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BROOKLYN DAILY NEW YORK, JULY 6, 1930. i 11 -i 5 Jones Seen as No' Better Than 10 to 1 Shot for U. S. Open Title interested In Irons than In Iron. He turned pro.

His first winter In Florida saw him take two out of Record of Bob Jonen' Major Golf Triumphi Appeal in Bobby's Play Is Ability to Take Breaks Calmly BrLLIK BL'RKK rOMr.ae.r- SOW. Or BOBBY'S NOTABLE qiAUTIFS But Bob's Presence, 111 Health or No, Confounds the Pros Still Some Records Left for Bob Jones To Take a Shot At By SOL METZGER The best part of Bobby Jones' victory In the British amateur, according to editorial writers, is the proof that he has conquered himself. Bobby did have temper. Broken clubs and petulance at times. But to the golfer the quality Sillic l3orK aX at Winoed Foot By RALPH TROST Bob Jones has arrived, been welcomed, had himself described as one of the three most popular men in the world and his ears filled with congratulatory things.

Bob Jones has hit the top in achievements and praise. But there's still another peak to be scaled. The great Atlantan has his eye turned westward toward that mountain, toward the long, winding course built around those numerous lakes Just northwest of Minneapolis, toward Interlachen and the national open championship. This writer saw Jones leave on the Mauretanla in April. He looked thin, for Bob Jones, but fit.

We saw a consider ly ensuing open championship at In terlachen. But even if he should fall there he can close the year successfully by omlng through in ths national amateur championship at Merlon In September. Bobby will be the favorite to win the great classic which starts next Thursday. If ne fulfills expectations at Interlachen he will set another great record in addition to that, of having outdistanced Hagen in the long-time chase after championships; that is, he will have played and won three national championships In a single calendar year. He would then be an odds-on bet to set up a record likely never o.

fall that of capturing the nation amateur title and becoming the simultaneous holder of the four great championships. Records which Bobby has not yet beaten are: The feat of John Ball Jr. in win. nlng a national amateur cham- teur In the world. Since 1023 he has 1911 Won Junior championship of Atlanta A.

O. 1915 Won Invitation tournament of Roebuck Country Club at Birmingham. Won Eastlaka and Drills Hills Club ehampionahipi. both In Atlanta. 1918 Won Blrmlnaham Country Club lnvlutlon.

Won Cherokra Club Invitation at Knoxvllle, Trnn. Won Eastlaka Invitation. Won Oeorgla Amateur eham plonshlp al Brookhaven. 1917 Won Southern. Amateur at Birmingham.

1919 Runner-up to Jim Barnes, along with Ksrl Kefler, In Canadian Open. Runner-up to Jim Barnes In Southern Amateur. Runner-uo to 8. David Herron In U. fl.

Amateur at Oafc- mont. 1920 Won Southern Amateur. Won orange County Golf Club Invitation. 1022 Won Southern Amateur. 1923 Won U.

8. Open at Inwood In play-off of tie with Bobby Crulekflhank. 1924 Won U. 8. Amateur at Merlon Cricket Club.

1925 Won u. 8. Amateur at Oa le mons. 192S Won S. Open at Seloto.

Won Brltlih Open at Lytham and St. Anne's. 1927 Won 0. 8. Amateur at Mlni- kshda.

Won British Open at St. Andrew's. Won Southern Open at Kast- Iske. 1928 Won V. 8.

Amateur at Brae Burn. 1929 Won V. 8. Open at Winged root In play-off with Al Espinosa. 1930 Won British Amateur at Hoy- lake.

Won British Open at St. Andrew's. Won Augusta Open. WEST VA. GOLF TOURNEYS The West Virginia State Golf Association expects more than 150 entries for its amateur championship at Greenbrier, Whit Sulphur Springs, starting tomorrow.

Start ing and ending a day earlier, the Women's State Championship will be played. Hole by Hole at UAIL I n.lM 5 oven tub WAU.O MOT? 1 about his play that most appeals Is his ability to take the breaks without upset. It does take a high degree of sportsmanship to laugh them off when they turn against you. Billy Burke, born Burkowski, is like Bobby in this respect. He flashed on the golf horizon first about seven years ago.

As an unknown amateur he won the medal at the Connecticut championship and carried Henry Topping to the last green before yielding the title. Description of Interlachen Country Club Golf Course Interlachen! Here you have the hole-by-hole description of what the Midwejterners consider one of their toughest championship courses. It Is situated near Minneapolis among the numerous clear-water lakes of that region, and By Bt'NRER Having won the British open and amateur championships, Bobby Jones now is set to break a great many, though not all existing golf records, this year. Chief of these is the record for winning national events. Until Bobby swept through to victory at Hoy-lake this mark had been In the pos session of Walter Hagen, twice a U.

S. open champton. four times British open champion and five times professional match-play champion of the United States. However. Bobby's triumphs abroad threw him Into a tie with The Haig.

Each now has 11 national championship -to his credit. Multitudinous as Bobby's victories have been it han taken him an ex tended time to reach the point where he can upset longstanding records. Now, however, they are falling, and may continue to fall. After his victory in the British open, many writers pointed out that the Atlantan was now the stmulttm. eous holder of three great titles, the British open ani amateur and the U.

S. open. However, this was not a new record. Having become U. 8.

amateur champion In September. 1925. he also captured the U. 8. and British open in the early summer of 1926 and was therefore a three-time champion until George Von Elm took his amateur title away late in 1926.

Bobby was the second man ever to win both the British open and amrjteur titles In a single year, John Bali having done it in 1890.. Chick Evans won the United States open and amateur in 1916. A feat commensurate with these was Gene Sarazen's In winning the 1922 United States open championship and the P. O. A.

match play championship of the same year. Having equalled Hagen's record for championships, Bobby -has a royal chsmce to beat it In the quirk- Golf Pro's Wife Said She Was Left Alone The London Divorce Court re cently granted a decree nisi to Her bert Charles Jolly, the noted golf professional, for the dissolution of his marriage. Mrs. Jolly went to live with her parents In March, 1921, and Mr. Jolly alleged she refused to return and live with him.

She gave as her reason that owing to her husband's duties at the Foxgrove Golf Club. Beckenham, she was frequently left alone all day. 66 BREAKS COCRSE MARK Myron Raymond in a golf foursome yesterday at the Spring Hill Golf Club in Forest Hills broke the course record of 68 with a score of 34-32-66. BOSTON SIGNS EHRIIARDT Pitcher Rube Ehrhardt recently released by the Cincinatl Reds, has been signed by the Boston Braves. on Its well-bunkered areas the three titles In a span of two weeks and run second in a third.

We first met him at Plnehurst two years back when he ran amuck in high winds to lead a classy field through- I out the North and South open. Last June we stationed ourselves at the first green at Winged Foot early on the first day of the national open, awaiting the arrival of a notable or two to follow around the course. There we met Burke again. His Iron second up the slight grade to the high banked green, 44S yards from the tee, slid a bit off line, trickled down the grassy bank of a bordering trap on the right and caused his ball to come to grief. It lay against the bottom of the grassy slope on the far side from the green, buried in a furrow.

A nasty, almost unplayable lie. Most golfers would have so stated upon viewing It, parson or no parson nearby. But Billy is different. He's like Jones. He knows how to take the breaks.

Ail he did when he viewed It was to remark to us, "That's a nice shot to have to play so early in the morning." He did play it nicely, too. Took I a niblick and swung almost straight down behind the ball. It shot like an arrow into the opposite grassy bank and In some manner skidded up that slope to the green In spite of a bite that would have taken a leg off clean at the thigh. A 5 In place of the 9 we thought was certain. Billy didn't place one-tmo-thrce in last year's open.

But here's better luck to him at Interlachen a few days hence. He has the right temperament for golf, as the above mentioned incident proves. Also. wrists that will extricate him from trouble that would worry the Joneses and Smiths. Back that up with a mighty sound game and you have a gent who has the stuff to make them all step at Interlachen.

1 All the trouble Is short of the green, with out of bounds on the right. HOLE NO. 15, 408 YARDS, PAR 4 Another semi-dogleg, with plenty of trouble on the right, two water hazards and a large trap. The tee shot must be accurate to allow the player to get a clear shot for the green. The fairway fades away to the right from the 200 to about the 300-yard mark.

However, there is a plateau of about 100 yards to hit for. Woods line the fairway on both sides from the 300-yard point on. The green Is trapped on the right and left front. The second shot calls for a No. 3 Iron or mashle.

HOLE NO. IS, 315 YARDS, PAR 4 This fairway leads to the left, woods on the left from the tee making it difficult and dangerous to take a short cut to the hole. A sliced ball will find one of two large traps on the right of the fairway. The green is trapped on the front and on the left. The second shot usually is a mashie niblick.

Steep bank and heavy rough behind the green. HOLE NO. 17, 262 YARDS, PAR 3 This is a great one-shot hole; a full drive or brassie shot should be able to reach It. The fairway falls toward the right, which Is bunkered to catch a sliced shot, while the player keeping too far to the left will find a trap to the left of the green. Steep bank and heavy rough on right, Par requires a perfect tee shot.

HOLE NO. 18, 402 YARDS, PAR 4 Here is a fine finishing hole. The tee shot should be slightly toward the left, as there is heavy rough and mounds to the right of the fairway The green being set on top Of a hill alongside the clubhouse, the second shot should be a 2 or 3 iron and must carry all the way. A second shot played short or to the right will roll to the bottom of the hill. Trees on the left and close to the green and sloping approaches further make the second shot a hard one.

GENERAL Interlachen Is not a drastically trapped course, depending heavily on its natural features such as lakes, hills and swales for its difficult fea tures. Fairways are narrow, greens of very moderate size, rough abundant and approaches narrow, if open at all, which has come to give Interlachen the name of being a sec ond-shot course. Fairways in splendid condition, due to heavy rsins and artificial fairway watering system. The course is considered sane, with no tricks to catch well-hit balls but abundant difficulties for the errant shot. amateurs and professionals, will meet to decide a number of things the open championship of 1930 whether Bob Jones can beat the cream of world's golfers every time he starts and whether the Atiintans who wagered one dollar against 50 will still live In hope of collecting from Lloyds Billy used to be an Iron moulder.

Evidently that developed his wrists as well as ability to stand up under fire. At any rate he became more HOLE NO. 10, 344 YARDS, FAR 4 Straight down the center from the tee but certainly not to the left or right, where trouble lurks in large traps. Distance as well as direction is a great factor, as the long hitter will be able to reach the plategu beyond the 225-yard mark. A crisp mashle niblick shot should reach the green, which is elevated, having deep traps on all sides.

The second shot which drifts to the right or left will finish up in traps from 12 to 14 feet drp. Timid and overbold players will find trouble both short and be yond the green. The second shot Fhould be studied carefully, otherwise sensational recoveries alone will bring par. HOLE NO. 11, 4R4 YARDS, PAR 5 One of the finest and sportiest holes on Interlachen.

Many a fine score has been ruined by trying to cut the corner. Here a well-placed tee shot will be rewarded by holding the right side of the fairway. The player with two sweet shots may reach the green. For a birdie 4, however, the safer shot is to the left. Heavy rough on the right and back of the green and a large trap and out of bounds on the right call for accurate hitting if the player expects to beat par.

HOLE NO. 12, 5.10 YARDS, PAR 5 The longest hole on Interlachen. Although the fairway is wider thai, usual, plenty of trouble exists for the wild player. With Mirror Lake on the right, which is out of bounds, and heavy rough and bunkers on the left, it pays to keep the wood shots straight on this hole. The green is fltuated on a hill known as Pike's Peak, steep banks and long grass rear and left and ve bunkers guarding the green, A crisp mashle niblick should be played for the third shot, which should be studied carefully.

HOLE NO. 13, 194 YARDS, PAR 3 This Is a very fine one-shot hole, it being all downhill to the green. The shot should be played with a 1 or 2 iron and should have a slight fade to the right. Deep traps flank both sides of the green, with a steep bank and heavy rough back of the green. Accuracy wun tne iron is essential.

HOLE NO. 14. 444 YARDS. PAR 4 Picked by Kidd as the toughest par 4 hole. Straight down the center and the longer the better.

From the 240-yard mark the player will get a good view of the green. Heavy rough on the left and traps and out of bounds on the right call for ac curacy from the tee. A 1 or 2 iron will be required for the second shot, ably heavier, much sunburned but- not so well-looking figure step down the narrow gangplank on Wednesday from the Europa to the Mayor's boat, the Macom. Bob Jones looked well enough but he did appear tired. The big question now concerning Jones Is this.

In the week between his departure for Minneapolis and the start of the open championship can he recover that lost power which he will need so much in pounding his way to victory over the -hills and dales of Interlachen? For proof you will have to wait until'the last putt is holed. Meanwhile we can conjecture. JONES NO BETTER THAN 10 TO 1 It was though tha' this year 1930 woulo; go down In history as the first in which one man of a field of 130 fjne golfers was considered to have an even chance of winning. Even money! Consider, for an Instant, what that means. The old-timers in this game of golf have always held that no man could be better than 10 to 1 In an open championship.

It did seem, after that Hoylake meeting when Bob Jones, playing really ragged golf won his second championship in a month, that he would be made an even money bet at Interlachen, But after looking at him and talking with him on Wednesday one slides back to that old 10 to 1 theory. The spirit and the flesh here suffered. Jones may win at Interlachen, We'd all love to see it for many reasons. For one thing it would leave at least one golf record behind that might never be equaled. Secondly it would be something of which to boast to our grandchildren and If not our grandchildren, then someone else's.

In the third place it would prove that despite all the numerous ways and means luck "Old Dame Fortune" has of sticking her nose Into the championship results, the greatest golfer in the game could always win. LUCK PLAYS LARGE PART There has always been one thing discouraging about golf. That is the part luck plays. In a way It has been good for the game for it always tucked in that bit of uncertainty that made every match interesting. Bob Jones since 1922 has been considered the greatest ama Horton Smith Carefree in British Open American Pro Played as If He Enjoyed Ir Exempt From Worry There was at least one competitor in recent British open golf championship who got some fun out of it and didn't think the fate of the world was resting on his shoulders.

He was Horton Smith, the American professional, whose carefree spirit was thus hailed by Leo Afunro of the London Express: "Now came Horton Smith to send up American stock with a 7.3, obtained in more orthodox style than Compston's similar total. The tall lad from Missouri played his golf as though It were all just good fun, with no championship anxieties in attendance. 'He looks as happy as a schoolboy, said a woman in the crowd watching Horton all smiles after sinking a putt of 20 feet for a brilliant three at the eighteenth hole. "The round In general was hot quite so brilliant as that, but Hor ton. with his easy twins and de llghtful confidence, made few mistakes beyond taking fours at two short holes the eleventh, where he was over the green from the tee.

and the thirteenth, where he failed to dodge the cunningly placed nest of bunkers close home. He was also unluckily out of bounds on the road off his approach to the seventeenth, but he still smiled." Tennis Rules Worth While to Rememher One of the first rules to remember about tennis, declares Ray West in "Film Fun" is not to make unkind remarks about the court they give you to play on, or you'll be fined for contempt of court. The latest story concerns the flapper who when asked if her boy friend tried to hit the balls over her head said: "Yea, It was a case of lob at first sight." One of the big problems of tennis Is your overhead. It Is good etiquette to string your racket, but not your opponent. A good motto to adopt is.

"Service Pays." DOG RAN IN HORSE RACE An unusual sight was to be seen at Newmarket, the English racing center, the other day. It was a dog that ran the whole race behind the horses in the Barrow Selling Stakes. One wag thought the cunine runner is a to by be is It the in in bled seen been accepted as the world's greatest golfer. But he has not been able to win every time he started. Fortune has worked both ways for Jones.

We have seen him favored by it. We have seen him beaten by it. It would be fine if through one entire year he could make his way through all opposition to four major triumphs. Whether he can do It is the question. It's a big one.

This coming national open championship at Interlachen Is different from other national opens for this year the pros and Jones will be carrying even greater burdens than ever before in golf history. Will that somewhat tired body of his carry through mechanically the Impulses of his finely developed brain? And will the brain, worn a bit by the strain of two championship tournaments think golf shots as correctly as In the past? PROS BEWAIL PRESENCE OF JONES Three professionals have bewailed the fates that thrust Jones upon them in open competitions for the reason that they considered the pros carried all the worries, all the mental strain and that Jones, not dependent upon winning, had the "life of Riley." From the professional viewpoint the fact that as much as $50,000 In additional to their annual incomes could be gained by a professional who won the national open loomed as a tremendous handicap for golf's artisans to carry. And they visualized the amateur Jones, who was supposed not to profit directly from a victory, walking easily along unhampered by thoughts of riches. It's a good theory but rather poor practice. They overlooked the handicap imposed by ambition and of ambitions Jones has plenty.

This year, however, the professionals are willing to admit that Bob carries as much strain as they for they are willing to realize that Bob Jones, seeking to win three majors in a row, is reaching so high that he cannot avoid worries. Jones' world they now understand, is big. He's reaching for something larger. And what a bust it will be for him if he falls in that cham- nlonship tournament he has so often won. Jones imagination must have considered possible failure and with admission of even a ghost of such a thought must come more strain.

Wants Driving Test to Prove ShafWorth Writer Thinks Steel and Wood Should Be Tried by Sluggers Talking about British golfers that have forsaken the hickory shaft for steel, Trevor C. Wlgnall of the London Express, ignorant as to which shaft begets the greater distance off the tee, says: "I have one suggestion to make that ought to meet with approval everywhere. No one yet seems to know whether the steel-shafted club a better implement than the one made of hickory. Last week I was in the company of several golfers who experimented with steel for while, but who have now returned wood. They told me that steel did not give them greater length, nor did it provide more accuracy.

"But why not settle this problem means of a long-driving competition among the sluggers? "My proposal is that the entrants required to take a number of shots both with wooden clubs and with steel. The distances obtained would, of course, be accurately measured, but If Abe Mitchell, for example, drove ten yards further with hickory than with steel It would probably be accepted by all and sundry as established that steel not quite ail that has been claimed for it. "It has frequently been said, of course, that steel advantages the long handicap man much more than does the scratch player, but I submit that even this has not yet been definitely proved." English Polo Ponies Finest Ever Seen People who are not in the Inner circle of polo can scarcely believe comedies and cross-current that are stirring it at the moment London. The question -of anything ap proaching a final selection to represent England against America is more Involved than ever. The general feeling is that what England really wants is a team of hard-riding youngsters as aggressive their play as possible.

Four elegant English gentlemen are not going to do any good at all in the Winchester Cup, even though Captain Maurice Kingscote has assem by one way and another the finest collection of polc ponies ever In England, says the London greatest gathering of golfers, be played with a No. 3 iron, which must hit the green and stick. This hole may ruin the chances of many of the best players, it being the most severely trapped hole on the course. The green being set back in the trees, the player must study carefully the lights and shadows in selecting the proper club. HOLE NO.

6, 343 YARDS, PAR 4 The fairway being slightly dogleg, the tee shot should be placed to ward the left of the fairway as the green opens to the approach from this side. Two traps on the hillside on the right of the fairway will catch many a sliced tee shot, while on the left mounds with heavy rough will make it costly for the player who should be unfortunate enough to pull his tee shot. The green is elevated and practically surrounded by traps which are the deepest on the course. The second shot must be accurate and should be played with a spade mashie or No. 7.

Failure to hit this green may ruin a good score. HOLE NO. 7, 352 YARDS, PAR 4 This hole being semi-dogleg, the tee shot should be placed well to the left. The green opens up from the left side of the fairway. A well-placed tee shot will leave a mashie niblick to the green.

A large trap In front and another on the right of the green call for a delicately-played second shot. HOLT NO. 397 YARDS, PAR 4 Here Is one of' the finest holes on the course. The tee shot should be placed to the right of the fairway. Most of the trouble is on the left, three large bunkers virtually forcing the player to keep on the right.

The player taking a short cut Is likely to find plenty of trouble. The second shot should be studied carefully, the green being set back in the woods and trapped left front and on the right, with out of bounds on the right. A No. 3 or 4 iron should be the proper club for the second shot. HOLE NO.

9, 45 YARDS, PAR 5 This is one of the finest possible two-shot holes in the Northwest. Both shots must be well hit and properly placed. A pulled tee shot will find a large trap In the face of a hill on the left of the fairway while a sliced ball will end up in the woods on the right. The lake on this hole, which must be carried wl'h the second shot, Is a real hazard and will become a stumbling block to many. The green being guarded by two large traps calls for accuracy with the spoon, or brassie if the player expects to reach the green.

Here again a birdie 4 requires real effort. when Jones takes the field against the amateurs at Merion this fall, INTERLACHEN COURSE, 6,672 YARDS, FAR 72 HOLE NO. 1, 478 YARDS, PAR 4 Two well-hit wood shots are re quired to reach the green. The sec. ond shot must be long and accurate if the player expect to reach the green.

Traps on the right and left guarding the green will catch many a poorly-played second shot. A 4 on this hole will require a real effort HOLE NO. 2, S70 YARDS, PAR 4 The tee shot on this hole should be played to the right side of the fairway and will give the player an open shot to 'the green. A pulled or sliced tee shot will find plenty of trouble, heavy rough on the left and a nasty bunker on the right. Beyond the 200-yard mark the fairway falls away sharply to the left.

Accuracy with the mashle Is essential, as the green is long and narrow, bunkered on both sides and left front. The player missing this green will And plenty of trouble. HOLE NO. 3, 180 YARDS, PAR 3 A very fine one-shot hole, about a No. 3 iron, and should be played with a fade to the right.

A trap in front of the green will catch a half-hit shot. The green being elevated on back, front and right side, the shot must be hit Just right to stay on the green. There is not much trouble around the green other than heavy rough. Here again accurate iron play is essential. HOLE NO.

4, 506 YARDS, PAR Considered by Willie Kidd, the Interlachen professional, the toughest par 5 hole' on the course. Here a pulled or sliced tee shot is likely to be costly. On the left, starting about the 200-yard mark, the fairway falls away to the left. A pulled shot will finish up in heavy rough, while a sliced ball likely will find the large bunker cut Into the face of a hill. The tee shot must he well hit to carry the left end of the bunker, thereby reaching the center of the plateau which extends from the 200 to the 300-yard mark.

The second shot is by no means an easy one and should be played to the left and away from the lake which -extends from the 400-yard to the 500-yard mark on the right of the fairway, which falls toward the lake. The green being on high ground makes it Impossible to reach the green with the second shot. This hole requires two full wood shots and a mashle niblick. HOLE NO. 5, 17 YARDS.

PAR 3 Considered by Willie Kldd the hardest par 3 hole. Here the player must be accurate. The shot should I pionshlp the British amateur-eight times. I The feat of Harry Vardon in winning an open championship uie nriiiaii nix limes. The feat of Willie Anderson la winning the United States open four times.

The feat of Jerry Travers In winning the United States amateur championship four times. He needs four victories to tie and five to surpass Ball's mark; three to tie and four to beat Vardon's; one to equal and two to surpass Anderson's, and one to out-do Being a young man Bobby probably can smash all these rccordj If he so elects. But he may get tired of competition in tournaments, particularly if the law business takes too much of his time. At present his mere name hss every other played in the wor: stymied. Give him five or six inr.rq years and he probably Ui erect a monument of victory wl r.c c.r.e will ever come near REDUCTION sf a.n swnrK- IABSORBERS Double Acting De Luxe p) rricea rer set or 1 SMALL GIANT J37.5Q LARGE TYPE flits SJ.00 lor sttarhlnt compare my Illustrations with hi others ig thirty days' free trial foiive years guarantee S.s,f)00 TO EMPHASIZE P' AS BEST a ERNST H.ENTJE jnm nilaullD sas nroeiiTi.

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