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Fourteen-year-old Robert Tyre Jones Jr. stood on the first tee of Philadelphia's Merion Cricket Club golf course, his palms clammy, his knees quaking. Murmurous around, the tee was a surf of faces. For Bobby Jones, Atlanta's Boy Wonder, was the youngest golfer ever to compete in the National Amateur...
That was 25 years ago, and last week 14-year-old Robert Tyre Jones III stood on the first tee of Chattanooga's Golf and Country Club, his palms clammy, his knees quaking. Murmurous around the tee was a surf of faces. For Bobby Jones III, only son of the Boy Wonder who went on to become the world's greatest golfer, was making his debut in tournament golf...
Captain Dickerman and Don Elbel are Harvard's two-year veterans, and at present they are playing together in the second foursome. Both are rather short off the tee but make up for this with strong chipping and putting games. Bridegroom Dickerman has been having trouble whipping his iron game into shape, but with a bit more practice he will be a strong man in the three or four position. Eible is the bear for work on the squad, spending long hours on the practice tee, and recently his diligence has begun to pay large dividends. His game has become...
...tell what a redhead will do. But she's coming up here tomorrow. Or maybe we'll get together in a month. How do I know?" - Emerging from the gallery during practice for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta. Ga., fiery old Ty Cobb stepped to the tee, rifled a 250-yd. lefthander straight down the middle. Almost as pleased as if he had just stolen second, he then issued a challenge to Babe Ruth, who hits a long ball at golf, too: "I have been hankering to take a shot at the Babe ever since I started...
...potential bottleneck loomed on the defense horizon : 'U. S. businessmen. At the top, where there is no second shift, the pressure was mounting. It was not a uniform pressure; only managers with defense orders felt it seriously, bankers and salesmen still got to the club or the first tee on time. But all over the U. S., high-pressure spots were multiplying. Presidents and general managers canceled trips to Palm Beach, ate lunch and dinner at their desks. Wives fretted. Doctors warned. But still U. S. businessmen came early and left late...