The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-27

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Won Elm got away running BY
winning the opening hole with
to Joes' 5. Bobby's drive came to
rest just at the edge Of the rough,
and his attempted mashie approach
was pulled into q trap. He got on
with his third, but 1O-foCt putt
failed him and he took q B.
Won Elm hooked his drive into q
trap, the ball resting half way up
the bank. He made a spectacular
out TO the green and got o win
ming 4.
Jones rejoinder was q birdie at
the second and the match was even.
Bobby wass just off the green with
a drive and brashie and then played
run-up approach dead for birdie
4. Won Elm stuck with Bobby for
the first two shots but his chip
shot was very weak, his approach
putt very strong and he got a ..
Jones also won the third with =
par 3, Won Eln's tee shot being
sliced to the rough off the green.
He came back on with his second
but missed the 15-footer that would
have earned him the half. That
tlAue Jones up.
Ha lost the fourth. however, to
Z. thanks to the fact that Won Elm
laid him dead styTnie on the green.
Neither reached the velvet with their
approaches, Jones pitching into the
brook and Won Elm laid him j dead
stymie on the green. Neither reached
the velvet with their approaches.
Jones pitching into the brook and
Won Elm into trap. Both came
out Wen up to the pin and missed
puts In excess Of ten feet
Won Elm's nall, however, passed
the hole and laid Jones a Stymie.
Bobby tried to jump his putt in but
failed. That squared the match.
The fifth was the first halved
hole of the match. Both were or
the green with their seconds and
took two puts, although Won Elm's
second. a three. footer, wobbled q
bit before it fell in.
Jones showed that two could play
at the stymie business by rolling
his ball in front of Won Elm's on
Il the sixth green and q half in fives
| was the result. Won Elm's shot
| found the advantageous position,
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tried to play safe with a rTln-up
approach but the trap got him.
| He was on with his third while
Won Elm was well up to the pin
with his second George, however.
missed five.foot putt and then
Jones stymied him with an effort
to get down. Won Elm tried to
hop over 1t with q nibllck but
/ failed.
The incident seemed to upset
Won Elm and he lost the next two
holes. becoming 2 down. At the
green was inside Jones but the
coast entry's first was short with
his approach putt and then missed
a thre e.footer. getting 5 against
| Jones' par 4.
Bobby reached the eighth green
with his approach. ran a long putt
up dead and got a par 4. Won
Elm's second was waited into a
trap and his out only stopped
rolling when 1t reached the rough
fringe at the far edge of the green.
He was forced toNchip his putt and
got losing five.
Both sank good puts at the
ninth for a half in IS, after Bobby's
first putt stopped short and Won
Elm's overran the cup. Jones.
therefore. remained two up at the
| turn for home.
OF greater importance was the
/ fact that many crosse student OF
golfing form was willing to take
the short end Of any bet that Won
Elm win be the amateur champion
til.
i fall. The coast entry had plenty
he had the game to beat Jones and
were ready to express their thoughts
\ In terms Of regular, oblong dollars.
The short-enders based their tudg-
ment on the fact that Won Elm
has shown a fighting heart far
beyond the limits Of ordinary hui
man proportions in surviving one
test after another to reach the final
round of the tournament.
The further fact that Jones,
recognized as the greatest amateur
/ golfer in the world, has been unable
to win national amateur cham
pionship also has influenced the
boys to take flier on the long
shot.
One thing or another has kept
Bobby Jones ont Of an amateur
title ever since 1916 when he first
attracted national attention. Fate,
or whatever e is that decides
such issues, nlay intervene again
today In spite Of the fact that
Jones has played by long odds
the best golf of any man in the
tournament, Won Elm included.
\ With the regularity Of an
automaton Bobby has disposed OF
w J. Thompson, Of Toronto,
fcrmer Canadian amateur champion;
D. Clarke Corlkran, notwithstanding
lnedalist, and Rudy Knepper, former
scmi-finalist and the man who
front-ran Chick Evans dizzy in the
first round of the championship.
Yesterday, Bobby completed the
record by beating Francis Ouimet