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Show PITTSBURG YOUTH TRIUMPHS OVER CREAM OF WORLD'S GOLFERS Gene Sarazen, Twenty-one, . Finishes Ahead of Veterans In Race for Open Golf Title John Black, Pacific Coast Professional and Favorite Favo-rite to Win Laurels, Is Beaten When He Pulls - a Hooked Shot on Seventy-first Hole s JCKOKIE COUNTRY CLUB, GleDcoe, 111., July 15 (By A. P.) I O Gene Sarazen of Pittsburg, little 21-year-old native-born American of Italian descent, today pushed his way out in front of the world's greatest golfers, many of them old enough to be hi father, and won the national open eolf championship, with score of tut for aeYrnty-two holaa of play, laattnc two days, A hooked drive out of bounda on the seventy. ftrat hole, followed a moment later br a wild spoon ahot, coat John Hlark. Oakland. al., profeaalona), a tie for first, and theae strokes, with a misled putt a few greens earlier, kept him from winninr the title. He f1ninh1 a utroke behind Saraien In a tie with BobbrJon1. youthful Atlanta. Ja.. amateur, for second, sec-ond, while William Melhorn of Shreve-port. Shreve-port. La., waa fourth with 290 and Walter Hnren of Detroit, Hrltlsh open champion, fifth, with 2M. Jim Hnrnea of Pelham manor. New York, defend Ins; his title, was hopelessly out of tha running-, flniahlna; well down the list. Only one of the thre Britons finished among- the first twelve. (Jeorae Iuncan 1 tvlng for atxth with leo Dieajel of New Orleans, Jones was tha only amateur in this list. WINS IN TYPICAL FASVtlON. Sarasen fought In typical American fashion, for lie was hardly considered even a possibility at tha start of today s ' play, and had to fight his way through. ' from a place In tha rear. He did It with an exhibition of golf that has seldom even been approached In a titular contest, for his final eighteen holes were made In 33-35-!!. two strokes under par and one of tha oaly two scores to break bar In the two days of play. This 8 equaled the course record In competition and tied Uagen's low mark of yesterday. when Kara sen turned In this card. It seemed reasonably aure that ha would b tha winner, but the championship crown did not settle finally to his head until many hours later, for out on tne links, playing desperately, wera three golfers, two of them lletnd among the world's hest shooters, striving to cut a stroke off the 2Ml mark and snatch tha victory out of Sara sen's hand. JONES THREATENS. first, Bobby Jones threatened tha iMtisburg plaer, for Bobby had a par 70 In the morning, a 14 on the firat after- S noon round and 'needed only a par It on tha last nine to tie. He mid a fine i chance to do thla until ha reached his ; aevaniy-flrst hole. This hole, later to prove Black's nemlses also, wi too mucn for the young Southerner, and hla five against par our put htm out. A short approach followed by short run up was Bobby's trouble. Thren the statisticians figured that Wal-- Wal-- tar Hegen could tie with ft ss for tha afternoon. Ha took 15 on tha first nine and then fell down completely. WltK only John Black between him and tha title, lllll Sarasen sat on ft bench In tire locker room Insisting to his friends that he oald not win. How can I win?" ha ftsked Dlegel. Tm just ft kid. Just been pro three years and everything I know about golf I learned caddylng. Out there are tha best In the world. Of course. I hope 1 wl I win. but It s too much to espect. aven If you did tell me last spring when 1 won the Southern open champtoushlp.tnat 1 was sure to capture th national. -. When a 33 against par M . for Blsck's first afternoon rounmean-Ing rounmean-Ing that ha could shoot 18 on th par U final nine and tie Sarasen It ben to look aa If the Pittsburg player was right In being modest But JJJJ? old. southern, northern "dcnlr".,(5 Vl. fomla champion. uniier and reputed to be at his beet when uner fir failed in the pinch, where the little felfoJ J fV?m rennaylvsnlft had Improved he had to play tire remaining holes la par to tie Sarasen. but It seemed certain that he could do It. The Western star had generally mada .this par hole In 4, for his long' wooden shots alwavs enabled him to reach th 470-yard green In two stroke, so ha could afford to wsste a stroke on the preceding o n r; Tti trty -ff fttt, a nd att -play tha thirty-fifth in par and then win with ft birdie. BLACK SHOOTS WILD. Black carefully adjusted hi mire) f for hi tee shot on the thirty-fifth the aeventy-first aeventy-first In total play and then let go with a terrific awing of tha type that had been giving him 300-yard drives all day. Down through the air sailed th ball, but suddenly It took a hook and as It hit the fairway rolled toward the boundary fence and woods at th left. For many minutes It waa doubtful whether tha ball was out, for no word cam back, from down th course. "Is It out or In? called th official scorer to th Boy Scouts stationed along-the along-the fairways to help control th galleries. gal-leries. A youngster rushed over to th fence while the gallery stood breathless, for It seemed to flash simultaneously through the mind of every spectator that on th reply of the boy hung Black's chances to be national open champion. "Out of bounda.' Came back th boy's shrill voice. Even then Black still hsd a bar chance, for his second tee ahot was a beauty. About 1 0 yards from the gre en, which ws a guarded cloely by bunkers, lay the ball and Black tried to make It with a spoon. Th ball started straight for the pin and the gallery started yelling, but suddenly sud-denly the croaa wind caught the ball and carried It just to the left of the green. In the rough and against a vertical bank three feet high. The six which resulted really put Black out, although he still could have tied with an agl on th final hole. Sara -n's gam throughout tha tournament tourna-ment was remarkably steady and frequently fre-quently brilliant. Of the eight sections of ntner hoteAeaeh. he played three In less than par, two In par exactly, and the rest slightly over. He had only on bad nine, his -first out this morning, when he took ft forty against the figures of thirty-four which signify perfection. He narrowly missed some putts snd several sev-eral times barely got Into traps always with a bad tee. Twlc he was bunkrered. ; It was the fact that ha went out and won by shooting less than par for th rest of I the day that mad hla victory all th more sensational. He hung up seven birdies today despite the forty rounds which had none, snd sank a forty-foto putt on the 115-yard thirty-second for sn eagre two. Th drive was about 240 yards and the approach ap-proach on. f The putt barely made th cup. On his second out round today hla thirty-three waa made through the fin est shooting ver seen on th Skokl course. Only one did he get sny real luck on a hole, and that was through a twenty-foot twenty-foot putt, and once h got a bad break when two shots In succession In the fifty-nlne-yard twenty-firth barely rolled Into traps, being ft six against par (. Th rest of that one under par total was Just plain golf ability, every shot going absolutely through. The Incoming nine this round 35 for , th 08 waa even better. A bad putt on the twenty-seventh gave a five where , perfection Is four, but the rent of the card was made up of six fours and two threes two of th eight being birdies and he ended with a total for the nine of one under par. The title winner did not excel with any one club in his play. He swung all nicely at all times and throughout his seventy-two seventy-two holes he did not really dub a alngl attempt. This M Is believed to be the first time that any player has beaten 70 In ,hlb final round of a national tournament. Oddly, only a very few of the 11 000 peraone .who paid to watch the play during dur-ing the two flava. say the new champion shoot. The gsHerlee all followed Bobble Jones, Hagen, FJvans, Black. Puncan and such well known stare, especlalry when It became known exactly what Jbnes, Hsgen and Black had to shoot to win. Bobby and Black both fought bravely before their comparative multitudes 1 They faced tremendous mental handicap In knowing they had to shoot virtually : perfect figures when they sUU had nine j ax more holes to go. I After Barasen's 21 card Jfe drew a 1 fairly large gallery, but at no time did It approach In else some of the crowds j drmwn by the others. It waa hard to con- i vines the public that favorites would lose , and even when It was known they had i to shoot par to win many offers of beta ' that they would were made. I The peld attendance yesterday was more than eooo and slightly less than that figure today, although foday a play decided the title. The weather and playing play-ing conditions were virtually perfect. Not a cloud marred the sky 'either day and the greens were perfect, although the fairways today were beginning to get a little hard. No complaints from the players were heard, mowever. It wss announced tonight that arrangements arrange-ments hsd been made for a British team to come over here In August snd play an International match with an American team. The latter undoubtedly will number num-ber Sarasen among I la members. LACK FAILS IN PINCH. When the California man put himself ut of the running- at tire seventy-first, a newspaper man rushed to the locker room and told Sarasen he had won. He jumped from the bench, .turned a wl7" b. .aid. "nl hndl It to hi. c;- tournament m product rrd S kr..h!n loir AU of th. prim, wlnn.n. Th. rif.t '?wlvt-flnl.h.d f(th vonm of Zr III TM. ta two ..rok.. te th.n fSl M2 ior. w..h ,h'Ch :ndW1.ihht SVm.? Itarn.. th. Am.rlcn U. t W.hlnicton l.t yf- . ,,Vl, . Th. tovm.m.nt alM brourht a nw w ra In proffulonal olf. for It 'o-na'l of th. old auard H.n. Ham... HutrJll-Jon. HutrJll-Jon. EnTllltch.il. Duncan and manr otS; whoa. im ar. n h. iolf world w.r. iwPt out of th. run-S?nV run-S?nV A boy triumphal over and .x-Ji'nc. .x-Ji'nc. whll. .no.h boy waa tld lor U-ond. and only on. '"-J'"" nally pr..I th. wlnn.r. And Htack I. romp.rallv.ly unknoww .xc.pt on th. l"a- ''SarTSn'-wa. II y oM ,ly U.t Frb. ruary. H. l born In Rv. Y.. and It waa In Ih.t vicinity, aa a caddy h. plckrd up hla solf knowll. "or 8parlln. an Ea.tern play.r. wja lh only rral twichrr h. vr had. H- for-mrriy for-mrriy caddiMl for Sparlln. Paraarn la acamly I frt . Incho. tU and w!n only about 146. ' SARAZEN POPULAR. Akd If h. waa married, th. now eham- Elon. lauahingly r.pllJ. "Ooodn1... no, ut jtint brlnic on th. air!, and b. aur. and tell them I'm ainsle." And when th. many femlnlna admlnw. - of championship ability flock ad around they airreed that llttl. tien. iiararan waa Ju.t about th. beat looking- golf play.r they ever aaw. Walter Macon, when ho won the open ' tit), aom. yearn ago. waa only 21 yeara old Sarazen'. ag In year. but th. proa, ent champion la a few montha younger than Hifci waa whn ha captured th. title. Hlack'a collapM waa truly heartbreak. Ing to hla admlrera. Th. allent Scotch -. man had given a great exhibition In hla afternoon round after rather Indlfferan. play In th. morning. He pla.ed etx ol th. flrit aeven hole. In th. afternoon In Kr and had a bird!, on th. other. Then placed a 190-yard mldiron approach thre. feet from th. pin on th. .ighlh grew th. twenty-alxth ia 'Ohm day'a play and aank a blrdl. 1. Th. ahart twenty-aeVcnth hot. brought troubl.. lor Black sent hi. IM ahot Into th. .and pit at th. left and barely p pitched on for hla oecond. Two putta mad. It one over par 1. but ho was atlU one under for th. nttr. Then cam. th. twenty-eighth with It. three putta and the thirty-third with the first two ahota In th. pit and a putt lust mlaaing with a result of five aui.it par 4. 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