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J rome D D. ers Ti beat beaL Evans In Chi I Chi Chi- cage ago for Cor the golf cham- cham championship championship of the United States A year late in 1913 he made I It two by y winning the title at al Garden City lii In 1914 4 h made a 11 gallant to I hand up UI three In a a. row but the golf of Francis lit nt Manchester was more than Jerry could meet that day No Jo golfer since has won the crown two eais eai's ru rui ni Jess Sweetser made a des des- stab In this direction by byu y u inninG In 1922 and then lcd cart Mx Lx Marston to the thirty eighth hole of 01 the round In 1923 I Sweetser camEl caine within just one I of winning on successive I year ear Now Dob Bobby y Jones one of I th thc great of all time lat tiatI I Ing back bacle to the reign of Old Toni Morris and Young Tom Morris has hal hl chance Jones won his first amateur Wn cr-Wn nl at Merlon Menion last September lie He won ion of his matches by wi wIle crushing the field beneath a CI of pars r and I aH lie came n e wIthin a 1 halt 1 or of holding both the tC lr cur and the open titles at ama I the tho same time until Willie lIlIe Macfar- Macfar limes lime's final rish 1 11 h at Worcester stopped the tho young O Georgian b by a a. stroke after extra holes were nero all cy n at the end of I 07 holes played In broiling heat and the final l green told the titor story With ith the ambition foiled Coiled for the time thue being J Jones olles is III more than anxious to duplicate Jerry Travers' Travers f fett l and retain the crown he won wona a year ear ago alO Jones n a great grent modal medal player Is Isone Isone one of the tho first five or six who Is sure to qualify us sure ns as any any- th ng can be In the tops topsy gamo of golf But Dut the qualIfying for him wilt will bo be only the start or of th scrimmage There will be almost no weale starters qualifying arong the first sixteen and this wll mean four foul hard matches In four days das with little chance for any survivor 0 o begin stumbling along the trail Three men to bo be reckoned with are Francis Ouimet t Jess Jelis and G Gcorge orge Von Ens Em Here are aro three 11 gloat cat golfers who have ha been play play- lug ing great e golf all summer who are arc arch h keen en to Ret get to It with wood and andIron Iron and who have about an even chance of beating any man they upon a given gl day The four most formidable can can- candidates In Iii the tho field are JonI Jones Ouimet Sweetser and Von on Elm All tour four arc golfers and fighters who iho can go gothe O Othe the route Sweetser Is Ia one of the b best st play match stars of alt all golf typo that revels In a nip and tUck contest Ouimet serene and untroubled with wit h endless determination atlon Is a redoubtable foe Coe So Is Von Elm Elm a grins grim hard fighter tho Iho I ls l's J straight down tle e middle and amid one ot of the best Iron players h in the field But Dut there are others many oth- oth era and others sio mo may be just justI justas as S good There Is Jesse Guilford the Boston 51 siege ge gun Dexter Cum Cum- Cumming ming the young ong Chicago cam cam- campaigner Jimmy Johnston of St. St who J hl 11 recently played successive lve rounds In sixteen tinder par pal Max Marston of who well Gardner Evans Evan Knepper Platt l Edlie Held Keete Keefe Carter LaI Lath I- I INch Fownes and a list of oth- oth othI I mm who may dec ll to 0 romp in 7 1 or 72 ant d stir iP I I I sin sin-ic excitement te e Then t there Is COlleran om la t medal st t who gave hi hard harde t I There lI are quite od ones to tn an any champion taice rate rabe hes lie been too many sur- sur prices es to take anything for tor grant 1 d d. d lJ lIe shifted his at Merlon b by against par and I h ma may do the tue same ame thing at Oak Oak- Oakmont mont but when the going gets gels i ic I c lose lese match play must always bt be bea I IL a L man and amid man affair i Jones Jones- reached th final round at Oakmont In 1919 when he heIS rca IS I IJu Ju t seventeen years pid lie Ill fell then Ihen before the sensational golf golt or of Jive who ed thirty thirty- two hol s In three under even en ls will suit Jones to Q a dot Front the back bae tees the course will willbe ue be around yards ards In length trapped for Cor any wander wander- tog blows It will be an unusual unusual- unusually wander wander-I I ly tine fine tat te for long and amid accurate club wooden and Jones Is 15 oe ot of the inest wooden club players In Iii the game As Ag a 1 rule I lie h hIs Is long and straight from front the lee and a ma master with the bras bras- sic II through the fairway In fact Hobby Bobby Jones Jonts and Mac Smith are the tho tin finest est sale bra players we have uen en In Iii many years The roan man who wins at Oakmont must have length and tiami And It goes IOs without saying lying that he bust find his utter work worle- working Ing steadily There Is no golfer golter tolla today wh who can survive weak put put- against Ole lie that mime 1110 entering the tho lists Jones with his fine wooden club play and amid his deadly putting stroke Runds a slightly better chance to win than anyone any one else But Dut the odds even against Jones should be benD nD ut 6 5 to 1 This should be on one ot of the finest of all the amateur championships since It will vili call for more action and less waste There will be few few- fewer fewer er slaughters fewer up set matches for those who and sixteen monG the first only I left lert to play will have to be golfers of merit on their game Yell Well over overa I Ia a must be eliminated and list must include some of the best There will be more moore good ons left out than usual but those left In will be of a higher general good enough crough for two at medal play Ilay over one of the hard hard- hardI hardat ut at tests In the land 00 |