Evening star., 1929-06-29
JONES SCORES 215
TO TAKE OPEN LEAD
Sarazen Second, With 218,
at End of Third
Round.

by the ASSOCIATED FreSS.
WINGED FOOT CLUB, MAN1ARO-
NECK, N. T., June 2s.-Bobby Jones
regained the lead in the third round
Of the national open golf champion
ship today by scoring II. one under
par. His 54-hole total of 215 put him
three strokes ahead Of Gene Sarazen,
who slipped back from the top with rs
for 2IS.
Al Espinosa of Chicago, who shared
the lead with Sarazen after So holes,
also slipped on the last nine to card
II and drop back with total of 2l9.
Tommy Armour of Detroit, the 1927
champion, likewise finished poorly, TAX
ing rs for total Of 22l. Jones, start
ing the day two strokes behind the
pace-setters, overhauled the incoming
nine. AS on his previous rounds, the
great Georgian was wabbly at the start,
but he shot a sensational eagle on
the ninth to break par for the out
ward nine with IS. Spurred on by
this, he played the last nine almost
faultlessly, offsetting two poor shots
on the short thirteenth with his fine
birdie on the twelfth At least three
or four puts on other holes failed to
drop by inches.
Gene Sarazen, former open title
holder, scored q 76 In the third round,
giving him a temporary lead over the
field, with 2l6 for 81 holes.
Shute Is Fourth.
Densnore Shute, 24-year-oId Colun-
bus (Ohio) pro, followed three of the
other contenders in striking trouble on
the homeward nine. After a fine IS
out, Sfute finished with rs, and So
hole total Of 220 that put him in fourth
place. He had started the day even
with Jones, but lost five strokes to
Bobby on the last nine.
blustery wind swept the course and
fast-hying clouds threatened more rain
third round, accompanied by Bobby
Cruickshank.
He rounded the turn In So, even par.
Armour's outgoing card:
"A "A 43 4 $50
His incoming card:
5 5 6 4 4 +40-76-221.
Espinosa Loses Stroke.
AL Espinosa, swarthy Spaniard from
Chicago joint leader with Gene Sarazen
on the first two days of play, had the
following:
5434 436.
Espinosa's incoming card:
4 4 S S @41-77-219
Bobby Starts with 144.
Bobby Jones, two strokes behind the
leaders at the start of his third round
with 144. went of with fully rs per
cent of the gallery at his heels. The
skies had partially cleared, but the wind
blew strongly. The Georgian lost
stroke on the first hole as his second
shot missed the green, and he Clipped
short, taking two puts and S.
He made a try for his birdie on the
second, but putted wide and took 4.
The crowd gave Jones big hand as
ne sent his tee shot hole high to the
2l7-yard third and broke his jinx. He
got his par 3, missing the l0-footer,
where he had taken and on the
same hole in his first two rounds.
Jones was down in par figures on his
next three holes, taking 5--5-3.
The Albanian had slight hook on
his second shot to the 406-yard fourth,
and 1t rolled OF the green into the
rough. His chip was short. He missed
4-footer and took S, going down
to par thus far.
/ Going too strongly for the 5l7-yard
NTH, Bobby hooked his spoon second
TO trap just on the green, Clipped
DEAD, but again missed a short putt,
not over feet and took 5 for par.
Jones Has Crowd.
The Georgian hooked his tee shot
widely from the sixth. but got a break
when it hit a tree. bounded clear and
left him good path to the green. He
seized the advantage to pitch 7 feet
beyond the hole tp sink the putt for
On the 170-yard seventh Jones cut
his No: iron too sharply and just
reached the edge Of the green. His ap-
proach putt was feet short. but he
sank for 3.
A booming drive and beautiful No S
iron left Jones 1S feet above the cup on
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