New Britain herald., 1926-07-12
JONES DISPLAYS
 FIGHTING HEART
Shows Spirit That Made Him
 Champ, iE Comeback

! New York July 12 CP - Robert
 Tyre Jones, Jr., of Atlanta, has be- come a man of steel-and of irons
 And he is the worlds greatest golfer because he wanted to have some fun"
 Only a few days ago there arrived from Europe a youngster worn by the rigors of a long siege of golf in which he acquired the British open title. He admitted that he was tired and asserted that he would go forth to the American championship at Columbus to have some fun"
 To Columbus he went and for d time there was lot Of fun. A 70 the first round-Ah, that was great Mehlhorn who used to sit in trees land coach the players down in the Isouthlands during the winter had a I6S. Everybody including Bobby, was having a good time.
 Then came another day and an- other round to play. with Jones going the course laughingly, putting @ cigarette here and there, smack ing the little ball hither and yon, once in a while invading the tall and thick grass. It was all in fun Iuntil---
 Bobby Jones. American amateur and British open champion, report ed that second day with a 79 the worst round he had known in cham pionship play. For a time the Jones smile vanished-let's see. his father was present and was he the Jonah? And did his refusal to kiss his wife for the benefit Of the camermen in New York have anything to do with it? Something was radically wrong somewhere.
 Suddenly the fun went out of the thing. It seemed that somebody was being serious while the rest of the boys had a good time, There was no fun in and nothing funny about q 79.
 A new Bobby appeared on the links the final day. No longer was he 'golfed out" tired of the game that had given him fame. He bent to the task at hand, playing the same strong game that had carried him through before.
 But starting the final nine there was another player four strokes ahead, a lead that seemed insur- mountable, flor a 30 going home was necessary to win. Bobby knew what he had to do and for the first time made known to the golfing world that he had the "lighting heart" the dogged will of the seemingly beaten man to give battle,
 There came the last hole, par five. Par would tie. a birdie would win. A terrific belt of 300 yards came from the Jones driver and the ball fell just inside the rough. The next shot would decide. Bobby se- lected a mashie iron for the iS0 yard lift to the green.
 Many had claimed that the At lantan's prowess lay in his woods and butter, but that deciding shot al scioto sped on a line for the flag and reached home and he narrowly miss ed his first putt for an eagle three,
 For the first time in my golfing life l am satisfied with this round C. golf" he said.
 Before Scioto Jones had been re- garded without, equal as a stylist and shot maker and now he has made himself the golfer Complete-With the lighting heart
 Bernard Darwin of the London Times wrote after Jones victory in the British championships:
 "The admirers of other genera tions will not, I hope, quarrel seri- ously with the opinion that no great | CT and no more accomplished golfer has ever won a British champion ship l do not think, even though . he won. that he was seen at his best. and I felt almost sure that in with his game. He sets himself Il terribly high standard. and he did . not quite live up to it, but he play ed well enough to beat everybody ] else. and he is the best golfer in the world today"
 Bobby now is in his Atlanta home and will attend to the business which has been q secondary matter so long. But he will come mp from the south once again in September 10 defend at Baltusrol the title that he has held for the past two years