Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-26

Another great sporting event on
| English soil has resulted in victory 60
| ing to an American participant. This
| time the game was golf, and the win
| ner Bobby Jones of Atlanta, who for
| the second time in two years captured
the open golf championship at the his.
| toric st. Andrews course. The Amer
| lean press is naturally enthusiastic
| over this victory. AS expressed by
city, Jones is among ''the immortal
| few who achieve the impossible"
The Atlanta Constitution thinks
| ''his marvellous record is not based
| altogether upon the knowledge of the
game. 1t is based also upon his nerve,
| his GOODNESS of head even in the face
! of adverse conditions and circum.
stances"
The Nashville Banner sees in Jones
victory another bit of evidence that
| he is the most remarkable golfer that
the game has ever produced in this
country or abroad" and the Roanoke
World-News is thrilled that "this
amazing youngster of clear eye and
/ sure hand not only repeated but low
| cred his last years record" thus
| SCATTERING not only the British open
mark "but. according to golf experts,
that of any major tournament on rec
| ord" The Dayton Daily News in
friendly comment pictures "the heart
| of Dixieland" as ''pulsating with pride
in the glory which has come to the
young Albanian" and this paper calls
it "a very thrilling episode" with the
honor passing Ito one who richly
merits it,"
Jones' record is the more remark
able because his triumph at ST. An
dreW's follows so closely upon his
comparatively poor showing in an
American championship match" re-
marks the Williamsport Sun, which
credits the player with having written
golf history" at st. Andrews. Says
the Winston-Salem Sentinel: Eight
ing to overcome an age-old supersti-
ton that once an athlete is defeated
he can never come back, and facing
the knowledge that no modern golfer
has ever won the great British open
championship twice in succession,
Bobby Jones pitted his drives and
puts against the best the world had
to offer" and swept through the field
Ito sensational victory"
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch claims
that, like Irwin Cobbs old Judge
Priest Bobby Jones didn't have to
come back. because he hadn't gone
nowhere" even though there were
those who didn't fail to say when
Bobby was eclipsed by Tommy Ar
mour recently at Oakmont that the
great artist had seen his best days and
hereafter would be found among the
also rams" and this paper expects to
see him occupy the pinnacle of fame
in this conspicuous world sport for a
long time yet"
One thing that must be remembered
in estimating the victory is that he |
wrested it ION what is regarded as the |
most difficult links in the world,' says
the Lowell Evening Leader, and the |
Lincoln Star also discusses the tor |
tuous fairways and the puzzling
green's of the famous old st. Andrews !
course of England" upon which Jones !
fought his way through four Cruel. |
ing rounds" The Oakland Tribune /
thinks there "have been few such ex- |
hibitions in any tournament" while |
the Decatur Herald paints a verbal
picture "of the champion, alone on an |
enormous green, surrounded by hun |
dreds of alien observers. his sole de-
pendence in his own skill and perfect |
control of nerves under difficulty"
which, it says, is "a picture to raise |!
cheers" The Omaha World Herald |;
credits him with having won ''under
the stress Of the keenest competitive !;
play. with every possible factor work
ing against him."
One Of the strains of the event was
the fact. noted by the Utica Observer
Dispatch, that Jones drove between
walls of spectators" attracted by the
playing of the American. The Mil