Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-11

route and got his 70 to keep within
reach of Jones' 1t was typical Hagen
finish, full of courage and skill, a warn
| ing to them all that the old lion was
far from dead or Gagged. From an
erring, wandering, uncertain golfer the
veteran turned in a flash into the stuff
that made him famous and still keeps
him dangerous.
The Toughest Barricade.
THIS is the toughest barricade that
l. Bobby Jones has ever faced Mac
Smith tied for the championship
90 years ago and less than a month
ago, at Hoylake, he trailed Jones to the
final green, only two strokes away.
Tommy Armour won the championship
at Oakmont in 1927 and came near
winning it last Summer at Winged
Foot. Walter Hagen has won IL ma
tional titles. including open cham
pionships. Harry Cooper tied with Ar
mour at Oakmont. Horton Smith is
the brilliant luminary of the younger
stars who has been gaining needed ex-
perience to make him more and more
dangerous at each start, Just that much
nearer the goal.
And these are among the 10 or II
now left who are out to bar the way
to the Georgian's latest bid for glory.
They are the most formidable chai-
lengers that any single entry ever ran
across in the history of golf
There was wry smile on Bobby's
face as he looked at the list of those
who met his first days test, stroke for
stroke.
And there are others, such as Far
rell and Sarazen and Craig Wood, who
are still in the front, but they can
hardly afford to slip in front of the
no oh 10
There are golfers up there in the
forefront, nerve-tested veterans and
dashing youngsters. who have proved
their place too often before, and if
Jones can escape this Gordon it will be
the greatest exhibition of his golfing
career.
Queer Reversals.
THERE has never been a champion
L ship where so many queer and
sudden reversals broke into the
program, largely due to a sun bent upon
cooking the world in a humidic tenn
perature that scored 104 before 10
o'clock.
And the strangest of these belonged
to Johnny Farrell. open champion two
years ago. Johnny, slender and a trifle
Keen to get going, opened his pursuit
OF Jones by mailing a spectator on the
first hole Off the edge of the fairway
and knocking him down. For the next
few minutes the partially unconscious
spectator was the only comfortable per-
son on the course. At any rate, this
incident so upset Farrell that he
hooked, sliced. shanked and flubbed and
finally took three puts for an eight.
1t was an at Winged Foot that
wrecked Farrell a year ago. Imagine
peering into the hooking face of an
other at the first hole of the first
round, when you are all geared UP to
go somewhere. From this spot on
Johnny Farrells round was the most
remarkable of the day. That must
have stuck in his heart like a poisoned
arrow. He had a at the fourth hole
and that made him over As for two
holes.
But Farrell shot seven of the nine
holes in s under IS to square his over
IS on two holes to take him out in 36,
an amazing performance test of fine
golf and nerve control, proof that john
ny Farrell must be watched from
now on.
Another quick reversal struck Johnny
Goodman, the young star who eliminat-
ed Bobby Jones at Pebble Beach last
Fall. Goodman started out at a pace
that was hotter than the blazing day.