Show I II I GOLF KINGS CANT CAN'T I WIN VIN TWICE IN ROW No Professional or Amateur Has Repeated Repelled Since 1 1913 and All Champions Are AIe Losing This Year BY JO JOE W WILLIAMS The golf golt champions as usual ore are re being bumped ort oft with Ith uniform r regularity this till season ea on Bobby Jones was unable to m I In the American open although he was wasa wasa s a up bang-up second to C Walker Walk Iker the winner Inner Arth Arthur ur Havers could not do It again and the BrItish open went to liter Hagen for tor forthe the second limo lime In three years year Roger was unable to duplicate his hi 1923 s In the British amateur Dorl Doris Chambers had th the same experience In the British women v omen s a tournament James witched watched his French open title pass Into the hands of Cyril Tolley Toiley So tar far ar not nota nota nota thel a single major champion has been able ablo to repeat this thi season Three Thre major championships re- re remain re remain main to he bo determined In America re 1 professional match pla pia men s amateur and women s e amateur What will bo be the tho tate late of ot Gene GeneI I Max lIar ton and Edith Cummings e It Kill will be moro more mor than a mild our cur ur-priMO ur pries If any of ot the th three should win Once Onee in a while a champion does repeat repent but not often otten Samson come to think of It It repeated last ear In la the professional event vont Golf Golt liS as B she sho he I Is golfed today I Is on tn en- too elusive a II proposition e een en for tor the genius to roaster muter over overa overa oveia a prolong prolonged d stretch It Is not the fixed science that tennis baseball or billiards hill lard I isal's Is The top Is I not al als al's alwa aS among mong the leaders leader when the sands In the tho th bunkers grow row cold hats more the fields are gro growing Illg big bigger ger and tougher Instead of ot three of four tour stars itar the defending cham cham- champion champion pion must muot mu t tight fight oft off a dozen or more There t more mor than five strokes e difference renco between the bet best golfer In the land and the tho 19 others that rank closest to him Johnn Johnny McDermott wee was the last professional to win two titles In a aro arow arow row ro roThe The Philadelphian scored successively In 1911 and 1912 ry Jer- Jer Jerry Jerry ry Tracers Tracer fra ers was as the tho last heat amateur to repeat winning sinning Inning In iii 1912 and 1913 There hate hale been no re repeater ro- ro peater penters In these events event In the last I 0 years year It Is significant that golf I h has enjo enjoyed ed Its it greatest gro growth th during this same period This Thi may forecast that the repeater has I hasI passed tor for all time op 00 |