Sport: Sarazen Out

For short, swart Gene Sarazen, open champion of Britain, open champion of the U. S., there remained this year only one more province of the professional golfing world to conquer—the U. S. professional championship (match play) which he has won two times since 1922. Last fortnight, officials of the Professional Golfers Association, eager to have Sarazen in the field, offered to qualify him automatically. Sarazen, against anything that might make his record less than perfect, declined. Last week he went to the Rockville Centre Country Club (L. I.) to play in the sectional qualifying round for one of the 14 places in the New York District. His putting was wobbly, his irons erratic. His 152, eight over par for two rounds, left him tied with six other professionals for the last two places in the 14. In a "sudden death" playoff, John Golden and two Turnesa brothers won the last three places with birdie threes on the first hole. Sarazen's birdie three on the third hole came too late to put him in the list of qualifiers unless one of them, possibly Charley Lacey, his assistant at Lakeville Country Club, withdraws before the tournament begins next fortnight in St. Paul.