Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-07 | Page 10 | Steady Plugging Brings Joes to Top

1 Steady Plugging Brings Jones to Top r n. n Jt I 4 C S p f O Ol Ii l et ety y l ter played in I I oV over r the his first f r I same championship champion won he 1 ship air at 4 I for Tor the I in first time v-t v I e t I Q e t 4 I 4 3 t iF n J Jones ones Is Regular Fellow Says Williams i Fame Has Not Turned His Head Bv By Joe Williams I NEW EW Dec Dec 6 What G.-What What 6 What kind of of ota a guy Is Bobby J Jones nes You alI already already al- al I I ready know knott what kind of a golfer i he he Is Those who 0 call l him bin the I Vardon rd n of America er pay both 1 the I I British master and the young 1 southern genius genius- a graceful in ment ent At the age of 20 Jones became the open champion of this country Now at 2 22 he Is the amateur champion Jones has been constantly constantI in the spotlight since 1916 when as a mere kid Idd kid kid-he he made a sensational debut In Inthe inthe inthe the amateur championship at the Merion Cricket club the club the same course coure b by fascinating coincidence over o which he won the title forthe for lor the first time this year ear Next to Babe Ruth nuth Jones is the best known sporting figure before the American public Howls is this 22 year old old er champion accepting the I extraordinary homage of a sp sport sport- rt- rt stirred nation Has Bas it gone to his I head S You dont don't know BobI Bobby Bob Bob- I I by Jones I It will will- take something infinitely I more Important nt than tItan a golf gol championship championship cham cham- to give him him a swagger air I and an arched eyebrow I Jones is the same charming un unaffected unaffected un- un affected youth th toda today that he lie heas was as I eight or nine years ago when solI sol soi- sol sol- I I faced emp-faced critics were ivere deploring his explosive and I insisting that he lie would never be beI bea a champion until he quit throwing his his- clubs chubs for record-breaking record dis dis- dis- dis lances I It probably is not straining the truth to say say that Jones Jones' is the most popular golfer In the game today I not on only I with spectators but ut with ivers this this' opposing In lii respect I his po poc pot no that of ofin I Walt in baseball Indeed the two seem to have a great deal in common despite tile the lie marked difference ren renCe e in Their ages Simplicity m of manner n a high sense e of sportsmanship S i and i a quiet t un unobtrusive unobtrusive un- un 1 obtrusive C efficiency l That's That John John- son It also is-also Jones s. s In the public mind Jones is probably probably ably pictured as a gay young oung blade who fits blithely from one golf golt championship to another Jones is not that type at all A year ago ao he graduated from Harvard with anA an A A. A B. B degree At present presen t he Is mast mastering mas mas- t trIng the fundamentals of ot real esla es- es la tale tae e finances In home flome city It took 1001 a lot of oC plugging to get that A A. A. A B. B degree It will vilI take a alot alot lot Jot of level headed concentration to succeed In real estate finances s Ko Xo golf is hardly Bobbys Bobby's life wor work or orto to topmost most moat ambition Jones is a pleasant conversationalist conversation conversation- alist aliat and a humorous philosopher Speaking of courage in golf golt he once said of ot the fighting lighting Jagen The only time you ever see him with his head hlad dow down n is when hes he's makin making a shot It Is hardly necessary to say Jones Is a gallant loser At Brookline Brookline Brook- Brook line after losing in Sweetser someone someone some some- one asked him If it he would stay stav Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the finals answered ered ans Jones S They T can a k at me me tiff f but t tl they cant can't an chase hrS me e off of I Jones Jones' greatest friend in golf golt Is Francis Ouimet Bobby made the Boston sportsman his Ideal as a kid and In itt recent ye years years rs the two I have become inseparable I Fate plays pIa many churlish pranks s. s It fell to the lot of or J Jones ones to give OuImet the worst beating he ever suffered in the recent champion champlon- ship hl