The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-13
POTTS AND HOBBY
HAVE SCORES Of
S;JONESSTARS
Second Half of Medal Test Is
Under Way in Western
Amateur-Mark of SO Mon
day Will Be Hard to Beat.
BY AL WILSON.

Ramsey Potts. of Memphis, and c. w
Hobby, of Dallas, Texas, scored l6s
among the first qualifiers in the West
ern Amateur Golf tournament at the
Memphis Country club Tuesday in the
second IL holes qualification test. Bob
by Jones was out in &C. Jones dis.
played tendency to hook and many
OF MS wooden shots were off line. His
mashle shots were also imperfect, but
win the putter, Jones was in rare
form.
Other scores at noon included: II. G.
knner. Chicago. S9-169; Baxter, Terre
Haute. Ind, S0-168; w p. Markle
Memphis, 94-lS7 R. Carnahan, Pine
Bluf, Ark, S7-lS5, and L. T. Cornelius
st. Louis, Mo-, 1917.
Chick" Evans turned with a 81. Jones
| now Is up on the Chicago player, for
| the ~ holes. Dick Bockenkamp started
early with par figures for the first sew
eral holes.
With Bobby Jones' record breaking 5s
as figure to shoot at Tuesday. the
wisest dopsters were of the opinion that
unless the Atlanta phenom touched
better than 70 the remainder OF the
tourney. There were five s5s bracketed
in tie for 32d place Tuesday morning
which means that the medal round still
is neck and neck affair. Some sew
eral Of the sharps from up the country
fell bit below this total Monday, but
have chances to get within the coveted
80 by neat card Tuesday. We said
las would give someone a hard race
NOR medalist honors, but with Jones
So this figure now seems high,
IL there Is any brown derby stuff
to be pulled II looks now like Jones
Is due for new headwear, SO to speak.
Monday his golf was nothing short OF
sensational; Some of the. gallery said
he could have been better with his
wooden clubs, but on the green and
in handling his irone Jimmy Maiden &
protege was unbeatable. The Western,
so Crafts Higgins says, uses the odd
and even system, the former constitut-
ing the upper half. in the draw. Such
means that Jones, Dick Bockenkamn
and Chick Evans are going to figure
in golf luck, for it's almost certain
they're going to be one, two, three In
the. qualifying round.
Monday Jones was low for the first
Is holes. Bockenkamp came second,
with a 72. while Evans. the former ma,
tional amateur and open champ, placed
third with a 70. Talking with a pro
Monday night. we got the opinion that
Chick had to improve muchly on his
long game to stand in company with
Jones and Bockenkamp in the matches.
This professional said Evans was slic-
ing and hooking and that only several
lucky pieces saved him from much
higher card Monday. on the sixth
Chick" ran down 5o-foot mashle out
OF the rough. He also had a good long
putt to his credit on this round, which
was turned In 36.
Bockenkamp Touted.
A pair OF twos, one on the island
fourth, and the second on No. I, proved
a boon to Bockenkamp. They say this
boy Is some sensational match player
one with a lot OF nerve, and IL he main
tains Mondays stride, st. Louis is
going to furnish someone way up.
A !, ,t. ant lraF
kamp went around playing with Walter
Sherwood. Evans and George Mcconnell
Chicago, In 72. Consistency, at least,
and he who shoots two 72s over the
Memphis Country club green in the
same day Is to be considered. eh, what
In taking the Olympic cup team the
Southern Golf association, composed OF
Jones, Perry Adair, rs; Tom Prescott
"A and polly Boyd 80. showed the way
for six fours. The Tennessee quartet
started, but cards were not returned.
Prescott furnished something of sur
prise with his "A. which earned him
fourth place to Jones. In the team
match second honors went to the st.
Louis District association representa-
tives who had an aggregate of 3O2, just
strokes behind the 299 of Jones -Adair- =
Prescott and Boyd. Even the redoubt-
able Evans could not put the Indiana
four better than third. with a score of
321. John Simpson, Burt Wilber and
Baxter Sparks were the other players
from the Hooser organization. The
Western and Trans Mississippi teams
were tied for fourth, while the Arkansas
entry placed sixth. Scores. respective
ly, were 33l and 356.
Local Vets Show Form.
Martin Condor, shooting two 39s,
was low among the local entries for a
time Monday with rs. However, Dud-
ley S. Weaver, Sr., raced home in 81
after taking Al on the first nine and
tied this score. Here are two of Mem
phis golfing vets playing a game that
enabled them to show their heels to the
younger local set and both had two
dandy cards.
But single stroke lower than Com
don and Weaver, Charley Pfeil, who had
a lot to do with bringing the Western
here, T. w. Palmer, from Florida c. 9.
at Jacksonville, and Doug Tweedie,
Chicago, recorded 19s.
Jack WenZler, Colonial hope and
the present Tennessee title holder, took
an ST. This figure was tied by Louis
Morrow, of the home club while Ram
sey Potts with 81, Dudley Weaver. Jr.,
S5, and f. d. Gardner, Memphis @. G.,
were the other Memphis entries who
stood well among the titular qualifying
Wednesday begin the matches Eight
cen holes until the simlfinals on Friday
will be the route Then 1t is S6 holes.
Here is Jones card likewise par for
Jones-Out: 444 844 353-34
Par--Out; 445 344 344-35
Jones-In: 344 444 444-35-69
Par-In: 344 444 344-34-69