Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-11
BOBBY JONES Is
AMERICAN CHAMP
BY FINE SCORE

COLUMBUS, o., July 10.-Bobby
Jones of Atlanta, tonight is possessor
of every supreme golf title in the
world, an honor never before mantled
on any golfer, by winning the NIT
tional open championship at Scioto
club with a score of 293. He an
nexed his latest title before a record
crowd of $500, most of whom fol-
lowed the sturdy southerner through
his final So holes today. Good as
Jones score was for the gruelling
Scioto links he was only one stroke
ahead of Joe Turnesa of New York.
who had finished before Jones with
294 To overcome this score, Jones
shot one under par on te lasth nine,
finising amidst din of applause
with a birdie four on the 4SO yard
home hole.
After Jones had topped Turnesa
while all the other likely contenders
were still afield, the final stages of
the tourney resolved itsef into a
thrilling contest to determine whether
any one of these stars could over
haul the man who, as it proved, had
the title already tucked away with
the other trophies he has garnered
since he first sprang into the lime
light of golfdom by qualifying in
the national amateur at Philadelphia
in 1915, when only IA years old.
Among those who tried to beat
Bobby on the last round today was an
amateur, Chick Evans, who in the
year 1916, won the unique distinc-
tion of capturing the national open
and amateur golf titles in the same
year, and set record score of
286 for the open. But Chick failed
by several strokes, for he took n
70 for the last round and totaled
302.
Another who was possible win
ner during this race was Bill Mehl-
horn of Chicago, who led the field
the first day with record of 6S
to Jones 20 and again led the scc-
ond day with 143 while Bobby had
149 by virtue of a 79 on the second
round. But Mehlhorn fell of today,
taking rs in the morning and 20 i'll
the afterneonA for total of 297
whic htied him for third place. Mehl-
horn lost no the last nine as he was
even with Jones up to the home
stretch.
Mehlhorn tried valiantly, but took
seven on the long twelfth, where
he got enmeshed in the terrific rough
that has overcome such noted golf
ers as Jimes Barnes and Jock Hut
Gibson, who failed to qualify and
took seven. His task was almost
impossible then, when he got two
threes in a row only to fail by
going over par on the sixteenth and
getting no better than par on the
last two holes.
Another pursuer of the worlds
championship was Willie Hunter of
Los Angeles, who once was British
amateur champion, the only big title
Jones has failed to- win this far
by virtue Of a splendid IS
this morning, needed only a par 72
to tie Jones, but the best he could
do was 70 for a total of 300, which
landed him in eighth place.
Leo Diegel needed only II on
his last round to tie Bobby, and
took "A to tie with Mehlhorn for
third position. John Farrell also
needed a So, but got 7S to tie for
third. Gene Sarazen while he had
no chance to overhaul Jones, got
sweet TO- to share third place.
1t fell to Macdonald Smith of New
York, western open titleholder, to
make the best score of the day. He
burned up the course in the after
noon round With 68, eqaulling
record for the SIPS yard
links But Smith had taken mis-
cradle 80 for his first round, and
with rs in the last circuit could do
not better than SO1. He tied at this
mark with Dan Williams, Tommy
Armour and Willie Klein.
Tied with Evans at 3O2 were Al
Espinosa and Jack Forester, while
in tie for sixteenth place was
Jimmy Thompson of Richmond, Va.
who is only II years old. In spite
OF poor 50 on Friday, Young
thompson got a total of 306 scoring
73 and a today He shared that
score with no less personages than
Mike Brady, Laurie Ayton and
George Mclean. The former cham
plon, William McFarlanee of New
York, who won at Worcester last
year only after double tie, slumped
to an 81 on the last round for a
total of 307@ He started with a
par u, but got 70 on Friday and
was only fair with rs this after
noon. He tied with John Rogers,
Pittsburgh, for the last place among
the prize winners.