Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1926, Page 20

20 SPORTS. Jones Is Golf King | WINNING OF BRITISH OPEN SETS SEAL ON SUPREMACY Not Even Walter Hagen’s cally Dispute Right of Youthful Georgian to the Title of King of All Linksmen. BY RAY McCARTHY. EW YORK. June 22—The remarkable achicvement of Bobby Jones in winning the British oper lished that distinguished yor living golfer in the world today. Winning a most coveted title, years, Jones equaled the low-score made by Jim Braid. English professional, in 1908, Only twice in all the vears of this tournament has the score of 295 been beaten. Bobby's four rounds of play at St. Anne’s were as follows : . 7 most consistent golf ever played in the British open competition. This in itself is proof that Bobby is the greatest living golfer. He fid not obtain his wonderful, victory through any one exceptional round, rather by steady. consistent scor . Jones' victory in the British open | i< the first achieved by any amateur <ince Harold H. Hilton won the title in 1897 nearly 30 vears ago, or some 5 vears before the Georgian first saw the light of day. Jones also earns the unusual distinction of being the first American amateur ever to win | the British open title and one of three amateurs who in 66 vears have captured the crown. Hilton and John Ball were the others. Hilton winning in and again in 1897, and Ball As to Hagen's Status. There may he some who will dis- pute Jones' right to title of king of them all, and Hagen is the better golfer. ords, particularly those of Amer open championships over the six vears, completely prove superiori In seven open cham- pionships including this vear's Brit- ish classic, Jones has led Hagen on every occasion except one, that at the Columbia Club, Washington, in 1921, Jones’ total for these seven tourna- ments is 2,069 strokes. Hagen's is 2092, a difference of strokes, Bobby's average score per round has heen just T4 strokes, or an average | of two over four's for 23 rounds of competitive golf against the greatest plavers in the world. Hagen's aver- aze score per round is 747 sirokes Thus Jones has led’ the H one stroke per round in 28 rounds hard compet Anent That Florida Match. The match between this pair Llayed tn Florida last Winter can be tossed when golfers, is an amateur in eve word, and_who is n to taking golf very lightly should have played the contest, particularly at that time. Jones, sense of the STRAIGHT OFF SHINGTON'S golfing argonauts, two of them placed well up in the British open champio; T Jones, are on the ocean today on their way back to he Capital after nearly two months of golf in England and Scotland. i Roland R. MacKenzie, Albert R. MacKenzie and Donald Woodward, amateurs, and Fred McLeod of Colum- hia and Tom Armour of Congressional, professionals, will all arrive in Wash. ington within the next week to tell the story of the winning of the two hig British championships by Amer- icans and the successful defense of the Walker Cup. Fred McLeod wrote from i Annes on the Sea, near the course of Lytham and St. Annes, where America’s ami- teur champion won the British open title, that even long before the cham- pionship every one in the know in England had picked Jones to win. McLeod roomed at St. Annes with Jones and describes his play before the open as magnificent The five Washington men. who 3 ipated in the will be the Ivester, assistant pro and at Congressional, is a ny built the wood for the maiority of the| erican contestants in the British N championship, includ ed by Bob Jones in winni title. Incidentally, Jones left his old wooden clubs with Syivester, and the rotund Congressional clubmaker has turned down several zood offers for them More than a score of Army officers in Washington are looking forward to the ann competition for the Army championship the second week in Oc- tober at Huntingdon Vall near Philadelphia. Lieut. L. G. Seeligson is the present Army titleholder. suc ceeding the late Capt. Fraser Hale, an air service officer stotioned at Rolling Field. who was killed in an airplane crash last August Roy Crampton and Clarke Allison were the prize winners in the handi- eap golf tournament held recently at Congressional by Trinity Lodge, No. 41, Mrs. Alma . Von Steiner is the woman plaver of the Indian Spri Club to secure a hole in one. Mrs. Von Steiner secured an ace on the short sixth hole, a mashie shot hole. She used a midmashie from the women’s tee and the shot dropped a few feet of the cup. Basil M. Maniy is the only other member to secure an ace at Indian Spring, holing his tee shot at the seventeenth last year. Dorothy White of holder of The Evening Star cup, ac- complished a feat almost as remark- able at Mrs. Von Steiner's ace when she sank her mashie second shot for a two at the tenth hole a few days ago. She had a score of 87 for the round, onl wots above the women's record of § by Glenna Collett. Congressional ntry Club has nted with a valuable sflver M. Tatum, one of the club he cup will be played for ap trophy in the club cham- pionship held in October, Indian Spring, swinging into line with several other clubs, has begun marking the distances from the tee of &pots on the fairway #long each hole requiring a full shot. Markers of fron, with red numbers showing the distances are to be placed along most of the fa Indian Spring considering in- augurating a_ starting system by which time will be allotted to menm- bers on crowded days. In order to put off this step until absolutely nec- essary, Chairman Hoover of the golf committee has urged all players to observe the etiquette of golf regard- ing lost balls and to keep in place on the course. J. A. Baines of Columbia has found what he claims is the finest putter in the world. It is a fantastic affair, entirely of -wood with a brass face and a heavily weighted head. On the upper end of the shaft is a cup ar- A Washington, | Adherents Now Can Logi- 1 championship definitely has estab- ung son of Georgia as the greatest thaf has been in competition for 66 record of 291 for this tournament, 72—72—73—74. This is the ing i four rounds. Golf with Hagen is a business | which accounts largely for the diffe {ence in temperament. With Jones | ®olf" is only u game and those who | Know anvthing about athletics must | realize there is a vast difference. But | when it comes to championship tour- naments under championship condi- tions, Jones has risen to the occasion | in 2 manner which has fully justified the claim that he is the greatest of | them all. Rest Interval Helped Jones. All this does not_include Bobby's | &reat world record of 134 made in the | qualifying rounds of the British open last week. Fortunately for the At- lanta wizard there was an interval of practically a week between the | qualifying rounds and the champion- ship, during which Bobby had a good chance to recover from the physical veuction that always sets in after und record breaking round of golf. That Jones was able to come right back one week later with another series of perfect scores demonstrates better than anything else his won- derful golf form. Al Watrous deserves great credit for his showing in the British cham- pionship. Only 23 years of age and competing on foreign soil for the first | time, this voung man who learned the me ¢ Jying on the links of West- hester (N. Y.) clubs, has proved his liber. Watrous will bear watching in future tournaments. | Great credit also is due Freddie Me- Leod and the veteran J. 1. Taylor for their perfor MeLeod, who | went abr ally for the pur- pose of coac! voung Roland Mac- kenzie of Washington,® was in the thick of the fight up to the last round. And Freddie is by no means a young man. He was national open champion in 1908, nearly 20 years ago. (Copyright. 1926.)» THE TEE nship, won last week by Robert T.| rangement by which Baines picks the ball out of the hole without stooping over. The club was given him re cently in Baltimore. | | The passing of one of Washington's | | oldest golf clubs and courses will be marked this week, after more than |two years of short-lease priveleges | ziven the club by the owners of the land. Officers of the Kirkside Golf ! Club have been notified by the land ,company that the course must he given up by July 1 to make way for projected building operations. Kir side has given way peacemeal to | home-building operations for several | | vears, but until a few d: ago had managed to retain some of the holes Now the entire course must be given up. The Kirkside Club is the old ! | home of the Bannockburn Golf Club. | {OPEN GOLF TOURNEY | SEES MANY CHANGES | By the Assoviated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 28—Quite | aside from the anticipated struggle between Bobby Jones and the little | band of amateur stars to wrest golf- | dom’s honors from the professionals, | | the impending American open to be | played here will be notable for the | changed conditions under which it | will be staged. At least half u dozen innovations over a year ago are | planned for the 1926 tournament. | They include: Spreading the tournament play [over three days instead of two, as | heretofore. | More representative participation as a result of 17 qualifying tourneys in- |stead of three as last year. | | Elimination of the itinerant caddie | through the use of local caddies. Gnusually complete accommoda- ltions for the gallery, including box | seats. Added prize money for the 20 rank- Jing als in the tournament. 1 2 ange from $50 to $500. | Spreading the tournament play over three days, July 8, 9 and 10, is |expected to relieve some of the ten- |sion incident to previous tournaments, wherein the participants who sur- {vived the qualifying round were re- ,quired to play 72 holes within 48 ! hours, | 'The new pragram calls for 18 holes | the first day. a like number the second and 36 on the final. Of the 153 eligible {qualifiers all but 60 will be eliminated ! |the second day. { The 17 district qualifying tourna- {ments were held in all parts of the country early this month, which en- abled good golfers everywhere to try their hand at qualifying. In consequence, the qualifiers in clude the cream of the country’s golf- ers, save a handful like Francis Ouimet, Jess Sweetser and Jess Guil- ford, who for one good reason or an- other are unable to play in the open The itinerant caddie has been a fa- ture of the championship tournament for years. This year, however, the caddying job will fall to local young- sters being groomed for the occasion. JAPANESE MAKE SWEEP OVER FILIPINO NETMEN SAN FRANCISCO. June 28 (#).— Japan's Davis Cup team made a clean sweep of its five matches against the Philippines by taking the remaining two singles. 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