Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
PINCH FEATS AID
IN EACH TOURNEY
BraSsie, Putter and NibIick
Come to His Rescue in
Trio of Victories.
By FRANCES C. POWERS.

ATLANTA, July 16.-Of the hun
6reds Of shots struck in his winning
OF the British open and amateur and
the United States open golf cham
pionships, Bob Jones looks back upon
three as the most important in his I'M
paralleled achievement of rifiing the
golf world of its premier titles within
q span of seven weeks.
In the United States open at In
terlachen last week Bob believes his
braSSie second on the fourth hole of
the final round was the one that swung
the tide of victory to his banner. Bob
had taken f1ves on the two preceding
holes and needed a sub-par badly. The
fourth at Interlachen is a par hole
and, although Jones had scored brides
there on all the preceding rounds, it
was more difficult this time because of
the croSS-Wind that was blowing. A
lake on the right and a deep bunker
on the left lent danger to anything
but perfect shot.
Three Shots That Tell.
Knowing the Importance attached to
the shot, Bob walled a tremendous
braSsie that never veered an inch from
the true line. The ball finished up
just short of the green and he was able
to pitch down to the pin for one putt
and the greatly needed birdie.
In the British amateur Bob regards
the 12-foot putt he holed against
George Voigt on the sixteenth hole at
st. Andrews as the deciding blow of
thai championship. Voigt had rolled a
50-footer almost stone dead and had
Bob missed his putt he would have been
down and two to go. But Calamity
Jones responded to his touch and the
ball rolled into the cup to change the
golf history of the world.
1t was bunker shot that pulled Bob
out of trouble in the British open at
Hoylake. He occupied relatively the
same position in the final round of the
British championship that he did at
!nterlachen. Archie Compston, who led
him at the start of the round, had
cracked, but Macdonald Smith and Leo
Diegel were playing brilliantly on the
course behind him
On the Sixteenth-a par hole
Bob put spoon shot into bunker to
the left of the green, and trouble was
engulhng him as he walked into the
sands. But he played a tremendous
niblick shot that finished inches past
the cup. and he raped the ball down
for the valuable f.
Of course, the 40-foot putt he holed
on the seventy-second hole at Inter-
lachen was not without its value; but
had he missed it he still would have
had a one-stroke margin over Mac
Smith
The three shots previously described
came at the crucial moments in his
championship drives and swung him
back into a pace that permitted no one
TO catch him.
Will Play on Saturday.
Bob's next appearance on a golf course
will be Saturday, when he goes out to
play the new Is at East Lake. The ia
nous club that produced Bob, Alex
Stirling and Perry Adair now has SO
holes and the members have been await
ing Jones return so he properly could
christen the new side with a solution of
pars and brides. The new IL is much
harder than the old course, and playing
it will keep Bob in fine condition for
the little task awaiting him in the anna
teur championship at Merton in Sep
TENDER.
On Friday the Atlanta Base Ball
Club, of which Bob is part owner will
celebrate Bob Jones day." and the
champion, who is real fan, is eager to
see how his athletes are performing.
In the meantime, Atlanta is recover
ing from Mondays celebration, but its
q hard job. 1t will be weeks before all
of Bobs friends have shaken his hand
and slapped him on the back. He has
that many.