Show r m tUE I By GRANTLAND RICE RIOE Copyright 1321 1324 New York Tri Tri- Tribune Tri Tribune bune Inc Trademark Rt Is U S P Patent tent Office Ottic II T TI P TItE J CES FOR 1924 1124 0 3 Bobby 3 Bobby Jonea 11 v hen H he as under twenty I 1 kept my youth again For I could always alway murmur Oh ea ea es I 1 knew him when when- wn n I I But now Ith ith spring approaching The ear Is 1 gray ray and cold For For hell he'll bl b two and t tenh tent And oh I 1 m getting old This Thle li is the ear ear I hen Bobby Bobb Jones Jone open golf tolt chAmpion should houM houMet get et out of ot the th Bobby class elk and take tak bl hi hll place as Robert Tyr Tare Tyre Jone Jones jr ir But that will ne er ne er r happen bapp n Jones Jone of Harvard and Atlanta will b went two two two icam earll old In March but when hen h he 1 I is forty tso orly 0 or two fifty he will still ho he h Bobby little Robert Tyre Tyr Jones Jone Jon fi jt ji means mean lit lit- littie littie tie tle Bobb Jone Jones Is I a II name namo n nr knon kno n around the th world It I In is one of o the thi symbols of o eternal youth It should stand tand as a long lone Il nii as he ho swings owing winn or Iron along alone thay the th way ay ay of ot th an- an ancIent dent green grun ren IN IX A HARD lIARD SPOT Bobby Dobby Jones Jone ts is I probably the tb t greate rat t gOlfer goiter of ot his hl time ama ama- amateur amateur or professional prof lonal He H li Is one on of ot the th greatest of all time But fo for all that h he Ir ii I In a hard har 1 Spot pot In thy y will bet het bit 10 1 2 to 1 on the tho th favorite In golf they will lay Iy t om G C to 8 t to I 1 1 against t the th favorite And there ther are s arif few w favorite favorites t No o champion amateur or pro hu baa defended his title title- In this thi coun- coun country country country try or In a Great Britain for tor ten ti tieni ears eni earsIn In there are ro too ton many nany stare and too many hazards through US 12 I acres of ot open country too much dependIng upon cheer hr chance chanc for foran foran toran an champion champlon to fac face more mor than a forlorn hops hope hop hopet W t e 0 recall distinctly now Bobby Joness Jones's first tint appeArance at Mtr- Mtr MerIon Ion Her Ion in the amateur championship of 1916 UK He H ae aa c then just ju t four four- fourteen fourteen fourteen teen year y ar old rt yet et even aven then madia madea made a remarkable r showing He H hu has ha played great r n-r it golf tolt In cv- cv ev every cry ery amateur championship cince alnet et et h has hae ne er ne er won the th amateur cro crown cron n I Last Lut summer at Inwood ho he h fin fin- finally fin I ally broke brok through and bed bagged b ce the th op n after atler II e a tie with Bobby Cruickshank at hole But the th main proof of Joness Jones's golf greatness Is that in th the last lut foul tou open chain Int alt 11 hi his hie M he h Is h tour four fourteen teen strokes below Walter Hagon in second cond place d ad a d from t enty to thirty stroke below anyone any one on else Its It's the th Ion long hike that count f 01 Or 01 PORM Robb Bobby Jones Is II I now the th great t till list t of golf coif For a combination of rhythm grace trace ease elue a and ani po er he ht i ha-i bano ha no equal There Is an economy of body bod movement an economy of foot toot work ork all aith a natural ease an and grace that Is not to be b touched It Is Ie l the th Instinctive e art of tin the th treat great artist In match pia play he bo h hu ha missed mined to toL toa t L a certain extent the lh aloof concen- concen concentration of a a ra era or a II Tra Trail II or a Hagen Hacen There Ther Is about him a greater eagerness a 8 a keenness that to football more than to golf This ohl hoo ha helped to Increase the p pace pac ce of his swing a an Inc In hard matches matche Yet Tew we know of no golfer ho ho has haa finer courage court e l Experience ha han made mad him now Imor more formidable la than h he wa we wu b be tore fore tor but he h is In a game frame her a here luck must always 1 be b a vital fac- fac factor fac factor tor br He is h 1 as great rett a golfer goHr as u Til- Til Tilden den den is a tennis tennia player but the t t 0 games gamu ar are totally unlike On One 1 Is h a competition The rhe other I Is lArgely ar ly a n game irame where the the of chance chanc frequent frequent- frequently ly decide dedd th the Issue FOR Fort 1924 1 24 Jones Jon will defend his hl open title III at Oakland HIJ HIft Hills Detroit H He ic i n Ill III try again arain for tor the th amateur cro cron croAt n net et At Merion Merlon Philadelphia he first PIa played ed In a national diem diem- championship cham at the th ago Alre ar of or 14 1 shere 14 14 here he not on only Iv qualified but son non on his first two matches Ha won the th open main ambition now is to annex the amateur nn cro-nn cro n and It would ho he added bUsi blies to 10 sin In Ihl this OHr o er the course coure that first brought him na- na na national lionel and International fame tame when he sac lias 0 a II a pink checked pink jut just lu t starting long trousers Yet Tet In each ease se an the odds odd will h against him lust just as n 0 they Ibey will be ag against an any other single lIngle Ind star atar He Is I sure ure to be one on of ot the tao to leading ta fi fa at Oakland lull Hilla Hillsand and lt faor one on of the th t two tao 0 ta or- or lies lIs s lit at t but Merlon Merlon bu In golf that doesn't mean ho he h Is Ie fairly sure lure to win At Oakland Hills he hc will find Hagen Haren Barnes Barncs Hutchi- Hutchi Hutchison son son on Brady Brad Eian E ana E and other stars stAn tarin In the th with road road with Fate again ain to tobe be tobe reckoned r with Ith Marston At Merion Merlon he sill III find Mars Mars- ton Mars ton Sweetser E ans Ouimet Guilford and others capable of traveling In the low lo 70 with Fate a ln in the saddle The odd odds at eIther championship battlefield will b be S 8 to 1 against an any starter higher Golf Golt lets no champion take tak charge chr e of the throne r om Th The old game usually decides decide upon a I chant change aft att aft aft- after er or one on year years yar's reign r l n nY Yet Y t If It there th re Is I to b be a Vardon C Braid or a Ta Tailor raylor lor a Hilton Ball Trai Tra ers era or Tra Trails I to return we know of ot no other golfer who has hu hue hasS S e greater chance chanc In this tI respect than Bobby Jones Jons a gOlfer roller In whose Those play none non of ot the th leading professionals so ao far tar hae ha been able to find a weakness I Ito Next week Benny week Benny Leonard I onard |