Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-23
BATTLE FOR TITLE TODAY
BOBBY JONES AND HEBRON
SURVIVE IN GOLF FINALS
10th Contestants for Amateur 'ham-
pionship NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Back
ing Jones for Honor.
fnv Associatcd Prcss.l

PITTSBURGH. August 22.--Bohby
Jones, the seventeen ycar-old pho
nomcnon, OF Atlanta. or S. Davidson
HERON. of this city. Will be the l9l?
national amateur golf champion before
shutdown tomorrow.
This pair. the sole survivors OF the
1876 starters in the twerty-third titular
tournament Of the L. s. G. a.. which
began ut the Oakmont Club last Satur-
day. won their way TO the finals round
by defeating w. G. fowneS. Jr OF
Pittsburgh. and ]. Wood, Platt. OF
Philadelphia. respectively, here late
Jones won from Fownes: five up and
three to play, while HerEon took Platts
rolfing measure by score of seven
and six
Not in the history OF American golf
has the championship ever been fought
out in the final round 10y two such
youthful opponents of the ancient and
honorable game.
Jones, who is playing from the Al
lanta Athletic Club. is Yet to his
eighteenth birthday, while Heron is
hut a year or TWO past his majority
Neither has ever figured heretofore SO
prominently in struggle for pre-
mi.r golf title of the country, although
Jones won the Southern championships
in 1917 when but a few months over
HERON Less Experienced.
Heron. although older than his
rival of the morrow. has less general
goltng experience than Jones. and for
the ttlc' tournaments are inclined 10
the opinion that Atlanta's youthful
star stands the hotter chance Of wear
ing the championship mantle lost by
Heron. however has the almost
unanimous backing, OF tho oakmont
even money on him. although it is ad-
mittcd that ne has never played golf
ever the club course except on Satur-
days and Sundays until the first of
August.
Then the firm by which he is en-
nioE"n, learning that he had entered
to take the month off and see what he
could do. This and his golf play while
a student a. Princeton comprises vir-
tualiy all of his real serious work with
1t was generally conceded that Her
ron , played the BEST golf Of the quar-;
too Sogfline Card d ihe fsm thr r Sosa
played showed total stroke score of
l." RS against par OF 124 for the
same distance.
Hobby Jones Takes l4a.
against a par of 1870 for his thi-ty-two
holes. while the youths opponent.
Fownes. required 15a for thirty-three
holes Plat, who sprarg into. national
Yesterday. fell off again and showed
10 strokes aSains, a par Of - for
the thirtE holcS he carried HERON
along. before the latter could clinch
the victory.
ANY champion would have been
nroud TO have made number of the
SHOTS Jones hit today. Perhaps his
pest effort was at the NTH hole in
the afternoon. lie found his drive hid
den In the cmbankment OF tran l,
was hanging lie. and the green. more
man ivo yards beyond, was guarded
ny diichcs and traps. Bobby cut
through tho grass, caught the bail and
Shot II up toward the sky 1t came
down stone dead. six feet from the
pan. lie holed Cor Il three This shot
was the nreak in the match. Fownes
never had chance after it,
Hobhy kept smashing out off the
&c" ana pushing them home with his
IRONS or maShic. Fowucs tried 10
mold the pace, bat he ala not have tho
sh GtS Instead. he began 10 weaken.
IN" use1 tnree To reach home. where
ne should have been on in two Uc
topped his second at the twentv-ffth
an. .,1 messed up his drive at the thirty
sliced 10 trouble. VI