Jinx I doubt if anyone ever felt like I did during this depre depression on It was Smiths Smith's first golfing conquest conquest conquest con con- quest since the Orlando Fla open In n the winter of ot 1930 When he hc captured captured cap- cap that one he ho was the wonder boy oy of at professional golf golt having galloped galloped gal gal- loped away with 13 championships during his whiter winter campaign to jump from the ranks of the also ran golfers to the biggest money winner of American golf But Bt the Jinx caught I him ilm there and held him in its clutch until he capped his stirring comeback yesterday esterday His 67 five shots under par on his third round yesterday pulled him out of ot his famine Before he turned that In he was tied for second place and two shots hots from the lead When he posted It in the face of a dangerous wind that s swept ept the course he hurdled into a stroke six-stroke lead and was never threatened A record-breaking record 31 on the first nine holes was the impetus that sent him on 11 his is par-breaking par Journey He carded five straight birdies on that nine-hole nine stretch and breezed over the backward nine with an easy par 36 Smiths Smith's total clipped cUpped par for the hole 72 Journey by 10 shots the best performance ce yet et turned In with that balloon ball which some golfers once said couldn't be ridden under par figures sCOOPER COOPER ONE OI STROKE HIGHER THAN 30 Coopers Cooper's consistent par-bursting par rounds of ot 71 70 for tor or a one shot higher than his whining winning total of ot a year ear ago wasn't good enough to win but it pulled down a second- second place money of 2000 Walter Hagen of ot Detroit with rounds of 72 70 and George Von Elm of Los Angeles with cards of ot 74 72 tied for tor third place and collected 1250 each with their totals while Ed Dudey Dudley Dud- Dud icy ley ey Wilmington Del professional who ho ho shot a record-breaking record 65 on his second round to take a two shot lead at 36 holes slumped on his final inal two tours ours and had to be content with fifth fUth place and Other big money winners and their scores were Joe Belfore Duluth Minn 74 71 74 71 good for Denn Denny Shute Hudson Ohio 75 72 75 72 and Al Espinosa Chicago with four par each total worth The tournament promoted b by the St. St Paul Junior chamber of ot commerce commerce com corn merce was as as a great success In every wa way although the field didn't give Old Man Par a chance from start to finish