The Washington times., 1930-07-15
SMITH TELLS
HOW BOBBY
WON TITLE
BY HORTON SMITH

The last day of the British open
championship at Hoylake last
June found me first as . player
and than as a spectator when
.Compston. Jones and Diegel came
down the home stretch.
Having started at sos in the
morning for my third round In
the British open golf champion.
ship and completed my final
round early in the afternoon. l
went out on the course OF the
Royal Liverpool golf club to watci'
the leaders come in.
When the final round started
there were three men in the pic
ture: Bobby Jones, designated on
the scoreboard as Mr.. Robert !
Jones, and Leo Diegel and Archie
Connpston, designated on the
scoreboard as A. Compston anc
L, Diegel. That designated dis
tinction between the "Mr." Anna,
teur and the plain pro Is an olo
British custom but / do not wlSn
nny readers to think that this lS
purely an English custom.
The United States Golf
Association designated the
amateurs and professionals
in our open in exactly the
same manner. John buh
and Uncle Sam both wear
high hats, you know, on state
occasions especially.
SnobbishnesS is not national IN
its limits but international. The
average person in the street IN
London or Liverpool is as demo
cratic as the average person OH
the street in New York or Cnl'
cago. The Prince of Wales Is
one of the worlds real democrats.
Snobs are Just about as notice
able and numerous in Britain as
In America. -,
To return to the final round at
Hoylake. A. Compston was in q
great position but he started TAX
ing a lot of fives and then a
few SKIES. He hadn't gone but a
few holes before everyone knew
that big Archie had been hit by
a torpedo amidShips and all but
blown into the River Dee which
skirts the course on two sides:
Then Jones came along alCei
the men with the red flags mao
warned everybody that a great
ceremony was about to be per
formed and that the spectators
should not click cameras, not
run, nor jump, nor clap their
hands. nor do anything that
might interfere with the concen'
tration of the players. In TACT
more speeches were made than
at a banquet.
Bobby proceeded on his tran
quill way swinging his clubs with
his usual grace and firmness, the
ball flying true to the line and
generally reposing in the hole IN
par figures.
At the eighth there were
signs of a major catastrophe
when Bobby Jones took
seven. No wonder Atlanta
cabIed for confirmation. but
It was true. Even SO Jones
reached the turn in 80.
At the short eleventh, Bobby
took three from the front edge
of the green and at the short
thirteenth he was bunkered and
took another four to be two over
fours with five tough holes to
be played. He got a grand four
at the long fourteenth off two
great wooden club shots and a
life-saving four at the most
difficult sixteenth where he chip
ped so close he nearly had a
three, and should have been
credited with three and a half;
but four was good enough.
l.. Diegel was next and the
only man who appeared to have
a chance. At the thirteenth he
caught Jones. Leo dropped a
stroke at the long fourteenth but
picked it up again at the fiji.
teenth where he did a four by
holing a long putt. He then
needed three fours to tie but at
the sixteenth his tee shot was
bunkered and he took q six and
was done. Jones had won again.
DiegeI and Macdonald
Smith. who played a great
last round, were thus tied for
second and America had fin.
ished one, two. three.
AS l was tied for fourth with
Fred Robson, it was something Of
an American holiday, but, as real
evidence of British sportsman.
ship, I must say I didn't notice
that any of the Englishmen. who
were eating theil dinner in the
hotel in Liverpool that night, ap-
peared to have lost their appe.
tites over the situation.
Copyright 1870, BY King Features
Syndicate. Tnc.)
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