The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-01
ALBANIAN GATHERS
23-HOLE ADVANTAGE
IN PLAYOFF MATCH
Great Jones Plays as Only Jones
Can; Golfers Find It Hard
to Believe
WON NINE NATIONAL TITLES
Georgian Starts Out Poorly but
Drives Old Man Par to
Cover Later On
WON NINE NATIONAL TITLES
Ey BRIAN BELL
Associated Press Sports Wrtter'

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Mamaroneck ". Y, July l.-tP-
Robert r. Jones. Jr.. started back
home to his Atlanta law office today
with the open golf championship cup
Bobby Jones won in play-off Tor the
title. The southern city today Is the
golf capital of the United States. for
Bobby's third victory in the open
comes when the amateur Champion
snip cup is paying a visit Of a year 10
the clubhouse Of the East Lake cltn,
country home of the Atlanta Athletic
club, for the fourth time.
Has No Equal
In winning his third championship.
the great Jones played golf only as ne
can play it. Il saw 1t, but l still
don't believe it said a golfer OF falr
ability after the king Of the amateurs
had defeated AL ESpfnosa. a clever
professional. by % strokes IN a So
hole play-off over the Winged Foot
golf club.
In the closing round Of the cham
pionship Saturday. Bobby blew the
title by taking two terrible sevens on
par four holes with a 70 on his fourth
round for a 72-hole total OF 294. he
used up his stock Of scvcns then ana
there. He had two skies in the play
off. one as a result Of a tNO-stroke
penalty. but to offset these black
marks were 20 fours, nine tlArees, four
fives and one two.
Never has a championship been de-
cided by such a one-sided score. Jones
margin of victory was a 36-hole total
of 14l to 164 for Espinosa. The cour-
ageous Chicago professional, out
classed by Jones better than perfect
golf. went down but he never Quit. He
began to slip early in the day and
grew steadily worse but he never lost
his smile and there va no suggestion
of anything but sincere admiration
for a great golfer as he Nrung Bobby's
hand in congratulation at the Seth
green.
Started Out Poorly
The amateur champion went out in
81. one over par. in spite OF a six on
the first hole. he clipped a stroke
from par coming home to score u.
Bobby went to luncheon leading by
IL strokes and his 50 in the after
noon enabled him to pick up II addi-
tional strokes from Espinosa and tho
grand total was %.
The real Jones brand of golf was
displayed in the afternoon, when he
went one over par for the first nine
holes and then drove the exacting old
man to cover in a complete rout with
80 en- the second nine, all thrces and
fours-thrcc thrces and six fours. If
Al had not removed himself from ac-
tive competition in the morning when
he was II strokes in arrears he would
have been toured to death in the
afternoon
1t was not easy sailing for Bobby.
not all his shots were straight down
the middle. He was i'll traps OH three
holes during the day and on IL holes
his ball found rough. Compared to
the plight of the unfortunate Espin-
osa whose woods and irons consistent
~ refused to behave. the amateurs
troubles were inconsequential. the
Chicago star visited traps on II holes
and found himself in the rough on 20
holes.
Jones now has won nine national
championships III the United States
and Great Britain. Besides the three
American open triumphs. he has won
the u. S. amateur crown four times
and the British open twice, all with
in eve years.