Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-31
BOBBY SCORESK.O 0.
TO LINKS WITH 81
Round Is One of Greatest of
His Career-BeComeS
Heavier Choice.
ny ALAN Y. GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press sports Wrlter.s
~ Ell MONTE. Calf, August 81
America or England. New York
or California-it's all the same
~ to Bobby Jones.
The we'll known alumnus of
of Georgia Tech, seemingly bent upon
g., causing more disturbance in the golden
: West than the whole Tech eleven did
last New Year day on the gridiron, al
ready has stolen the rehearsals for the
national amateur golf championship.
He seems destined to steal the main
show that begins Monday.
The four-time American amateur
king and three-time open champion
brought his practice week to climax
Yesterday on the Pebble Beach course
with scintillating 81. beating par by
five strokes and his own course record
by three strokes.
In subduing the widely ballyhooed
terrors of this famous course, with lis
Chasms and cliffs, it's bunkers and its
fairways Skirting the sparkling ocean
blue Jones shot one Of the greatest
rounds of his career. Nothing particular
was at stake beyond the battle between
the worlds greatest golfer and the for
midable layout that that previously had
resisted all attempts to crack 70. Jones
had already weakened its endurance, per-
haps, by scoring that figure three days
cSO. 1CotCiuCy llC lSiilOSSl IAiC AliOShOub.
CalifOrnians Are Convinced.
This round was all that was needed
to clinch the preliminary argument for
the Georgia lawyer No one knows bet
ter than Bobby himself that record
breaking rounds in practice do not win
championships where the hazards arc
greater and more frequent. He may
yet have fight on his hands before
the main battle of Pebble Beach is con-
cluded, but it is as difficult to convince
any Californian that he will not breeze
through the tournament for the fifth
time as it is to have the same Cali
fornian admit there are any flaws in the
climate.
The coming of Jones. along with the
first amateur title tournament ever held
on the Pacific Coast, has aroused
greater interest than any previous
sporting event in the Golden States
history. The experts all admit this All
that was needed to satisfy the most
conservative or skeptical. was for Jones
TO play the round he did yesterday. The
gallery of fully 1000. that was as
thrilled by his performance as though
il was In championship competition.
also appeared to be willing to crown
him king again on the spot.
Made Two Mistakes.
A few of the salient features of this
round illustrated the pace Jones struck.
His only mistakes were on the second
hole where he took two shots in trap.
and on the third. where he required
three puts to get down. Thereafter.
che of the greatest exhibitions of putting
h has ever given with his celebrated
Calamity Jane" helped him to bag
seven brides. score nine successive holes
in % and cover the treacherous incom-
Sop ,,i,o Iolnc in % under
Bobby missed a 7-foot putt on the
home green for IS after betting two
wonderful wood shots along the oceans
border to within 10 yards of the $40
yard green.
Jones was PLAYING in foursorle with
Harrison r. Johnston. Eustace Storey
and Cyril FOLEY. British champion. as
we'll as one of the games most terrific
hitters Tollev was wild, but even when
h was on the line he was frequently
cutdr;ven by Jones. IT seemed that anv
time Bobby let out with the wood he
outshot his famous British rival. who
was no match for the American on the
greens and took an approximate 10.
THE Georgian sank five puts ranging
from 10 to 40 feet. yet it was onlv day
or so ago he was protesting that he
couldn't putt.
Other Good Scores.
The effect of Jones' great round was
to widen today the gap separating the
champion from the rest of the field.
There have been some other fine per-
formances in practice. George Won
Elm. Phillips Finlay, the former Har-
ward star now representing California: |
George Voigt of New York and two of
Oregon's best, DR.. o. F. Willing and
Don Moe. the Western champion. All
have scores around II to %.
Threatening. also are Jess SweetSer,
Jimmy Johnston. Johnny McHugh |
and Jack Neville, the latter two among |
CALIFORNIA; hopes but Pebble Beach's |
terrors unquestionablv exist for the |
main part of the field, even if not for |
Jones.
The prospect now is that not many |
more than $40 will start in the qualify
ing play. which consists of 18 holes |
next Monday and another IL on Tues
day to decide the 80 participants in |
match play Wednesday. Already Is |
names have been scratched from the
original field of 1862. Several others |
have not yet reported for practice, in
Guiding Jack Westland of Chicago. for
mer University of Washington star who |
won the French amateur championship |
this year.