Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-24
HEBRON WINS GOLF TITLE
BY BEATING BOBBY Jones
OakmOnt Club Player Captures
Championship Over Course on
Which He Was Once Cnddy.
EXHIBITS DEADLY PUTTING
Two Youngsters All Even n, End Of
First Eighteen Holes, but Jones
Break at Nintl, In Play in After
noon Round.


Playing goif tina, would have done
credit to IA veteran expert. :. Davidson
Heron. the twcuty-two- yeAr-old rep
reScntativc Of the Oakmont Country
Club. won the national amateur golf
championship of the United states on
Robert T. Jones. H.. Of the Atlanta
Athletic Club. and !.
beautiful Olkmont Course. where he
mrs. learned the strokes OF the game
~ a cadGy for w. &. Fowncs, Jr., a
former national champion.
Jones made IA game struggle against
Heron, and for the morning eighteen
holes and the mrs, eight OF the after
Makes second Real Miss
Then Jones addressed his bah with
hTass h, lie svidenty wisn ne,i I" nj
nis third up close for four. He
missed the sho,;, his second real miss
OF the match. He topped badly. and
ahead.
boooy. ms head down. walked into
ball rested IN g:ass on d up slope OF
thr pit. Bobby plunged his club into
The hcayy grass. hu, fAiicd TO get out.
he tried Sallantly twice more. but tn.
ball stayed IN <hc trap. II MAS hope
les, and he picked up.
\; the thirtyhrs, 4 snort hole, Her
gain pounded his lion on the
velvet ard Bobby was In a trap.
hobhys on, was over and in another
dead, and he won the hole and became
docmie
rhey haived the th.rty-second in
four. both shooting their seconds well
on the velvet. and the youthful goihns
phenomenon from the south had lost
mis- chance for the national title.
Three AboS~ Far for Cnurnr.
some idea Of the calbcr of the colf
p.aycG Dy thcse youngsters can be
gained by a study Of thr cards for the
lhir;y.,wo NOES, Heron required ~
strokes for the match not counting
tne th!-tletn mole where jones picked
~ after trouble IN the trap against
>the par score OF i2G
ot the thiriy.two holes, the local
goiter Won twelve and Jones seven,
played par strokes on sixteen holes.
nut his opponent went him tno better
in this respect.
runncr-ur showed ono under par
He!ron's victory was wcil deserved.
OF golf OF any player in tho ,ruTna-
mont, being lied win TWO others for
INC low medal T-izc ia IN. ocular
dual inr round, and rcncgtcdiy shoot
inR the iddlc sc"ent!Cs ~ his match
All Even !" EiEhtcenth;
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4 n a. ha. & ;Ion' n e t'Ff o55 nd ON
Third Hole. IS Yards.
dive nu, ion:. Secon,. W. NOR; While
nj. "pp",,,.e,,. oaii vas on 'hS dig TO M
Ink tGs! 100, nu,,; ~. hey hsiv%;d ia
etSoT "" Both had I !%Ss aT dSwn M
i, ,rsm"na"p- t w"oh- uu, jonc. h had '" to
1 ~; nt.sd rsS" na Nor Tor 'S wn
md thsy hHiNed IL hves Jones up.
e1fo " h" Jone- yi fiva ana. !" hs.v%
ccna foun n n p tlan, 1T ,ha 'S ErSs
I'm hip T Sf I;9"T h w.th Jones -aw,y
s sFsn so ,oo1 i; ,s Fa ii. ' wS2s ~;
tt.' Of The M While Heron was on N,
ssSsnh hG M:r;SO 80 y as:oyns par 5ons
ion"s >.cond was Wild being in a trap a;
n n. sn a. a Hh H' Mi. xhH ns FOE; q
NO ~, a the hole. and he sank Tor a
but ''st Eight, S"T Hole S.A 81 lnr asFF"" vi"
r.r i,I J%nsS; q ihier1on. Heron dr9Xe
Mn oSsT;"n ,n ,hs hoLe n.y. tee' but ne sank
Nin,h hos; ia: yards: par Heron, !:
q 9ns shipped to within 'HEss iss, a2k
put,. %h.sh h., missed iicrT" rom Z up e"-''"'
.trsn 10th had ha% Tong hsF true s0" irvs.
,na srt sss"n and Ia took in p' /" the Tsn
lid his third within foo, Of the pin and
ua EisEsath hole; 2S! yards, PAR tIones. ::
q rT;fen rhe local player was ' on The
Win H. tSrd @hs s"as heron pas" san he for h'is
par Tws $ Heron nni, up ri.
na!ro" Heron &lised % The rough win +
lones on ,r the f., t,ir% S ZONES touT'h laid
S ,cs" ,hs III" and eFF S fG Ms4Esn
""E Thl1 r IL ilc,s. 'F }si l "a y"
sr :I s.JG Gn;,s 2; Heron; The r!tts.
~, Sui Goh his Ia H'' 10 '9 feet tn rom T ,S Sa
Eaan. ' sohhys eh'nned few fee, ovGr The
N.tsed hard putt ana conceded the hole.
8 AGiG 3 s a2ve Gs snus
hs ~, deep int" tho s"rd ana Inc hail
his esSoG on ana tn he " TSy
"GT %in noe 1 20 cards n par zones
H. WI r. h2 va. and on The e.
!dsc o.: The green. iIcrrons second was
ten feet OFF IN" green. the ball rolling
down INFO Gr"Is ditch guarding the erc"u
w. third srnt the bail rolling into another
iitch. Tn"j haivcd in ). Heron | IN
Sixteenth hole ?;s yards. par a-.Ioncs 4:
Heron, j. Jones drove in the rough az the
,.i and Heron trapped Roth we're
e in but Jones won the hole when
ron required putts. missing a putt OF
thar two fc.t for, half All even
Seventeenth Hole. 2s: Yards.
Par I-JoncS. y: Heron. 3. Heron was i'm
the rough again His second was in a
trap. HH was on in and down in .
Jones drive was trapped and he required
TO get out and more 10 go down All
Eighteenth hcic, H2 yards. par 4--Loncs. 4:
:. 20 the left, Heron was In the middle and
clicked his second to the green. jones
played beautiful ma.hic 10 the green
also. They were both down with par Is.
Ninetcenth hole. 49, yards. mar a-.Jones
): Heron. 4. Jones drove of al 30; =. 81.
with the largest gallery OF tho week. fol.
lowing The match. Nohhy's sccond vas