Show First Drive of Bobby Jones in in- 1 1921 21 National Ala Amateur eur 1 Meet Gave Veteran Egan Greatest Thrill Ut in Golf Gol By HENRY l UnIted Press Press Sports Sport WrIter ST. ST ANDREWS Scotland May 12 Chandler handler Egan took a small sip ot of his hL ate ale tamped the tobacco firmly In his evil smelling pipe and stretched his legs in his porch chair So yoU want to know the biggest thrill I ever got cut ot of golf golt ehl be asked Well that's a pretty big or der cause Ive I've been playing it since before the turn ot of the century and a aman aman man Is bound to lot of mem- mem Dries olies in that span Yet I believe I Ican can answer you It came at St. St Louis in 1921 at the national amateur l I didn't luc hive to start until fairly late in the day so I wes at the first tee early in the mornIng watching the fellows drive oft off They called Bobby Jones ol of Atlanta I had bud heard heardS quite a a. a bit about Bobby Jones for forI S I ow he had a pretty then even though he hadn't re really hit his top stride When Bobby hit that first tee shot I got my greatest thrill in ingolf golf Not before nor since have II I seen anything quite o soul satisfy satisfy- tog Ing as his swing swine It was a work of art As he smacked the ball I remember re-I re re- re member turning to a friend and hayIng hay hay- Ing Changed His rn Mind l Harry Im I'm wrong I always thought Harry Vardon wa-s wa the greatest great great- greatest est golfer in the world But he There he walks right there There never has been a swing like th tAnd t. t And Its ll's been beeri a lot of satisfaction these p past t ten years or so to know I IS called the turn on Jones And I 1 cerS S did Th There re never was a golfer golter S like him and there never will be Is modern golf olt a great reat deal differ differ- I cot ent from the game he played in the gay and the first t part ot of the tho twentieth century Yes a lot Everything h has changed When 1 I started playing we w used the gutty ball AnYbody who could hit the gutty better than yards off of the tee w was a tremendous driver and yards was a full midiron shot And yesterday 1 stood end ond watched Lawson and Little and several other members of the Walker cup team smack out drives that must have been Had Mongrel Clubs I 1 remember when I came east in 1921 for lor the first time since I moved to Oregon in 1911 1011 I 1 arrived at the I amateur with ti bag or of clubs that were as ou outdated as bustles When I got there I didn't even know what graded irons The only Irons I I had In ray my bag were a couple ot of putt putt- ers era a stick we called a mongrel Iron a clack cleek a I. I mIdiron that was the equivalent ot of the modern No 3 a mashie that was hallway halfway between our present day Ho 5 and No 6 and what was alleged to be 00 a nib nib- lick In those early days a fellow had to play two or three different kinds ot of shots with the same club which was good training perhaps but a bit tough on our scores Did Mr Egan have any ot of he used in winning the amateur championshIp in 1904 and 1905 in his beg today And It If he had did he plan to use them In the Walker cup matches Yes Ive I've Jot got the some putter I Iwed wed used in winning the amateur it If the new one I have doesn't work out all allright right I 1 may turn to the old fellows |