The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-15
WOMEN GOLF IN A GALE.
rsrRY WEATHER. FOR THE CHAM
bb pTOysHIP At ARDSLEK.

. u.,tr,I Hoyt and Miss Maude X. Wet
A-.r. Will Compete in the Final Match
s,S,, paws and w. II. Coles Ahead In thu
ss,,.d Foursomss-At the Country Club
-. the AT Home" day at the women'i
N-n,onshjp Yesterday, and. aside from thu
.ns.t ~ Miss Eidlitz. was the best time o
~ tournament for Ardsley Club members
w ,ntsrest did not end with tho decisions II
~. ah.mplonship rounds and the mixeC
oSomes for at night there were din
w n.rties and q dance to keep the
~ ,oInr All the countryside was at the
-. With al, the visiting girls and ma
- and it was a great success. Silks
IL, and laces were donned In place Of
y Jsotets and tailor-made cloth skirts. but
~, ,,s not otherwise ignored. for the decora.
~, n the ballroom suggested the links, and,
sorrse. the talk was mostly OF gollng hapi
"a mishaps. The Ardsley women who re-
lied we're Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. George
% MARS. Mrs. Edwin Gould. Mrs. Cyrus Field
I,dson Mrs. C. @. worthington, Mrs. +. J.
ytdridoe. Mrs. A. De Witt Cochrane. Mrs.
Tradsrick Bull, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Van Buren,, Mrs,
sIortImer Patton. Mrs. Samuel /. Davis. Jr,. and
Mrs.. John l. Terry. Jr.
Tho repard for the home player brought out
N. greatest throng OF the week to follow Miss
uort and Miss Eidlitz. Down in their hearts
srsrv Ardsley member. man or woman. felt
Nat Miss Eidlitz, like the Captain who leads O
torlorn hope. was foredoomed to defeat, but
nav turned out all the moro Loyalty to encour-
sre her by their handclappings and vivas. But,
vhIls partisan. II was a generous and just COM
rsny and quick to appreciate Miss Hoyt's play
vhan the occasion offered. One or two over-
raalous persons who persisted In applaudinR
Miss Eidlitz at times when the remainder oil
the Ardsley contingent were stepped in gloom
vere soon suppressed. Miss Eidlitz wore a silk
waist OF narrow red. white, and blue stripes.
Miss Hoyt started poorly. and only hen /
Aovn nj the third hole. her first experience oil
The sort during the tournament. did h show
the usual form. Her brother carried for the
champion. as he did on Thursday. and 81. 8.
Brooks carried the clubs for Miss Eldlitz. The
latter received the honor, getting OF q fair drive.
while Miss Hoyt got q longer ball. but with q
aliRht slice, which was trapped by the first
topped q mashie shot. quite remarkable for her.
and only made the edge OF the green. Miss
Hdbtz took q brassey hot for the second.
S SasTSS Better IL ,f Nnd o getting way on a clean stroke,
me overcarried the putting green. the ball
ioSing itself In the gulch beyond. Under the
distance. Playing from the original position.
Ihe topped the brassey and dropped into the
second ravine on an iron shot, then giving up
The drives from the second tee landed close
together and were both better than the aver
oFe. Miss Rldlitz made the green by a cleyer
a iIU5 s and. I pisy MlsS a nG @ss S5RRp Hex tina S%aii- stg,Iasi
zach took Z more TO hole out, Miss Goyt must
have pressed on the third tee. for she pulled
and half t0nnAd. eating into lOnR RrnRa. hut we'll
over the bunker. Mise EidlitZ sliced, but was
well over the bunker. Now the champion made
swing and getting well on toward the green.
She made the latter in q half-mashie pitch. but
the. ball rolled poorly, as 1t lacked backspin.
found her little sphere resting on a drain pipe
IN the long grass after the second shot, and.
BY the local rule, che placed It on the fair
her third. In the putting Miss Eidiitz ran down
0 siX-foot put on her fifth stroke, and. as Miss
Hoyt overraI q similar put on the like. the
One down was q novel situation for tho cham
plon., Miss Etdlitz. used q driver, for the 122-
yard hole, perhaps UNSUITABLE against the gale
tree over the frayfne. the bali astounding to
the fair green. Miss Hoyt. doubtless feeling
that a "necessity" play would be timely
few feet Of the hole. The next two shots by
Miss EtdIlitz were poor ones. but the next lay
loy1hk L III u 4ulbo v Jupt LlAooGA
for 2 and won out In g.. The next hole. 376
yards. was won in 5 by Miss Hoyt. Miss Ed
AZ S%ungling the second shot and taking z for
Z T ,Ss gale E,SREeGass6po 2 factor %ssgainfSs; 1 the two
Z hI series SnnS 81 !. % 81 rSn sSiod After d6t IL bsst1 G. in the
than Miss Hoyt, who. after along. low drive.
half-t9pped the brassey, but recovered by. o
sbp I,S . did .n lodtting1ir9n shot that cleared the
Hoyt2 up. but she made a Door second shot
Ior the seventh, green: costing her 3 10
Ieaeh IL. while Miss Efdhtz made II In fine
style IN 2 and was safe in 4. Miss Hoyt
This Was high-water mark in Miss Eidlitz's
HoIel nftSd nor b.f haIe;nS Tb snS was not 10 fo Win 2
NC, The play Of the 1rdsiey Representatives
playing n for theee eighth hole sfSsu iifteds A1 alter y
making 8 ~fruitless strokes. Miss Hoyt mean
MniIe was near the green IN 3 and 1t was ,ap-
I've TS1Rh 0lss Miss SO H hsT 81 pfa =; 9 q s shS eSn sRd he
only mistakes she made were missed puts ON
the eleventh and twelfth green's.
pl oss q fiR Wort h1 BE t SsS c %STEsd By H 4 5ri dIIIH
Eone quarry, but she sliced the full Iron shot
e cluster Of bushes. In this predicament Miss
Hoyt made a full mashie shot. carrying to the
SSddge OF the green and holinE out In 2more.
SEsl Sfdst tee. the the p sasin h Stsh LIZ 20 y aISf t sSd x sSs
down In 4 after trimming on the third. She
fSaehed the. 237-yard thirteenth green. al
{ drive and q full iron shot, and won the match
Y Isn aS9li n out In 4 The tTo PLAYERS shook
%spDIaus sS At thiis q Sra md fn fstlorHFTh The S cSrds G WE'RE IN
u: EhiSdGIftiiis SSSSs s.i IL 81
Y: fEHi Slitl.. ! I t--aass--ssss
sApDro1imAted. I Byes not played.
so H was a one-sided group Of spectators that
and Miss Griscom. Most Of them were Phila-
oe,phians. and though both players had plenty
9ltrlends in the following II was always Miss
Srlscom's good play that brought out hearty
applause. The latter. under the tension Of
ssEFiic2l match. was somewhat nervous. while
1,sS Metmore was cool and steady and showed
t,Seky stroke. Especially on the green's was
S SfS contrast marked. Miss Wetmore often rum
Sriseom lost more strokes on the greens than
~ AZ the hazards. Miss Griscom started