Show op Jales of L e M MAND AND RC Copyright 1923 New Nw York Tribune Inc I I base ha ha watched the th best bet amateur golfers In this country for care riles a rites L P M K 1 and I J know what golf quality Is I also know there ore are tr no greater corera anys hero than limn Bobby J Jones and anil ro 1 Fracis cis Ouimet They ore are not only pIa ere continent consistent oon players but they are also very determined fighters Why is 18 1 It that Jon Jones hajn hn t won an championship In six sit h starts And that Ouimet h has never n vcr been beon b n able ablo to repeat rep at after winning at nine nino year yean This Is 1 something that Is 1 bc be ond nr taO end and nd I wonder If there Is an am aru answer In sight In III the tho th tint first lr t placa plc match ro play golf Is la moro more mor of or a L game Kam than thin It ItIs itis ItIs Is a competition or a 0 Contest It h has the th elements of contest and the tho elements of or competition but It al- al alo aiso 10 1 so o ha has lias many n of the b elements of rou- rou roulotte rou lotte Th The wheel of chanc chance plays ploys no minor rolo role In III determining the th dog dog- tiny ds-tiny tiny of or stars TOO MANY FACTORS There Ther are orl too many mony factors actors against c any one on Individual We W heard a sin roin offer to wager even evon money some sonic time ago a o that Tilden and John ion would both bo be b In tho final round of the tennis champion champion- championships champion ships and nd that would win l 1 hat ace AS before the th started H lie found on one man to take his bet for a 0 minor amount only only-II only abet bet bt that I won on In any amateur championship the tho od odds 1 a against any man In tho tb field lire are at least 8 I to 1 If the th two thiril-two two qualifiers were all equal the tho th odds olds would be b 31 It to 1 rho th two thirty O Ole qualifiers II are ar not all equal ual but t at t le least lea II t of them themar ea are of beating anY Including Haa-en Haa or on a given given en dai da Where Wh r the odds are r t 8 to 1 against a Jones Join or a Ouimet t or en n Evans any one on of or these the must muff have hav his hl hi share harof or of smilIng fortune fortun to wn 5 hy by should the th odds odis ho bo b KO so heavy against tones or Ouimet Because as we w stated before golf Is III I snore more of ofa a game ram than It Is ij a competition when It cornea Comes come to play pl y Toke Take Tak the th case caso cas of Jone Jones Jonea In 10 the nu round ho he h tied for tor the medal at H Till This saC IllS a tin fine talC golf era o oser Or oOra osera a h harl hir rd l course ard ards in Jn length lenth th thIn In his lils match against J 1 Max x 1 Marston he had hd three thre strokes better than lIe hO played to tie tl forthe for tho th modaL medaL One ODe Oa hundred and six forty forty forty- Ix Is just jut p par r Yeton Yet Yeton Yeton on that particular do day he ho caught Max Marston pIa In the final round at a 70 clip three under par By fly another year It might be b Willie Hunt r or OT George Georee V on Elm or Better DeCter Cummings or some som one on else ele There Thor tire ara nr o cr golf golf- golf colt golfers colter ore ers er In this country who at thor ther b best t play can con break brak 70 now and then And the tho mon man who breaks 70 I Is ig pretty sure urto to beat any man on en that day GolfIs Golf GolfIs Is one on of the tho of all gams cam s sto sto to play but as os a competitive test tet tc I where here skill Is ig matched fc t skill it t Is I one on of the tho th t poorest In one I match at we w sew uw aw five fly st- st sty stymies mies decide l the th rate fate fat of ot five holes And five holes boles are ar a 0 bIg bit margin marln In ingolf golf Max Marston Marton In winnin had eer- eer l lain ln breaks br ak In his hi favor o that t were ae aeo cl tp p I all him In other years Probably Probably ably no leading loa amateur golfer has Into a greater amount of sheer h hard bard rd luck tuck than Mr ton part of this consisting In mooting meeting good golfers In la super-brilliant super mood Wo Vo ha base haI I seen een en Manton Mr ton pl v Teat great golf rolt to tobe tobe tob be beaten so 10 the th tide tid was ass due du to turn his hi way doesn't need the tho breaks toI to I am win In a tennis champion champIon- champIonshIp championship championship ship since eine Inc tennis I Is I much more mor of Bobby Jones and on an n exact science clence Ouimet fine fin ai M they are will need n the breaks to Min In an ni t ur crown Without the th breaks they will wilt never win No man can outclass the tito field by that m lIln for tor the tho th breaks s In a aI hole hoie eIx hole match s 's will III frequently tko caTO care car of us fh the cst e six aLe or seven holes I by hy by putts that go so In Inand inand Inand and bop hop out by poor lies lIeo by hard hardluck hardluck h luck kicks kick or lucky klc s or byI by I something else I elseI This doesn't always al ay happen but It ItI happens often enough mouth to make malt wIn wIn- wInning winning win I ning an amateur championship ono one or of the rare hazards of or sport aport The Tho winner must mu t t first bl be b a great groat ah golfer e ef eI I After I r tint that h t he h must t hm I IO O his hl 1 share of f I good luck In the Hi draw end And nd In the tho arlous arious close clos ro rounds t td d t follow Golf Colt at times is 19 l As easy esay ry to figure out as roulette roulett In Ia golf coif skill or of irso plays play a big bic part it Ot rl io h doesn t In roulette le But when iou fig fig- fir ir Ire on acres of hill hills villi e s ray ray- ln met Inos ponds rivers riven lakes tree trees sanded traps trail l and putts that barely curl by or Hist pst hang hane on the tho Up lip one on can see se eo wh whit It happen beyond yond the th hr sh r lint Baa ot QI skill |