HAGEN'S WATERLOO.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 9

HAGEN'S WATERLOO.

Loss Of Professional Golf Title. DEFEAT BY DIEGEL. (United Service.) ' NEW YOKE, October 5. In the national professional golf tournament Walter Hagen was defeated by Leo Diegel, 2 up and 1, and his reign as champion ended. This is his. first defeat in this match since 1923, when Gene Sarazen beat him in the final by 1 up after 38 holes. Hagen yesterday met a, man who could match him in competitive spirit and skill. In this leading professional fixture Diegel won the victory fairly by fighting off one of Hagen's famous rallies: Ho holed out a 14ft putt for a ','birdie" 2 on the 35th green. It was left to Hagen then to do the same, if he would save his title, and he missed by threo inches.

Hagen started by playing shaky golf and found himself 5 down after nine holes. Ho came back and was 2 down at the end of the morning round. He put on a splendid rally and was 1 down as he went to the 35th tee. The hole is 155 yards" long, a , one-shot hole, with no fairway, nothing but the tee, the green and trouble. Hagen drove within 13ft of . the hole and Diegel matched him, and his putting skill then, decided tile match. . Hagen's defeat ends a winning streak of 22 straight matches over a period of five years in this classic event. TENNIS IN U.S.A. FRENCH PLAYERS DO WELL. (Australian Tress Assn.—United Service.) LOS ANGELES, October 5. In the Pacific south-west lawn tennis tournament, Cochet beat Sidney Woods, jun. (Pasadena), 7—5, G—2; ,Boussus beat Vines ■ (Pasadena), S—G, o—3. Cochet and Doeg beat Vines and Gledhill, C—2/6—l. In the mixed doubles Boussus and Miss Harper beat Taylor and Miss Blatt, G—l, 7 —5; Pederson and Miss Park beat Landry and Miss Berkhardt, o—3, 3—o, o—l.