The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-29
TALKING
IT OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept %.
DOB JONES, the ace Of golf
d clubs. today reached Atlanta,
his home town, the possessor
OF distinction unmatched in the
long history Of the ancient
scottish pastime. BY winning the
four major championships Of the
wear on both sides Of the Atlantic
in one season the chubby young
barrister has set a record that may
last as long as the game itself.
think " ran be pretty definitely stated
tbat Jones future as tournament golfer
Is behind him. don't believe he cares
whether he ever wins another champion
shin. when be told me in bis dressing
room = few minutes after he had holed
out 10 win the national amateur at the
Merton Cricket Club on Saturday. thus
completing his grand slam. that he was
weary Of working at golf and that from
now on be wanted TO get some fun out OF
st. am sure be vas speaking from the
heart. His victory Saturday was and l.
The gams Of Golf and the person OF
Jones have been strange bedfelloWs AS a
mere child al the age Of s. he begai .9ylnE
with the game on the East Lake course.
which fronted his home in Georgia. Pres
entiv he became extraordinarily adept at
the game s ana IN e2f 'i became TIE
Bov : wonder 81 golf. Nobody IN hts own
aeld could compete with him on even
terms.
A S a sort of civic gesture, 1t was
"A arranged 70 enter him in the
national amateur at the age Of 10
over this same Merton course. over
night he became a headline figure.
Not only did he qualify, but he
went to the third round, where he
lost to the experienced Bob Gard
ner. subsequently a f1nalist. From
that day on, young Jones became
the property Of the public, the hope
Of his home town and the conceit
OF his friends. 1t was up tn him
to make good.
Left 70 his own desires it is extremely
probable that be would have placed very
light estimate upon his own Dotentiahties'
certainly II would never have occurred to
him that he had any responsibilities to
respect
Year after wear he came TO the big tour
nsments. always he played fine golf but
for 2 long stretch Of time the oredks,
wch are 50 8 important T5t In In f2 2eaue Tfp
came close he could never win. The teei-
ing began 10 grow that he lacked some
thing maybe it was tne ne ne 70 5tamu
~ m nltdT # was this uucomplimentary i'm.
pication more than ANYTHING else 1 ,i,eo
hrst brought home to Jones a real blazinItg
desire to do something important IN COLL
Finally be broke through and won his
frst championship. Undoubtedly this was
a big moment in his life. possibly she
biggest he has known In golf But instead
of the end Jones found that this was but
the beginning and now that he had won
ono championship it was expected aud de-
manded of him that he should keen on
winning.
So year after year. he came back to The
bunkered battle fields, urged on oy nlS
itis' the press. and fought for additional
honors
A Z first this must have been a
IA tingling sensation. but as the
unending parade moved on, attend
cd by thousands of curious, strug-
Cling, milling spectators, certain
boredom and nausea inevitably de-
veloped.
n n
The Young man who had taken IN golf
as a plaything and later learned to know
ii as a stirring sport now found to his
dismay that the game had grown into a
sort of monster-an exacting. compelling.
demanding ogre that fed on perfection in
performance and precision in movement.
What once had ben recreation had changed
tc something quite different. Where once
there had been fun there now was only
labor and travail.
y
when Jones started the present season season
with the announcement that he would
play in the two major British and the
two major American tournaments l be,
lieve it was with the idea that he would
try to make the clean sweep he has lust
accomplished and thus place himself IN a
position 20 say. the game has nothing
else left to interest me-.
q
Now with some grace and firmness he
can, as be saws, play in a tournament II
he like II NJ gtay at home.