OVERSEAS SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 164, 14 July 1930, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

a ; • AMERICAN GOLF, : Bobby Jones Again Wins the'; I Open Title. j ) ) MacDONALD SMITH SECOND, j "I lUaited P.A.—Electric Telir-rnipli— Conyrighti 1 : XEW YORK. July 13. The open golf championship of the i United States was'won yesterday by ! Bobby Jones, with a score of 2Sv for j ; J72 holes. His rounds were 71. 7.J. j 1 J 63 and To. His round of (38 is a|' I j record for the "Interlachen Country . I Club's course at Hopkins. Minnesota. I Mac Donald Smith was second, with a , : score of 259. He did Uo for the 3« holes ■ on Friday, and 144 yesterday. ' l At' the end of the round Hor- ■ .ton Smith was leading, with a score ot , I 142. Joues. with 144, tied , for second I place. He and Horton Smith had taken . 71 and 72 respectively for the Hrst IS .holes, and they had ai.oth-- duel in the afternoon, in which the young profes- ; sional beat the par tigures for the course with a score of 70, to Jones' \-). Ac the end <ri the second round the p/>Yt best «core vvts 147 b'<" Walter land was then 17th. The heat was terriJic. ■plaver" lO '° O ° fUll ° W " ed ""! ; Bobby Jones has now won open national titles on 12 occasions. Seldom ' before has he luid sueh a brilliant array! of professionals challenging him at. ' I everv stroke. He was a little behind i I in the early rounds, but he lay always | ; I within striking distance of the "lead. and I as the challengers cracked one by one which stamps him as the greatest ot J = olfers - DAVIS CUF. EUEOPEAN ZONE JIIAL. -I LOXDO.N", July in. In the Davis Cup content, in the final j M match in the European zone at Genoa, j ; between Italy- and -f.-? f-rtn Italy defeated '. Japan by tdiree mar.i.-hos to two. in the singles Stefani (Italy") beat I Ohta, f> —'5. ii—4, \ —•>, (I—f; "llarad.l . J (Japan) boat de Mornurgo. fi —i. ii—3. ' j t!—I; Hara.da \x\\x. Sccfani, ii—2. 7 —.">. I ■ ! 7— '>. In fhi' doubles de Morpurgo nv I j iGaslini (Italy i defeated Ha radii and J Italv now meets the L'nited States in I the iiiterzone tinai. J GOLF IN SYDNEY. NEW COURSE EECOED. . I SVDXEV. .!:i!y 1:3. | ■j Splendid golf was witnessed yester- - I day at La. Perouse in the match for the ' J .Vow South Wales Cup, a -troke handi-j "leap over 18 holes. The contest is cjpe.ii! r -\ to professionals and atnateiirs. The winner was Charles Cai;:pbcll. ! - I who b"uke the cour-e rcf.-c.rd with a| ■score of ::', Hisilgun- were: Out, So: j " ! in, :jS. L I ' ' .1 i AT SYDNEY STADIUM. -! HAI>TSS AGAIN. i i . I'. SYDNEY, July 13. , J In a hosing bout at the Stadium last evening Jack Ilaines (list 21b), middle-weight champion of Aus- ,. J tralia. decisively beat Larry Brignolia -'(list lib), Boston middie-weight."Br:g- - J nolia's seconds threw in the towel in U\e ,I seventh round. ; HOCKEY IN AFRICA. _ I WOMEN'S TOUENAMENT. J! DLTJB.VN. July 13. ! i In the Empire women's h-H<ev r.ourea- ! 1 I ment at Durban yesterday Scotland beer |