The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-27
Jones VICTOR;
GUM OUT
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perienced opponent played steady
consistent gOlf, waiting for the
youthful briIliancy to break down,
which IL never did.
Jones had no less than five
brides In the first nine, while
Harris played seven 0f the nine
holes III par. There % the ans
sWer. Harris did not crack. He
played his usual beautiful game,
but Il could not meet the remark
all display Of the American cham
Jones won the first hole with a
birdie three, while Harris regis
tered par four. Jones won the
second hole with q par four. while
Harris went one over par for q
five. The third was Jones' with a
birdie three, Harris holding out a
oar four Harris won the fourth
with a par four. while Jones' had
The riS AmeFIcan won the fifth and
sixth with successive birdie tours.
Harris being unable to do better
than par flves. At the seventh
Jones sunk par three and Harris
was one over par for q four. Harris
had a Per five at the eighth, but
Jones had q win with q birdie four.
The ninth was halved IN par lives.
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Jones victory makes him ne
favorite Tor the British amateur
channpionship. for Harris had been
held out AZ the best British hope.
While Jones WAS winning his
victory. his oIlowykownsmaHl, youth.
fui Watts Gum, was being elm
mated by w. @. BFOwnlcw. three
Jesse sweetser, the former Aaneri-
can champion, won his match
against 9. Cave. three and one.
The sixth round Of the tourTia-
uaent starts tomorrow with two
Americans, Jones and Eweetser, In
separate halves. The probabilities
81 both Of these men entering the
senli.flnals are great, and 1t would
not be surprising 70 many here y
there should be an AlI-Amertcan
The Gunn.Brownlcw match was
q hard.fought battle tor the first
nine holes.
The first hole was squared in
SIS, which was one over par. me
next two holes were haived in par
a. BrownIow took the lead on the
fourth with par 2, while Gum
collected 5, The fifth and sixth
holes were halved In par Be. The
sevanth. was haived In par 3. The
eighth hole saw BrOwniCw sinking
an eagle 3, which gave him the hole
over Gums birdie 4. Gum played
the ninth In par s and won one
hole back. for Rrcwnlow took 8.
The cards out follow
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making fourth round early today,
is survivors remained In the run.
ming and three Of them were Amer
leans, namely, Bobby Jones, Watts
Gum and Jesse Sweetser. OF the
original 20 American starters. only
five remained at the start Of the
round. and two OF these, Jesse Gull.
ford and Grant Peacock, went right
out.
GuIleord died on the home green
after a hand.to-hand battle with o.
G. Bristowe. Of England. losing by
up. Peacock was beaten by
another Briton, W. Brownlow.
However. Jones, Gum and Sweet.
ser won impresstVely ana w1thal
easily. Bobby was In q golfing mood
and simply romped all over J. Birnte,
one Of England's topnotchers, to
win by up and 6 to play. '5unn.
playing sensationally, took four of
the first five holes from Seymour
Noon and the rest was q procession,
Gum winning by five and three.
Sweetser beat j. D. Mccormack,
four and three. and had the match
well in hand at all times.
Gum played remarkable golf and
was out In one under par, even
| though he was bunkered at the
sixth. At the ninth he pulled his
drive, and sent his second chip shot
into q bunker and was short Of the
green with his third. When he took
three puts. This was his only dis.
astrous hole on the outward
journey.