The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-05
Southern City Probably Most
Famed for Being Home Of
Bobby Jones
QUINN LIVES ERE
Dave Young, One-Man Swim
ming Team, Claims Georgia
Metropolis as Own

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 5.-(NEA)-
Three champions won within a week
recently by its golf and tennis play
ers furnish fresh evidence that At
lanta is the city Of champions.
1t Is the home of the British open
golf champion, of the state and the
intercollegiate golf champion, Of the
southern tennis champion, of the
woman trap-shooting champion of
North America, and Of athletes who
have set track and swimming records.
Jones Opens Week,
Bobby Jones began Atlanta's week
OF championships by winning the
British open golf tournament at the
historic St. Andrews course in Scot
land with score of 1856 strokes for
the ~ holes of medal play, record
never before equaled in the British
open or the American open.
In the same week Watts Gum won
the state golf title at Savannah,
shortly after overwhelming Roland
Mackenzie in the intercollegiate golf
tournament at Garden City, L. l. In
the SO holes finals for the intercol-
legiate championship, Gum defeated
Mackenzie 10 up and 8 to go. In the
morning round of IS holes. Gum shot
50. the course record, and had Mac
Kenzie 10 down.
Atlanta's championship week was
next marked ny the victory of IT
year-old Bryan Grant, Jr., in the
southern tennis tournament, played
at Memphis: Grant. though still a
school-boy, fought his way to the
finals, where he defeated Jack Moo
ney by tennis of such qaulity that
critics predict he will some day be
national champion. Grant is the
youngest champion in the history OF
southern tennis.
Mrs. ]. C.: Wright last year per-
formed the remarkable feat of win
ming all three major championships
for women in trap-shooting at the
national tournament held in Vidalia
O. At the end Of the tourname emit
she was crowned woman's champion
for North America in singles, doubles
and handicap. Mrs. Wright began
shooting only about five years ago
and next to- Workmanship her chief
hobby is fine. needle work.
Dave Young Is Another
Dave Young won the title this year
of "one-man swimming team" He
was the only representative sent BY
Georgia Tech to the intercollegiate
swimming meet in Iowa City, but
alone he beat several Of the biz
eastern teams, and won fourth place
for his college. In the finals OF the
15Q-yard backstroke he clipped LIT
seconds from the record, and already
he held the southern record for this
and for the 100 and the zOO-yard
swim, free style.
Ed Hamm, also Of Georgia Tech
won the broad jump At the national
| intercollegiate track meet in Chica
60, and before that In the southern
meet he had set record Of "a feet
I'm inches. Only four men in thu
history Of. the world have jumped
further than thatPat O'Connor, =
O. Gourdin, b. L. LeGSndre and d
Hart HubbAr6.s y So.
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| pi6hg, Atlantis was the he9ae q llex.
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