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...Smith 12 up in 26 holes. Herman Barren, the only famed Jewish golf professional in the U. S., had Gene Sarazen, defending champion, 2 down at the 28th hole. Sarazen got birdies on the next two holes to square the match, then got a birdie 3 at the 33rd. sank a 15-ft. putt at the 34th to win 3 up. Walter Hagen scored a 68 in his first round against Densmore Shute, British Open champion in 1933. Shute won the match on the 15th green in the afternoon. He had played 98 holes in 28 under...
...country club, hits short drives but he carries five spoons in his bag and uses them more expertly than any other golf professional in the world. Wood's prodigious driving, Runyan's spoon shots and his brilliant putting, brought them to the 36th green all even. Both sank 12-ft. putts. They halved the 37th with birdie 4's. On the 38th green, Wood's ball lay 12 ft. from the pin, his adversary's 8. Wood missed the putt. Runyan tapped his smartly into the cup, for match & title...
...Skagway-Victoria Line, steamed out of port with a 61-man crew, 108 passengers, a dozen stowaways, began threading its way through the narrow straits. At 2 a. m., when most of the passengers had reeled off to bed, the Islander hit something with a mighty impact, sank off Douglas Island in 365 ft. of water. Forty-two persons were lost...
...came back to him both had much to forgive. But at last they were married, went to live on the ancestral farm Willoughby had inherited. For a few years they were happy; then Willoughby's blood began to tell. He grew more and more like his old uncle, sank deeper and deeper into the soil, while his wife stifled for a breath of the civilization she was used to. Eventually they agreed to separate; she went back to town and left Willoughby to his Spartan acres and his Spartan thoughts...
...Kansas City William F. Corliss spread a blanket on a wagonload of potatoes, lay down on the blanket to sleep. As he snored, Farmer Corliss sank lower & lower in his wagon. When he woke, he lifted his head from the wagon's bottom. All his potatoes had been niched from under the snoring nose of William F. Corliss...