Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-16

nd taken f, enabling Cruickshank to
at the fourth with his fine mashie
shot. .' .-.,
But Cruickshanl< again took the lead
by holing a twenty-footer for another
birdie at the fifth. and gained another
stroke at the sixth when Jones missed
three-footer.s Jones trailed by only
one shot at the end of the seventh, driv-
ing the green, 223 yards, and hofingr a
to for CruickShank. The latter missed
, tye-footer at the eighth to lead by
two strokes and went to the ninth with
lead of one shot. He blew his lead BY
missing a two-footer after a fine cham
pionship shot. and the players turned
for home even-each 81.
Jones went into the lead at the tenth
when Cruickshank made a sorry. mess
OF his second shot. and then took to
get down from the edge of the green.
The eleventh was halved in 5 and then
Jones nearly holed his pitch at the short
twelfth. Cruickshank got away with a
half at the thirteenth BY boiling a six
teen-foot putt. He got back a shot at
the fourteenth when Jones Clipped
twelve feet over the hole from the edge
of the green.
Cruickshank squared it at the fifteenth
when Jones missed a shot in hazard
at the left of the green and took to
this fearsome short hole. Down the
sixteenth they went all square again,
but, Cruickshank hooked his iron shot
to trap and took to Jones 4. Jones
again led by a shot. Cruickshank de-
liberately hooked his ball into the six
teenth fairway off the seventeenth tee.
while Jones found the rough to the
left. The little Scot played a. high
mashie shot that took a bad kick, and
found trap to the right, Jones ball
shank Clipped out five feet beyond the
hoe and ran down the putt. while
Bobby Jones just got out and was down
in ).
Thus they stood on the eighteenth
tee exactly even. Each had played ~
shots at that point. And the. way, was
paved for Bobby Jones wonderful iron
shot-a shot that whispered>-a song of
victory for him AS it checked at the hole
side, a shot that made a golfing~ epic
that will never die in the minds eye of
the thousands grouped about the home
green at Inwood
Bobby Jones. law student at Har-
ward. a favorite among golfers. the
game. and one of the finest gentle
men-had at last dubbed his way to
a national championship, the goal for
which he has. striven for seven long
years, years that seemed intermina-
BILE to Bobby. as he invariably en-
against him, as Sylvester did at
BrookIine last. September Bobby
came through. He can't be denied
now. He has won his first champion
its reward He is more than apt to
add the amateur 10 his open title next
September at Chicago.
AS Bobby holed- the 'six-inch putt
that won him the championship the
thousands surged across the green.
Most of them went to Jones. but the
latter fought his way through the
crowd to the side of Bob Cruickshank,
and congratulated him. Then Jones
rose high in the -air-high on the
and friends. gone wild in the de-
lirium of the moment. Thus he was
carried to the steps of the clubhouse,
preceded by a man in Scottish cos
tune playing the bagpfpes of old
Caledonia. 49,
Jones' Fine Record Cited.
congratulating the new champion.
wyant D. Vanderpool. vice president
of the United States Golf Association,
directed attention to the great record
made by Jones in open championships.
He cited the fact that Jones' grand
total for. four championships shows
an average of just undert4 4--better
than any man in the world--yet he
did not win until yesterday Van
derpool said he hoped Jones would
duplicate. the record of Chick Evans.
who won the open. at Minnekahdas in
the early summer of 1915 ana went
on to win the amateur at Merton in
the fall Formerly one shot Behind
Hagen in the grand total for four
championships. Jones now. leads Ha-
gen in the aggregate by fourteen
shots. Hagen finished Saturday at
Inwood with 311. Jones finished with
296. picking APP fifteen shots in four
rounds on debonair Walter. sat
Bobby hrst came into public notice
when he qualified and won two
matches. sticcumbing to Bob Gardner
in the third round. He. was gunner
up at Oakmont in 1919.s*ardrs,was
semi at st. Louis: In: 1921 and
at Brookline< last fall.
Bob Cruick shank, pMcky little
Scot, made 9 game hght - against
hole he appeared, TO Be making a.
runaway race of il, but:-hSs broke, as
every golfer ssdoes. and faded. He
came. again .at the. fourteenth and
sixteenth. hutsnot thoroughbred golf
of his oEEn:%t Jones made. many mis-
takes on both holes Cruickshan
is a great golfer and will win some
sportsmanship. 1, They cannot be
The first; cash. prize, $500, went to
Cruickshank. Jones will receive
plate. 4s., 'i:r::sA .. =, 20
Their cards follow:
Jones'
Out 4 4s4.S4 -s7
In 5 5 IA g. 5 4-39-7e
Cruickshnnk- ..ss.
Out IS 8 4y43 44NH
In f..s::ae 534 as 4dI41-7S