Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
JONES LEADS FIELD
WITH SCORE OF g
IN AMATEUR GOLF
Sidney Noyes, Yale Fresh
man, Cards Sensational 70
for Second Place.
BOBBY MEETS TROUBLE
ON ONLY FOUR HOLES
Over Par on Only One With Two
Brides in Qualifying Round
at Merton Club.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
MERTON CRICKET CLUB, Ardmore
Pa, September 22-Starting his fina
battle to sweep the golf boards FOL
1880, Bobby Jones shot a brilliant SO
one under par, to take the lead in tn,
first Is holes of the 36-hole qualifying
play for the National Amateur Col.
championship today.
Jones took the lead away from 49,
year-old Sidney w. Noyes, Yale fresh.
man. who carded a sensational
36-32-7o. even par.
The triple champion was in fine form
and experienced trouble only on foul
holes. Twice he was in traps and twice
in the rough, but recovered sensation
ally. He was over par on only one
hole, the 378-yard eleventh, where his
drive found deep rough and he failed
to find the green with his second
He Offset this with brides on the
tenth and thirteenth, sinking puts OF
"a and IL feet respectively.
On five other greens Jones Tipped
the cup with long puts, otherwise he
would have administered fine beating
to old man par.
Chances of Stars Imperiled.
The Merton course lost no time tax
ing a heavy toll among the competitors
jeopardizing the qualifying chances OF
stars such as Jesse SweeISer and Cyril
Iolley, as well as the rank outsiders in
the field.
Scores in the eighties were posted by
the dozen as the combination of some
what soft turf, water hazards, traps and
IL out-of-boundS opportunities exacteo
penalties.
Only about dozen and a half oil
the first so scores posted were under
30, and most of these were near the
border line.
Jones at Turn in Par.
Jones started in quest of his fourth
consecutive golf title, playing with
Emery Stratton of Boston.
Bobby started the round by driving
into trap 30 yards from the first
green, but played out without difficulty
20 feet from the pin. His putt was a
foot past the cup, and he holed an
Bob's drive 81 he Us -yard second
hole was 275 yards in the middle OF
the fairway. He sent spoon shot 10
yards from the green. Two puts gave
him paris.
Jones used a No. 2 iron for his tee
shot at the 195-yard third and was pin
high, but in rough just of the green.
He Clipped inches from the cup and
scored another par.
The fourth, the longest hole of the
course, sos yards, yielded Bob another
par S, his putt for a birdie from 80
feet missing by one revolution of the
ball. Jones drive was in the rough To
the left. He played a No. 4 iron to
rough on the other side, but pitched on
easily. On this hole Stratton was well
inside Bobby on his approach.
Jones hit a long drive close to a
creek at the fifth and his second was
on the green 40 feet from the cup.
Again his putt was just trifle of and
he scored a par 4.
Barely on With Second.
The drives were feet apart at the
sixth. with Jones away for the first
time. Bob was barely on with his
second, but sent an approach putt from
so feet to within 3 feet of the cup
and holed the putt for a par 4.
Another simple par was scored at
the seventh, where Jones drove, pitched
and putted close to the cup as usual
Jones drove to within so yards of
the 350-yard eighth and with a niblick
placed the ball feet from the cup.
His first putt again stayed out and
he bagged another par f. Bob con-
tinued to play "Jones golf" his score
against par, by taking par at the
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