Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
HAS BUT G. PUTS
AGAINST JONES' Ct
Johnny Ties Mark for Event
With 286 Strokes for
Last Four Rounds.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

JOnTDF EGfECI is Oh HIS Way ~ AASAANS'N
City with the national open golf cham
pionship cup padlocked in his luggage
a cold and dispaSSionate analysis OF the
3e-hole play-off yesterday at Olympia
Fields reveals that the Quaker Ridge
pro. who succeeds Tommy Armour as
open champion of the Nation is not as
good through the green as Bobby Jones
but is better golfer on and around the
putting surface.
We could hardly believe it when we
figured il out after Johnny had had the
victcrs ride on the shoulders of the
admiring gallery gods yesterday, only a
short space following the dramatic
moment when a seven-foot putt to win
the title tipped over the left edge Of the
cup. But figures don't lie. and they
show without question of doubt that
the new champion is the superior Of
putting green
For Bobby yesterday hit the green
more often than Farrell, but took 81
puts for the double circuit OF the lay
out S strokes under the putting par of
-. while Farrell. not quite so accurate
with his lengthy second shots. took only
81 puts, 10 under perfect average o.
20 for the SO holes
Notwithstanding this. we must con-
cede that the shots of the open cham
pion to the greens at the short holes
were far more accurate than those of
his great rival from the South. for We
charged with the rest of the gallery
from teen to green and watched Jones
play first on nearly every one of the
short holes.
The new title holder. who has been
Knocking at the door for five years and
more, got around in % puts over the
first round, which he played in 20
strokes, one under par. TO go to lunch
three strokes IN front of the 10 recorded
BIZ jones. His aluminium putter was
not quite so brilliant in the afternoon,
for Johnny required "a puts, while
Jones took but 80 on Olympia Fields
splendid bent putting surfaces But the
story of the play of for the champion
ship lies in the putter and driver, as
we predicted. and Johnny was the
finer putter OF the two.
Farrell Master Putter.
Even down to the final putt on the
last green, q seven footer that bore
something like $4,000 on its dimpled
surface as it caught the left edge OF
the cup and dropped. Johnny Farrell
stiu was the master putter, and even
though he missed two puts under -four
feet throughout the final eighteen holes,
he more than made them up with MS
puts on the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth. which both he and Jones played
In consecutive brides.
Any man who says that either OF
these fine lads has the slightest yellow
streak would have found an immediate
challenge from the gallery OF 1000
persons who followed them yesterday
of the So hole playoff. From the mo-
Inent when Bobby Jones got back two OF
the three strokes deficit with which
he went to lunch after the first eigh-
teen. there. was nothing TO choose be-
tween them, and the cold stroke
analysis shows that Jones mistakes
around the putting green cost MIN the
championship.
Take the ninth hole in the afternoon
Yesterday. for example. Who would
have expected Bob Jones TO take four
shots 10 get down from shallow trap
lust OF the green. Yet that Is JUST
what he did. and. who likewise, wouIo
eyuect the coming open champion 10
NAV three consecutive holes in one
ever mar each. yet that Is what FafTeu
did after the turn.
The morning round didn't mean so
much. even though the moguls OF the
United states Golf Association insisted
fhat 4 3s-hole piay-of was the proper
thing. Bobby picked up shot on the
TrSt hole. and naived the second when
Tayreli was enabled TO play away IRON
a Young tree after the oficials had gone
into 5 huddle and decided that the
ground around the tree was under re-
nsir. They were out in 81 and 50, WIN
FARRELL q shot in the lead, BOBBY TAX
ing another 5 OF the ninth, ms !inX
hole.
tenth where a 25-footer dropped for
i,irrise 3. but lost it back at the eleventh
where he took three puts, and when ne
took three more puts on the fourteenth
the match again was even. But mere
6ef,onasr Johnny, the smiling Irish LAD,
fnT,d the bit In his teeth and went
ern,rd the rest Of the field--Jones--to
lead him to the wire by three shots.
PARCEL played the last four holes OF
the morning round III consecutlH
brides, holing q i0-footer on the Ne
tenth for q birdie 4, 4-footer on the
short sixteenth for deuce, zO-iooter
on the seventeenth for a birdie ana
ANOTHER z5-footer on the eighteenth
for a birdie 4. Jones was unable 20
keen pace with this amazing burst OF
briIiiancy. although he. too, obtained
birdie on the fifteenth. He dropped
three strokes TO Farrell on the last
three holes.
Match Soon Is Squared.
So they went 10 lunch three shots
apart. and Jones gained two Of them
back at the first hole. where he reached
the green in two while Farrell was on
in three, and then, plainly annoyed by
a.. n. &c f6F n
8. while Jones was down in 4. Farrell
again took three puts on the second
and the match vas squared But Jones,
after an undeT~played second shot, took
three puts On the third for 8, and
FARRELL again picked up d lead OF two.
The fourth like the seventeenth 10
come, was one Of the bright spots OF
the match. Here two great athletes.
with the greatest title In American golf
~ stake, halyeo the mole in birdie 3s.
Jones sinking az S-fo0ter after Farrell
had fsoled one Of Is feet.
Jones ran down q e-footer on the
25O~YaYd nth for q : 70 leave him but
q shot back They balyed the short
sixth In b. and Jones squared the
match at the seventh, where Farrell
was trapped and missed 3-footer for
a half in after great chip They
split the 220~yard eighth in par 81. a.
two champions should do, and come TO
the ninth, the Jinx hole ~ both Hagen
and Jones Here Farrell behind Of
the tee. reached the green with spoon.
while Jones faded his iron shot into q
trap at the right Bobby exploded out
rs feet short and then proceeded 10
take three puts That left him with
q two-gtF0ke deficit with nine holes 70
play. and it looked as II FARRELL vas in.
But Johnny pulled his drive 10 the
left rough al the tenth and took q
s. while Jones got g e. Again Johnny
was In the rough al the left Of the
Green in two At the eleventh and took
three 20 get down. while Jones was on
the green In regulation 1gufes ano
down IN two puts 10 win the hole and