Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-16

81. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 15
H9-Robert Tyre Jones, Jr of At
lanta, Ga, today did more than win
the open golf championship of Great
Britain for the second time in two
years. He used record shatt~ring
score of 285 strokes for 70 holes as
a match to fire the enthusiasm OF
thousands Of spectators and would
be spectators as this shrine of golf
has not seen in the memory of the
oldest inhabltant.
His 285, representing four rounds
in which he was never over par and
held even with it only once, placed
him six full strokes ahead OF the
next contestants and cut the same
number of strokes from the record
for the British open, which Bobby
himself equalled last year at st.
Andrews The mark of 291, set by
James Braid, has stood steadfass
against the assaults OF great golfers
since 1908. The record score was
stroke under the mark for the Amer
ican open, made by "Chick" Evans
in 1916.
Bobby tonight shared another
record with the veteran Braid Only
the 81 year old British pro and the
"a year old American amateur have
won the championship two years in
a row. Braid did it more than 20
years ago.
Aubrey Boomer and Fred Robson,
British pros, were tied for second
place at 291S Their accomplish
in equaling the old record would
have created much excitement under
ordinary circumstances. Today their
performances, were hardly noticed.
Joe KirkWood, the converted Aus
tralian, another galloping Georgian
at Georgia planted the, coIors OF
Albany near those of Atlanta by
scoring 293 ard going into a tie
with Ernest Whitcomb for fourth
place.
Jim Barnes never quite reached his
game and finished with 3O1. Tom
Stevens, Los Angeles, had 3o2 and
Walter Kennett. Palmaceia, Fla,
needed 306.
If anything was needed to sup
plelnent a par 73 and sub-par 72 In
his last two rounds to make Bobby
Jones immortal in golf in Scotland,
the land of golfers, he supplied that
one thing when the cup was pre-
sented Privileged to take the cham
pionShip trophy back to Atlanta, by
a graceful gesture which has en-
deared him to golf-loving Scots and
sealed his popularity in this country
for all time, he announced this
afternoon that he would leave the
trophy in the custody CT the Royal
and Ancient Golf club.
The announcement. was made be-
fore a crowd of several thousand
persons jarnning the spacious St,
Andrews 18th green and terraces
around the drab old stone pile,
which houses the potentateS of the
royal and ancient game awaiting the
presentation ceremony Tt started
the second great ovation of the day
for Jones.
Hats went soaring in the air and
fathers hoisted children to their
shoulders to see the young man who
is hailed as the greatest modern ex-
ponent of a classic pastime. Stolid
old Scots, who have. not danced a
step for decades threw themselves
into the highland fling with the ut
most abandon as they danced about
the smiling, modest young American.
CdIllCIdS u1dQC a
record of the whole wild scene.
"We admire Bobby Jones for his
qualities as man; his golf speaks
for ITSELF" said Colonel Henry Alex
ander Bethune, spokesman for the
Royal and Ancient club, VINO handed
the trophy to the twice-croWnea
champion.
= A record crowd for st. Andrews
golfing event, estimated at 10000,
lent a dramatic interest to the fin +!
ish of thrilling week OF play. All
day a river, of people flowed back
and forth over the narrow stretch !
of country extending from st. An
drews, along st. Andrews bay, to
where the river Eden flows into the
North sea. Yesterday the crowds !
became almost urru1y but this morn !
ing, as if ashamed for violating the
etiquette of the game, they subsidized
and conducted themselves in an
irreproachable manner Again this
afternoon, however, they forgot about
everything but trying to get a
glimpse OF Jones making one of his |
famous shots.
From close range the persons in
the galleries wanted to see him hit
the ball with all the mystery of that |
secret power he commands and which
never is really obvious because it is
so natural Today he appeared to
play as easily and naturally us II
on practice round on his home !
course at East Lake with nothing Ge- |
pending on his efforts but his own
pleasure.
Probably nobody but Jones him
self ever will know how much effort
Z he was putting into that golf today /
and few know how nearly he was
on the verge of q temporary col
lapse. He had fought and struggled !
to muster that great game Of golf .
he can play but it never really came
until today, and not until this after /
noon, after ne had played half 4,
dozen holes. He then unloosed the
oro1finO OpI1iIIc thot I11adn him !