The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28

ARDMORE, Pa. Sept. 21.-Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., sof Atlanta come to mans estate, today acquired the honor he sought in vain for eight years of his youth-the national amateur golf championship. In the final round of the annual tournament he defeated George VOn Elm of Los Angeles by the unprecedented score of and for the concluding match of the weeks com petition.
 Triumph came at the Merion Cricket club, where in 1916, a boy of 14 who wore short pants even w.len not play ing golf, first attracted attention by his ability at what some scoffers have often termed an old mans game. Many have been his disappointments since then.
 A favorite several times hitherto to win the amateur crown, he was elim- mated by opponents of far less average ability. The open title came to him last year only after his average score per hole over q period of years had Leen less than that of any other com petitOr.
 In Hall Of Fame
 Now, with family and business mat ters to attend to besides golf and about to cast his first vote for Presi- dent, he joins the select class of link stars who have won both the amateur and open titles. There are only three others and two of them were eliminated in this tournament. The three are Jerome D. Travers of New York. Fran cis Ouimet of Boston and Charles Evans, Jr., Of Chicago.
 Every inch champion mad probably great factor in championship com petition till the. years weary him in long S6-hole match play as they wearied other stars this week, Bobby. as they call him except a few Atlanta friends who have taken off the last syllable, shot his usual machine-like golf today. His game was bit inferior to the great heights he reached in his semi final match with Francis Quimet, but he was better than von Elm in every branch and was never down after the second of the 2S holes which the 36, holes match consisted of, as a result of the decisive victory.
 Attracts Attention
 Non Elm attracted attention all the week by the lowness of his medal scores and his decisive margins of most of his victories before the final round. Though outclassed today he joined Miss Mary K. Browne in winning honors for Los Angeles as one of the years final ists in national golf competition. She too lost in the last round.
 Jones won 12 holes of the match of which seven were in the morning round of IS holes. Von Elm took three holes, all in the morning. going to lunch four down. Jones this morning shot a A, or four over par on the long, heavily bunkered course. Von Elm took 70. To the turn in the afternoon Jones had 37, one over par, while von Elm had 44, becoming cratic as the inevitable end drew near.
 A second shot by Jones into a trap at the first hole of the day resulted in vOn Elm winning by q par four. At the 52S-yard second hole Jones shot birdie four and soon thereafter. the result of the match was never in doubt with most of the gallery. Errors by Jones were few and inconsequential. Non Films slips were invariably to his disadvantage.
 Four Par Holes
 Four par five holes were played. At three of them Jones had the longer drive, the longer brassie and the closer approach to the pin.
 Honors were even at the six short holes figuring in the match, Jones hay ing the better tee shots at three of them and von Elm being nearer to the pin at the other three.
 Eighteen par four holes were played At 14 Jones had the better drives and at 10 of them his second shots were better.
 Jones took 47 butts, including six cne-putt greens and one three-putt