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Show I i Ideal Temperament Put . Young Bobby Jones Across y MOT SHOVE, RICA Servte Writer. KEW 'TORK. July 01. Much ts being- said and written about the distant drive sad aecurat Iron plfty that von Bobby Jones th ! highest ef American golfing hoa-1 hoa-1 ftrg. But thero la something greater than either of these greaAer, toe, than th play, th name or th title. And that Is th golfing temperament tempera-ment of th aforsmsnilonsi Mr. Jones. Bobby possesses ths Meal golfing confidence. It's ths kind that never falls t show whs ft golfsr is riga. or wrorg. Mw an had g bunch that Bobby would go good this year,- remarks Jock Hutchison. "Ws all agreed he would com out on th top when h got his temperament down to par with big golf. OlIMftrr FLA Y KO PADDY. . "It generally takes ft fellow four or fiv years to do tL boms jnen never do. I noticed from ths start of his gams there wss something different differ-ent about Bobby. He radiated a different atmosphere one of even disposition, confidence and determination.' deter-mination.' Much of ths credit of keeping Jone In this condition must go to Francis Oulmet, Bobby's best friend and the only boy who caa handle him properly. It waa noticeably evident Bobby was becoming nervous th night befors ths playoff. Oulmet. v ho baa bsn through th waiting for and winning of a tie, took him by the arm and led htm off to bed, taring for him tenderly throughout the night. f T"Mrtng the mafch. fnimet' kept himself constantly Bsar and visible to Bobby. Tru enougb It was ths revere of such golfing temperament which , wracked the professional Even the renownel Walter Hagea cracked I for th first tlm tn his colorful career. That fact steams rvtdsnt In th secor l round. H was trapped on th first hols and took a flvs. He was caught again on ths fifth and took thro putts on th ighth, tomsthlng unforgivable la Sir Walter's Wal-ter's life. He took thro mors putts On th ninth, and then to follow up hta consistency, thre mor on ths eleventh. But H was on th ninth hols whers th situation hcam too much for th mast sr. Hs waa abort with hla chip shot, to start with, and after taking three putts to get down h took th pill out of th cup and answered bis Inner moat emotion by calmly heaving th ball over th fence. In th sam session did ths great Walter answer sgala ts tbs temperament tem-perament of golf by going on better- He la smart wttb ths rule book and Its various references and definitions, but he went so far aa to get out of a sand trap. Hs took an extra swing after dubbing, t reglstsr remorse or something, and whacked ths ssnL That cost him two strokes, building his seor up to sevea for th hoi. ' JACK ALWAYS BAFFY. Th pros all feel that Persian has to leara to keep fighting like Hutchison. H doe not analyse hta etrok on a mlsplay. He became be-came upot In th finale when he decided oa an Iron Instead of a spoon on the narrow seventh ftftu landed out of hound. Barn had aom remarkable holes and some erratic "I deserv nil th hard lock that I hav hal.' he admits. "It serve m right for not gsttlng a gov shot out of th rough,, for 1 didn't hav any business In the rough In tbs first place-" , "Thy won't com off for me." yelled Kirk wood aa he passed Hi gm e)a ths opposlto eleventh fairway. fair-way. 'They're breaking at ths wrong tlrr.e for- me." moaaed ' Walter. "Jock's having all the fun." And he aura wss Jock walked about the course in Ih happiest sort of mood, singing snd kidding and laughing In a roost inrontt-stnnt fashion, making up little limericks about the plU And the gallery. When ha Jid getVTnto trouble he would whistle a fast tun, grab a club snd solo tae strawberry dead to th stick. And It wa aimoet deadly outlaat-In outlaat-In temperament of Bobby Joae that woa tb tula. ... |