Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
JONES AND FARRELL
IN PLAy-OFF TODAY
Golf FinaIists, Tied at 294.
Held Luckiest in Err
ratio Field.
BY WALTER R. McCALLUM.
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.


OLYMPIC FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB,
CHICAGO. June 23.-Robert Tyre
Jones, tr. Of Atlanta, king Of the anna
teur realm and twice open champion,
and John Farrell, professional at the
Quaker Ridge Club Of New York, tied
at 294 today for the thirty-second ma
tional open golf championship of the
United States over this course
They win play 80 holes tomorrow for
the title, which toppied late yesterday
from the brow Of Thomas D. Armour
OF the Congressional Country Club Of
washington. Armour finished at sol to
take fifteenth place.
Jones and Farrell are both lucky lads
to be even eligible for q plav-off for
the championship tomorrow, for q COM
parative unknown-Roland Hancock of
wilmington, N. Ca familiar figure
in Southern golf and leader In the sec
tional qualifying rounds at Richmond,
two weeks ago. had the championship
literally in his hands with but two holes
to play this afternoon.
Throws Title Away.
Then, by display Of the poorest
possible judgment and a case of ex-
treme nervousness he threw the title
away. He had Jones, Hagen, Farrell
and the rest Of the stars holding the
ropes, groggy and beaten, up TO the
seventeenth hole. Needing to play the
last two holes In one over par, COM
paratively simple matter for the long
hitter from Carolina. he blew higher
than straw hat In October to finish
with two skies and even miss tie for
the championship. We don't mean that
the others didn't blow, too, for had a
single one of the five men punched at
220 or better at noon continued on his
normal way, he would have won the
championship with strokes to spare.
Hancock, with the title well In his
bronzed hands, literally blasted 1t away
by the poorest finish under pressure
that has been seen In the title chase
In many years.
So We say Jones and Farrell are
lucky lads even TO tie for the champion
ship. Hancock should have won by
at least one stroke and had he not
known he had q chance to win, and
continued on in his normal scoring
vein. he probably would have won with
two strokes to spare.
AS the matter now stands, the king
of Americas amateurs, and the de-
bonair lad from Quaker Ridge will
start at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
over the 36-hole trek for the champion
ship.
Bobby Jones is favored by the dis
tance, and ON this account Is almost
universally picked TO win. but our own
opinion Is that Farrell viii be the new
open champion, for Jones cannot
always hope for the lucky breaks that
put him In a tie. Furthermore, the
usually impeccable Bobby has been far
from himself In this tournament. ANY
one else but Bobby Jones would have
finished outside the money, but the
Albanian has the gift Of saving strokes
and so has another chance TO win
Farrell far outplayed Bobby yesterday
scoring II and ~ for the final 36 holes,
where Jones needed 70 and II.
Tommy Armour, fighting streak OF
the worst putting he ever has expert
enced In q championship, made gall
liant stand In defense OF his title to
finish seven shots back of the leaders,
Just where he stood back of Jones at
the end Of the seth hole last night.
Tommy took 80 puts for the double
circuit today, Ill on the first round and
80 on the last round. He had six three
putt greens on the third round OF the
championship. Fred Mcleod, In a tie
for tenth place at the conclusion of the
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