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Show SARAZEN NEW BODE CHAMPION Wins National Open Title From Greatest Golfers in World i By JAMES D. KlDGALIiEN, International New Serrice Staff Correspondent. Cor-respondent. COUNTRY CLUB. Glencoo. Ill-July Ill-July 16 A sun-bronacd youth of 31 Gene Sarazen of Pittsburg, Pa , Is tonight the undisputed golf champion cham-pion of the country. Saraxen wrote golf history here today to-day when he won the national open title in competition with more than 200 of the greatest golfers ln the ! world, lnrludlng a galaxy of famous: foreign .stars. WINS BY POINT. The former caddy on the links around New York captured the title by an eye-laBh. Ho completed the finals, 7 2 holes in all, with the astounding low score of 811, winning by a single btioke. Bobby June the youthful amateur phenom of Atlanta. Georgia, and John Black, the much feared "dark horse." of Oakland, California, finished in a tie for second pla"e both with acores of 289. Other leading ie ores, besides Sara--n's 2S8 an.: the 289 registered by both Jones and Hlack, follows l I 1IM. SCOItKS. Wm V Melbourne, Shrevoport. . 290 Walter Hag-n, England .39G lveo Dlegel, New Orleans ........297 John Golden, Tuxedo. N. y iJ8 Jock Hut hlnsop, Olon View.... 298 ! Mike Itra-lv. Birmingham. Mich.. 398 J j Farroll, guaker Ridge, N. Y . 299 Laurie Ayton, Kvanston, 111. . ..239 Jne Kirkwood, Australia 800 j Robt G MacDonald. Bob O'Lonlc 300 JONES AND BLACK CliOSE. Both Jones and Black m&de valiant I efforts to capture tho championship. ; Jones played superb golf ln his characteristic char-acteristic llghtnlng-llke stylo, registering regis-tering 143 for tho 38 holes today, which was three, strokes less than ho l recorded for the same distance yes-! yes-! terday His feature performance was a par 7o for the flr.st eighteen hol:s ! of the afternoon round today. The cool, deliberate Black lost his ! chance to win or tie at the sovon i L'-enth hole of his final round, just ;ts the sun was descending nnrf th great crowd gathered at the home I green were Malting ln acute suspense , for his finish At the fatal seventeenth. Black ran I into twu traps and took a x. Ho , made a Herculean offort at tho home hole, going to the far edge of the green, 470 yards, on his second. Tho I putt was too difficult to negotiate j and the hope of the golden west was down ln four for 39. against a par of 36. IS FLUSTERED. Sarazen. who w nt Into tho tournament tourna-ment as north and south champion, was so pler.se, 1 with ills victory that :he could not talk. Noted golfers rush-;ed rush-;ed to shake his hand and it was wlto great difficulty that he maifaged to break away from tho wild cheering throng. uwu k niiuw wnai to say, ne gaspd repeatedly. The youthful Plttsburger won his high honor ln .i garrison finish in the last 18 holes with a perfectly turned ard of 08 with which the 220 strokes !he had compiled for the previous o4 holes left him with a total of 288. Sarazen was one of tho first In th j field to finish When he had putt on the last home greet! there were a doz-'en doz-'en contenders shooting on the links .His score at that time appeared good i enough to win but victory was not A certainty by any means and the crowd of more than 10.000 wildly excited tans breathlessly awaited tho outcome t OMRS LIKE WHIRLWIND. The victor had come like a whirlwind whirl-wind in tho finale. He had been well up among the leaders but no time I had ho been given the attention ac-corded ac-corded a player who leads the field Ho started tho final round with a 22, 'a eomfortablo fourth place and went out with a burst which carried him over the last round in 6 8, two below par and within one stroke of tho lowest low-est round which had been turned in idurlng the entire tournamont. j Throughout the round, witnessed by a large and excited gallery, Saxazen's golf was almost perfect. Only on the 1690 yard fifth, wher his approach was short and he took a six against a par five, was he in much trouble lib was out In 33. one stroke under par, medal play, and on this round had blrdlos on the third, fourth and seventh sev-enth holes, losing the second and fifth to par and halving tho others. WORK ON NINES BRILLIANT. His work on the In-coming nine was 'equally brilliant He was oor par on the tenth hole only but had birdies on Itho twelfth and olghteonth and fln-;i9hod fln-;i9hod with a 35. On tho last green, ihe missed a 30-foot putt for an eagle by Inchos. Here Is Sarazen's complete card First day forenoon: Out 434 40C 343 3ti. In 444 443 464 36 (total 72) Afternoon: Out 444 648 44S 86 In 454 343 466 37 total 78 and 145). Second daj, forenoon. Out 64G 566 863 40 In 454 33C 344 35 ( 76) Afternoon. Out 442 464 "43 -3.1 In 543 444 444 35 68 143 288 NEWS SPREAD. When Sarasen started his final round. h was followed by only a fair iir..-d j?allry, but afl he continued making mak-ing thrilling shots, tho news flashed jaround tho links that the young Pltts-I Pltts-I burger was shootinn into tho lead. iSoon ho was followed by a lnrgo crowct I which was steadily augmented to the finish Coming to th homo grocn, tho eyes 'of all golfdom were on the ex-caddlc Thf bo' drove from the teo like a madman. This hole Is a par flvo and measures 47 0 yards. His teo shot rolled within 126 yards of tho cup, a drive of about S60 yards. TRIES FOR EAGLE THREE. He placed his second shot within 30 feet uf the pin and he tried des-porately des-porately for an eagle throe. Tho sphere, however, Btopped within Inches of the cup and the Kallery by this time norve-fiayod and pulling hard for the boy, emitted a groan He sank his putt for a birdie four. Raroien'a golfing instinct was displayed dis-played as he walked from the last hole. "Don't be too sure, Geno," remarked remark-ed an acquaintance. "Bobby Jones, Welter Hagen and Johnny Black all have a chance to got you yet," "But I've got mlno," was the calm answer of the eoon-to-be-ohomplon. JONES' CARD. The cards of th pair who tied for second place show that Jonos made a much better fight today than did Black, who led the field yesterday. Here Is Jones' complete card First day, forenoon round Out 446 44 864 3$ In 448 414 446 36 74 Afternoon: Out. 434 664 848 36 ln 444 45S 366 36 72 14. Second day, first round. Out 434 454 444 3g I In 443 344 -ir.5, 35 70 Afternoon round Out 486 464 343 3G In 545 33 1 454 35 73 143 146 289 BLACK'S CARD. Blnok's oiird shows how ho f oitoi ed coming In, both ln the morning and i afternoon rounds. The Callforrlan. however, made a magnificent and game fight and was at all times dan-Igerous dan-Igerous and a contender to the very end. Black's card First day, forenoon. Out 436 463 353 36 In 554 333 445 86 71 Afternoon : Out 436 444 343 36 In 644 342 464 36 71 14J Socond day. forenoon: Out 484 444 563 36 In 466 444 445 39 76 Afternoon . Out 434 463 834 38 In 544 364 464 3 9 721471 42 289. , ' - |