The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
wOMENSG R GOLFPRIzE
THEIR CHAMPIoNsHIP THIS WEEK
At THE ARDSLEK CLUE.

Sixty Entries for the Annual Competition
Miss Bentrix Hoyt, the Title Holder, Heads
the List-P1nns for the Tournament
Plnyersf from Far and Near Country Clubs.
This week the golfers feminine are the
bright. particular stars In the 1rmansent that
bounds the links. Their prominence is due to
the recurrence OF tho United States Golf Asso-
c~iatlon's championship for the women players
OF the clubs on its roster. which Is TO be held on
the picturesque course OF the Ardsley Club on
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. and Friday.
Tho contest will reveal the degree OF skill at
talned by our girls aud matrons since the
start Of the national association. Unlike the
men. the women players OF the country have
not had the competition OF amateurs
from abroad at any OF their championship
meetings. In the championships for men there
has always been a Stoddart. Macdonald, Whig-
ham or Douglhs-not to mention such shooting
stars rs W. @. Stewart-to teach our amateurs
style az a recompense for the titles and cups
they won. but only home talent has entered In
the championships OF the women. The game
they have attained. like their other graces and
accomplishments, is untarnished by foreign
frills.
There are sixty entries for the coming cham
plonship meeting. nearly as many Us are named
tor the similar meeting in Great Britain. and
they represent every sort OF player from those
who won fame on the links to schoolgirls ann
bilious for distinction and women who enter
only for tho pleasure Of q stirring week OF play.
without any real hope Of winning. There arc
moro high class golfers on the list. to use the
sporting smile, than have ever entered before.
Oddly enough. 1t promises to be the most open
contest. as to naming the winner. since the
FIRST championship. This was held on q misty
autumn day in 1895. on the Meadow
brook Hunt Club links, the prize being
o cup presented by r. d. Winthrop and W. H.
Sands. 1t was q contest Of uncertainties. for
nothing definite was known OF the abilities Of
any Of the players. except that Miss Nina Sar-
gent. Miss Anna Sands and Miss Anna How
land Ford had each won cups on their homo
Charles Brown; wh cha hsd arst le earn to play aa
whispered about the links even then that there
was a little girl OF the same club who could
Unlike most eolnng predictions, and rum,ors,
when the first regular championship was held
Club. this statement was Gemonstr3ted to be
the whole truth. for as her friends had prom
issd: M Mhen S the e6a nGse %Sh SV WSs e Rel9 at L the
Essex County Club, at .by-the.sen
Miss Nina Sargent. no one could bother the
holder. Miss Sargent. as It turned out, could
not stand stan Lag against Inst young 1Gn IN Mi fiti a9 39T t6 So0 ssS SSIii
time tnG; ana the ia''0F won 'n' ',''0 ,of inc second
But the Ardsley meeting, like tho first one at
although Miss Hoyt has the best right to win,
there are many newcomers. In the field about
whom nothing very definite Is known. One
woman entered. 1t is said. has been for six
months in daily practice under the watchful
care OF a woman coach brought over from Eng
Some analysis. however. may be made OF the
tha ontrias foSIowu.
Ardsley club-Mrs. A, De witt ocehrane, Mr9.
Frederck L. Eldridge: Mrs. Csroi Eidlitz, Miss Il
Van Buren,: Mas Helen Parrish Mrs. John T. Terry.
Albany Golf cIubDMiss Martha Murphey.
Baltimore Country CiubNMiSs FanniS King Mo-
Bnltusrol Golf club-Mrs. W. Fellows Morgan.
Mrs. Henry D. Ashmore.
Chicago Coli no Glp I1, Marion shsHrS9an aron
onpcora aoif ClubWMiss Grace B. KsSes.
PsseI 6 SsaaTT cldSsM hss MACHINE dehnef SS.rdm.n. Mis-.
Hf TnSies s; oaF doit club-Mi.. Janet T. Wells.
rS S1S Me- !; Sa Ss,;i Ra. sS1%1!S Miss S'% / soSs's ss sa1s' Il
M MeIi2n 6 SGtGast S S6neC CiabsM EIsno William ii G1'i sSippsn,
q Wv %i hflen Shelton Miss Alice l. Day. Miss o0Fn'l'A
Newport Golf Club-Mrs. John Jacob Aston. Jr..
H 9ssaH ps S9sn'y Hunt and Country olu0-Ml'' Agnes
PhiiiiadeiipbiS S SIr CiinbEMrs. waiter M. Cor
ham Miss Marpsret C. Mule, Miss Helen a. Mauie.
Miss E EIsie Sss 81 : tsr1 Miss 1 niine A s. Tnyior. N Miss EI' Her:
man Lewis, Miss Corinne Mock.
Pi!is5urE; Solf GluS-Mi:' ? {; H0Te;
Queens County Golf Club.Miss Louise D. Max
well. Miss Grace L: Maxwell, Nils, Ruth underhLn;
Scranton Country Cinp-Miss Eleanor A. Anderson.
81: andrew G9if Gln9 5 cSls he'd u.,., por,or
M hm'Bbe eetriI Howl nmtS . netsH "fn0'
GsabTIobt COZ Slub-Miss Alice Strong.
81 a Psni ToS . , M Go IN enS ooNMIssd ,bsl d, I.
Merriam.
Mrs. rnT FfSnl y ke y; snnern Taller MF'' 3D. '"'A0io'
Westbrook Golf Club-Mrs. John c. Tappin.
Miss Hoyt. OF course. must be considered first.
VIZ ynnDe aronnfnl ana stronG aha has =
mnasSeErv ~ a Game that nIonss har n'npe
among our women pIayers' She Il unbeaten.
snS poSsihiv mev npt now ha heaten In stvIee
Miss Howl il very easy and natural, and. as She
ia stronR enough 10 use regular clubs. MOI the
weak imitations usually carried Nv women.
sbo has n stjiI fmrthar "a antago ON ber aida'
she mas a sun tuTther advantaGo on ner sue;
ntlSS hoyts TSeoru lo5 tne women cOurso az
snInnec2cE Hills, ma1e la n6a s ~ is soou
enough lor any country. Inc caru was:
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