Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
GEORGE IS FAIRLY
BURNING UP LINKS
las Been Scoring Low Ever
Since Registering 296
in National Open.
~ the Associated Press.

r. the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, September g.
~ George Won Elm. golfing cru
\ sader of the West, moved
4 nearer the Eastern battle
grounds when he transferred
\ residence from Los Angeles to
] 'roit, but the trip did not dim his
ing eye or impair his Judgment OF
{ ance. The blond sharpshooter.
r.l0 has been a prominent figure IN
& { for a decade, has never played more
asistently than during the season
: croaching its climax next week in
/. amateur tournament at Brae Burn.
II Bobby Jones. the defending cham
: IL, needs any advice-which he does
tit would be, Keep your eye on
! 1 Elm" George began to burn up
Detroit courses soon after he regis
I'd and was good enough at the
a'ional Open at Olympia Fields to
:sh with a 72-hole total of 296. just
10 strokes back of the count that left
.'>lnny Farrell and Bobby Jones tied
." forced them into an overtime dis
"a sion of the title.
ron Elm went home to win the
r. ~higan open championship. the first
:",oteur to turn the trick, with a score
e 90, and his Walker Cup performance
j.. nothing to be desired Working his
w.; gradually TO the Brae Burn layout
- Utah boy stopped at Newport to win
Z Taller gold mashie in contest that
7.,ounted to rout. Twenty-one
nkeS ahead of the second-place score,
Ven Elm was first. with the rest of the
!. d completely lost in his dust.
3obby Jones has not gone back bit
IN his great golf game. as witness his
Ring performance during the Walker
f'';1 matches at Chicago So the golf
timing may strike twice in the
ne place and bring the finalists of
e together again in 1928. Won Elm
wnn the title at BaltuSrol, up and
= play. and no one else has beaten the
atlanta wizard in an amateur cham
.,:onShip since 1923.
Before golf history can repeat itself,
however, both these sterling stars have
difficult obstacles to hurdle They must
t.ualify and while 1t is taken as mere
matter of course that two of the best
not makers in the world will make the
grade, Won Elm was off his game at
HTinikahda last September and had a
margin of only three strokes when the
qualifying titles were added up.
There will be no disposition on the
mart of the 154 other golfers to stand
eide to make a Massachusetts, holiday
f0r the sole benefit of Jones and Won
i'm. There will be champions to the
ght of them champions to the left of
len, with few scattered before and
hind, and they will be volleying and
numbering as much as drivers. mashies
I'd niblicks will permit explosive sounds
the serious business of settling the
championship proceeds.
Most of the available former cham
ions will be having another try at the
ttle. From William C. FowneS, jr, who
ION i8 years ago. to Max MarSton, i'm
mediate predecessor of Jones and Won
I'm on the throne. a list of former kings
golf in the United States will be
ound contesting every inch of the way.
'hese include Francis Ouimet, playing
IN his native heath: Chick Evans. last
ears runner up who held the cham
'ionship twice and the open as we'll; S.
Davidson Heron, who beat the great
Bobby himself to win; Jesse Guilford,
long driver extraordinary, and Jess
SweetSer, returning to competitive golf
liter a years lay-of, following his cap
lure of the British amateur.
The British amateur champion, 7. P.
.'erkins, is supported by the champion
I last year, DR.. William Tweddell. and
holders of titles of less degree will be
there by the score.
The way to the throne will be long
nd rough. but in spite of the opposition
tones and Won Elm figure to be the
nal survivors.