New-York tribune., 1919-08-24
The Final Cards


thirtieth hole to Heron.
tremely sound, as she made but few
mistakes from the tee, or through the
fairway, where his long, straight drives
We're nearly always followed by steady
iron play in the direction of the pin.
Heron had but one brief lapse all
day. After going out in 3S in the fore
noon and starting home we'll, he began
to Slip at the short thirteenth, where,
within four holes, he had his lead cut
away.
His final mistakes for many holes
came at the seventeenth, after he had
shattered a favorite niblck in PLAYING
from bunker, but with the nblick
repaired he was on his way again as
cool and steady and unconcerned as if
ne had been playing championship
finals all his life.
Fights Uphill Battle
Bobby fought game, uphill battle,
match after the fifth hole in the fore
noon.
Starting at 1o:3o, with big gallery
in attedance and a blazing sun
at last supplanting the never-ending
rain, they both beat par on the 48l-
yard first hole with two fine puts
Jones won the next with fine ap-
preach when Heron took three puts
from the back of the green-a mistake
he seldom made.
The third and fourth were halved in
to see that it was due to witness a
battle of note in place of watching two
youngsters break and slip. HERON
squared the match on the fifth green
when Jones sliced his tee shot to the
rough. Dave here s!lied his nibick to
ditch. but recovered and went down
with one putt.
AT the S71-yard (7th) Heron laid
ms mashle shot within three feet of
the PIN. Jones was trapped here, but
a fine recovery gave him a 4-foot putt
for a 4, which he sank without ef-
feet against Herron's par beating 8.
BY winning the long 9th with two fine
shots and beating par, Heron turned
2 up.
Jones won back the 10th, but drop
ped the 11th by hooking his mashie
10 trap after q long, straight drive
tie made the same mistake on this
hole in the afternoon. Starting for
the 18th 2 up Heron won the long
18th when Jones needed 3 to go down
from the edge of the green.
OuHS GEORGIAN braces
1t began to look as if the young
Georgian was skidding here, but he
braced Immediately at the short 14th,
caught trap. He also won back the
18th when the Pittsburgh entry
reached bunker from the tee and
snapped off the head of his niblick in
q vain effort to get out. No wonder
the niblick broke apart when Herrons
200 pounds whaled into the heavy
sand.
Only one down, Jones squared the
match whom Heron took three puts
on the 230-yard 10th, after both had
been trapped off the tee. For the
caught a trap guarding the 18th green
on his tee shot. This green is 280
yards away, uphill, and, needing to
reach the green, he got half when
Herron's approach from the rough
trickled into the same trap.
The 18th was halved in Two good rs,
leaving the youngsters al even for the
first leg of the title hike.
When they reached the first tee at
2:15 in the afternoon the crowd had
grown to 1000 or 5000 souls. Two
fairway. Jones reached the trap on
his tee shot, played safely out and
reached the green in g. Heron, after
good drive, was trapped on his second
and his third was ten feet away. Jones
looked to be in for an easy half until
Heron gave q warning of what was
to follow by canning the 1o-foot putt.
Make Spectacular Shots
The 370-yard second was one Of the
spectacular holes of the day. After
fine drives Heron planted an approach
shot eight feet from the cup, while
Jones dropped high niblick approach
ten feet beyond Jones holed his down
kill 10-footer and then Heron stepped
up and sunk his, each netting 3.
Jones won the third hole back after
being trapped by playing out, dropping
mashle shot ten feet away and sink
ing the putt.
With the match all squared one of
the decisive turns Of the day came at
the 5l6-yard fourth. Here both were
down the course, with Jones twenty
yards to the good. Both had fine sec
onds, with Jones still twenty yards
closer to the pin. Herron's approac ach
was hooked and stopped twenty-five
feet above the hole, leaving him a
battling downhill putt.
Jones Clipped to within five feet of
the cup, and with the hole in his grasp
HERON holed out and Jones missed
losing at a moment when he seemed
destined to forge ahead. Jones then
topped his tee shot on the fifth and
lost to par golf. Two down, he won
the short sixth when Heron hooked
far to the left Of the green
At the seventh Heron was twenty
five feet beyond the cup on his second
while Jones dropped fine mashie shot
to within seven feet of the cup. Her
ron ran his approach putt dead and
Jones missed, getting a half The
eighth was halved in par IS, Heron
hoing a tidy flvefooter.
The Pittsburgh entry was up start
ing or the ninth, with both playing
brilliant golf. Jones hooked his sec
ond, but Clipped to within ten feet OF
the cup on his third. 1t wasn't gooc
enough against Herron's 2o0-yard up
hill drive and is long second to within
twelve feet of the cup.
Turning Point at Twenty-eighth
So they started the last nine holes
with the Georgian 2 down. The tenth
was another turning point Herror
sliced his tee shot to the rough while
Jones was straight on the pin. Her.
rons powerful second from the matted
grass stopped 20 feet short of the
green while Jones was on. Heron
then Clipped 10 or ~ feet below the
cup, while Jones ran his approach put
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