Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-10

May 20 WIN LANA belSeT. an Ola 1Tle
visit by Bob Jones would be a news
event. Today he's just another casual
dropper-in on city which has gone
far beyond the town of 1928. Back
in those days Bob was the toast of
the athletic world-the boy wonder of
golf at the age of rs. Today at So
he is lawyer Of distinction and
standing. big money-maker and no
longer figure in competitive golf
But to an old-timer in the game, a
visit by Bob brings back those glorious
days between 1919 and 1880. Days
of watching that matchless, sirupy
swing pouring power into golf ball
as no man did in those times. OF
flawless putting stroke, of watching
Bob outnudge the professionals at
their best, and take the amateurs
apart almost as he pleased. OF thrills
and heart throbs OF those breath
less moments at Winged Foot in 1929
when his putt to tie Al Espinosa hung
on the edge of the cup and finally
plopped in. OF the day we sat with
Bob on the edge of the scoreboard at
Brookline's dusk in 1922 and solilo-
quized whether he ever would win the
amateur championship He'd been
licked by Jesse Sweetser by 8 and z
that day and championship still was
lacking. He later won 1t five times
OF that sweetly-hit midiron shot which
won him his first open in a play-off
in 1923 with Bobby Cruickshank.
OF an ever-gallant competitor
who always played the gentle
man and the sportsman.
Personally We have twice seen Bob
in the heat of championships call
penalties on himself which no one
observed
Such man was Bobby Jones. And
he still is that kind of man. Maybe
there are others around like him. but
they aren't visible with anything else
than the power of that Lick Observa-
tory telescope. Those competitive days
are behind Bob. He plays in one
tournament year and he hasn't done
anything in that. Yet take away Bob
Jones and the Augusta national tour
ney would be just another big money
affair. It's Bob who makes it. The
man was and is one of the great ones
of any sport.
Chevy Chase Conditioned.
You could search the country over
with a fine-tooth comb scan a hun
dred good golf courses from Florida to
Alaska and not find one which ap-
proaches the condition OF Chevy Chase
at tournament time Which means
today and tomorrow and for the
balance of the week There's some
thing about Chevy Chase in May and
the grooming that truly fine golf
course has at tournament time that
makes round over it just about the
most enjoyable golf adventure any
links-hound could possibly imagine
Not too tough, and far from easy
Chevy Chase is one of those layouts
which always is a treat to your true
golfer But it is at tournament time
it is at its best. And tournament time
starts tomorrow The 28th annua
competition for the Taft and Sherman
trophies gets under way over those
carefully manicured fairways ant
velvety putting green's early tomorrow
with Levi Yoder, the Unconditional gen
from Kenwood by way of Linville
N. c., defending the crown he wol
last year.
There's no title involved, but
!, Yoder again will be the man to
beat.
He is one of the finest match play
: ers who ever hit ball down rough
fringed fairway. and a smart competi
tor in every sense of that much use
phrase.
Three years back, when the pro
played the open championship at Oak
, mont, and squawked and cussed abou
the speed of those immaculate putin
, greens. Jimmy Powers, the blond gu