Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-23
JONES OUT IN Sc;
Won ELM LEADING
S-HO[E SCORERS
Bobby Equals Par-StiII
Ahead of Pack for II Holes
in Amateur Meet.
WILLING, POSTING 145,
TAKES SECOND PLACE
Displaces Dunlap, Who Set Early
Pace in Second Round Test.
Johnston Qualities.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
MERTON CRICKET CLUB, Ardmore,
Pa, September 23.-Bobby Jones, keep
ing up his sensational golfing pace. was
out in SO, even par, for his second
qualifying round, and still in front of
the pack today in the national amateur
championship. His total for 81 holes
was los.
George Won Elm of Los Angeles, for
mer champion, shot brilliant 70, even
par, to assume the lead among the So
hole finishers. He had total of 143,
one stroke short of the record.
DR.. o. F. Willing of Portland, Ore.
took second place temporarily by post
ing rs, which with his first round of
20, gave him total of las, two strokes
behind Won Elm.
George T. Dunlap, Princeton star,
VINO had set the early pace with
7l-76-l47, dropped to third place.
SchoOIboy Scores I4s.
Charles Kochis, Detroit schoolboy
and Michigan State champion, furnished
surprise by galloping in with a ~,
only 2 over par, and posting a &c.
hole total of 148. The 18-year- old star,
making his national tournament debut,
burned up the course on the inward
nine with SO.
Harrison r. (Jimmy) Johnston of st.
Paul, the defending title holder, pulled
himself back from the brink of disas-
ter to score brilliant 70, three over
par. and cllnch his qualifying place.
Johnston was out in 81 and back In
SO, shooting five brides to offset the
lew mistakes he made. His putting,
which came close to knocking him out
OF the tournament yesterday, was much
1n1nr0Wnd o1.Ie Rx,@
footer for a birdie on the thirteenth
and then a putt, from nearly 10 feet,
for birdie on the fourteenth.
Bobby Jones was among the first to
congratulate the title holder on his
comeback.
Mackenzie Withdraws.
Two other recoveries were staged. by
Phillips Finlay of New York with 30
75-155 and Charles Zaver of Los An
geles with 79--76-l55, clinching ouaIi-
tying positions for both OF these young
stars.
On the other hand the casualties IN
Guided Roland Mackenzie, Walker Cup
star; Frank Dolp of Portland, Greg,
former Western amateur champion, and
Francis H I. Brown Of Honolulu. Cali
fornia State champion. Mackenzie
withdrew. Dolp and Brown with 1874
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running.
with over half the field in, the be-
lated outburst of low scoring indicated
no better than 156 would qualify for
the right to continue in the tournament.
There was even a possibility that the
limit Of 80 qualiiers would be reached
inside 155.
Voigt Safely in Fold.
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ualties, including Dolp, Brown and Mac
kenzie, would have an addition in Don
Moe, Portland, Ore, star who finished
with 157.
George Voigt, the New York favorite,
finished with an ordinary rs for total
of 154, safely in the qualifying fold
Alec Knapp, the Baltimore entry,
added a dismal 1850, to his first
days score of 76, for total of 1856,
that put him definitely out of the run
ming.
A great crowd lined the first fairway
when Bobby Jones and Emery Stratton
started their second round. Spectators
stretched along the line from tee to
green. Bob hit a long tee shot and
pitched 30 feet from the pin. Two
puts gave him an easy par 4.
He hit another long drive at the sec
ond and then sent a brassie to trap
at the left of the green. He escaped
easily from the sand and from Is feet
was down in two puts for par S.
Jones used a No. 2 iron from the tee
at the 195-yard third and was 80 feet
from the cup. He holed the down.
hill putt for birdie and went under
par by stroke for the three holes.
Drives Into Creek.
At the long fourth, SOS yards. Bob
drove to deep trap. He took a spoon
and from good lie in the sand hit a
great shot 80 yards from the green.
The big gallery gasped. He pitched is
feet from the pin and got par with
2 puts.
At the water-bordered fifth Bob
drove in the creek and had to drop out
with penalty stroke. He was on in
and with two puts, the last from feet,
he took 5, one over par.
At the sixth Jones sent his second
20 feet from the cup and his putt stop
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