Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-25
Jones Has Best Score.

Johnston .....4 5 8 4 5-37
Jones ......4 8 4 3 4-35
Jones Has Best Score.
Jones had the best score at the out
nine, despite a misadventure at the
first hole, where his drive mthe worst
of the eight initial wallops. was pulled
to the gallery, hitting a doctor on the
temple and knocking him out for a
time.
All the other leaders were even Is
to the first turn, while Legg and Held
took IS, Johnston 81 and Finlay 80.
1t was a perfect day for golf and large
galleries followed all four matches. the
bulk going with Jones and Johnston.
Johnston got in the woods and rough
on the tenth, while Bobby was straight
800 yards. Johnston's explosion from
a trap at the short eleventh was six
feet from the cup, but he could not
sink for a half. At the twelfth, 3S4
yards, Jones chip was six feet from
the cup and Calamity Jane" his put
ter. got him down, while Johnston's
approach from the rought was only
80 yards ahead of Bobby's drive and
he took 4.
Jones became up on Johnston
at the twelfth by taking the first
three holes of the second nine with
two pars and birdie, while Johnston
got a bad on the tenth owing to
traps, went one over par on the
short eleventh with a 4 and lost the
twelfth to a birdie.
Jones won the thirteenth and four.
tenth and was up on Johnston
Johnston won the fifteenth with a
birdie. the only way a hole could be
won from Jones. and cut his disadvan'
tage to z down when Jones found the
rough with his drive and could do no
better than par.
After halving the sixteenth in par 4,
Jones pitched to within three feet or
the cup on the seventeenth and won
with birdie 8 to be up again.
Mackenzie Takes Quick Lead.
Harry Legg was down to Mac
Kenzie on the first three holes, halv'
ing the first in a birdie and losing
the second with and the third to
birdie ..
Legg took a bad on the long
fourth TO be down to Mackenzie,
but won the short sixth with a par
when Mackenzie was not true with
his tee shot, to be 2 down.
Mackenzie was still 2 up on Legg
at the quarter post. Legg sinking a
25foot putt on the sloping ninth green
to keep the margin so low.
Legg's birdie 4 on the ninth gave
him 38 for the nine, while Mackenzie
took Sc, one above par, including
brides at the first and third. Their
out card:
Legg ,......... 1853 643 544-3S
Mackenzie ....... 352 544 535-36
Legg won the tenth hole, 419 yards,
with birdie 3, but dropped the short
eleventh when he got in a trap, and
was still down at the twelfth, which
was halved in par.
Leg Squares Match.
Mackenzie slipped on the thirteenth
and fourteenth, taking a pair OF 6s
and lost both holes to Legs pars,
which squared the match. They halved
the fifteenth in par.
Mackenzie and Legg were square
at the end Of the first IS holes.
Legg had to win the eighteenth with
a par to be even when they went to
luncheon. Each scored rs, Mac
Kenzie slipping to 40 on the second
nine, while the local star had 38 on
each nine.
Their card:
Legg-
In........ 4 5 S 4--3S-76
Mackenzie
In.......4 6 5-40--76
Chick Evans Starts Poorly.
Eddie Held won the first two holes
from Chick Evans, the first with a
birdie, where Chicks putt would not
go down, and the second with a par
when Evans took 3 puts. They
halved the third in par.
Evans equaled his match with Held
by winning the fifth with a birdie 3
and the sixth with a par 3, Held being
wide Of the green in trouble and TAX
ing on the 195-yarder.
Evans won the 232-yard eighth with
a fair 4, while Held took 5, and after
halving the long ninth in par Evans
was ! up at the first turn.
Evans being away on the treach'
erous ninth green barely missed the
25-foot putt and laid Held a half
stymie, which he Just missed curling
around. Evans was out in Sc. while
Held took SO. mostly due to his on
the eighth, where his tee shot was
under some trees and his second was
short In a trap.
The card:
Out
Evans ........4 5 3 5 4 4 5-36
Held ...3 3 5-3S