The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-23
EXTENDING CHAMPION.
Ais TO GET PUTTER
l@ORKINGCRED|TAbLY
1t. Paul Star Takes 80 Puts
on is Greens During Mis-
cradle Round
ONES PLAY FAuLTLESS
ess Sweetser, Roland Macken-
zie and Cyril ToIIey Also
/ Play Poorly
ONES PLAY FAULTLEss

Merton Cricket Club, Ardmore, Pa,
spt. 23.-R)-It is true in golf today |
nat uneasy lies the head that wears
he crown. After a distressing score
J SO in the first qualifying round OF
he national amateur championship,
arrison r. (Jimmy) Johnston faced
ne stern necessity today of getting
ell under IS to be sure Of entering
he match, play competition in de-
.nse of the title he won last year In
alifornia.
4 If the popular title holder has to
1rrender his crown without eve a
nance to defend 1t, 1t will mark the
rst time the golf fates have turned
lumbs down on a champion In the
slalifying play. Bad putting placed
lmmy's chances in jeopardy, for in
As holes he took Al puts and as he
( eeded only one putt each on two
.eens he really took 80 puts on 16
I reens where 80 is considered the
laximum in the best circles.
Bobby Jones, who holds all the
olf championships except the one
ohnston hopes to defend, has no
ualifying troubles. His better than
erfect So left him in a position
there he could take IS in the second
ound and qualify. Jones led the
ED.
Contrast Was Striking
The contrast in the play Of the
:1ple champion and the defending
4 tleholder was striking.
Jones made the game look absured-
! easy. He slipped q stroke over par
ia one hole, scored two brides anZ
layed the rest Of the holes in figures
1own on the card.
TITS great, of course" said member
( the gallery, "but it's not interest
~. It's far too perfect. Only once
as he shown that he subscribes to
1e theory that to err is human"
Job missed q tee shot at the 18th,
ending it to deep rough to the left
sf the fairway and could not put
r1ough spin on his ball to hold it on
1e green, although he played a bril-
ant recovery. He slipped over and
BOX five on the par four hole.
Johnston, on the other hand, had
ompletely misplaced his putting
ouch. Starting at the first green, he
1T himself a long putt and missed
~. That was bad, for Jimmy normal
is q good putter. He drove the
hort third and took three puts
gain. At the fourth. the st. Paul
Ear holed the putt for a birdie four
And then at the par four fifth
ne champion was down In seven, 8
enalty stroke on the way to the
reen, as a result Of a visit to a water
azard, and four puts after hi
cached the green. He missed one Of
ardly more than a foot. He three
utted the sixth, too, and the tenth
nd ended the round with three puts
t the home hole for his CHASTITY 80.
II just couldn't putt q lick" SAID
ohnston. He was assured that III
rould do better in the second round
us that because you think I cal
o no worse?" he asked. He is no
ct out OF the tournament but dan
erously close to the border line lead
az to temporary oblivion.
Had Much Company
Johnston had plenty Of company
ess Sweetser, former champion o
ne United States and Great Britain
tarted today with an 81 against hin
Or his first days work, and Rolan'
Mackenzie, Walker cup player. use'
5 shots. Cyril Tolley, twice British
mateur champion, was charges
18th 81.
Bracketed Just one stroke behin'
ones after 18 holes Of play were
riliant youth and experienced vet
ran, Sidney w. Noyes. New YorI
unior star, and DR.. o. F. Willing
Aortland, Oregon, runner up in las
ears championship.
George T. Dunlap, IT,. Princeton In
e~rcollegiate champion. stood alone q
4, but four able nnksmen had score
Ri 70, two former champions, Georg
on Elm and Francis Ouimet: Johnn,
ioodman, the man who beat Jones
nd Lawson Little, the man who bea
r. -o~ ~yhn hnot Ynnoe