Show BOBBY JONES IS BOY GOLF WONDER A certain acquaintance talking a bit bitof bitof bitof of golf golt to Jerry Travers a few days back stated that in his opinion the record In Individual Individual individual In- In achievement of ot the season was Jerrys Jerry's feat teat In beating Gil NIcholls and Walter Waiter Hagen and then 1 I. down only to Jock Hutchinson all In three successive days Jerr Jerry however failed to second the motion In my opinion he said the greatest Individual achievement of ot the thelast thelast thelast last season was made by young young- Bobby Jones Just figure the whole thing out kid 1000 miles Here was a year old strange courses and within three days he beat three of the best professionals in America l America Emmet mm t French Freddy McLeod McLeod McLeod Mc- Mc Leod and Cyril Walker Walker all all exceptionally good golfers gotters THREE STRANGE COURSES I T I cant can't recall any an- achievement in golf golt barring perhaps Ouimet's victory over Vardon and Ray which I consider a su superior superior superior su- su affair Young Jones Tones had never neer played either Garden City or Baltusrol lIe tie had only played once Tet Yet over these three standard courses among the best in the country he stopped three topnotch professionals one an open ex-open champion and the others rated as formidable formidable formidable for for- opponents by the best of ot the pros iros This discussion of ot young oung Jones Jones' daring piece of work worl may be a championship hunch lunch I For it so happens that four of ot the greatest amateur golfers America ever sent to the fairway were all In a way kid prodigies Jerry Jerr Travers was Just 16 when he went against Walter J J. Travis for the first time Travis then b being BritIsh British Brit Brit- Ish sh amateur champion Yet Travers won that first engagement to the terrific surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of ot an astonished gal gallery ery RECALLING CHICK EVANS Chick Evans was still a kid kid back back in 1909 when 1909 when he went to the semifinal round o of the amateur championship a and carried i d do Chandler d rai Egan to the old oid hi thirty thirty- It sixth hole Chick at 15 and 16 was breaking break breal- ing lug 75 with fair consistency Bob Gardner won the amateur championship ham cham before his sophomore year at Yale And Ouimet was not 21 when he overpowered Vardon and Ray But no one of or these four stars as brilliant brilliant brilliant bril bril- as the they were ever reached the heights at 15 held by Bobby Jones Jonel None of ot the four mentioned had ever qualified in an amateur championship at 14 years of ot age and it would hardly have hav oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc to any anyone one of at the four at 15 IS to go out and beat three of ot the best professionals professionals professionals In the country within three dB days I |