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...Cincinnati because he thought he could beat Ben Bernie at golf. The Family Circle also brightens the lives of its consumers with a department of puzzles called "Do You Know Your Groceries?" Sample: a caddy is depicted hopping up in the air, exclaiming, "Whoops! He-putt!" Grocery knowers will insert the trade name Sanka in the blank...
...British Walker Cup team but one were eliminated, as were three former titleholders, Jess Sweetser, Max Marston, Harrison Johnston. Perry Hall, 37-year-old Drexel & Co. partner who first played golf six years ago, tied for third at 145. In 36 holes he had no 3-putt greens...
While Ouimet was squeezing into the semi-finals for the ninth time in his career by trimming Medalist Fischer with a 12-ft. putt on the last hole, another Bostonian, giant Jesse Guilford, was eliminating Chick Evans, title-holder in 1916 and 1920, 5 & 4. Ross Somerville defeated Boston's William O. Blaney 6 & 5 and Johnny Goodman, who unexpectedly whipped Bobby Jones in the first round at Pebble Beach in 1929, put out Maurice McCarthy...
...cracked under the tension. He pitched over the 28th green, came back too strong and missed his putt. Tempered in years of tournament playing, Somerville braced for a strong finish. What he needed was par golf and he played it. He stolidly took the 28th and the next two holes while Goodman, control gone, took 1 over pars for each. The next three they halved. At the 34th green Somerville holed out in one putt for a birdie 3. Goodman, short on his second shot, had to pitch on the green, take a brave par 4. They halved the next...
...looked as though slim Tom Creavy, last year's winner, would play Olin Dutra for the title but Creavy, when he had squared his semi-final match with Frank Walsh of Chicago on the 36th, after being 9 down in the morning round, missed an important five-foot putt on the 38th. Dutra, who had coasted through the tournament, played Walsh in the finals. In California, where he and his brother learned to play on an improvised course between two trees in a meadow, Dutra is known for his steadiness, his diligence on practice tees. His short swing is especially...