The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-27
BOB JONES TO
 MEET VON ELM Two Youths Win Semi Final Matches In Ma 4
 tional Amateur

ARDMORE, Pa, Sept. 26.-Yopth was served in large measure in the semi-final round of the national anna teur golf tournament today. George voT1 Elm of Los Angeles dethroned the champion, Max R. Marston, of Phila- delphia by 2 and 6, and Robert T. Jones, IT,, of Atlanta eliminated Fran cis' Ouimet of Boston, Il and 10. Either Jones or Won Elm will be- come champion as the. result of the final 36-hole round tomorrow. They have never met before in the national tournament.
 Jones, second in the qualifying round with score of IA, has had the more formidable foes to eliminate, Marston excepted. Won Elm, tied for eighth place in the qualifying list with a score of 150, has attracted attention all the week by the lowness of his. medal scores in match play, although Jones, with 73, had the better medal today by three strokes
 Bobby Is FavorIte
 Bobby is a great favorite with many to win the amateur title for the first time at the Merion Cricket club, where he made his debut in national competi- tion as little boy eight years ago.
 Others like the fighting qualities of the coast star. His butter has proved dangerous in a pinch. The element of ago, which, is quite factor in 36-hole match play strung out for a week, IS several years to the advantage of Jones.
 Possibly it was the physical and mental strain of ,protracted 36-hole matches that caused Francis Oulmet, former open and amateur champion, to suffer the worst defeat of his career to- day. Out of the 26 holes playes, he won two and halved eleven. Jones shot like the machine he is at his best. For 26 holes he took one over fouts, or two over par, on the rugged, heavily trap ped and watery course.
 Jones Superior
 Jones was superior ill every depart ment. equally in length and direction with woods and irons. At most holes it was drive, iron and two butts for par. He forgot he was playing a close friend and mighty match golfer and simply sought the par of every hole. He got it except in three cases, once when an approach with the right line n trifle strong, again when he hooked into bad trouble for the only time of the day and the third time when he missed a six-foot putt, the other occa- sion his butter never failed him Tn need. Only two of these errors caused him to lose holes.
 Ouimet, behind from the tee most of the time and often in the rough after hooks, was a trap shooter today. It was seldom that his approach shots did not land in the soft sand, which guards every carpet at Merton, and his recoveries were far from the ex- cellent variety of showed in the Walker cup tournament and in previous rounds this week.
 Good shot, Bobby your hole" Fran cis often remarked,
 Jones was in trap only once. He was eight up after the morning round. He had five one-putt greens all day and never took as many as three butts. He had three birdies, all in the after noon, and had chances for hirdies on 20 holes. Ouimet had only one three putt green, but lacked his usual skill at dropping long ones.
 Won Elm, who is a skilled boxer, waited for openings and then smashed through. Taking advantage of every slip of the champion save two, both of which resulted in halves, Won Elm was over par ten times in the remaining 30 holes of his match. Playing cooly. as if in stroke competition Won Elm never made two poor shots through the green in succession, while Marston, especially in the afternoon round, was timied with his irons.
 Breaks Divided
 The breaks of the day were divided. strangely enough on the same hole. On the eleventh hole Marston's second