Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
ny BOBBY JONES.
American Open and American Amateur
Champion.

Champion.
~ a transcontinental train out
in the wide open spaces is not
I the best place in the world to
~ be while the British open golf
championship is going on
that is if you have the least desire to
keep up with its progress. The con-
Guiding day of the competition we did
manage about O'Clock in the after
noon to get a direct wire from Atlanta
giving us the names and scores of the
first six finishers, but it was not until
the following morning that any details
became available.
From the account which I read that
morning it would seem that the same
old story Of championships was written
again at Carnoustie. A story Of how
some competitors blew up in the third
round and of how thoae who didn't.
blew up in the fourth. Some had grand
chances which were apparently dis
sipated in the morning round of the
last day, and others saved their skins
long enough to come to the last few
holes likely winners. But when the final
count was made the good and bad third
and fourth rounds were found to be
about even and six noble golfers
finished in a bunch.
Tommy Armours final round must
have been a classic. Starting the last
day one stroke behind Jurado and Cot
ton. Tommy chose round three to get
little wildness out of his system. It
must have seemed that his n had
left him too much to make up, for
Jurado's 70 had given him five
stroke advantage over Tommy, and
Mac Smith and Havers had both
sneaked in two strokes ahead Of him.
The only difference was that Armour
still had his good round coming up.
like to see a man win who finishes a
championship as Armour did. Beating
par by a stroke under the terrific strain
of the fourth round is something which
entities a man to be called champion,
for it takes good deal OF courage and
determination as well as skill to compile
a card showing four brides, IL pars
and only three holes over par under
such conditions.
Carnoustie again demonstrated the
inestimable value of a score which Is
already up on the board while the other
fellows who have chance are still out
trying to get theirs. Armour, according
to the report, finished far in advance
of all of his dangerous rivals And it
was their lot to find out what it means
to shoot at a score which is already
posted and cannot be changed One
after another they took shot at 1t
and one after another they failed to
equal Tommy's mark. 1t is a wholly
different matter from playing against
an opponent who may make mistakes.
Whatever the leaders score may be it
is certain and definite number which
cannot be exceeded.
The effect Of this can be seen in the
play on the last few holes of those
who had the best chances. When
Jurado reached the turn In So, the
report states, he knew he had to come
home in 80 to win. He wasted couple
Of strokes in the next few holes, but
even SO, as he stood on the seventeenth
tee, his score was one better than
Armour's had been at that point. But
Armour had done the last two holes in
par, 4, S his score was on the board,
and Jurado still had to get his two
pars to win. He finished 6, 5.
So with Mac Smith. After two medi-
OGRE rounds to begin with Mac had
played courageously. A II in round
three and good, steady play in the
afternoon brought him to the sixteenth
tee needing three pars of 3, 4, to win.
He finished 5, 6, and wound up three
strokes behind.
And then Percy Alliss; he could have
tied II he had finished 4, 5, but
6 at seventeen got him also. And
so it goes. Armour took admirable adj
vantage of his early starting time and
made it just a little bit too tough for
them.
WOrld-Wid Sport.
This championship certainly served
to elevate the Argentine to front-rank
golfing power 1t is remarkable that
with her relatively small golf1ng ropu-