The sun., 1916-09-13
BOY GOLFER TAKES
PLACE WITH STARS
Bob Jones Provides Game
with Interesting Sidclight
Seriously Needed.
IRON SHOTS ARE TRtE

what about Bob Jones" Is he a real
gofer. or was he just lucky enough to
get away with II until he al up against
Robert Gardner Those are the hrst
questions that are asked NJ the man wh"
owns up to having spent last week fol-
lowing the matches on the Merton INKS
There seems to he n feeling among those
who were not there that perhaps the
youthful Sou'hcrucr WAS favored Ivy For
tune. or that the sheer audacity dis
PLAYED In entering the championship at
20 tender An age az /, carried him fur-
,iier than lc deserved to go.
The answer to these questions Is sim
pie. for Rob Jones II a golfer through
and through. He earned every ht OF
tho praise that was so ,ayisn,y bestowed
upon MIN a, Merton. and there IS every
prouise that he will earn a great deal
more in future championships.
The rise OF little Bobby Jones from
obscurity to fame was the sensation OF
the great tourney that has just been
plev.d. and even the triumph OF 'hick
Evans is overshddowtd by the great
showing made by the kid" as those In
the gallery were wont TO call MIN.
Beneficial to Golf.
That il ar T.. should be, for a new
star In the armament OF golf II VIVA,
every one keenly Interested in the ro!a'
an: ancient game has been seeking TOT
p long time. The old stars have been
with us so long hat We have been d'-
manding something new. and that ~ the
reason why the advent OF Bobby JontH
means much to golfers Jerry Trarer"
has been "A star for more than n decao'
| chick Evans for "A little less. ana ohil
the arrival Of Francis tuimet IN I"l"
added a new star. That was three year
ago, however. and IN that tin" ou'in''
has been barred from the amateur ranks
and up to last week there Wa no ind'ca
tiun tina: any newcomer "ouIh ueH'ahu
, his share OF tho glory.
Vet that IL lust what happened. Bold!
Jones. who will not hs IL until heN
March. made good all the wonderful pre-
: ~dic,ions which had been coming up IRON
Z the South during the spring ana sum
!. mer. .
His wooden shots when we'll hit aske'
4 odds Of nobody in fact. the number o
times he succeeded in outdriving no
Gardner was "A cause OF frequent com
= wen, during the match In which the de
Tending champion conquered the DO
wonder.
. A tendency to hook Is his creates
fault from the tee and nearly every pa
-. he drives breaks to the left. Others WEI
:, SO far of the line that they seemed INK
= the shots OF "A beginner. but when M
: Bob hit them sQuarcly in the middle i
:. was on EVER terms with the best.
Putting IL another one OF MS wea
y spots. for although he seemed to get IN
!, hall bnto the cup safely most OF TIE hNn'
v he lacksd one Of a champions creates
= attributes. the ability TO make a pu'
y when Il vas needed most.
Iron shots B-st.
Having said that his driving and pu
g TING were not a. good as they migi
y have been. there l. only on" 'hlhs u" ;"
= about his iron shots. They Mere a. ~
r and a. well executed as could h" d.
II sired. our greatest golfers such 4
r. Trayers. Travis and ouimet did much
= their winning M n" putting green
l. Bob Jones can miss a put' now ana 'h'
A and he nor" the wors" because OF h
a. excellence with his IRONS In making u
u shots up to the green. Bob Jones "a
= mitch a bail that will subsidc after ~
feeble Jump when It hits the green ~
his longer irons hy true to the line in
way that is the envy OF every golfer wi
" watches him.
3 No better iron shots across the quar-
W to the sixteenth green at Merton We
IL seen than those made by Bobby Jon'
70 and tnat hole tests Thoroughly I
II strength Of a golfer with his irons.
l. such Is the skill Of the latest memb
y OF what may well be called the Attain
l. school Of golf. which before many yea
IN have passed may have "A potent iniiuen
ne in the development OF the game on Il
hH side Of the Atlantic. For Bob Jones
Is not the only golfer whom Atlanta h
OF sent forth. Perry Adatr. VINO play
~ well az Merton, pays the sam" sou
I'd game tbs Rob Jones doe. and 81 I
tn last couple OF years the women So'f'
a Of the country have discovered IN VI
lie Alexa Stirling an exponent OF tho gar
who plays with a finished SKILL that me-
OF her rivals can match. Then they :
ttat Atlanta has two more boy wpnd'
who will he produced at the proper tin
sin one known AS Mike Jones, his nrs, na,
IN being something entirely different, -
lie the other a youth named Prescott. II
en- ! Jones II Mix Jones arc not related
ne The professional AZ Atlanta Is stew
on Maiden, brother Of Jimmy Maiden, "
is stationed Mt the Nassau Country Cl'
and II his skill AZ a teacher may
II. determined from the performances
of those whom he has taught he stands
I'd the ton OF the list.