The Washington times., 1930-07-12
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Has z Strokes Edge on Bobby
and May Remain in Front;
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and May Remain in Front;
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and !. only his birdie 2 at the
third prevented him from blow
ing his title chances before they
were actually established.
Jones Starts Early
One of the early starters him
self,. Jones went away with Joe
TurneSa, his arch-rival at the
Scioto championship. and as
usual he took everybody with
him,
JOHNNY Goodman, Jones' con-
queror. IN the last amateur cham
pionship, got a birdie 4 by chip
ping dead to the pin at the fourth
but was trapped at the fifth.
After hitting q weak out, he
three -putted the green.
Ji Gets Par at First
Jones started with par four's
on the first two holes, his par
being achieved in spite of an
iron that didn't quite get home,
following a long, accurate tee
shot. Bobby chipped dead with
his. third to par the hole.
He pulled his drive off the line
and into the rough at the second
ana Just missed the putt for a
birdie. SO ..
Jones got another par at the
1a0-yard third, where he was
hole high from the tee and down
in two puts for his 8.
Two Under Par
Bobby became 2 under par
going TO the seventh, with brides
at the fourth and sixth. At the
former, he Smote two long wood
shots booming down the fairway,
yetWas short Of the green. This
left him a maShie-l1iblick pitch,
which he hits six feet from the
pin. and he calmly holed the putt
to clip q stroke off par.
The fifth saw him miss the
green with his tee shot, but he
chipped IS feet to within three
feet of the pin and holed the putt
for a: par. =. '--
At the. sixth, he lasted out
with o tremendous drive of 800
yards and his approach was a
thing Of beauty. It cut in off
the right corner OF the green and
rolled to within three feet of the
flag. When he sank the putt a
festive sweltering gallery Of 5000
went mad. Bobby, for the first
time during the tournament, was
playing typical Jones golf.
Horizons Great Chance
Horton Smith, from Joplin,
Mo-. was sitting on top Of a IL
O'Clock world this morning as
the third round OF the cham
pionsf1ip was about to begin. He
had j. followed his par 70 Of
Thursday with his sparkling 10
OF yesterdays second round, and
so, ,he4 had the great field trailing
his aggregate Of 142 right into
the final day.
Jones, the man who wants to
add the two American titles to
these he recently acquired in
England and thus create a cne-
man monopoly over the champion
ships Of the world, had to re-
trieVe two:stroke deficit in or
der to realize his ambition be-
fore the dead1ine at nigl1tfall.
His rounds were 7l-73 for a
total Of IA and q tie with
Cooper and Lacey, and it was
taken for granted that he needs
to clSave closely to par today
or forfeit the honor he seeks.
Mac Smith rested alone In
fifth position at las. If q man
who almost won in 1910 and
hasnx won since. can be said to
rest. He was, q stroke beyond
Armour, Cox and Farrell and
two In front Of Hagen and
Golden. this sitaution making it
merely possible that the cham.
pionShip might be won neither
by q man named Jones nor an.
other named Smith. Less routine
matters. have come to. pass with
one jones and two Smiths in the
first five. s
s Tie Very Likely
NearIy all Of the tournament
weight, so to speak, is at the top
of the. list, and, in a case like this.
anything is possible, including a
tie today. Any time you have
Horton Smith, Jones. Cooper. Mac.
Donald Smith, Armour, Farrell
and Hagen grouped within q
radius, OF five strokes with SO
holes to go, the possibilities Of a
dead heat are uinitlesg.
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