. * -Jones was the only man of a select group of seven who all had a
Chance to win the championship at the ena of the third round today who
did not crack and* wilt as the pressure expanded and gre'w over the last
nine holes.
He contributed .the finest piece of
golf in the history -of hie play in
national ' championehlpa. romping
through the test nine holes of the
title chase'is 15 stroke*, one under
par. when a falter °r slip would have
meant defeat.
Rivals Skid, an Last Nine.
One by one they slipped and skid
ded—flitt. Hdgen, then Turneaa.
Wfllte Hunter, John Karrell. Lao
Diegel. BiU Melhern and Oene Sar
axen. And as the professional stars
floundered Ind skidded over the last
nine holes, Jones, unfaltering In the
mechanical accuracy of hte marvelous
game, grew steadier and even more
brilliant, breezing home with the
best in-nin<» of the day, and barely
missing a 16-foot putt for an eagle S
St the last hole. , . _
t When Jones finished—and he fin
ished In raids ft ernoon —Turnesa wa*
already in with a total of 2*4. That
made the Jones feat even greater, for
where others faltered with their feet
on the rungs or the championship,
the Atlantpn settled down to steadier
golf. ' ..
Next to Jofles came Turnesa, whose
collapse was the worst of the many
that cluttered the rolling fairways
and scorched rough of Scioto today.
Joe will never forget his 6 at the
long twelfth, this afternoon, nor his
missed put* lit the sixteenth and
seventeenth, where one shot would
have meant a ti® with Jones and two
would have meant victory.
