The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
A Bizarre First Nine.

A Bizarre First Nine.
Through the FIRST eighteen holes of the
conflict there was nothing to choose be-
tween them They raced over the FIRST
nine holes with some of the most bizarre
| stuff yet flashed IN the tournament.
| Heron shot q 90, which Is / stroke bet
ter than par for the distance. But he
couldn't shake the Atlanta youngster
| off. Bobby himself had a aS and made
the turn for the journey home down.
Heron, after dropping the tenth,
grabbed both the eleventh and twelfth.
| But Bobby was not feazed. He came
| right back like fighting bobcat. The
thirteenth has been tough one for him
| throughout the long grind But he
| girded himself UP a bit and took 1t witt
| a par 3.
Furthermore, he waded right in and
| found a trap with bad lie. The big
Pittsburger took IA mighty swipe with
his niblick and snapped the shaft on at
| the head of the club. With q handicap
| through a trapped tee shot far down the
| fairway on the fifteenth Jones bored In
and saved a half, after having been
forced to play his second deliberately
short.
Then he came along with another win
after he had dropped the bars with his
tee shot to Heron on the sixteenth.
He hooked a long wood shot to the left
of a trap into high grass opposite the
green. Heron followed with hook
but landed in a trap. Bobby Clipped on
and won the hole with four. when Her
ron mussed about and took three puts.
YounEster Gets Bad Break.
A tough break prevented Jones from
| winning the seventeenth. He hit
terrific drive about fifteen feet to the left
of line from the tee to the flag. A trap
| intended to catch a bad second short ef
the green caught the ball. 1t was a 275
drive. uphill. Heron hooked over into
rough ground and ran his second across
into the same trap with Jones. Bobby
was 80 exasperated at his luck that he
failed to get out on his first attempt and
they eventually halved.
Having the tough eighteenth in As
made them finisf-- right where they
started more than two hours before.
The afternoon story is somewhat diff
ferent Before they, had reached the
middle of the first nine holes the first
break that led to the ultimate result
bobbed up. It came in the form OF
heartbreaking putt by Heron that con-
verified what looked a certain winner to
a loser for Jones.
The fourth hole is SIG yards long. and
few and exceedingly far between are two
shots that reach the green. Neither did
in this instance. But Jones was inside
on every stroke until Heron dropped
his long putt. With two resounding
wallops from the tee Bobby led his
opponent by ten yards in distance. with
both on the fairway. Heron slashed
out n screaming braseie second that
looked headed for the green. Bobby
followed with another that looked just
as good, and when they reached the
balls Bobby had kept his ten yards
advantage.
Jones Is One Down.
Heron Clipped his approach and ran
thirty-five feet past the cup. Jones
wisely ran his up with a jigger and the
ball stopped about Ave feet away. 1t
looked like a sure win for Jones. But
Heron stabbed straight and true and
his bail dropped for Z. Jones missed
his short one and lost. to drop ] down.
Up to this point on the afternoon
round they stood all even, with some
brilliant play back OF them. A bad tee
shot gave Jones handicap at the first
that he could not make up. He could
do no better than a 8 and Heron was
of to lead. They scored birdie IS on
the second. with fawless golf.
next and get even again. He got a
penalty on his drive with a hook to a
trap and a consequent lie that forced
him to play out short Heron was al
most flag high to the right OF the green
on hts second. Jones drove high
mashie to within eight feet OF the pin
and holed his best putt OF the round
for a 4, whereas Heron took two after
getting on.
Then came the break on the fourth.
Jones was plainly upset by the turn of
things. He topped his tee shot for the
fifth and then sliced a long brassie sec
ond upon a bank to the right of the
green. Heron got on with his second
and won the hole. But Jones settled
and laid an approach dead for a to
win the sixth. where Heron hooked to
the rough and took two puts after
chipping on.
stin Daxxling Golf.
They continued their dazzling streak
with a pair of par IS for the eighth
Jones was chipping his approaches with
deadly precision all along here, but Her
ron was offsetting this with his great
putting. At this hole Jones left himself
three-footer. whereas Heron got one
down from eight feet away.
SCOTtu pTu 4 on the IOnk
ninth. with irreproachable play. He got
home in two and sank his second putt.
Jones made his way difficult with a SET
end that left him In trap, and he
could not beat a five. Heron had shot
remarkable golf for this nine holes, due
largely to accurate and unerring put
ting. His card read IS. which was one
stroke better than his morning round
and two better than par.
The second shove that put Jones on
the run came as soon as they turned for
the finishing sprint. As in the morning,
Heron played a bad second shot, after
both had good drives. and his ball landed
in the rough OF the green. Jones was
on In 2. Heron Clipped up ten or
twelve feet away. whereas Jones played
third to within a foot OF the cup. 1t
looked as II Bobby was going to cut his
handicap to one hole. But Heron
launched another perfect putt and halved
It in Is.
Trap Lures Albanian.
Heron appeared to be laboring a bit
at this stage His tee shot was far be-
low his standard off to the right leaving
him down hill lie. His second caught
a shallow trap to the right OF the green