The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-26
MISS H0YTS FINE GOLF.
SHE PLAYS REMARKABLY VEIL IN
TIL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.

ana Mrs. Hooper-Tho Driving and APP
preaching Competitions Furnish Good sport.
MANCHESTER, Mass, Aug. 25.-1n all proba.
billty the finals for tho womcn's golf cham
pionship will DO played by Miss Beatrlx Hoyt,
the present champion, and Miss N. G. Sargent
OF the Essex County Club. Tho first round in
the match play for the championship to-day re-
suited in victories for Miss Hoyt. Miss Sargent,
Miss Frances @. Griscom of tho Merton
Cricket Club, Philadelphia, and Miss e.
Q. Longworth of the Cincinnati Golf Club.
Tho conditions were as favorable as
those Of yesterday wero Encouraging, but the
playing of tho contestants did not show the
great improvement that was expected. Miss
Hoyt and Miss Curtis played out their matches
for the sake of the score, and Miss Griscom and
Mrs. Hooper played out theirs, which was not
decided until Miss Griscom mado her final put
at the eighteenth hole Tho sky this morning
was a cloudless blue. and the sun shone brightly.
There was still some water on tho course after
the heavy rains Of yesterday, but this did not
interfere with scoring. 1t was not too warm for
comfort. however, and the matches Of Miss
Hoyt and Miss Sargent were followed around
the course by a hundred or moro playera
The great contest Of the day was that between
Miss Griscom and Mrs. Hooper. The pair wero
all even at the fifteenth hole and fully $50 saw
the final OF q match which will DO memorable in
tho annals of the Essex County Club. Miss
Griscom fooled her drive at the first tee. send.
ing the ball down tho hill about twenty-five
yards. Mrs. Hooper followed and made
tho Same error. Tho hole. $40 yards. across
q brook and up q bank, was won by
Mrs. Hooper. At tho second hole, Miss
Griscom made a fine drive and won tho hole,
$50 yards, in 5. Mrs. Hooper went nicely over
the bunkers at tho third hole, 400 yards, which
pho made by splendid playing in 5. Tho fourth
hole, 21o yards, was halved in G, both players
getting into trouble. Tho fifth hole. 2Go yards,
Mrs. Hooper made in z and was 2 up. She
repeated her fine approach play on the sixth,
but lost 1 on putting, winning the hole, how
ever. in 8. She was then 8 up. but Miss
Griscom was not in the least discouraged and
took tho seventh and eighth holes in succession.
She got into trouble at the ninth. and Mrs.
Hooper won 1t in z. her opponent taking 10 to
hole Out, leaving Mrs. Hooper 2 up.
On the second round both made splendid
drives, and Miss Griscom won the hole splen-
didly In 4. The eleventh and twelfth holes were
halved in 6 and g. respectively. Mrs. Hooper
won tho thirteenth and was 2 up again. Miss
Griscom took the fourteenth and fifteenth,
Mrs. Hooper driving into the brook on the latter
hole and leaving the match all even again.
There was some good play in the sixteenth. but
q neat approach by Miss Griscom won the holo
and for tho first time she was l up.
Mrs. Hooper made the seventeenth hole in 5
two better than her opponent. and drew level.
There was q rush of SPECTATORS from the club
house. and even Miss Sargent and Miss Heron.
II Tn mo h to w dentaSa the 10 'S fnsl T pisy sho OF the hst GPiseeS GONE
Hooper match: Both made drives of a hundred
yards, the balls balls lending side by side in
ane brassy shot. Mrs. I%Iooper's falling. a
little short. but both carried over the ridge
Miss Griscom's ball on the edge OF the hill above
the green. while Mrs. Hooper's iron shot mar
who was crossing the course. landing on the hill.
Miss Griscom.s approach was in perfect direo.
steni dow down on art the Sse edge 81 Of III the st green. but nSf'e Of
direction. The next stroke, OF Miss Griscom
l Ment vide der an nSs the sf hole e0 @as S won Mrs. in 8 f by Mss
Griscom. who thus took the match, one UP. Her
scores were 63a.a2nlIS and Mrs: nooper Is
the Essex players looked upon 10 get into the
semi-nnalS, her defeat was a great disappoint-
to congratulate the winner,
Miss Hoyt's match was the event par excel
bO-s7, has never been beaten by any other
woman playing on these links the women,s
Miss Sargent. Miss Hoyt made a splendid
drive and so did her little antagonist. Miss Cur
s s1ss eS's sh S5os wste lae StGHs iR'S Seyii di Msss ado Snd
her putting was the best that has been seen
on fn.t the S,,s course nns f IN a lSnE I ' inn With sh he w seno 1ne
she won in I. Miss Curtis halyed ne sixth
hOle, uuu "oh. lhG ~ y, hi,h U.o
only equalled by Miss Griscom's play at this
hole. The eighth hole was halved in s, and
Miss Hoyt won the ninth by precise driving and
On tho second round Miss Curtis got into
H ffoyel too * the the e eiSyenth AM IN i s aa ade heis' m a.Ss
was won. eight up and ak to play, There was
some question as TO whether the caddie or Miss
mittee decided in her favor. The pair played out
the match. and OF the remaining holes Miss Hoyt
repetition OF the spectacular play at Morristown
last year, and although Miss Curtis struggled
match would be. The large crowd that followed
her was attracted by the fact that she is the
and playing in splendid form. Even those few
who were not especially interested In the cham;
pion wished to see how Peggy Curtis would
Miss sargents, match also attracted great
attention from the fact that she Is the Essex
finals with Miss Hoyt. She made a pretty dsiys
and won the frat hole in 7; her opP9Hnent' Mis- Miss
S Salv ssc SAP|R ss . sarsons ~ Won s'f the third hand
pRisylns up to her game. and lost the nth hole
making the match all oven. The sixth was wor
S by H wss S Satvod. On Sss' tie p oishtE Miss ssrsen
topped her drive. bSt Miss Heron %e = ~. owe
end h into the ss San hut S M,sS b sfrs strac MA a ie > oeSon,
dropped beside Miss Herrop,s: Both sot out Q,
proach was better. and she Won tho hole in !
On tho ninth Miss Sargent made the spectacu
approach shot. She ended tho round, three W
with a score OF SO. Miss Sargent also won III
: hole was halyed. The twelfth went to Mis-
' Heron. Miss Sargent losing n stroke, In tn
, bunker. They halved tho next hole. but tn
: fourteenth was won by Miss Sargent. who too
I the match by 3 up and 3 TO play;
There was comparatively little interest In tn
match between Miss Iongworth. and, Mrs.
: Warren Morrill, OF tho Country Club. Miss l0ni
, worth easily demonstrating her supcriorit!
q q She went out OF bounds on her opening dirty
r and lost the hole 10 to O. but she won tn
second 1 to Z. From that on IT, was Miss Lon
worth's match. not only on the play. but II
luck, for Mrs. Merrill had some bad lies.
|, Tho holes were taken by Miss or
after another until the ninth. which was halve
J. Miss Longworth ending the round Z up: 81
u round and won tho match by 2 up and y to pa
Her score for the first round was o6. and MI
Merrill's was 81.
= Miss Bsatrlx Hoyt. shinnecock Hills Golf club
Gfa'".:"::".: ! 80
g e Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex County cinb[s
II. Observation-Disclosures ITO 4 9 Z 0 o s-o2-l
:, Miss G. Sargent. Essex County Club
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