The Washington times., 1929-09-03
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By Davis J. walsh

MONTE, Calf, Sept. 3d.
Billed and three sheeted every
where as q one-man show,
amateur golf found itself with
something like a brother-act
today when the curtain went
up on the second half Of the
national championships quail
flying round and Robert I.
Jones, jr., the original star OF
the piece, and young Gibson
Dunlap, the overnight sensa-
tion, were seen full in the spot
lights glare.
This was not in the original
script, which called for Jones to
go right out, pronto, break the
course record and make a fool of
his field. He did everything the
continuity called for. at that, and
1t was not even a fragment of his
fault that subsequently the 20.year-
old undergraduate at CALIFORNIA; 3
Southern branch In Los Angeles
was destined to do exactly what
Jones did even to the breaking OF
record that had been Jones' own
only ten minutes before.
So today they were to resume
the matter on q double.column basis,
Young Dunlap with his 50, three
under par, and Jones with his 10,
with the qualifying deadline on IL
holes away. For Jones and Dun
lap and Harrison Johnston, who had
held the course record for five
minutes with a Y, it was to be
contest for the medal, q trophy that
Jones probably didn't want. For
many Of the others, it was to be
a desperate fight to survive, a
battel to still live on when after
the inevitable distinction between
Lambkin and goat had been drawn
at the end Of the day.
By nightGaII, only 80 OF the
original field Of l40 will be left
10 contest the issue in the
match play rounds that begin
tomorrow This, In truth, may
only mean that 81 golf players
have made themselves eligible
for the right to assist Robert
r, Jones to his fifth champion.
ship of the last six played and,
ON the contrary, 1t may mean
that one man I'm this 81. hith.
| ertO famous or obscure, is
fated to succeed to n title that
has become Jones almost by
divine dispenSatiOn.
When men like George Won Elm,
| the last amateur to beat Jones
Cyril Tolley, the British champion
Jesse Swetser, ex-champion OF
both countries; Eustace Storey,
Johnny McHugh, Don Moe, DR.
Willing. Johnston. Gene Homans
and Roland Mackenzie are still in
the group portrait, the seemingly
impossible sometimes can become
downright probable. THESE, how.
ever, are men who virtually left
themselves immune to disqualified.
tiOn through the simple expedient
of playing a little golf yesterday
in fact, as little as possible. Many
OF them played too much and a
lot Of these were the so-caIled good
ones. Mackenzie scored q 72 yes
| terday.
For instance, George Voigt, the
| 92S medalist, will have to play them
up close to his wind-breaker today If
he cares to continue in the pastime.
His 80 of yesterday left him right
on the deadline. So. more or less,
did the 79's OF Bon Stein. Clarence
Wolff. Allen Moser and Rudie viii,
helm. Nor were the 7S's of Ross
Somerville. former Canadian cham
ZION; Rudy Knepper, McHugh. Eddie
Held. Sweetserund. Frank Dolt al
together reassuring. while even
Francis Quimet and Storey at 76,
and Tolley, Won Elm. w. K. Ian.
man and Vincent Dolp at Is couldn't
consider their positions absolutely
fOol.prOOf.
Roy Moe ana T. A. Bourne. for
mer French champion. were dead.
locked with Voigt and faced the
same prospect--tho alternative OF
improving their condition or letting
the matter rest until next year.
As for Keith Carter and Phil
Finlay. coupled at 81; the two
Ritchies, Jack Neville, coast
champion, and Don Carrick at
81; George Dawson and DIR. Paul
Hunter at SO; d. Clarke COrl1ran,
1924 medalist, at IS and Lord
Charles Hope at SO, their
chances weren't exactly precari.
Gus. They were almost hopeless.
This was especially true In con
siderati ton of the fact that they
scored with vast prodigality yester
day when the wind off the Pacific
| was stilled and quiet for once. II