Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
BUT 2 SHOTS FROM LEAD
AFTER A PAR-BREAKINC Il
Congressional Club Pro Enters Concluding 36-Hole
Grind Training Only Johnston and Sarazen.
Hagen and Jones Continue Factors.

the Congressional Country Club will
be celebrating an Armour victory
Another touch today of the magic that
brought Tom three successive brides
at the third. fourth and fifth yester-
day will win the championship for
| him. He is due and has grand
! chance.
Ralph Beach of Burning Tree, the
/ other Washington entrant, had an
other disappointing rounds this
/ time. for a total of 10. He is out of
! the tournament today, for only the
| first 60 scores and ties competed in the
| final two rounds over the last day,
and the pace has been hot.
Bob Jones is not out OF it, by any
means. He started the final day six
shots behind the flying Johnston
two amateurs who have Il grand
chance to win Six shots would not
mean anything to Bobby over SO holes
il he was hitting his shots as he has
in other championships. But some
thing is lacking here at Oakmont.
Bob seems to be annoyed by the gal
lery, he is not putting well. and alto
gether his game is not the game of
old. He had q ragged round Tuesday
and poor round yesterday. But a
pair of RS today should bring him
close. And he is capable of it.
Yesterday he added a II to his &c
of the day before and is in q position
that will permit of no wasted shots
of any description. He got through
a rough hole Yesterday at the fifth
where his tee shot was buried in sand
in a bunker. and he didn't get out
with his second shot One hundred
and seventy yards away Bobby played
a fine shot to the green and holad
45-foot putt for a par 4 when it looked
as if the best he could do was S and
possibly a 6. He started back badly
on the second nine after getting out
in SO, taking 5, 5, 6 for the first three
holes of the nine, and then settled
down to real golf, breezing back in 3S.
British Invaders Through.
The British invaders are practically
out of it, with Archie Compston the
only remaining threat. Compston is
bracketed with Bob Jones at 1913, but
it is too far back for the Manchester
giant. He hasn't the brilliance to
come through. Ted Ray added an So
yesterday to his 76 OF the day before
and is a total loss for the champion
ship. The others are out Of il.
Aubrey Boomer redeemed
in some measure with 70
yesterday.
Mike Brady did the almost unbe-
lievable yesterday in two ways. In
the first place, Mike holed a mashie |
shot for an eagle two at the 363-yard |
second hole, and. in the next place, |
this astounding piece |
of luck, he took 81 blows to complete |
his circuit of the Oakmont course. |
When any golf course costs Brady 81 |
it must be tough.
: Al WatrOus Of Grand Rapids. run
ner up to Jones in the British open
last year, nearly scored an ace on |
the 222-yard eighth hole. His tee shot |
hit the pin and brought up eight |
inches past. But deuce looks good |
on the same hole where Bob Jones |
took a 5. For here Jones put his tee
shot in the rough over the green and |
took to get down, taking strokes
after getting on the putting :,urface.
Sam Graham, the Pittsburgh cop
who was pinched for speeding in East |
Potomac Park four years ago and is
a public links player of some national |
note, is guarding the door at the |
Oakmont clubhouse. Sam is one of q |
group Of public links players who |
competed in the national municipal |
links championship at Washington |
four years ago. The two MacAndrew |
brothers from Chicago, John Dawson
of Chicago and two or three others
who played well on the Washington
public links also are here.
Tommy Armour's fine round was
by small group of Wash
ingtonians who journeyed to Pitts
Ourgh to watch their fellow Capitalize
compete for the big prize The two
Careys Of Bannockburn, father and |
son, watched Tommy's par-shattering
effort, along with Clyde Asher of
Columbia and Congressional and Sher-
man Ford of Chevy Chase.
Toms card, with par for the course, |
follows: