Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
JONES GETS BIRDIE
ON FINAL HOLE TO
CLINCH GOLF TITLE


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Of the final day as Jones shook himself
free from one bad spot after another to
avoid being overhauled by the sharp
shooting Mac Smith.
Three times, on the short holes,
Jones performed the almost unbeliev-
able and took SIS, two over par each
time, as he either got into trouble or
was unable to make his putter work.
Twice in succession he three-putted,
something he doesn't do even once in
a blue moon. Yet, after each calami-
tous short hole, the king manifested
the sort Of ability that has kept him on
the throne. Three times he came back
with brides to Offset so per cent Of the
previous damage. These three come
backs, each worth stroke, furnished
the margin by which Jones was able to
beat Smith and show the tremendous
gallery. why he is the champion OF
champions.
Smith Fights to Last.
Mac Smith, who has had the Ill luck
always, to fall just little short Of
golf, was the only man in the field who
refused to be altogether shaken of
by Jones great third round. With a
fiery start, he cut his deficit from seven
to only three strokes on the first three
holes of the final rounds. Instead of
chasing . will -the-wisp, Mao was
actually in the fight again as he started
49, after Jones had staggered off
at 4-5-5, three-putting the 370-yard
second and doing the same thing on
the 180-yard third, where Bobby's tee
shot fell into a bunker and his recovery
barely reached the green.
On the very next hole, the fifth,
Jones got back a stroke when he
Clipped dead from the edge of the
green for a birdie 4. Steadying, he
played old man par on even terms
through the ninth, where he overshot
the green to the practice putting sur
face, but Clipped bae6 to get his 5.
Smith bagged a. birdie 4 at this hole
and rounded the turn in "a, to Jones
30.
Still three strokes apart, Smith
reached the high mark Of his challenge
when he pulled up to within a stroke Of
the champion at the thirteenth. A
birdie 4 on the 530-yard twelfth gave
Mao one stroke and he got another on
the l94-yard thirteenth, where Jones
again skidded into bad 5. Here
Bobbys tee shot veered to the rough
and he failed to get up the bank to
the green on his first try. finally putting
his third on and missing a 6-foot putt.
Once again Jones banged the door. He
came back to the tough 444-yard four
zenith to fire his second is feet from
VNtVN ANaI ALL H. E-a
;. Mac followed along with q par 4
md was two strokes behind.
Gets Birdie on Dog-Leg.
After par at the fifteenth, Bobby
>nce again answered the knock Of Old
Man Opportunity with a birdie that, as
It turned out, meant the final margin
Of safety. This was at the dog-leg six
tenth. He belted a 300-yard drive into
the short rough, not over 10 yards from
the 315-yard green, then Clipped dead
for the 3. Smith Just missed duplicat-
Ing this and had to take 4.
It was now three strokes in Jones'
favor, with two holes to go, but the
nearly cost him the cham
pionship. He pushed his tee shot to the
edge Of pond, far to the right of the
green, III dense grass and with q clump
Of trees between the spot and the ele-
waited green. It was never actually dis
covered whether the ball sank in the
water or soft mud at its edge, for the
combined efforts of the crowd and Of
icials failed to locate it. Under the
tournament ruling, this pond was a
parallel water hazard" and the pen
atty only one stroke. From back on the
'airway, Jones played another ball and
his third official shot to the green, 80
feet short of the pin. He needed two
puts to get down.
Makes Sensational Finish.
at this dangerous 262-yard hole, was
again within stroke of Jones. Nearly
Ill the spectators on the course, it
stormed about the fairway or
we're massed 10 deep ground the ele-
rated, sloping green, as Jones his his
zee shot straight down the middle, then
fred an iron straight home, to the front
EDGE of the putting surface. The putt
ne faced was uphill, over big mound,
out it never wavered from the 40-foot
line to the cup, climbing in the cup to
climax one of the greatest finishes q
champion ever gave for all to gaze at.
ALI gallant old Mac Smith needed to tie
was an eagle on this 402-yard layout.
His par was Just gesture, but it
clinched second place for him and first
prize money, for the professional clan,
of $1,000.
Harry Cooper and Horton Smith, who
had the slinlmest of outside chances
when they started the final round, each
gained little on Jones up to the
turn. Cooper picked up one stroke
ana Smith two. They were unable to
sustain the pace, however, over the
last nine and lost more ground, instead
Of making it any closer.
For the rest Of the big field it was
Just continued story of sad, sad mis-.
fortune and hopeless chase after a
supermal1 who can occasionally show
he Is human after all, but whose ma
chine.like golf rarely leaves a loop
hole for long.
Lacey Blows Up.
There was the case of Charles Lacey
Of Philadelphia, who shocked all and
sundry. possibly himself, by shooting
o 70 late last evening to tie Jones at
LA for 36 holes. Lacey blew up the
flrst thing this morning by going out
IN 40, something that could not be
retrieved even by fine IS coming back.
He had two IT'S today.
OF the ghost Of ar" an ] " ON the Ms very
first hole OF the tournament, was wei
up with ale after three rounds, but
skidded to closing 80 for his total
Of 299. Hagen, Of whom much was
expected, also blew himself to a CLOSING
30, and so It went all along the line.
Tommy Arrnour's 297 placed him
sixth, Laceys 298 seventh and FAR
rell's 200 eighth. Craig Wood of New
York was ninth with an even 500 tied
with Bill Mehlhorn. The ties for
eleventh ct 301, included George M.
Smith OF Chicago, Peter O'HAra of
Pittsburgh, Leo Diegel, the r. q. A.
champion: Al Heron Of Reading, Pa.
and two amateurs, George Won Elm of
Los Angeles and Johnny Goodman Of
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