Show Princeton Triumphs Over Old Football Rival Riv l Bobby Jones Given First Place In National Amateur Rankings George Von Elm Ranks Fifth Chick Evans Is Runner Up By Dy FRANCIS J. J POWERS Special S dd Correspondent of The TheS Standard Examiner S E amI ner CLEVELAND Ohio Oct 22 An 22 An- An Ans s other golf season coming to an end as Icy winds roister rols r across brown brown- browner er cc fairways and hoar hoor frost brushes velvet putting ere greens ens finds Bobby Jones e the Atlanta wizard again I head head- headIng heading tg Ing those h who Joust In the sanded d troughs and battle battie battle the hazards of the rolling terrain In the field the passing passIn season found Jones playing the best golf of ot isis his brilliant career Standing in the formed close-formed ranks behind Bobby are seen the theother theother theother other tried masters of ot the game came for foi forthe forthe the year was as not overly prolific in the production of youngsters ready to take their places among the first flight So 80 long lo g as Jones Joncs wields the putter It hard f never to f name will t the be leader of the ama ama- amateur am true brigade but butIn buti i In selecting the re remaining re- re A 1 nine of 0 f t the ten n best play play- players ct ers era In that field r- r there there Is 15 some dif dU- difficulty dif dif- t I. I and always there will be con con- considerable conf conc f c I i difference ti of opinion In t 4 tJ choosing r g the ten teny er y leading amateurs te k of the 1927 cam cam- campaign this writer y-e y has considered C I prIncipally the ef- ef oyOs J Of L forts of the play play- ers era In the national amateur championship although suc suc- success success success cess In other competitions also is al allowed al- al allowed allowed lowed to carry weight Jones finished the season ason holding the amateur title of the United States Slates the open championship of Great Britain and of his own beloved south south- land He lie made history in each of those events e and pro proved himself one of the greatest scorers in all time as aswell aswell aswell well as master of every phase of com corn competitive competitive play His rally In Great Grut Brit Brit- Britain Britain ain sin after failure In the United States Slates open only further accentuated his greatness Having smoothed out the theone theone theone one fault In his game the game the short ap approach ap- ap Jones Jones can look to the future i with greater confidence than ever be be- be fore Second place among amon the leading ten tenis tenIs tenis is given gUen to Chick vans the eans-the the come come- comeback comeback comeback back of the old Edgewater stalwart was one of the most brilliant of ot all time Like Jones he failed sadly in inthe inthe inthe the open at Oakmont and then went out quickly on the western amateur But against one of the finest fields of all time he fought his way to the fi finals fi- fi finals nals of the amateur at and his defeat at the hands of the WIz WIz- WIzard Wizard ard ird took nothing away a ay from the brilliance bril brU- brUun brilliance liance I of lila his comeback b Chick played N un sound golf in the amateur te and later continued it I In n the western open where e he was one ot of oie the leaders Ic gee There Thue have been few more popular players Mayers than Evans and his return to the peaks of the game was gratifying to every follower of golf i OUIMET IET THIRD Francis OuImet Is placed next to Evans Like Chick the Bostonian Bos ton I an Is Iss Isa s I veteran a campaigner a wily contestant contes contes- tant taut and the master of every shot lie He is one of ot the most consistent play play- players ers era In the game and end has reached the semi finals la in four of the last five championships p s s. s In three e of those four f u h J years ears he ran afoul of Jones n in the semi-final semi round otherwise he might have ha been a II finalist Roland MacKenzie of Washington Is rated raud fourth He has hILS been coming at a swift pace with a few reversals since his sensational battle with Von Elm at Merlon Merion In 1924 At ne was wu the fourth semi finalist and in the national he he- e- e ewas was only beaten by a round of wonder golf A Along Along I long hitter and a good putter MacKenzie Mac Mac- MacKenzie MacKenzie Kenzie Is acquiring the seasoning he needs need nee to make him a great gnat player I George Von Elm Em the 1926 1928 I lon ion takes fifth I place in the rat rat- rat rat-I 4 logs Ings George not I only was beaten bea n at I but butmore butmarc b Ut more marc recently he was defeated In Inthe 1 n the California amateur am am- amateur amateur and southern I California open open open- two t titles he ho won wona a year ear ago Von I Elm is La no less the golfer goUer that he was in 1926 but his 1 tournament record docs does not permit him a higher rank- rank rankIng I Ing Then In sixth oc comes cornea I Harrison Johnson I of St. St Paul who never played better 1 than last season For 36 holes he led the national open field at Oakmont and supped stepped a fast last pace In the ama ama- amateur amateur amateur until he crossed the trail of Jones Johnson has been one of ot the leading amateurs for many seasons and Is a splendid sportsman as well as golfer COLLEGE CHAMP Winning the national collegiate ti title U- U title Utie tle tie with a flurry of golf that broke broko the long standing course record at Garden City Watts Gunn is entitled to a good rating among the best ama ama- amateurs amateurs ama I urs and Is ts placed laced seventh Watts encountered a a. lot rot of misfortune in the national amateur but withal he is a clever capable golfer and it is only a matter matur of time when he will climb again to the heights of the amateur ama ur field Held Eddie Held who is rated eighth of St. St Louis comes in along with Gunn The Missourian enjoyed a fine line season He was a finalist in inthe Inthe inthe the western amateur shot splendid golf In the western open and was one of the stars in the national amateur It t is la impossible to pass him by Phillips Finlay the Exeter school schoolboy schoolboy schoolboy boy was the one ju to so achieve prominence in the national amateur He began the season by winning the eastern interscholastic championship and his average average- score per round for the season was more than 73 He led the parade at Mini Mini- for a day and was a stubborn opponent In the match rounds Kin lay is a II long powerful hitter and though rated ninth In this selection with more experience will certainly displace some of the aging veterans Tenth and final position Is 15 accord accord- accorded ed to Bon Don Stein the western amateur champion from Seattle Stein long has been recognized as a star In the northwest and In the California sec see tor tar His Ills play In the western and In other sectional events e was as excellent which offsets to a degree his failure to do better In the amateur I Had Jess Sweetser of Jess Jus been in the list the ratings obviously sly would have ha been different Sweetser still sUll is s one ot of our greatest amateurs In the few short competitions he has attempted his old skill with short Irons was outstanding and 1928 1923 likely will see him ranking again with Jones and the other leaders Guilford too still sUIl retains much of his old time skill and his absence from the open and amateur I took something away from those events Copyright 1027 1927 11 7 Consolidated Press Association |