Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
| PITTSBURGH, June 13.-Those
who believe Bobby Jones will capture
his third American open golf title at
Oakmont this week today pointed to
his sensational recovery from recent
doldrums as basis for their belief.
Playing at the top of his game, the
defending champion yesterday covered
the hazardous Oakmont course in 90.
That score, three below par on the re-
modelled course, has been equaled by
only one other, and bettered by none.
! Aubrey Boomer, member OF the Brit
ish Ryder Cup team entered in the
tournament, was that other.
| There is stiff opposition ranged
against Jones in his effort to retain
| the title he now holds. Six former
champions are entered in the contest,
and there is besides threat from the
British team and others Of the field of
| $50 players also.
Starts Tomorrow Morning.
| Walter Hagen, American profess
sional champion, Jim Barnes, Chic
Evans, Willie Mcfarland, Gene Sara.
zen and Ted Ray, captain of the Brit
| ish team, are in the van of the attack.
But jostling them for positions are
such players as Bobby Cruickshank.
IL,
| Tommy Armour and others. And none
has been notably off form.
| Play for the open title opens at $3.50
| tomorrow morning. Eighteen holes
will be run off Tuesday and Wednes.
day and the 81 low scorers of these
| two rounds will play the final SO holes
on Thursday The low scorer of the
three days play will be awarded the
title.
But those who have played the re-
| modelled championship course within
the last few days agree it will not be
as easy as it sounds.
The Oakmont course is $685. yards
long. It is chock full Of traps and
| bunkers and has an almost constant
cross wind. It's admirers gleefully eX-
plain it rewards every good shot and
Furnishes for every error. And today
the course was reported in PRACTICAL
ly perfect condition for the match.
Jones, who was weak on his first
appearance on the Oakmont course,
made his record score yesterday in a
foursome with Watts Gum against
Sarazen and Emil Loefler. Had he
not overestimated the force of the
| cross wind at one hole he might have
| made course record. AS it was he
led the day. Gum finished, with a
| 70, and the others with rs each.
Mehlhorn had second lowest score
| yesterday, II.
Hagen and Ray Win.
In practice foursome Walter
Hagen and Ted Ray nosed out Jock
Hutchinson and Bob Macdonald at
the last hole to take the game l up,
despite the outstanding drives featur-
ing Hutchison's play.
Jones is to take the field at 9 o'clock
tomorrow with George Underwood Of
Williamsburg. and other players will
follow at five-minute intervals. Hutch
inson is paired with Loeffier in the
first day; Ted Ray with Larry Nab
holts, Sharon, Pa, and Aubrey Boom
err with Bob Supple, Highland Park,
Ills.
Some of the other teams are:
George NJ. Smith, st. Paul, and A. G..
Havers, Great Britain; Gunnar Nell
son, Matteson, ILL.,, and Tommy
Armour, Rockville, ILL.,; Johnny Fai-
rell and Eddie Loos, Glencoe, Ill.,;
Leo Diegel, White Plains, N. Y, and
Lloyd Gullickson Wickliffe, Ohio;
Charles Evans, jr., Edgewater ILL.,.
and George Gadd, Great Britain;
Gene Sarazen. Flushing, N. Y, and
Frank Minch, Sacramento, Calf:
Walter Hagen, Pasadena, Fla, and
Fred Bell, Denver, Colo.