Evening star., 1926-09-13
JONES IS LEADING
IN AMATEUR GOLF.
Plays Two Strokes Under
Par in First 18 of Quail
flying Round.

dlfflcult BaltuSrOl course IN ~, Two
strokes under par, in the nrst H.
hole round Of the qualification test
for the national amateur champion
ship.
SHORT HILLS. y. J., September l3.
Lauren Upson. former California
intercollegiate star. now making ms
home at Englewood, n. j., made 10
Cpson's card included a 6 on the
440-yard tenth. but he had three
brides and was steady throughout
the 1Shole route.
One stroke behind Upson were
Dexter Cummings and Ellsworth
Augustus. former city champion OF
Cleveland.
Sun Shines at Start.
A warm sun broke through the
clouds as Jack Westland OF Seattle,
| Wash, runner-up for the 1ntercoi-
| legiate championship two years ago
| and Edward S. Simpson of Boston
| led off.
Westland found trouble at the very
| outset, his screeching clout soaring
I out Of bounds. to the left OF the 1alr-
| way Simpson also got away to a
bad start his ball sicing to the rough.
| Roland Mackenzie of Washington, ID.
| c.. medaist Of the 1925 tournament,
| opened hts drive for the title more
| auspiciously, showing q 25o-yard siam
straight down the course. :.
Baltusrol and it's defiant network OF
| traps gave early indication of rebuff
| ing the morning starters. Heavy
green's. blanketed with an overnight
| dew. brought many an extra putt, and
Mackenzie was among the outstanding
stars to suffer.
| The brilliant young Walker cup
player. twice hooking into trouble,
! took extra strokes on the second and
| third holes and was 1 over par when
! he finished the fourth. He missed an
easy putt for birdie on the first and
| took a 5. He also had 5s on the
second and third, but escaped the
reacherous water hazard on the
| fourth to bring off a neat par 3.
Mackenzie Over Par.
Westland came home with a squirt
of brilliant golf to post the initial
| score. a 7S.
Mackenzie continued to hook his
drives and overshoot his puts during
| the remainder Of the first nine, re-
porting at the turn with 40, four
strokes over par.
| His only birdie came at the 321-yard
sixth, where he dropped 3O-footer
for a 8.
Jim Manion, the stout hearted little
st. Louis amateur, playing a round
with the former champion, Davy
| Heron negotiated the first nine in
even par Heron required five ad-
dtional strokes. turning in Al.
Manion's card contained brides on
| the first, fourth and seventh holes.
GuiIford Starts Well.
Jesse Guilford. the powerful-driv-
| ing Boston veteran, was away TO
| fying start on the first five holes,
covering the distance in l over par
figures. Eddie Wild, home club star,
and Dexter Cummings Of Chicago.
the former Intercollegiate champion,
also blazed away at a fast clip, the
latter reaching the sixth tee in l
over even fours.
Winding up with an ugly on the
home green, Mackenzie brought in an
erratic 81 for his round.
The youthful Washington player
drove into brook in the eighteenth
| His next thrust again struck the
water and curved into the rough. He
required to get on and then need
ed three puts to finish the hole.
Manion's home coming march was
| less consistent than his outgoing
|
his hopes. He also had pair of skies.
one at the fifteenth and another at the
seventeenth, finally turning in an 81.
Heron required an 81.
Jones OFF to Good Start.
Robhy Jones. the Georgia golf
! marvel got away to a flying start in
quest of his third national amateur
crown.
Two clever chips saved the cham
pion at the first and second greens.
! Robby's approach at the first was IN
long grass at the left, but he tossed
the ba within six feet of the cup and
| dropped the putt for par D.
Jones was also slightly short of the
second green, but again he dropped
his chip dead and sank his putt for
! 4. He was straight down the 1alr-
wav. on in two and took the conven-
| tional two puts to make his at the
third. -,
Playing machinelike golf. with
drives straight down the fairways and
approaches dead to the pin. Jones con-
tinued his parade to the sixth in par
| figures.
1000 Watch Jones.
| Bobby was on the edge of the green
| with his mashie niblick at the short
| fourth, his approach putt trimmed the
cup, robbing him of a birdie 2, and
| his second was down for par 3.
| The champion, following by gallery
of . 900 spectators, brought off a tre-
! mendous clout of $50 yards from the
| fifth tee to the left of the fairway.
| He was on again in ., 20 yards from
| the flag. and down in the usual two
puts. Jones again barely missed a
| birdie at the sixth, and had to be
contert with his par A.
Keeping even with par on the first
| five holes Of the incoming journey,
Bobby finally brought off his first
| birdie on the 400-yard fifteenth. After
a powerful drive his pitch overrar the
| cup, but he dropped a 9-foot putt for
a 3.
On the short sixteenth the cham
! pion almost scored in a single stroke.
| His iron shot ran directly to the hole,
| hesitated for an instant, then rolled
yards from the pin. He then trimmed
his cup with the second and was down
| in 3.
After playing the first nine in par
/ figures, Guilford came to grief on the
| long tenth, requiring two strokes
| tc dig his way out of trap. Finish
ing with a six, the Boston seige gun
| finally brought home an so.
Scores:
/ Jones Takes Par SO.
| Bobby Jones finished the first nine
holes in par &c. with regulation 1g-
| ures on every hole.
Bobby was just over the green with
fine drive and spoon shot on the
seventh. He Clipped II feet past the
pin and took his two puts for a
par 5.
Again Jones pitched past the flag
on the eighth after a long drive lad
carried him far down the center of
the fairway.
Two nuttS gave him q par A.