New-York tribune., 1919-08-23
HERON VS.. PLATT
MORNING ROUND

used up forty puts in these first
eighteen holes His approach puts
were stopping short and he was miss
ing more than his share of the three
ard four -footers-missing just enough
to give Fownes chance to recover
from his mistakes off the tee.
At the seventeenth hole in the fore
noon Jones drove $50 yards up hill
into trap guarding the green. Six
inches to the left would have placed
him on the carpet for 8.
Loses Ball on Ten-Inch Shot
A big gallery swung after the Jones'
Townes match in the afternoon. At
the first hole Bobby turned in a golfng
miracle. He lost the ball after driving
il less than ten inches. You don't be-
eve it? Well, here are the details:
Jones was close against the bank Of
q trap after his second shot, and in the
eStive wallop which followed the ball
disappeared into the bunker's grassy
side, buried from sight. After five
minutes search failed to find it Jones
rave it up and started toward the sec
md tee The second and third holes
we're halved in fives, each making mis-
.akes, but. coming to the long fourth,
5i6 yards away. Jones was within
twenty yards of the pin on his second
shot and, when Fownes failed to get
down a six-foot putt, he fell behind,
shis time to stay.
On the 371-yard fifth hole Jones
played one of the finest shots of the
week His drive left the ball in heavy
grass on the top of ridge. at least
two feet above the ground The young
ster was forced to stand two feet below
his ball in playing the shot, yet he
whaled it to within ten feet Of the cup
and sank his putt for 3. This left
him 2 up.
The short sixth was halved in par
IS, but Jones became up at the sew
enth after hitting two good shots when
Fownes hooked his tee shot to a trap
O.; the 23O-yard eighth, but Fownes got
down in one putt, while Bobby blew g
five footer. This hole had bothered him
all the week, causing him no end of
trouble.
Jones Increases Lead
Fownes reached two traps on his way
20 the ninth, so Jones became 3 ue
again. Moving to the tenth, Jones fol
iron to within fifteen feet of the pin
This hole is 46l yards long, yet he was
putting for 3. Now up, he also hat
the eleventh hole won until his second
carried over the green into rut
Fownes was trapped twice here anc
reached the green on his fourth
Jones, in playing from the rut, tore
out wheelbarrowful of sod anc
grass, but left the ball at the green's
edge, where he needed three more te
t down, for a half
Tmn Io%
Itch were enough to win the 601-yare
twelfth in par S, when Fowne:
slipped again. Jones was now 5 VI
and 6 to play. But he hashed W
the short thirteenth, where Fowne.
struc'1 off a beauty. The fourteenth
was halved in par figures, but the be
ginning of the end came in sight wher
Fo~nes topped his tee sho on tn,
fifteenth and Jones raped one dowr
the middle for 250-yards. Reachn,
the green in he ended the match here
and thereby, at the ripe young age o
seventeen, qualified himself to ente
the final round.
Except f,j his putting the Georgian
had shown better golf than at an.
other stage, save in the Afternoon
round of his match against Bob Gard
! ner.
Heron and Platt had a clos. affai
for nine holes. Platt got the jump an
bagged the first hole, but Hero
squared the match at the third by tw
good shots. They arrived at tn
eighth hole all square, but from her
on the Philadelphia began to slip be
hind
Heron was up going to the shor
10th, where he whaled long spoo
shot to within 10 feet of the cup for
fine g. Platt got back the 17th, whe
Heron hooked up hole high into som
heavy grass under the branches of
tree. The Pittsburgher was up q
the end of the forenoon round. Th
Philadelphian entry attempted stron
J comeback by starting out with 3 pa
holes in the afternoon. But he wa
/; unable to shake Heron loose. as tn
Princeton graduate was driving tn
ball mile and playing par golf. Dav
was out in 36.
Heron kept merrily on his way, an
when he took the 2ath in par ar
had 5-foot putt for at the Ion
hole, Platt dropped by the wayside. Fl
; tad at least earned his right to cor
gratulations by eliminating such gol
ers as John G. Anderson and Franc
Ouimet in the first national chan
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