Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-25

for the final 36-hole play. There
was bright sunshine and only a gentle
breeze behind the players.
Jones got off to a bad start. requir-
ing 81 for the first nine holes. On
one of the notes.-the 343-yard par
| fourth--he required 6 to sink his
putt.
Bobby was short OF the green on
| the first, but Clipped within two feet
of the pin and had a par 8. lie made
| a bold bid for q birdie on the sec
ond, his 15-foot putt barely missing
the cup. His bunker troubles started
on the third hole. His second shot.
an iron, was bunkered. He blasted
out the ball. however. and was down
In two puts for a par 5.
The Georgia boys bad fourth began
with a good tee shot. His second shot
up the line pulled round to the left
and the ball dropped into a trap.
Bobby blasted it out. but, not taking
sufficient sand and with entirely too
much force behind the ball, failed to
clear over the narrow neck of the
green and landed in the tall grass Is
yards away.
His fourth shot was weak and the
ball rested upon the short grass a foot
off the green. From there Jones was
in in two puts.
Gets Birdie on Fifth.
Bobby putted for birdie two on
the short fifth, his ball trimming the
cup. His second shot to the PREACHER
Gus sixth hole. which is surrounded
by traps. was played gamely. Again
he putted for a birdie three, but re-
quired a four to get in.
At the fourth, which was so costly
% hot
also bunkered. AL scooped it out and
was within inches of the cup for an
easy four. Continuing his steadiness.
he turned at the ninth with a 33
against his Georgia partners 81,
Bill Mehlhorn, like Jones, found
trouble early. AT the sixth hole he
had q six, one stroke worse than
Bobby. Mehlhorn drove beautifully.
Poor second shots were his chief diff
Guilty. At the fourth he pulled his
second into a bunker and recovered
poorly. A trap cost him four at short
fifth. Another pit caught his second.
He made an excellent recovery, but
missed a two-yarder for the par four
figure.
Hagen Misses Short Putt.
Hagen. like Melhorn and Jones, was
sorely tried during the first five
holes, but nevertheless got even As.
His first was a regulation 8. At the
second he Clipped dead for 4. The
third cost him 5. His second
shot went down a steep bank beyond
the green. He Clipped back success
fully. but missed a 3.yard putt. 1t
seemed that the fourth might cost
Hagen a s. like Jones, when he
pushed his drive out into the rough
at the left and his second went into
a trap, but with beautiful recovery
he laid the ball 2 yards from the
pin. He missed the putt. taking a 5.
On the short fifth Hagen's long
putt, for birdie Q stopped on the
brink Of the cup. He steadied
splendidly and took an easy par 4
from the tightly bunkered sixth
after his iron had overrun the slick
green. This was followed by q birdie
4 on the long seventh. His brassie
shot came to rest on top of a mound
to the right of the green, from which
he Clipped to within feet Of the
flag and then sank the putt.
On the eighth he was again putt
ing for a birdie. but missed and took
a 4. The ninth was an easy par g.
He reached the turn in IS.
Jones Misses Five Puts.
Bobby Jones tried his hardest to
bring in his third 72 this morning,
but missed 1t by a single stroke. He
needed only one birdie coming home
to turn the trick, but couldn't make
1t.
After his shaky start. It was
perverse puts slipping past the cup.
L a yv1iG
long, which Is nothing against an
ordinary golflng mortal, but showed
that Bobby was playing without
inspiration.
Fred Mcleod started brilliantly
only to slump before the turn. After
string Of par figures, he entered
the outward journey weakly with
6-5-4. He Clipped too strongly at
the seventh and went over the green
into a bunker. He pulled in to the
rough from the eighth tee and was
bunkered in front of the green at
the short ninth. A and a on the
76 for g. total of 222, or seven strokes
behind the leader.
Watrous Plays COurageously.
Watrous played the home hole
courageously. His drive was bunk
cred. Then his second scared high
and dropped into another sand pit,
hole high but left of the green.
Jones pumped his perfect second
a few feet from the hole and it rolled
IS feet beyond to the top of a slight
mound in the green. The putt was
a difficult one. Bobby surveyed it as
calmly as II it were nothing but an
everyday practice round he was play
ing. He tapped a little too gently.
and the ball stopped two feet short
Of the cup. He walked up and sank it,
When he looked up he found
Watrous' hand extended in con-
graduation.
Jones slipped quietly away from
the crowd as soon as the autograph
enthusiasts would let him and went
to the clubhouse. There he rested
while friends who had travelled with
him from the United States stood on
the second floor gallery and with field
glasses surveyed the great golfing
plain. In the distance marched
Walter Hagen and his army, striving
| vainly to score the II needed to win
over Bobby.
! Hagen tried valiantly, but could
do no better than a 76. to tie with
! George Won Elm, Los Angeles anna i
! teur, for third place.
/ Among the scores were:
! Bobby Jones, 72-72--73-74-291.
AL Watrous, 71-75-69-7S-293
George Won Elm (American), 75-
! 72-76-72-295.
Walter Hagen, 67-77-74-76-295.
| Joe Kirkwood (Americanh S1-76-
| 78-75-310.
Emmett French (American), 70
75-74-7S-303.
| George Duncan, 75-79-SO-74-30S
| Abe Mitchell, 7S-7s-72-71-299.
Fred Mcleod (American). 71-75-
| 7G-79-301.