Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-14
BOBBY EVEN MONEY
TO FINISH CLEANUP
Only Mac and Horton Smith
Have Given Emperor
Worthy Battle.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

NJ Zo-yedr-OId monarch OF
the links, Bobby Jones, al
ready thrice-crowned in
his all-conquering campaign of
1880, may retire from active COM
petition if he completes his rec
ord-Shattering march by regain
ing the American amateur cham
pionship at the Merton Cricket
Club, Philadelphia, in September.
The Emperor himself, back home
today in Atlanta after his third straight
victory of the year and his twelfth
in eight years has not definitely COM
mitted himself to any plans beyond
competing in the last big event of the
current season. But if he wins, there
viii be no more worlds of golf to con-
ouer, no records to break except his
own, and his friends believe he will bid
at least temporary farewell to the
swlrllng- fields of championship action.
Bobby Even Money.
Win or lose at Merton this year, Jones
has set up mark that generations of
succeeding golfers probably will shoot
at in vain. When ne went abroad this
Spring with the Walker Cup team the
ODDS were so to ! against Bobby's VIM
ming all four of the major British and
American championships. He has
hurdled three of the four obstacles by
winning the British amateur, British
open and American open within a period
OF seven weeks. He has sustained the
confidence of his hometown friends,
who backed him at the quoted figures,
and he now Will go into the final fix
ture, the American amateur, at least
an even-money favorite against the
field, in spite of the pitfalls that Turk
IN match play
For years there has not been any
question of Jones' supremacy at medal
play, the art of battling old man par.
Yet 1t has taken the performance
of the superman Of the links to go out
this year, in the face of the strongest
challenge he has ever had, to beat back
the best Of British and American pro-
1essionals in the two greatest scoring
tests the game can show.
At 1nterlachen, barely a week off the
boat from Europe, the experts figured
Jones would show the effects of the ter
rlnc strain he underwent abroad, es-
peclally in succession Of nerve wrack-
ing matches in the British amateur
tournament. 1t was thought the human
machine might slow down
Jones bowled over the dope, the OPP
position and the records at Interlachen.
he shattered the course record on his
third round with a So, the best he has
ever scored in the event and a perform
ance that put all of his rivals except
Macdonald Smith to route He finished
with 72-hole figure of 287, his own
lowest IN American competition and
WITHIN a stroke of tying Chick Evans
eA-tinle marx. He sank 40-foot putt
on the nome green to finish two strokes
anead OF his nearest rival, Mac Smith,
VINO ended a vain but gallant chase in
z6s. He was five strokes in front of
Horton Smith, the young professional.
who led at the halfway mark.
Smiths Chief Rivals.
These two Smiths have been the only
ones to give Bobby much scoring COM
Petition for 1880 Horton Smith beat
Jones at Savannah in one of the Winter
open tournaments, the only event of any
Kind that Bobby has lost this year. Mac
Smith was the Tunner-up to the king
IN the British, as well as the American
open. Mac was top-noCcher, tying for
Lne American open 20 years ago, when
Bobby was first swinging a Juvenile set,
Oh clubs at the age of 8. He was still
COCO enough this year to give Jones two
magnincent battles, at home and abroad,
Wnlle such favorites as Tommy Armour,
tommy Farrell, Leo Diegei. walter
hagen and Gene Sarazen fell by the
wayside ~
Mac Smith, the "hard luck s1,v,, of
golf, has had the misfortune to be NAV
ing ms greatest game at a time when
how Little Bill Johnston felt with BIG
Bill Ilden around to block him off A
great styllst, Mac Smith has the game
the shots and the courage to 90 with
them, yet he has always fallen lust 4
stroke or two short Of one Of the main
goals.
The battle of Interlachen long will he
remembered. not only for the achieve.
ment OF Jones In winning his fourth
American open, but for it's Kaleidoscope
turns. Mac Smith and Tommy Armour
started the fireworks, each posting first
rounds of 20, two under par, to lead the
field. Horton Smith, with a second
round OF 10, stepped out in front at the
halfway post, In his wake came Charles
Lacey, Philadelphia dark horse, - gal
looping IN out of the dusk, the last mar
on the field, to score a 70 and tie Jones
for third place at 36 holes with IA.
Bobby took command Saturday morn.
ing with his spectacular SO, the best
round OF the tournament, only to have
his seven-stroke lead over Mac Smith
actually cut down twice to single stroke
IN the home stretch. The champion
rallied each time after disastrous fives
on three short holes, Gaping the climax
with his 40-foot finishing putt for 9
birdie.
The order of finish at Interlachen
with scores and prize money. was a,
follows: Bobby Jones 2s7, champion.
ship cup and gold medal; Mac Smith
289 and 1000: Horton Smith 2e2 anC
$3.50; Harry Cooper, 293 and $3.50; Johr
Golden, 294 and $3.50; Tommy Armour
297 and $3.50; Johnny Farrell. 299 anC
$3.50; Craig Wood and Bill Mehlhorn
300 and sl37.50 each: Johnny Goodman
and George Won Elm, 30l and golf
medals; Al Heron. George M. Smith
Leo Diegel and Peter O'Hara, 301 anC
$8O.25 each; Charles Guest. Joe Turnesa
Bob Shave, Willie Hunter Mortie Dutra
Walter Hagen, AL Watrous and Ed Dud
ley, 300 and S47.50 each. All those Will
scores Of 306 or better automaticall.
qualified for the 1881 open.