About five years ago the weasel-eyed gamblers who interest themselves in boxing, baseball, racing, first turned attention to golf. Last week in the lobbies of the Chicago hotels where the players were staying, and out at the Olympia Fields course the bookmakers were giving odds: Bobby Jones 3 to i to win the National Open championship for the third time; Walter Hagen, 5 to 1; John Farrell, 8 to 1; last year's champion Tommy Armour, 8 to 1; Archie Compston, 10 to 1. All the other players, except Sarazen, were at long odds, for no single golfer taken against the field,...
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