New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
Oaknaont Player, Only 22 Years Old,
Conquers Younger RiuaI BY 5 and 4
l7-Year.Old Star Over
takes Foe After Poor
Start, but Soon Weakens

hole he hooked his mashie to a trap,
Both played out, about ten feet from
the cup. Jones putted and missed, but
Heron had forgotten how to miss from
any such tawdry distance as ten feet.
Down she went when the stocky Penn
sylvanian applied the putter to the
back Of the ball-straight and true to
the bottom Of the tin.
The match was here reaching its
final stages. Of the IL holes played
Heron had played 8 in par or better,
and had beaten par on no less than
s of these. No wonder Jones was three
down.
Has No Chance to Attack
The kid himself was all square with
par over one of the hardest courses in
the country, yet in spite Of this steady
golf he had never drawn a chance to
make any headway or even to reach
even terms. He had drawn no oppor-
tunitY of any sort to start an otfens-
i've. He had no chance to launch any
attack. Any time he started anything,
to the trail and he was forced to
fight for half where he looked for
a win.
Jones had played nine Of the eleven
holes in par at this juncture, beating
par on two holes. He had made but
two mistakes. Yet here he stood
down with only six holes left. No
wonder he was an extremely thought
ful young man as he started for the
twelfth tee.
Heron was playing as if he never
expected to make mistake. But at the
chance to start the long delayed w at at
tack. Herron's tee shot caught the
heavy rough, leaving him wicked sec
ond. which he dumped to a cross
bunker 200 yards from the green. 1t
was the first hole he had faltered on
it was Jones's last and only chance.
He laced out fine tee shot, which
carried 24o yards and stopped on
perfect lie. And then, with his brassie
at the top of the arc just starting
downward a,,meGGaphone less than twen-
ty feet away beloved out the usual call
of "Fore!" and the tournament was
over.
A six-nch shell couldn't have done
any greater damage. Jones lifted his
head in a startled fashion and came
near missing the ball 1t wound up IN
the heel print Of bunker twenty yards
away, where after four vain attempts
to get out he conceded the mole, where
the best that Heron could have got
would have been a 6.
From this time on there was nothing
to it. Bobby, badly discouraged, missed
his tee shot at the short thirteenth,
where Heron got his par 5, and, five
to play, Dave ended the match with a
par on the fourteenth hole
In winning this championship at
twenty-five Heron is still older than
Travcrs, Gardner and Ouimet were
when they arrived on top. But for all
that he is the fourth youngest to win
the title. There was no question about
his superiority all week, for, although
q dark horse at the start, he proved
that Oakmont suited his game, espe-
cially after the heavy rains. where his
great physical power was vital factor.
Heron is sturdily and stockily built,
a young 200-poundcr, with a massive
frame and full swing. He was grad
uated from Princeton in 1915 and to-
day is serving as an apprentice in a
local steel plant. He is a fine type of
sportsman and a worthy holder of the
honor in every way.
Jones made a gallant bid to smash
all worlds records by winning q cham
pionship at seventeen, but his show
ing in travelling this far was wonder
ful enough, considering the men he
had to beat before he found Herron's
putter barring the road. Bobby has a
greater variety Of shots than his con-
queror, but he had nothing to stop the
spectacular putting which broke up the
match