Evening star., 1925-09-06

As, ending the twelfth up on Jones
Then came the avalanche. Gum
began hooking his tee shots, while
Jones tightened up his game and the
inevitable end rounded into sight.
Ending the morning round up on
Gum, Jones rang up two successive
brides on the first and second of the
afternoon route to become UP. Then
Gum played the next two holes in
brides to win them both, holing from
a bunker at the third. And Jones
scored a birdie on the fifth. Against
such golf Gum fought with all the
courage of the fighting heart that
crushed Jess Sweetser, but nothing
availed against the steadiness of
Jones. When Bobby needed a squirt
he frightened up and Gum did not
have the shots to match the cham
pion.
Five up at the fifth in the after
noon, where he laid g. niblic shot
alongside the pin, Jones took three
puts at the sixth to give Gum a
half where the 19-year-old challenger
was trapped. Jones found a trap
short of the seventh green and even
though Gum also was trapped, he
won the hole with a sparkling 10-Soot
putt. But Jones got back the lost
hole at the eighth, where a chip shot
from the rough almost holed. with
Gum trapped.
Gum Again Lands In Trap.
And Jones won the ninth or twenty
seventh of the match with a par S
when Gum again was trapped at the
left, where his hooked wooden shots
had him all afternoon.
The inevitable end was in sight for
Jones, 6 up and 9 to play won the
tenth with another par 4 when Gum
again was trapped at the left of the
green. Now Jones was z up and s to
go and again Gum hooped into a.
trap. Safely out in 2. his third shot
went into another bunker. His fourth
was on the green, while Jones mashie
second also was on. Jones putted to
within a foot and after Gum made
a valiant bid for his 5, he conceded
Jones the putt, wrapped his arms
around Bob's neck and congratulated
him.
The greatest amateur golfer In the
United States again was the cham
pion, the victor over the sensational
kid who had accomplished the i'm
possible.
the first 18 holes, matching Gum shot
for shot, lettering his pitch shots and
outranging him from the tee, Jones
finished the first Is holes up on his
Atlanta rival. For the first IL holes
Gum played the same inspired brand
OF golf he loosed against Sweetser,
smothering Jones under an avalanche
or arrow tee shots, great pitches and
accurate puts. Then the Gum game
began to go awry, and Jones. break
ing through the superb defense of
young Watts, picked up the thir-
teenth, fourteenth. fifteenth, seven
Gunn Starts Hooking Again.
Unbeatable for II holes, Gum began
hooking his tee shots at the thir-
teenth, while Jones' game became
more steady. Over the last six holes
Jones was two under par and four
under level As, while Gum was two
over As for the same distance. At
the twelfth 1t looked as II Gum was
to go into the lead of two holes, but
Jones holed a sloping 10-foot putt for
a half after a fine recovery from a
bunker.
Gum reached the turn In 35, win
ming the ninth to become ! UP on
Jones, when the latter took three
puts on the expansive ninth green.
Ihey naQ prayed BnoJ 1Or SnOL over
the first three holes, halving them all
in par As. The first break came on
the long fourth, 536 yards, where
Gum laid his iron second shot within
10 feet of the hole and sank the putt
for an eagle 8.
Jones game right back with a birdie
8 to win-the fifth and Won the sixth
when Gunn took three puts, but
Gum annexed the seventh when
Jones was trapped, only to lose the
eighth to birdie by Gum. The
sensational Gum won the tenth when
Jones chipped 10 feet past the hole
and failed to sink his return putt. hit
the cup at the eleventh for another
birdie 8 and had the long twelfth In
the bag until Bob sank a 10-footer for
a. half.
Jones won the short thirteenth with
a par 8. the fourteenth with a birdie
8. the fifteenth with a par 4, halved
the sixteenth in 3, and won the seven
teenth with a birdie 3 and the eight
eenth with a par 4.