The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-09
BOBBY JONES
is FAV0RITE
IN OPEN MEET
Will Play at Oakmont, Rated
as One Of SpOrtiest Courses
in United States
BY JIMMY POWERS


mont-what stirring memories are
revived at mention of it's name!
Over this oak-studded, hilly battle
ground American sports history has
been made. This June another av-
alanche Of ronZefaced, tight-lipped,
stout-muscled athletes will descend
to duel anew for the premier honor
of the sport--thc u. S. open golf
championship.
There will be Bobby Jones, the
same genial, smiling Bobby who tore
through the final nine holes of
Scioto's bakeoyen acres last summer
to nose out lanky Joe Turnesa for
the title.
Heron Barred Path
1t was back in 1919 that the dimin-
utivc Bobby standing on the thresh-
hold of fame found his path stymied
by the rotund Davey Heron, who
trimmed Jones neatly and then re-
tired to learn the steel business and
hasn't made much of splash in the
golf world since.
F, But this same Oakmont of the.
cruel, corrugated traps and the far
flung distances was fated to be the
scene Of Bobby's successful defense
Of the amateur title in 1925. The
crown he first tried on at Merton
| fitted him more perfectly at Oak
mont.
Oakmont is about as long as the
law allows and about as hard as in
land courses come. Offhand this
writer cannot recall any layout with
"a more wicked collection of traps.
They actually leer ut one in serrled
. rows from tee to tee.
/ FOwnes Is Responsible
| Bill Fownes is responsible for them.
1t was crafty Bill who originated the
ficndish system of raking the sand
into deep concentric circles. Once
your ball lodges in one of these min
iature chasms you might just as we'll
reach for niblick and be content
merely to escape. There is no taking
an iron and banging out l5O-yard
recovery.
= Those marcelled traps, mute evil
dence of mans inhumanity to man.
always stir up bitter controversy
You will hear it again this year.
They reduce 4 star and dub to Z
. common level" unlucky pros assert.
when a man is trapped he should
lose stroke" comes back the
! Fownes retort.
Will BE Worthwhile
The oakmont meeting will be rich
in the clash Of colorful personalities
1t will be worth many whiff Of
: Pittsburgh smoke to watch.
D Not since burly Ted Ray, familiar
D briar clenched between his teeth
4; crashed through at Inverness in 1920
has a representative of Great Britain
lwon the United States open. NJ
= wonder the Britons are coming will
! blood in their eyes. The tautly-keye.
8 George Duncan, who wastes not
J. minute; the pOrtly Arthur Havers
built like brawny blond grenadier
;, the imam without country" Archie
! Compston-all will be massed to EN-
Y battle our home-bred favorites, Bob
l by Jones, the ever dangerous Waite
Hagen, the lean Joey Turnesa, who's
erratic finish robbed him of tn
;, great honor last season; wee Bobb,
!. Cruickshank, who, although born il
! Edinburgh now claims America a
his home, and many others.
Bobby Looks Best
! Of the whole lot, Bobby Jones, O
- course, looks the best. No man ca
win the British open and the Ameri
can open titles in the same year an
: not be considered a great golfer.
= But international competition al
2 ways adds zest to any sport and tina
is one big advantage Oakmont viii
have over Scioto. Ted Ray, Georg
e Duncan, Audrey Boomer, presen
French and Belgian open champion
Charley Whitcombe, George Cad
= and Fred Robson automatically be
:. . come the common enemy of tn
= Stars and Stripes.
= Aside from Jones, who is the out
standing favorite, America had
goodly battery of men, granting qua
ification, of the ilk of Turnes;
= Cruickshank, Farrell, Golden, Barne
. Macdonald Smith, Diegel, Hagel
: Sarazen, not to mention our am;
u tours, Gum, Voight, Sweetster-a
;" of them, it may quite seriously b
written, have displayed at some tim
= or other, the necessary brand of go
q required Of potential open chan
q pion.