Show Tales HH ales 7 eso of ofa J fly Rj- C a tray 2 side e I T Tee 1 ee eJ OF OP STARS Sl AT Al' 1 UDA GEORGE GEORbE VON ELM EL Amateur champion The foundation ot of his game is compactness A fine wooden club player but an even better iron player One of or the bat mahle and golfers in the game His hands and elbows never fly wide There is a firm flim crisp decisiveness d about his Iron shots sh ts that few have He is a II first class putter but not a brilliant one His main quality is keeping out of trouble and getting his iron shots fairly close to the pin He HeIs HeIs Heis Is ilso I decked out with his share of concentration and determination No Noone Noone Noone one except Bobby Jones has beaten besten him in en an amateur ama cur championship champlon since 1923 BOBBY JONES British open champion The The three three leading fea fea- features features features tures hooked to Bobby Jones arc are ex extraordinary ex- ex club strength ability to recover from almost any type of trouble euble t and fine play around the greens gr ns from the chip shot to any type of putt Day in and day out Jones Is as long from the tee as any any- anyone anyone anyone one playing golf and straighter than most He and Abe Mitchell arc the two leaders with the wood Jones is also a good long iron player but now and then he runs into trouble on pitches from 80 to yards ards He isn't weak at this shot but It isn't quite up to the average of his game He holds his feet closer together than most golf golf- golfers golfers golfers ers and this partly accounts for his greater speed and case e e. e He has a smooth even flow to his back swing awing that is almost never hurried Jones also has unusual powers ers of or concen concen- concentration concentration concentration and determination W A T T S GUNN Intercollegiate champon There is no one in the field who ho can travel faster on certain days than Watts Gunn the intercol Intercol- intercollegiate IntercollegIate Intercollegiate champion He proved this at Oakmont by playing 65 consecutive holes in irs S 5 under par in 1924 this march including a heavy defeat of Jess Tess Sweetser one of the greatest of all match players He proved it again by his 69 59 at Garden Carden City against Ro Ro- Roland Roland Holand land MacKenzIe Gunn Gums has all the shots and he ha is a hard fighter His chief weakness Is a fast back swing that now and then is bound to get away It wont won't Interfere with his isis brilliancy but it will with his tenets tenets- tency He Ha is quite long and no one ons in the field has a finer temperament for match play FRANCIS OUIMET open OUIMET-Ex-open Ex and md ex-amateur ex champion Ouimet still a afine afine afine fine golfer goUer and always dangerous finds his chief battle against a hook or pull with the wood When his tee shots alsot are arc traveling in a straight line he is hard to beat as he is 15 a strong iron player and a 11 daring putter al- al oftener In ln louder tones if he had been capable of beating any man nests he meets any day his driver is operating Out Out- met is especially dangerous in the ear ear- early early early ly stages of the championship The hook or pull Is frequently due to lack of pivoting and this often orten Is due to increasing weariness HARRISON JOHNSTON St. St St. Paul Harrison Johnston western ex-western champ- champ champIon Ion is one of 0 the dark horse entries He H has broken more snore than his share of course records and only two months ago led the th open field for the first two rounds He has a high far car ring tee shot and a fine pitch to the pin which on certain days render him deadly He can hit the ball bali a along along along long way and is likely to bother any man he meets EON BON STEIN Western STEIN Western champion A good stood steady golfer goUer from the north- north ways going for the cup He lIe Js quite oftener In loud tones if 11 he had been able to play in more championships He has a sound around all-around game based largely upon unusual steadiness CHICK EVANS EV open Ex open Ex-open and ex- ex amateur champion Evans will be one ono of the mysteries of the championship Ho lie broke the open record at da in ln 1916 1910 eleven years ago ego with a for 72 12 holes In the last year Car or two his play has been erratic He Ho failed to qualify at Oakmont in 1925 1025 but gave Bobby Jones a great battle at Baltusrol last fall He lie played poor poor- poorly poorly poorly ly at Oakmont in tn June but this show- show showIng showIng Ing tag was largely due to the slippery baffling greens that even bewildered Ha Hagen gen and Jones Evans Evan is still straight down the middle and a fine mashie player If he happens to find the run of ot the greens he may put on another party and go a long way JESSE GUILFORD Ex amateur champion Guilford played fine golf coll collin golfin in T. T Suffern Taller Taller's recent gold mashie tournament and as long as he h carries his long driving range and keen touch around a the greens grens he will wili always be b a II factor He hasn't played enough coif golf In the last two years cars to held hold his old steadiness S but he is still One of the the- best a l heavy hitter who can putt This is no combination to take lightly at any time RUDY KNEPPER EDDIE HELD HELD- Two mid western golfers of ence Knepper is a long lone hitter and anda a hard hud match player He turned in two of o the e best rounds U at Baltusrol a fn year r rg ago g He has a high I back swing and a slashing way of hitting through Eddie Held and Jimmy Manion Manlon are arc two St. St Louis entries who can always be counted on to play good golf They are experienced campaigners who can drive approach and putt ROLAND MACKENZIE A long distance hitter with a fine swing A Good golfer capable of low scoring whose main weakness has ben beets on short pitches and around the green When this part of his game came is built up he lee will wUl be one of the best |