Evening star., 1925-06-05

sliced far into the rough at the right
HE came out long and was even with
Macfarlane on the fairway. The next
shot dropped 25 feet from the pin. His
hrst putt was off the line a foot from
the cup, but he sank the next for a g.
The Scotchmans drive on the fif-
teenth was down the middle A bras
sic shot stopped 20 yards from the
green. His third was feet from the
pin His first putt was inches
short, but his next dropped in.
Jones drive in the sixteenth was the
longest of the day. 1t Travelled fully
| 800 yards. The second was Just over
the edge of the green. and landing
there it rolled over. His third over.
ran the hole by 20 feet. His putt was
a foot short, and he got a on this
| par hole.
Macfarlane's drive fell only 10 yards
short of Jones' He pitched to the
edge of the green, so feet from the
! pin, and then putted to within two
him par and put him ahead,
| Sc to 81.
Jones Ties 1t Up.
| Jones, shooting a birdie on the
long seventeenth, on which Mac
farlane took a 5, again tied with
| the New York State Scotsman, at II
the champion In his hands at the
| home green, as his pitch from over
the rise landed close to the pin Jones,
with much better drive, dropped his
ball 80 feet away and went down in
| two puts.
| Then it was up to the professional,
whose putting had been true for the
greater part of the round He took
little time in lining it up and delivered
a short tap which rolled the ball wide
and little short, about three inches
from the pin.
81 Finish Play.
From a two-day tournament with
| a torrid sun beating on the course
of the Worcester Country Club Jones
and Macfarlane emerged with the
best scores of 81 star players from
all parts of the country. Sixty-four
finished the 72 holes with scores rang
| ing as high as $40. Twenty-seven
dropped out when high early rounds
put them out of the running. Five
others, made eligible for the compe.
tition by three sectional qualifying
rounds. did not start.
| The best fnishers include two anna
teurs, each of whom has won the
open and amateur crowns in the
past-Jones and his close friend,
Francis Ouimet of Boston, W. was
threat for the title to the last
Macfarlane Gets $500.
AS the result of getting in the play
| on, Macfarlane was assured of the
$500 cash that goes to the winner.
Jones, being an amateur, will receive
| trophy, as will Ouimet, who tied
| professional for second place. Seven
| other money prizes, running down to
| $50, will go to Farrell, Sarazen. Hagen.
Brady, Diegel, Espinosa and Ayton.
| Bill Mehlhorn of Chicago, whose 1877
led the country's qualifiers, was well
| outside the money with 800.
Jones this morning was a favorite
Tor the title again. especially since he
won his first open crown two year
ago at Inwood after a play-off with
| another Scot, Bobby Cruickshank. In
addition, the present tournament con.
hrms the opinion of many a player
, and follower of the game that Jones
is the worlds greatest golfer.
Has Great Record.
| In the last four national open tour.
naments. with the best players in the
world competing, his order of finish
mas been 2-1-2 and q tie for first
place. And this feat has been ac.
complished by a young man who
plays for love of the game without
monetary reward, direct or indirect.
His average score per hole since he
began to compete for the title as a
youth has been lower than that of
| anybody else.
And now, even with business cares
as an Atlanta realtor and the pleas.
ures and troubles of being a daddy
he seems certain to be a great factor
in championship competition for
| years.
! Youth is with him. He is % and
Macfarlane So. Born in Aberdeen
the tall bespectacled Scot has been
in the United States 16 years. After
serving as private instructor for
Daniel Guggenheim and Otto H
Kahn he was professional at the Sub
urban Club, Baltimore, Hudson
River, in the New York district, and
Oakridge, where he has been four
years. Until this tournament he had
not competed in national title event
for four years and then he finished
in the money.
Even Jones' followers admitted Il
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