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BOBBY JONES IN TEXAS

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BOBBY JONES IN TEXAS
GOLF FANS or Texas will get
Two opportunities this week OF see
1ng the immortal Bobby Jones.
greatest Of them all, in action. He
will play special benefit matches
~ San Antonio Wednesday and at
Dallas Saturday. Robert Tyre Jones.
- the official records refer to him,
= travelling the country investiga-
ting golf conditions for the A. q.
Gpalding a. Bros, Of which firm he
u = director.
Proceeds from his benefit matches
ore going 10 the Junior Leagues Of
Dallas and San Antonio. 1t Is en-
tirely probable that a group OF red
hot golf fans of the lower Valley
will be on hand for the San An
tonic match to see what manner Of
man In he who made the grand
dam" OF golf-winning Of the four
major golf events in one year.
AnE ht<D oLhlu
THIS Is HOW the famous Atlanta
ghotmaker won the four majors in
tp3l:
British Amateur-May, st. An
drews, Scotland. Drew bye in the
first round; defeated Sidney Roper.
IN second, three and two; defeated
Cowan ShanklRnd. in third, five
and three; defeated Cyril j. II. Toll
ley. defending champion, III fourth,
one up 90 holes: defeated G.. o.
Watt In fifth. four and two; de-
feated II. r. Johnston. amateur
champion of USA in sixth. one up;
defeated Eric w. Fiddian in seventh,
four and three: defeated George
Weight Tn semi-finals. one UP: de-
feated Roger Wethered. finals. sew
On and six.
British Open-June. Hoylake-
Qualified with $50. Then shot To-
7~2-74-75-29l in field OF 400. Those
with the next best scores: Leo Die
rel and Macdonald Smith. 293
each; Horton Smith and Fred Rob-
son England) 296 each.
q. s. Open-June. Interlachen,
Ninneapolis-Shot 7l-73-68-75-187.
Nearest rivals Macdonald Smith,
389: Horton Smith. 292: Harry
Cooper, 293.
u. q. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mer-
ion g. c., Philadelphia-Sept. %:
Short SO to lead first round quail
fiers: Sept. %; Shot 70 TO make his
total 142. winning medal; Sept. "a:
Defeated G. Ross ~Somerville. five
and four and defeated @. G. Hob
ittzel. five and four Cboth at Is
holes): Sept. IS: Defeated Fay Cole
man, six and five (36 holes); Sept.
as: Defeated Jess SweetSer. nine and
eight C36 holes): Sept. 81: Defeated
Gene Romans. eight and seven in
finalA
And that. brother. constitutes the
grand slam"-the greatest thing
ever done in the golfing world.
JUST by WAY OF rounding out
his record Bobby won the VI. ..
Amateur in 1924, 1925. 1927. 1928
and 1880. the u. s. Open in 1923,
1876. 1929 and 1880. He also col
lected the British Open IN 1926,
1877 and 1880. but his only VIC
tory In the British Amateur was In
1880.
And last. but not least. he won the
Junior championship OF the Atlanta
Athletic CLUB in 1911 at the age
OF nine.
short shots
Our greatest weakness saws r.
.. us basketball coach, is inability
70 hit the basket"
II might prove a bit troublesome
&C that.
A quint which cannot make bask-
cts Is about ike a hunter who gees
out for bear with an unloaded gun.
Or q fountain pen without ink.
Alabama University's prexy saws
stanford was the greatest team
the west ever produced"
q OF Us could afford TO be a
bit generous under the circumstances
particularly after the victory was
In the bag.
Corpus Christi, no doubt, Is will
ing TO admit that Amarillo has the
greatest team ever developed in the
Texas Interscholastic League.
And might 10 SO far a. to admit
that the BUGS rank as the second
greatest.
County Superintendent John Bar
ron is a strong booster for John
frankie. the Rice tackle. Barron
gave FRANKIE his start as a foot
ball player when he was coaching
at Los Fresnos.
Hogan Biliou. a fine athlete who
died from burns In a school acct
dent at San Benito. was another
who got his first athletic instruc-
tons from Superintendent Barron.
U.S.G.A. Is Said