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


second round. had a dismal last day to
finish with 81 for 4Sd place.
The leaders we're Robert T. Jones.
Atlanta, amateur. 294; John Farrell,
Quaker Ridge, N. Y, 294; Roland Han
cock. Wilmington. N. c., 295; Walter
Hagen. New York, 296, and George Won
Elm, Detroit, amateur. 296.
John Farrell was the only one of the
leaders at the conclusion Of the fifty
fourth hole who didn't blow The title
away over the last round. All the
others who had chance to win toppled
like wheat before Kansas cyclone
over the first nine holes Of the final
journey.
Experts Make Poor Showings.
First it was Jones, who led at the
end of the fifty-fourth hole. and ran
into two consecutive holes played TWO
strokes over par Then 1t was little
Henry Ciuci Of New York, i25 lyounds
of fighting Italian American golfer, who
threw the title away by poor putting
over the first nine uf the last II und.
Then the great Hagen, British open
champion, who pulled ball out OF the
bounds at the fourth for a six and
finished the first nine with ¬ner
six ON his ink hole, the ninth. Then
MacFarlane, the 1925 title holder, only
three shots back at the end OF the tniro
round. who got out in Al over the first
nine of the last round. Willie Leach OF
overlook. Pa. who holds the Indian
Spring professional record at e9. also
blew over the first nine.
Then. and greatest and worst OF all
Il was young Hancock, 22-year-old pro-
fessional star from the South, who
romped out in 80 strokes to lead Jones
nv one shot with nine holes to go, ana
lead Farrell by two shots for he same
distance, Here is the way they stood at
the end of the siXty-third hole, with nut
nine holes to play: Hancock. 256; Jones
3S7: Farrell. 258: George Won Elm, 10Y
Walter Hagen, $50: Henry Clucl, zol'
and Willie MacFarlane, 26l. 50
Jones. leading the field at the nlty,
fourth hole by two shots, went All
right up to the short sixth IN the alteI-
noon. then he pulled his iron snot n.o
a water ditch at this l63-yard affair,
dropned back and took a 5. A badly
hooked tee into the woods at the 4lo-
ward seventh cost him a s, two over
mar and he was out in 40. BOBBY
started back by missing snort one
in the tenth. placed the next i1Ve noies
in one under par, and then missed tne
green at the 153-yard sixteenth WITH
his tee shot. blowing four-footer Tor
his 3, He finished 4. 5 for a n, one
Of the poorest rounds he has played IN
any recent championship
But he was IN and had the advantage
NJ leading the rest of the field, wnlle
all the others were out on Olympia
Fields -bordered fairways trying
ia tie or beat him. John Farrell, the
only one who didn't blow, was out IN
az and was one shot back of Jones. he
picked this up on the eleventh, where
he sank a lo-footer for 3, where
Jones had scored a 4. But Bobby sank
an l8-footer on the long fifteenth for
a birdie 4, where Farrell, tangled up
in woods and trees. took 6, and Jones
led by two shots. But Farrell secured
a par 3. on the short sixteenth. where
Jones took and Farrell finished with
a brace of As to tie.
Meanwhile Hagen was out battling
to add the American open champion.
ship to his British open and United
States pro titles. 1t had only been done
once before. back in 1925, when Jones