New Britain herald., 1929-09-04
JONES IS STILL
 A B|G FAVORITE
Elimination Play Begins Today
 on Pebble Beach Course

Pebble BeaCn, Cal, otpl HF- The boys have come out of the qualifying trenches, trif1e buffeted. ad it's a man-to-man battle from now on for the amateur golf cham pionship of the United States.
 Led from the wind blown hazards of Pebble Beach by Bobby Jones, and Gene Homans, who tied tor medal honors with totals of 145, one over par, in the 36 hole> quail flying skirmish, the 31 survivors were paired for the elimination match play today. Two IS hole rounds faced the reduced field of title contestants which by nightfall will be abruptly paired to Q select eight for the quarter finals tomor- row over the 36 hole route.
 Although outplayed first by a col. lege boy from the University Of California at Los Angeles. Gibson 1 Dunlap, on the opening day of the 1 qualifying competition, and then | held to even terms after 36 holes by another collegian, Eugene V. Ho- mans, of Princeton, Bobby Jones began the main struggle for the de- fense of his crown without any | shift in the odds in his favor. The champion drew the young Omaha star, Johnny Goodman, who quail fled with 157, for his first round opponent with the prospect that he would be called on in the after io J C, fornia entry Phillips Finlay, hero yesterday of as dramatic come back as the qualifying round has ever witnessed
 Romans, the studious looking son l Of former famous Princeton foot ball player, was bracketed with Fay Coleman of Culver City, Cal, Whilr 1 Dunlap, drew Clarence Hubby of Dallas, Tex. The first match today brought together two outstanding stars in Cyril Tolley the British | champion, and Eddie Held of New York, holder of the Canadian title who was forced to play-off for the right to continue in the tournament Another star attraction involved George NOn Elm, of Detroit, cham pion in 1926, and Chandler Egan oi Medford, Ore, titleholder in 1904 05
 Pebble Beach, on a breezy day gave the field a real taste Of it's ter TOTS as the qualifying round was concluded. After the battle W9G over the score board not only show. ed a succession of narrow cscapes for a good share of the favorites but a casualty list that included such conspicuous names as Chick Evans, tWo-time title former cham. pion, Ross Somerville and Don Car rick, former Canadian titleholders and three eX-holdcrs of the westerl amateur title-Bob Stein of Seattle Frank DOlp of Portland and kek> Carter of Oklahoma City.
 It was day of spectacular per, formanCes, from the early round ot | 8 by Romans that put him up tc the top to stay until Jones and Dun. lap finished their nip and tuck tussl, in the late afternoon with tho champion, pulling away from hi. youthful California rival Jones slipping five strokes off his Monday score, seemed somewhat worried by the failure of Calamity Jane" tt roll 'cm in on the greens, bu otherwise there was not much fol him to be concerned about. Dun. lap, on the other hand, had a ter. rife struggle to keep within hailin. distance of the leaders and on sev- eral occasions appeared about tc blow all over the course. The Los Angeles star, however, stuck to hi. guns right up to the finish.
 While all the fun was going or among the leaders, two members o1 the crack Portland, Ore, con. tingent each came within a stroke of making it more than a double jOinted tie. Late in the day, wher conditions were anything but con. ducive to par golf, Oscar F. Willing and Donald K. Moe the younf western amateur champion, brcezeC in with 74s. They had each eQuallet par the day before so their total! of 146 produced a tie for thirC place, showing Dunlap back to fifth only a stroke ahead of Roland Mackenzie of Washington, D. C. and John E. Lehman of Gary, Ind. former Big Ten champion, each witt 14S. Harrison R. (Jimmy) John sson of St. Paul, with 149, complet ed the group of eight that succeeded in breaking 15O.
 So conspicuous a star as George Won Elm skidded from first day. 75 to a dangerous S2 for a total 0 ; 157. His partner, William K Lanman, Jr., of Columbus, O., faret even worse. He, too, had 75 tt 7 work on, but struggled in yestcrda. with s. an aggregate of 162 tha brought about his elimination.
 Meanwhile, comebacks by Georg' Voight, Phillips Finlay, Johnn. Goodman and others furnished thrills. Even Maurice Mclaughlin the old tennis champion, cut hi score down from S5 to S1 but 16, was not good enough Finlay, afte spending q summer of preparation for the tournament here. semi