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That is almost the whole story of the British Open championship which Hagen won for the fourth time (second in succession) last week in Muirfield, Scotland. Diegel had a chance, but Diegel, as he usually does, blew up. Hagen, cautious as a cat, steady as a locomotive, did not blow up. That is usual too. The British entrants, despite their victory as a Ryder Cup team over the U. S. one week prior, figured scarcely...
There was more wind than usual, even for Muirfield. The hats of spectators flapped off their heads. The golfers leaned against it when they were on the greens. Once it blew a Hagen putt, which had stopped short, the last needed inch. Several Diegel drives, starting too high, were shoved aloft, stopped, dropped as though they had hit an invisible cliff...
...whole game was replete with thrills and the outcome was uncertain until the final whistle blew. In the first half Syracuse quickly leapt into a 2 to 1 lead, but the Crimson players launched a fierce offensive which kept their opponents at bay all through the initial period. The Harvard offense was led by R.G. Glenn '30, and only the stellar goal-tending of Gidlow prevented several tallies...
...close, with the Crimson players holding their rivals to a 4 to 1 lead. In the second period, however, the Harvard defense was unable to cope with the fierce attack and machine-like efficiency of their opponents, and St. John's totalled eight more points before the final whistle blew. ST. JOHN'S HARVARD Armacost, g. g., Dunn, Salmon Boucher, c.pt. c.pt., Robinson Lotz, pt. pt., Kroell, Pickard Morris, 1d. 1d., Henderson, Amazeen, Marshall McLean, 2d. 2d., Faude, Burke Jones, 3d. 3d., Park, Cleary, Briggs Ziegler, c. c. Nido, Farrell Andrew, Purdy, Hinds, 3a. 3a., Glenn, Bissell Cross...
...third noon, a gust of wind blew away the Prime Minister's manuscript, and he not only chased after it but was stooping with his back to the camera when "Big Ben" began again, "Clang . . . clang . . . clang...