Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
RY ALAN J. GOULD.

OLYMPIA FIELDS. CHICAGO, JUNE
IS tFl.--The greatest amateur al then
ali, Bobby Jones Of Atlanta. and TIT
country's best dressed professional star
Johnny Farrell of New York, finished
today III tie for the open golf cham
pionship Of the United States.
Each completed the regulation T2-holC
competition with totals OF 294. Farrell
with rounds Of 77-74-7l--72 anc
Jones with cards of ,73-Tl-73-77.
III the fourth play-of i'll six years anC
third III which Jones has participated
they will meet tomorrow at So holes
10 decide the champion and successor tc
the Black Scot, Tommy Armour Of
Washington.
The play-ofT first ever scheduled fol
Sc holes, Will start at 10 am tcentra
daylight timel, with the second round
at : pm. II they still are tied at the
over 10 Monday.
Jones and Farrell finished deadlockco
al the top Of the big international field
after q surprising and dramatic finish
III which the third central figure, and
dark horse" Roland Hancock Of Will
m,ngton. n. c., blew up on the last
two holes with the championship and all
It's gold and glory in his grasp. He
finished third. one stroke away, with
295.
Hancock'S Game ColIapSex.
Hancock. with only two holes to 60
and needing only par 10 beat his rivals
~ two strokes, heard the crowd yell
Three cheers for the new champion! /"
as he sank his par 3 or the sixteenth
and went to the seventeenth tee.
Whether this echoing shout or the delay
taxed his nerves on the seventeenth
tee or the swirling rush of the big gal
lery unnerved him, Hancock's game
collapsed and he took a brace of SIS
on the last two holes. where par was
4 and 5. TO see the title slip from him
in a tragic crash.
AZ that, only inches, the distance
BY which he missed his last desperate
putt on the final hole. stood between
Hancock and a tie that would make II
q triple play-ofT. The compound
Southerner wound up with scores OF
74-77-72-72-2e5.
Hancocks finish was the dramatic
climax that settled the issue for the
day and left the two bigger stars Of
the golfing armament out in 'front.'
Farrell, after a sensational comeback,
with rounds of Tl-72, and Jones. the
pace-setter for two previous rounds.
after a final tour Of the No 4 links
that nearly blasted his chances of hav-
ing anything TO say about the cham
pionship
Never before in championship compe-
ttion has Jones sEiddad or slumped to
the extent he did today. his prospects
alternately rising and falling in an
erTatic round after he had appeared
IN pile up commanding lead. TWO
strokes ahead Of the field at the half
way mark yesterday. he held this adj
- fe or - I,1f1
mark as he shot a 10, marred By only
one bad hole. He was seven strokes
ahead Of Farrell as they started the
final days play and still five in front
OF smiling Dapper Johnny on the get
away for the final round
Farrell Shoots Fine Game.
Any time the great Georgian. twice
former champion and twice British
epen king, starts cut five shots in front
O. any rival, its forlorn chase. but
Farrell, unhsmpered this day By the
galleries that had bothered him on his
previous two days play with Jones, shot
eS fine golf as he ever has done to
catch up with his faltering rival
FARRELL was the first to finish and
pat up the mark TO shoot at, but Jones
saw his big lead dwindie steadily as he
encountered all sorts Of trouble, par
ticulaTiy over one stretch Of five holes
.-the sixth to tenth, inclusive-where
3obby dropped the unheard-of total
for him. % seven strokes to old man par
jones was down for the long count
Eerc. gToggy and hanging on the ropes
a. he lost almost all control Of his tee
shots ard began putting wildly, But
the Atlanta ace can seldom be counted
completely out. He yanked himself
back from. the brink in mastery fashion
70 shoot the next five holes In ! under
par. 2 strange contrast 10 his pre-
s1olis s.
Actually, as it turned out, he tied
for the championship on the long and
freacherous fifteenth hole of SIS yards,
where ne bagged birdie 4, but he lost
this precious stroke and with it what
would have been a decisive advantage
when he messed up the short sixteenth.
taking three shots from the edge of
the green for on this par layout.
Final Test for Jones.
The final test for Bobby came at the
eighteenth. where again he extricated
himself from seeming disaster. Need
ing par to tie Farrell, Jones hooked
his tee shot wildly 10 the woods and
put his second In the deep grass Of
ditch crossing the fairway, $50 yards
from the green. Here Jones made the
most heroic and sensational shot he
has fred IL many day. With fully
10000 spectators looking on Bobby
coolly tossed his cigarette away. waded
"a with q masnie nibliek and brought
q mighty cheer as he hit the ball
straight and true To the green. II was
IS feet from the pin and stiil the chance
Of a birdie 4 that would win Uner-
Ttngly ne putted up hill straight for
the cup, but the ball, hit a trife too
strong. SKINNED the edge, hoped up
and went two feet beyond, from where
he sank for his and the tie.
The main drama Of the Gay was
Gen.ered around this final green, for
At was there that Hancock missed his
last neeting opportunity. that Jones
hero;cally saved himself and where Par
rell finished Up with a blazing birdie
q that brought him nearer 70 the open
championship than ever before In his
brief but faghy career
Johnny, the par-sh0oter who seldom
before has reached his greatest heights
In the big title test. came into his own
fodsy after he had been counted out
II Is a strange turn that brings him