SARAZEN WINS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 9

SARAZEN WINS.

OPEN GOLF TITLE

Record Aggregate of 283 For British Championship.

MACDONALD SMITH RUNNER-UP

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Received 2 p.m.)

LONDON, June 10,

Gene Sarazen (U.S.A.) won the British open golf championship with the record aggregate of 283. Macdonald Smith (U.S.A.) wae second, his third and fourth round scores of 71 and 70 giving him an aggregate of 288. A. G. Havers (Britain) finished third with 08 and 76 (aggregate 289). Other third and fourth round scores and aggregates were:— C. A. Whitcombe 73 and 75 (292), Allies 78 and 72 (292), Padgliam 74 and 70 (292), Davies 74 and 75 (293), Robsen 78 and 71 (294), Mitdicll 75 and 72 (295), Cotton 77 and 72 (295), Compston 75 and 70 (295), 11. Whitcombe 75 and 70 (295), Armour 74 and 83 (302), A. Bradbeer 79 and 79 (309). W. Hope with 299 led the amateurs. Sarazen's win marked the ninth successive American victory. He played 108 holes at an average of four, and nnver exceeded five. He beat Bobby Jones' record of 285. The newspapers consider that neither Jones nor Hagen could have exceeded his brilliance and consistency. He was so far ahead of the field that news of Havers' record round of 68 in the morning came ae a pleasing incentive to further efforts; but Havers dropped irrecoverable strokes early in the afternoon, necessitating the almost impossible task of coming home in 32. Only two Britishers have won the open golf titb since the war—G. Duncan, 1920, and A. G. Havers, 1923. United States victories were gained by Jock Hutchison, 1921; Walter Hagen, 1922-24-28-29; J. Barnes, 1025; R. T. Jones, 1926-27-30; T. D. Armour, 1931 , ; G. Sarazen, 1932. The last-named, who tied with P. Alliss last year for third place with a score of 298, won the U.S.A. open in 1922 with 288. Armour's winning aggregate in. 1931 was 296, a stroke better than the ecore of J. Jurado (Argentina). Besides this season the only other time 290 has been bettered in the history of the British title since 1892 (before which two rounds only were played) was five years ago, when Bobby Jones registered 285.

DAVIS CUP. Three Contests in the European Zone. JAPAN ENTERS SEMI-FINAL. (Received 1.30 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, June 10. Japan eliminated Denmark in the Davie Cup, and qualified for the semifinal of the European zone. The doubles resulted in Jiro and Miki beating Ulrich and Henricksen, &—3, 4—6, 6—2, 6—2.

BRITAIN V. POLAND. PERRY AND LEE TWO UP. (Received 1 p.m.) WARSAW, June 10. Britain won both singles, played today, in the Davis Cup match, against Poland. Lee beat Stolarow, o—4, 6 —3, 6—3; and Perry scored from Itloczynski, 7—5, B—6, 6—2.

AMERICAN FINAL. U.S.A. DEFEATS BRAZIL. (Received 1.30 p.m.) VANCOUVER, June 10. Van Ryn and Allison by defeating Ivo and Simone, 6 —l, G —l, 6 —2 at Forest Hill, completed victory for United States in the Davie Cup final for the American zone. IRELAND V. GERMANY. EACH SIDE WINS A SINGLE. (Received 1.30 p.m.) BERLIN, June 10. In the Davis Cup match Prenn (Germany beat McGuire (Ireland), 6 —l, C—l, 6—l, but Rogers (Ireland) evened the day's play with a hard-earned victory over von Cramm (Germany), 6—4, 10—8, ;4—G, 5—7, 6—4.

LAWN TENNIS. ANGLO-AMERICAN MATCHES. (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. The American women have won three rubbers in the Wightman Gup lawn tennis match. Miss Jacobs beat Miss Round, 6—4, 6—3; Mrs. Wille-Moody beat Mrs. Whittingstall, 6—2, 6—4; Miss Jacobs and Mis. Harper beat Miss Round and Mrs. Mitchell, 6—4, 6—l.

In the Anglo-American men's match Wood and Mangin (U.S.A.) defeated Gregory and Collins, 6—3, (3 —3, 5 —7, 10—8.

WOODS AGAIN., Junior Victor Wins Senior Tourist Trophy. AVERAGES 79.38 MILES HOUR. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. The senior Tourist Trophy motor cycling race in the Isle of Man was won by Stanley Woods (the Irish rider who established a record for the junior event when he annexed it on Monday with an average speed of 77.10 milea per hour). Again riding a Norton his hourly average to-dav for the 2G2J miles was 79.38. The New Zealander, H. W. Tolley (Palmerston North), riding a Cotton, fell. He damaged an ankle and retired.

P. Hunt (Norton), 77.90 m.p.li., won the 1931 senior race, Woods. 76.35, being third. Hunt also scored in the junior event, 73.01 m.p.h.