Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
DOWNS WETHERED
BY BATTLING PAR
Becomes First to Capture
Open and Amateur Titles
of Two Continents.
BY FRANK H. KING,
Associated Press stan Writer.

ut. ANDREWS, Scotland, May
31.-Bobby Jones today COM
pleted his golf1ng diadem by
- winning the British amateur
championship, which he has long
coveted, by convincing defeat Of
Roger Wethered, z up and 6 to
play, in the 36-hole Anal.
All the jewels Of golf now have
Sparkled from Bobby'S crown. He
is the only man who has ever won
the open and amateur titles of
both the United States and Great
Britain.
They gave him the cup on the terrace
of the Royal and Ancient Club House
this evening with all the DatriarchS of
golf gathered there.
The final between Jones and wethered,
with thousands of persons trying to see
the shots, was the climax of a great
week OF golf in fine bracing Scotch
weather and with enthusiastic galleries
trailing over the famous links, where
puts have been missed for 500 years.
800 Matches in Week. {
Nearly 300 matches have been played
this week-all free-for st. Andrews Is .
public course and there is no adnis-
sion fee. Never have the golf-loving
Scots had such a good time as they have
over Englishmen, ScotSmen and Ameri-
cans. including the amateur cham
pions of Great Britain and the United
States and the captain Of the British
Walker Cup team as q final opponent.
Wethered was a worthy opponent and
great sportsman. Although the tide was
against him all the way, he never
seemed worried or harassed and played
his normal game, which was good. but
not good enough.
Jones played 30 holes in two under
fours. and there is the story Of the 1890
British amateur final.
Level on First Nine.
The former British amateur cham
pion held the American open champion
level for the first nine holes, with each
one under par. Jones won i've of the
next seven holes and Wethered rallied
with a great birdie at the seventeenth
to win and go to luncheon four down,
when he had been five behind.
The Briton won the first hole in the
afternoon when the American was Sty-
mied and seemed about to win the sec
ond when Jones made one OF his few :
bad drives of the week. It also was =
his last. The visitor, however, seemed
.
when needed and he recovered with an +
iron good enough to place him In posi-
ton to win the hole after 1t seemed
lost.
Wethered reduced the lead to 8
at the sixth, but it was the last chance
he had against the machine-like preci- !
sion of the Americans game.
The home players wild tee shots cost
him dearly In the morning and forced
him to struggle to keep within reason
able distance Of his opponent. In the
afternoon his long game steadied, but
his loose play on the green ruined his
chances. and play ended on the thir-
tieth with a missed putt by Wethered
from three feet.
Envied on Drives.
"I didn't drive or putt well today"
said Wethered tonight, somehow, or
other, seemed to pull every ball of +,
line, but Bobby Jones Is a great golfer
who may put any one OF his driving.
Every one does 1t. and had my bad
lapse in the morning. But I did not !
from many other golfers. All day Jones
drove magnificiently and envy him
his long game and his fine touch on the
green's"
IT was lucky to win" was Bobby's
comment. ~
Jones' victory was popular with the
Scots. They swarmed after his shots
Many placed their youngsters on their
heads and had the story Of the putting ,
relayed. a..
When the finish came, the crowds .
engulfed Bobby like wild tribeSmen
Half a dozen Scotch hobbies rescued
him and escorted him back to the club
house, more than q mile away for the
match ended at the twelfth hole, far
out on the neck of the links.
Jones received the cup he wanted
most of all from the hands Of Col. p. s.
G. M. Skene, captain of the royal and
ancient club, who called attention to IA
the fact that the new champion Is an n
honorary member Of the royal and .
ancient.
Bobby told again Of his love for 'old
st. Andrews" in accepting the trophy.
Played Against Par.
II never have been happier to get
any cup" he said, adding, "and I never
worked so hard, nor suffered so much
either"
Jones' relentless battle against par
proved too much for his slender OPP
ponent. The fact that Wethered was
Bobby was trying constantly to better
or at least remain level with par and
in this he was highly successful. 6.
In the morning round he never went
above the figures called perfect for each 4
hole. He had one at the long seventh
where Wethered got fine birdie 4, ~
but Jones had brides at the fifth and
fourteenth and with all the others in ,
even par he was under for the morn
ing round. -
In the afternoon he went over par
on two of the first four holes, but after
that he never slipped, and brides at
the twenty-third and twenty-eighth ;,
holes Offset these, so in his battle
against par he had q two-stroke adj
vantage for the day.
Turning at the ninth-the twenty.
seventh Of the match-for the last time
Bobby shot 3-3-4 and it was all over,
With four-hole advantage at the in
PERMISSION he added one hole on the
first nine of the afternoon, and was 5
up. He made It with q birdie 8 at
the 312-yard twenty eighth, where he
almost drove the green. His par at
the short twenty ninth was good enough
for half, and O par at the thirtieth
brought him the title when Wethered
missed putt for the half, which could
only have served to postpone the de-
ciSi0n