Golf

U. S. Professional. Last week a tournament began on the links of the Olympia Fields Club of Chicago. Excepting James Barnes, Willie MacFarlane and MacDonald Smith, every important U. S. professional was entered. Humdrum preliminary play began. Suddenly came an upset: Gene Sarazen dropped out, 8 up and 7 to go, before Jack Burke of Houston.

Sleek Walter Hagen, winner in 1924, began his round against Al Watrous of Grand Rapids, in ragged form. "Plop" went his ball into an impossible lie behind a tree. With a deep-faced mashie he hooked it up, out, around, and over a few more trees--popped it onto the green, putted in for a birdie 3. Cheered, he took the match from Watrous in 39 holes. Later he took one from Leo Diegel, sinking a great circling putt that put out Diegel's heart.

Next day, slouching beneath an umbrella, Hagen defeated "Wild Bull" Melhorn, 6 up and 5 to go, won for the third successive time the U. S. professional golf championship.

British Professional. Round the course at Moor Park, England, strode the finalists in a British

Professional Golf Championship (unofficial). George Gadd, by trying to win a little too furiously, was allowing Arthur Compston, Manchesterian 6 ft. 3 in. giant, to just keep his thwacking rights. Came a thoughtful lady and set a sprig of heather in the giant's buttonhole. Compston, responsive to charms and tokens, forthwith played better golf; Gadd seemed suddenly to go to pot. The giant thwacked his ball into a cup containing -L-1,040, the News of the World prize.