The Washington times., 1930-05-28
BOBBY JONES
SCORES IN
ROUND
F.S WRAY

third round of the British Anna
teur championship today, Bobby
Jones, their leader; Harrison
Johnston, their current cham
pion: George Won Elm and Rol-
ard Mackenzie winning impress
sively and, for the most part,
easily.
The American triumphal
march was made complete when
Francis Ouimet outlasted "A. G..
Bower, of England, to win a
great extra-hole match, up,
2l holes.
Jones, putting uncertainty un-
til the incoming nine, defeated
Cowan Shankland. of England,
and 3; Johnston, playing
sound golf in the registering
wind won as he pleased from
Col Moore Brabazon. another
Briton, and S; Won Elm beat
D. G. Anderson, England, by 2
and /, after missing a series
of short puts, while MackeA1.
Zie won easily from H. l..
Holden. 6 and 4. Mackenzie,
playing his first match of the
tournament, found his putting
. to be atrocious. Otherwise he
was very sound. The gale. how
ever, generally affected the con-
troll of the Americans.
One of their minor entries,
Harry Brewer, a New Yorker
living in France, exacted ven.
geance for the defeat Of DR..
Willing yesterday by eliminat.
ing the doctors nemesis. Will
liam Spark. by and /.
Play this morning was pre-.
carious. what with the roistering
gale and the chill temperature.
/ The skies were sunny but the
temperature lowered an uncom-
Portable point or two near win
ter and this also served to ham
per the players.
At that, Jones started with a
rush. He smote a beautiful tee
shot into the wind at the first
and, pitching his maShie nome
Z while Shankland was short, won
with a to S. The Georgian
repeated at the second, where
Shankland sliced his approach
and took another losing S. 1t
was the same at the third,
Bobby's second reaching the edge
of the green for while Shank.
lands found the heather for 5,
= The wind entered into the stu
alton at the fourth. after both had
pitched their approaches home
Bobby's first putt was blown we'll
off the line and he took two more
while Shankland got down in two
puts to win with a par 4.
4 At the long fifth, Jones
pushed his spoon second deep
into the heather and, although
he got his third home, he also
three-putted and lost with = 6
Il against 5.
Jones and Shankland got pretty
as at the sixth. They also halved
the seventh. Although Jones ap
proach was weak. he saved him
self with a deadly approach putt.
Both tee shots were blown over
: the green at the eighth. Jones
Ghipped back brilliantly 3 feet
from the pin. He missed the putt
but won, anyhow, Shankland tax
ing three puts for a 5. The Ameri-
can should have got no worse
than a half at the ninth. after
he had sliced into bunker. His
third. a beauty was less than 4
feet from the pin and again he
missed the putt. Shankland win
ming with a par 4.
Jones had a perfect at the
tenth to become up. Shankland
taking a 5, The Georgian hit
pretty iron into the gale at the
eleventh, the ball striking the
green and rolling periouSly near
the over-hang of the trap. How
ever, Shankland missed his shot
in a trap and when Jones chipped
back. 9 feet from the pin, he won
the hole with 4.
Both got par fours at the
twelfth, although Bobby drove
into the heather and needed an
excellent out to the green to
save the hole, Shankland being
straight all the way. They halved
the thirteenth in fours, both being
on the line from the outset.
Bobby, having the match
won, decided to keep it won.
This he succeeded in doing
with a brilliant birdie four at
the long fourteenth, first
hooking his tee shot perfectly
in order to avoid a bunker
and then hitting q great
second, pinch-high.
The finish came on the
fifteenth, where Shankland
couldn't match Jones perfect 4,
being wide of the green with his
approach.
The cards:
Jones
Shankland- :.
In ........ 444444
Shsnkland-
!, It remained for Johnston, how
ever. to play the finest golf Of the
morning. Starting for home, 8 UP,
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