Show NEW CONTROL FIELD FELt Year 1926 Goes Gocs Down As Breaker for Athletic Events NEil NEW MEW YORK Dec Del 29 By 22 By NEA L-I L Service i- i i Nineteen hundred and twenty six will wll go In hIstory as al Americas America's golde golden year of golf The Stars Starl and Stripes were raised over oven the worlds world's best stars In the International classic won by BobbY the Jones tho British open Then followed another triumph when Jess JellS Sweet Sweet- Nor Ner mado mada a II gallant phd and nerve racking spurt to win the amateur the he first time an AmerIcan can ever even won It In America thrilling trl- trl were warming tho the blood oX of every links Jinks tan fan Bobby Jones Jone performed th tho almost unbelievable able by Inning the time American open at Scioto with a n score of Ills card ard at the British open was wal George Von Jo Elm Kini lm tent a bus buzz It I surprise echoing through locker when he ho defeated Bobby Jobby ones at 2 to 10 1 I And for fn play pia look at the worlds world's record match it f 64 54 extra holes played between Gene acne the defending champion and Macdonald acdonald smith In tn the the iet- iet open Smith won nn and hll hi average for seven round rounds was 70 47 7 strokes per round Beat that for golf Mrs rs 0 O Stetson of ot phil phi defeated Mrs 1 Wright D 13 Gosi of Short lUlls Hills N oX J J for tor the womans woman's women national championship 3 and l 1 while little Dorothy log of or Madison Ws Wis Mrs Irs drs 0 S Hill HIli of LIty 3 and 2 to win tOo western title Mr Stetson won the tho crown rown lii In the south Mrs Marion of New Orleans defeated Mrs Irs David taut of Memphis 6 5 and 3 and I the Pacific coast crown now adorns the pretty prelly brow of ot Mrs Mr Guy of Spokane who ahead of Mrs Anne Anno Wol Woi verton of ot California Frank Dolp of ot Portland defeat cut el Cob Bob Stein o 0 Seattle to tak take the western amateur r C and 5 6 while willi in the south Emmet Spicer of took toole the title by beat beat- log r Tj L I P Jones of ot Memphis ti S Sand and 7 Freddy formerly ot of eland Cleveland anil now flOW of ot Tulane a a 0 brilliant comeback to bold hl his Int Intercollegiate title an an- an another outer year 11 lie JIo beat Paul cf Yale 7 and 5 Walter alter Hagen flagon copped the west west- west western est em ern and eastern Omen open with caris of and and then he lie took the 1 P G A A Macdonald Smith shot to 10 COIl COI cortha th Canadian open Then he won the open from front Sara zen Sara zen In a IL great playoff that had the nation Ing the scores for 54 holes Then be he shot a 1 77 t ta tako take the Chicago district open Walter gen I lagen Inscribes Inscribe his name In the Hall lIall of Famo Iame because he be beha has ha conquered all his professional I brother for Cor three straight years and his third P G A triumph 1 marks hums him the only major cham- cham champion cham champion pion to su survive a long list lIt of the divisional h heads who went Into the ash heap While S v gets International bo honors ori for Ills his work In n |