Show MacDonald Smith Finally is s Victor in n Long Tournament Beaten in Met Open Only Aft After r Smith Stars in Third Playoff GARDEN CITY ITY N. N Y July uly 24 AP The AP-The The AP-The The magic touch in MacDonald MacDonald Mac Mac- Donald Donal s-pu s er today car carried carri car ri ned ried the Lakeville professional to a sensa sensational tona and record breaking victory over Gene the de defending defending der de- de r fending n ng titleholder tle ol er In their play oft for the he 1926 1 Metropolitan open golf golt cha championship lp Shooting a a 6 66 se en seen under par that clipped n a strike from his own record for tor the N No 3 course of the Salisbury Country club Smith h emerged enlarged triumphant by b a a. a. a four four- out out- stroke mark In himself was three under par with Hh a 70 0 but even en such stroking as this was as unable un un- un- un I able allO to match the un accuracy y with wih which Smith controlled nis i short game pitching with deadly precision and sinking putt putts ot of four our to tb f forty feet from all al corer corners of the gre greens ms If w wits was s a spectacular r climax to toan toan toan an unprecedented struggle for a la rna ma Joe jor jor championship of or the links setting setting set set- ting a new endurance mark as well wel as as witnessing au an n u high of t scoring The battle ha has bate been w waged Jed over ver ver a fortnights fortnight's p period with wih the Carnoustie Scot and his st stocky Italian rival deadlocked at atthe atthe atthe the end of or the 72 holes hole of ot championship championship championship champion champion- ship pIa play proper with wih scores scares of or and nd tied lied ted ag- ag again agIn In Ina a at t the end of or each two hole 18 off play rounds last Sunday with wih 70 and 7 72 apiece Smith Smith with lh hi his record record-br record breaking round rund today todaY which which heat beat his hie own tournament rOld of 67 67 67 finished ed with wih a gr grand ld total of strokes to his rivals rival's for the seven complete complete com com- plate rounds or holes hoes of ot play i Some SonIc idea of or th the victors victor's brilliancy Is shown how b by the fact that tha this his total is seventeen se shots under par or ten under even fours o r. r His average for tor or each round was 70 4 Sarzen in spite of of hi his rivals rival's super display of shot making made madea a game g-ame bid to kep his crown He HeI i I I got off to toa a good start star start start-by by winning the first hole when Smith Smith required three putts putt but this wa was Gene Genel only moment of ascenda cy for the day Just as it I also was was las h his Opponents opponents opponent's nent's neots only lapse Smith squared the tally taly on the second hole when he sank a n fo foot ten t putt took t the e eI I lead ad on t the e fifth where re required required ye- ye three putts puts with a ball bail halt half covered with wih mud and left lef the de defending de de- tending fending cham champion behind with an an astonishing streak of scoring on the homeward nine holes Smith was s 's s two strokes In the he le lead d dat at the turn addIn adding to his margin he at atthe atthe atthe the seventh and with wih a fine pitch pich and toot six putt put for tor a birdie He Ire He the Issue b by adding a stroke to his advantage on each of the next three hol holes sinking a a. foot 15 nS putt put for a birdie t two o on the tenth getting his par four tour on the eleventh with a four tour while S was wasting a shot in the rough rugh and taking the twelfth with a I curling font 20 putt ut for another bird raz n himself sank a long hong loni putt to win the fourteenth four four- but Smith came ba bad backwith k with a o tp to win In th the short fifteenth He saved a half hal on the next hole with wih a foot 40 T putt ut Up hill and id d squared the seventeenth nth with a a six six- IX- IX footer On the final green Smiths Smith's bid for a concluding birdie missed d dby by a a fraction of an inch when his putt hung ung on on the lip UP of the cup put cP taking the hole with wih a a. four fOr fOrto to reduce the final margin between them to four tour strokes had registered four birdies bird bird- ies the in the dosing closing nine holes for three under par par yet he lost t two o strokes to his rival who ba bagged Fed five birdies to hang hag up a r record cord r mk 1 of 31 n. Smith required only one p putt tt on on ten greens and six of them cameon camo came on on the last nine Ine holes hotes |