Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15

pin. He ran his approach putt yard
to the right Of the cup and was down
in 3.
A long downhili putt quivered on
the edge of the cup for a birdie at the
eleventh, but finally rolled foot be-
yond and he took par 8. He got a
birdie at the twelfth, however, max
ing four SO in a row.
Jones took a par at thirteen,
breaking his string Of So, but playing
straight and true over the 41O.yard
stretch.
Jones bagged another birdie at the
long fourteenth, where he was down
in and toook par 4 at the fifteenth.
Jones' string of IS from the ninth to
the twelfth made him two under As,
and it was conceded that only a golf
ing miracle could stop him. Fred Rob-
son passed the title holder at the
twelfth in second place, but having
5, S, 4, 8, 6, and needing to play his
remaining holes nine under par to tie
Jones' score to that point.
Bobby went over par for the first
time on the second nine, when he
needed on the par 4 sixteenth.
Bobby was down in par on the
long and tricky seventeenth and was
certain to break the record for Brit
ish championship golf. He needed a
par at the home hole for a score OF
2S5 for the ~ holes. against 2S1, the
best score since 72-hoie play was
started in 1892.
Jones was two under par for the
incoming nine holes. marking the end
Of his record-smashing journey. His
card:
In .......s33.44 454 E35-72
Has 213 for 81 Holes.
Still out in front after three rounds
| in defense of his title, Bobby Jones
was regarded by the experts as In.
His score of 213 for 81 holes gave him
| a lead of strokes on the next com
petitor when he finished. The Amer
lean star had compiled record OF two
rounds under par and one even with
that exacting golf parsonage.
The champion made brilliant fin
ish on the first Is holes today, after
offering a performance no better than
ordinary for him on his outward jour-
ney. He took at the ninth for the
second time in two days, and nlayed
the twelfth so loosely that he had a
liability of a there. But getting
into the long and difficult homeward
stretch it was different. He picked
up two brides and barely missed two
others.
He began to play in earnest at the
thirteenth. He got a fine par here,
where almost anything can and often
does hapnen in golf. At the 524-yard
fourteenth, he was on with a drive
and brassie and down in two puts for
a birdie. At the fifteenth he missed a
15-footer for a birdie. but bagged the
birdie at the sixteenth. At the seven
teenth a 7-footer would not fall
for birdie and at the home hole he
missed 7-footer for birdie.
Plays Through Crowds.
Jones played his final holes
through rushing crowds like those
delaying the play yesterday. Until
the turn his gallery was orderly, but
when word passed that other players
were not succeeding in their efforts
to cut down the champions lead, the
crowd spread out among a dozen
pairs concentrated I'm the loop" dis
trict to wait for Bobby They saw
him start his drive on the thirteenth
and thereafter tramped home with
him in triumph.
Bobby would not wait for a train
at the fifteenth, where the railway
track borders the course. The train
whistled and continued to screen as
if to say wait for u.s." but the title
holder did not hesitate.
The crowd was causing enough
delay without a trainload of extra
hazards so he putted away before
the whistling stopped The train
chugged on to the sixteenth and 500
excursionists piled out and climbed
fences and telegraph poles to see
Bobby ram down a putt for a
birdie 8.
Needing As on the last two holes
for 70, it seemed that he would get
them, but after a powerful drive he
played his iron safely and approached
Z feet from the cup, taking 5. He
had another great drive on the home
hole and approached Z feet from the
cup, but the putt again stayed out.
Ben Hodson, second to Jones this
morning, -putted himself out OF the
picture in the third round. He took
three puts on green after green and
finished with 81, for total OF 22S.
Walter Kennett, Palma Celia, Fla,
had to take rs strokes on his final
round, and finished with total score
of 306
Ben Hodson turned in a "a and had
a total score of 297. A good 20 by
Arthur Havers gave him 297 and
Ernest Whitcombe added 70 to his
total for 293. Charles Whitcomb had
296 after a final round Of IS. :.
Tom Stevens, Los Angeles, needed
70 for his final round, and scored 502
for the four rounds.
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