Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

was even with Jones up to the home
stretch.
Mehlhorn tried valiantly. but took
on the long twelfth. where he got
enmassed in the terrific rough that
has ovsrco1ne such notad golfers as
/ Jim Barnes and Jock Hutchis0gs VINO
failed to quality. His task was almost
impossible then, when he got two 80
in row only to fail by going one over
par on the sixteenth and getting no
better than par on the last two holes.
Hunter Also . Pursher.
Another pursuer Of the world
champion was WilIie Hunter Of Los
Angeles, who once was British anna
teur champion, the only big title
| Jones has failed to win thus Tar.
! Hunter, by virtue OF g. splendid SO
this morning needed only q par 72
to tie Jones, but the best he could do
was 10 for total Of 800, which
landed him In eighth place.
Still more redoubtable was Walter
Hagen, but the former champion
needed 60 to turn the trick as the
brides would not enter his net, 20 he
took ~ for 398 to win seventh place.
Leo Diegel needed only q IL on his
Hast round to tie Bobby, and took "a
to tie with Melhorn for third posi-
ton.
John Farrell also needed 50. but
got 73 to tie for third. Gene Sarazen,
while he had no chance to overhaul
Jones. got a sweet 10 to share third
place.
And ali the time these stars were
struggling over the links, Bobby, al
most surfeited with honors, calmly
i sat in the clubhouse. awaiting the
Il <xv.fxy xrrtanva pra afdQ11f
1 Fownes OF the United States Golf As
sOciatiOn presented the championship
cup that the genial champion stepped
/ into q massed circle OF adrniring
humanity amid the plaudits due a
1 hero. His only. speech OF acceptance
was q modest thank you. !"
Mac Smith. Ties Record.
It fell to MacDo donald smith OF New
L York. Western open titleholder, TO
make the best score of the day He
burned Up the course in the afternoon
round with a So, eQuailing Melhorn' 8
record for the B.726-yard links. But
Smith had taken e. miserable 81 for
| his first round, and with. rs in the
last circuit could do not bes3~ than
SOL. He tied at this marx with Dan
Williams, Tony Armour and Willie
| Klein.
Tied with Evans at 3o2 were Al
Espinosa and Jack Forester, while
| in q tie for sixteenth place was Jim
my Thompson Of Richmond, Va, who
| is only II years old. In spite of
poor 80 Friday, young Thompson got
q total Of BOG, scoring 20 and "a to-
| day. He shared that score with no
less personages than Mike Brady.
Laurie Ayton and George Mclean.
| The former champion, Willie Mac-
| Farlane Of New York, who won at
| Worcester last year only after dou-
| BILE tie, slumped to an 81 on the last
round for q total Of 307. He started
with par ~, but got 70 on friday
and was only fair with a rs this af-
ternoon. He tied with John Rogers
| OF Pittsburgh for last place among
the prize winners.
No Particular Upsets.
There were no particular upsets. ex-
cent the elimination Of some stars in
the first two rounds. Bobby Cruick-
shank, who also once tied with Jones
| for this title, was expected to do bet
| ter than his 31S, and Cyril walker,
formerly champion, had been looked
to for q better score than 321. But
they never got going.
| John JUNIOR OF Portland. Greg,
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staItleo the eAperts Wiz a. =. ~ -, IA ~. 80
nrst rouno, siunpeo 70 cv IA ~ -, 80
ond ana TOOK TWO e4s touslys toeaili.s
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Keete Carter OF OKianoma SIly,
during the second round after taking
4b on the nrst nine.
Jones Admits Staleness.
| Tomas had to work harder for this
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