Evening star., 1929-07-02

tnaL freshness Oh Nl6WpOulJ IOWGA0 ~
adding nip to mans game.
Bobby's swing Is, of course, the
despair of all who watch him. It's
languid ease and grace, which break
suddenly into terrific acceleration when
the club head is a few inches from the
ball. is accepted at first sight as en-
bodying all that is ideal in golf swing.
But try to do it yourself.
And Bobby's manner-that is to say,
his expression of personalities he
traverses the links is amazing In It's
lf-containment, whcih is apparent no
matter how his game is going.
Jones Never Shows Strain.
On that bad morning round-bad for
Bobby. that is to say-on Thursday,
Jones, going to the fourth, came upon
old Bill Keeler who, having seen his
paragon do a and couple OF 5s, had
Slumped down under a tree, asserting
that no longer this day would he play
the role of jinx to Bobby Jones. Then
as 20, B." sat under that tree whiting
along came Bobby.
Whats the matter, Bobby?" Keeler's
face had an admonishing scowl
"Oh. nothing, o. b. was the drawing
reply, except my ball keeps going into
hit 'em so they won't Bobby"
"Good idea, o. B."
That is the way Bobby goes along
when important titles are at stake.
What Jones did to Al Espinosa, as
appealing a pro golfer as there Is, was
nothing Short Of cruelty. AS every one
knows. Espinosa is nobody's dutfer. He
was runner-up to Leo Diegel IN the fro
Golfers Association tournament at FIVE
Farms last year aTfd generally Is ac-
credited by the best judges OF goinhg
form as to rate among the best.
And the stocky little Chicagoan-at
least he was Chicagoan until
recently-started out in manner
which made the 5000 gallery believe
that the Atlanta wizard would be cailea
upon to produce all his magic. For
seven holes he made 1t mp ana tuck,
and the prospects for thrilling Gay
seemed bright. Until then ne NAG
really played better golf than his
opponent.
AL Just Blew Up.
Rut on the seventh, the score stand
ing even. Espinosa addressed the Dali
for a long putt. and instead OF rolling
It to strategic position to hole out
on his second putt he was obiiged 10
take 2 to sink the ball.
Probably it was the swapping OF
nerve control under this cruel blow. Or
maybe AL was tired. Something, at
any rate, operated to bust ms game
wide open, to make him as helpless
to head off the Dixie amateur as the
writer. to make the comparison as ex-
treme as possible, would have been.
Old Gen. Hooker it was who took COM
mand of ESpinosas game, and the way
the ball sought the rough and the
woods struck the gallery as sheer
pathos. even though every man. woman
and child in that gallery wanted Body
to win.
Jones himself felt that in that after
noon round of SO he turned in the
most perfect glof he ever played, and
there was no one to dispute him.
To get back to Bobby's champion
ship record, it may be interesting to
recall that he won his first title when
he was l3. In fact, he won three. First,
an invitation event at Birmingham
Ala. and then the championship OF
the East Lake and the Druid Hills Golf
Club. :,
In his first attempt at the national
amateur title in 1914 he was eliminated
in the semi-final round by Bob Gard
ner. He won his first national open
in 1928 and q year or two later ne
came to be internationally accepted as
the worlds great exponent OF golf.
Bobby now holds the national am
ateur title, won last year. and he has
but to defend this championship sue
cessfully next September to be able
to return to his law practice in At
lanta with the knowledge he has had
not a bad year.