Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-30
l2-FOOT PUTT
SAVES BOBBY
Amateur Fritters His Easy
Lead Away; Al Plays
Steady Game
By ALAN Y. GOULD

WINGED FOOT Club. Mamaro-
meek. ~ wv June 23-F-Out on
the high perClsd home green TINS
afternoon the greatest golfer ~
them anil Bobby Jones' somaWAaI
tired and worn bE a battle WITH
bar ana a record gallery kne.t TO-
STUDY the difficult line Ol % l--IOol
putt on which hung his last hope ~
STAYING In the hunt lor tle open
golf championship 81 the ol-1ed
States
While 1900 spectators loste7.
showed and mllled 1Or "a peek an WIS
last episode Of q dramatic stful+
Jones stepped ZIP brisklF s,ruca tne
ball and sent IT curFlng beau-IUAg
into tie cup for the par fourth L
abllng him to tIe with Al tsplAoaa
after The Atlanta amateur had Eone
perilouslv close "a disastrous e-An-
nation
Jones tWo-times champion nov
"a his fourth play off and hsplnoaa'
professional of the Sportsman R
Golf and Country club. Or Chi~aeo'
now sharing the greatest heights he
has ever experienced tied Tor tine
regulation I'd holes ait l94 strokes "a
piece after one ol the widest battles
in the history of the tournament.
Jones. finishing as poorly as ne
starter brilliantly. scored $3.50
TITO. Espinosa put together ROUNDS
Of 70-72-T7-75.
Tomorrow they VIII play oii Tot
49, titla at ss holes. l8 in the morn
inc starting at no. "a mn and n.y. lA
the afternoon al 2 O'Clock IlNa Io-
the second successive year Jones
with the crown apparently percheo
firmly Oh his head, permitted l W.
Slip of in the final round ioI hAAu7
10 grab and dispute with hlll
Last year. the famous Alalt@
amateur En- q similarly comulaAuHl-
position as leader going into lne 4a7.
IN holes. frIttered away seven
okes on five straight holes Wodtlo
am i'm "a tie with Johnny tarrel al7l
al 294 and then lost the play OFT 10y
! stroke at Olympia fields
Today. with u throe-stroke mar
Gin over his nearest Il'a
Sarazen. and four shots aAee1 MI
T-sDinosa. after 81 holes oL ooinp
+it;on. Jones astonIsled "a la-eIs VI
1000. the greatest AND ass plo-
ebfv the most uuconrro-aoIc Al
rrarnicnship history. RI
~e~ans on two holes. the e-EnJA aAo
fffeantb. then three costly puts ~
49, sixteenth green from only -5
feet 4-- r-5.
ali - va. y co-leader with sara
ger after 35 holes Iallee
uIarlv on the last few holes M 10.
bis 204 ard take the leao. aL.l- ii
eirht on the twelfth hole lp-ale
had put him out az the I4I
Fut Jones met fresh trouble nTn7ll
where he seemed 10 have rms -.--
slowed safely away
After EsDin6sa had finished "l-4
a blazing 49, for his tLlai -oul-d
~ Is and grand total al -s4 Jones
came to the last t~o holes neldln
mar four on each 10 tle. he p4a.eo
.ra nth perfectly. then smashed a
long drive down through the dense
masses of humanity irln5llE Jhe
18th fairWav. His iron allEnLiN
pulled. was hole high. but off tne
green. q foot from the cage or a
trap and when ne Clipped a dozen
feet short Ut the cup. his chance
looked slim la slight slope CIR the
green required careful calculation.
Bobby had the finishing punch
ard delivered ~. where farther back
n looked as III he was himself ON -he
ropes and abou. to- be knocked OUT
OF the tournament
This was exciting enough tor the
Great throng. but There was one
Bit W drama as Densm1re
Shute. AZ wear old Columbus. ONO
professional came along behind
Jones TO make the one remaining
thrust either FOR the title OF "a
w the tie. NeCllng as 0r 3-4
10 tie Jones and Espincsa Ql cine
two holes. Shute missed his old
for the birdie On the 18th by inches
StrI game ne sluEged o. tee shot tlat
cleared the last two hlll0cks and
rolled to- within l25 YARDS ol tne
Aio ward ninth Ills pitch was
STRAIGHT. but eco strong. rollins pack
over The green among the spec
Fails
knowing he had Ia slnE THE next
shot 10 tie. ShI.e struck " boldly
bu+ it went wei past tine cup. His
~ more cone. hs tC1k q 2 for the
5ole -6 for his final round ana "A
rrard total of 296 that ie-t him in
4 tie for third phase with Gene
-he list WI the half dozen con-
tenders who furnished tine nam
1ack of thrills tn the closing er4ve
was completed by Ceorge Won hina'
Detrrit amateur. and Tommy AR
ro,-r professional fellow tounsMan
wound IAN with totals cl -st
4 tie for fifth position with ms
-est NJ the field. Is wei as q ilccE ci
,eTIv beaten favorites scattered be-
1irI tncm. Leo Diesel finished in
|, +is f1~ eighth at SOL. Horton
finished ninth with ay1
ITaIter Hagan in z tie Tor lsth a-
nc Gone and almost forgotten was
1928 champion. Johnny farIe-L
y f7ired TO even have the o-s-
-;-~tion al competing ia the last
1alf az the battle
s-0rr those who automatically
,uqnfied for next wear 5 open "e.e'
red Longworth, Fort Notth- atl'
Tsrt Burke. Houston. 5lZ
OF GOLF BALLS
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