Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-09

| rushed Through hole after hole In bet.
ter than par hgares. And when Hagen
turned in his usual first round, Is.
the crowd swung from the eyetfilling
figure OF the American professional
champion to the even more colorfui
figure Of the newly crowned British
open champion, Bobby Jones.
They saw Bobby In scoring mood
that was far from fiawlesA. round
Of golf that came hard; yet Bobby,
even though the hrealrs don't come
his way, b stiH Bobby Jones. And
his 20 l6ft him in just the right spot,
shots back Of the leader with three
rounds to go. He 10 still the outstand-
Ing fRvofite. and should be an even
greater fAv0Fite. In the spots he u in
as the second round runs through to
It's ciimaK.
Leader WAll Pressed.
Others may fade and score up
around n or 70. but Bobby just does
not do those things. Every year he
seems to get more mechanically per-
feet, II that il at all possible. and
where others skid and slip through a.
bad round Jones Just doesn't have
them. II he goes over u on this
coursey wkDrN Hutchigon, Macdonald
Smith, Harry Cooper, Tommy Armour
and o4her etarn have failed. n VIII
surprise him even more than those
who have followed the Jones fortunes
over many years.
And yet golf Is golf. and nothing is
certain in this most irrational Of
games. For where JUNIOR tied with
Jones for second place. Joe Turnesa'
cago romped In yesterday with Ills.
and quartet Of others were bracket.
ed at 72. not too far back by any
means to shoot q hot round that VIII
put them In the van. At this nGuFO
there were Pat Doyle. Leo Diegel, Dan
Williams Of Shackamaxon and While
Macfarlane. the tall American open
champion defending his title gameiy
and well.
Macfariane Of New York. the tall,
Scot who outlasted Bob Jones over an
elongated play-on at Worcester last
year. Is In a great place for a rush
to the front with the same spirit he
showed last year TO come through to
getting his putting in hand: Hagen,
the fighter, in q fiIle position 5 shots
back OF Mehlhorn, and this unknown
JUNIOR. He may last and he may not.
No one knows much about him. -
yetssse 6t1ES E1M ~ WuyhAu0s
The usual toll OF championship nrst
rounds was taken early yesterday, and
today Light Horse Harry Cooper, the
D,Artagnar from Kansas City with ]
the quick thrust OF d rapieElflEN
game. winner Of the $4,000 California
open last Winter; Macdonald Smith.
Jock Hutchinson or Chicago. fefmer
British open champion; Jim Barnes,
Mike Brady and others bem0an the
unkind fate that virtually put them
out Of the charnpi onship almost be-
fore II started. *
Cooper crashed through with an 81.
utterly unable 20 control his long iron
shots. while HutchIson was all over
this goh course. which does not allow
IT'S are too fAr back, while Tommy
Arnnour,s 81 makes him an almost im-
possible long shot. Mac Smith Is out
Tom took far. far teo many puts
yesterday, the magic IN the blade aof
the ko0ee- neclEed club he uses tempo
rarity forsaking the Congressional
pro. He started with q pair OF 6s, /
got q pair or % on the third. another
s, this time on the paris fourth;
hooked q wild tee shot to take Is
at the NTH and finally struggled out
in Al, again missing q 20.footer by q
hair for q deuce ct the ninth.
He started back with q trio OF -,
then ran into 6 at the trick thirteenth, 1.
got down his sflfsk putt or the day
at the seventeenth Tor deuce 4nd
finished with q I, 70 Set hack Ia 49,
q dolefuI score for the man who made
q IS in practice % hours previously.
Mcleod Does Wen.
Where Armour was Wild ana failed,
to recover, McLeod'a slight lapeee
from grace did him little harm. For
he was one under % through the,
fourth. hooked q wild one behind d
tree &C the fifth, but GOT . s; took an.
other Ut the sixth, hooked another
one ct the seventh. but got out with ..
par {, and finished with & birdie and
q par 3. to get out In 36.
Something's abort roll OF the green
or q worm cast-kept Fred from q 2
81 the short ninth. for no putt ever