Evening star., 1923-07-15


found trap. His fourth was on the
green and he took to hole out
Never was there more gallant
fighter on the links than Cruikshank.
And never, in the face of such odds
as he had to combat. did man sail
through with such success. Reverses
/ he had. but they did not unnerve< him.
Once. near the end. he faltered to such
an extent that defeat .chuckled under
his nose. But he triumphed.
In the first place. Jones, who has
been pounding golf clubs on the door
Of national titledom for several years,
went out for the final round with
victory almost certainly in his grasp.
Bobby Comes Back.
Five thousand persons about him,
cheering him. encouraging him. spur
ring him on. the young Albanian
slipped a tride on his first nine, max
ing 1t In Al strokes. four, over par. 1t
seemed then that Jones might lose,
but he came back. Around the second
nine he shot perfect golf. Far down
the fairways went his, tee shots. True
to the green sailed his irons and his
putting was par. lie made the nine
in par So. and was in the lead, Jock
iutchison. the Chicago Scot. who led
| the field yesterday. having slipped out
Of the picture.
Going out in the afternoon. Jones
had a 80, two over par. having driven
his tee shot out Of. bounds on the
seventh. the most difficult hole of the
course and taken 5. two over par
Then he started his remarkable
shooting again. making birdie 8 on
the tenth. a birdie 4 on the fourteenth.
Arrived at the, sixteenth tee he was
an almost certain winner Then he
! took on the par four sixteenth,
| another on the par four seventeenth
and moved to the eighteenth tee. His
drive was good. well placed on the
fairway. His iron shot hooked into
the crowd to the left of the green
| He dubbed his chip and found a trap,
his fourth barely got on the green
and he holed with two puts for s
/ and a 81 for the nine! 296 for the
seventy-two holes.
In Trap After Trap.
! When Jones was finishing. Cruik-
shank. the Plaids of Clan-Na- Gum.
of which he Is a descendant. in his
golf socks and his tie. a jaunty gray
cap pulled on one side of his head
| and a curly. sandy lock of hair hang
ing in his eyes. was teeing off at the
second hole of his last round.
Cruikshank was tired. dog tired,
for he had had one of the toughest
morning rounds a man can have In
the morning he had started with a
par four on the first and then found
himself in the worst of holes Fate
seemed to be against him. Out Of one
trap. he got into another. He spent
six strokes getting away from the
second. took six on the par 3 third
and on the par 5 fifth.
Il was ready to cry a bit after
that" said Cruikshank afterward,
but something seemed to say to me
| Keep on, you bloomin' bounder
There's always a chance So grftted
my teeth and went on
The sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth he made In a par for AZ. The
tenth he left with birdie 8. but lost
n stroke on the elbow thirteenth
Another birdie flew to his card and
on the par fourteenth and although
he was one over each on the sixteenth
and seventeenth he finished with q
birdie 8, 36 and round Of 7s.
| Says l." said ruikshank, this
will never do. Buck up. old topper,
and golf like she should be-"
Got News of Jones.
Then wee Bobbie started his second
round. The first took him Ave strokes
and at the second he got news of Jones
,faltering at the finish and of the card
of 296. He needed to make par 72 for
his last round to win and 73 to tie
The gallery, numbering at this time
some 5000 persons. moved from the
Eighteenth, where they had seen Jones
! finish, to the second. where Cruik-
| shank had arrived with his partner
| Walter Hagen.
| Hagen was hopelessly out of the
running. but golf never knew a better
sport than he was today. Knowing
tnat he had no chance he devoted
most of his attention to Cruik shank
| whispering encouragement whenever
he could and laughing away all the