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Show I BOBBIE J'DNES LMH GOLF MEMPII Si Tmn.. July 13. Bobbie Jones. Atlanta youth and the southern south-ern team. Jones. Thomas Prescott. and Psrrj .iinn both of Atlanta, and Pollack Boyd of Chattanooga won honors in the opening round yesterday yester-day of the western amateur golf tournament tour-nament Jom s smashod the course record with a 63 for th- is boles, one better than the previous profession lI rei ord and two better than the amateur mark The southern team won the Olympic cup. the western association's iriedal play trophy, with 299. The Si Louis district team was second, three strokes behind, and the Indiana golf association, associa-tion, of which team ' Chick'' Evans is a member, was third with 321. Richard Bockenkamp of st. Louis, was second to Jones In today's medal play with 72. Evans third with 73 and l'rescott fourth with 74. The second is holes of the qualifying quali-fying round constitute iod; - pro-gram pro-gram and match pla begins" Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Jones, fresh from his victory at 1 'hatianoog'i, last week, when he won the southern championship for the1 .second l!m shot phenomenal golf. He was a little wild off the tee, butj his perfect iron shots enabled him 10 , make the first nine holes in ?4 one 1 under par He played the last nine in also one under par. Kvrns displayed a tendency to slice 1 Willi Ims v null' rl.ibs illt had :'. good coif luck" running down a Uflj aid mashlc and also holing a thltp. f yt ' putt. A field of 16S started In ihe tournament tourna-ment 1 if these ninety six will qualify in the three flights thirty-two for the I : championship, thirty-two for the prest-I prest-I dent s cup and thirty-two for the Vice I president s cup. Finals will be reached : Saturday. Other scores in today's rouni in-L in-L elude: H Q. skinner. Chicago 80; D f H. McConnell, Chicago, so, R, E. Kneper, Sioux City, 80; B D. Wilbur. Indianapolis. S2, V. c Nelson. Chicago, Chi-cago, st. n Ft. Walton, Chicago. 83; It. W. Thompson, New York. 87; A. W Baum. Chicago. 87; V. p. Spark's IVrre H im.-, v-.. 1.. K Cornelius, Si. (Louis, 88; a. v Warner, Denver, 18 I It S. Salter, Chicago. 94; C D Major 1 Louisville, 9i. W A Matlock. DeQVer, I 97. |