New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-14
GOLF.
MISS rNDERHlLL TO MEET MRS FOX.
FINAL CONTEST N WOMEN's CHAMPION
SHIP TO-DAY-MIss OLIVER BEATEN
At THE NINETEENTH HOLE.
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Philadelphia. oct. 13-Another turn of the wheel
fla the Women's National Golf championship to-
day dropped from tho list Miss Oliver and Mis-
Cassatt and loft Mrs. Caleb f. Fox and Miss Ruth
Tnderhill as the competitors for tho anal round
Tomorrow The Ncw-York players arc tuhiant
at Miss Tnderhrs success. and seem confident
of her victory. Thus far she has given no evidence
of weakening. while Mrs Fox noticeably
fat!tucd by to-day's contest. and may prove UNI
equal to another hard struggle At the links to-
day were a number Of we'll known amateurs from
all parts OF the country. and tho crowd tomorrow
promises to be the largest of the week.
Mrs Fox Is naturally tho favorito among the
Philadelphia players. but there IS n strong con-
tinecnt here from New-York. and Miss Ind"rhNl
Will not ia ample encouragement Provided BOTH
women play as they did to-day. Miss Undcihill
VIII prove the superior but estimates Of this kind
cannot be carried too far. as the two were some
what uncqually paired Mrs. Fox having a much
more formidable adversary In Miss Oliver ih'h
Miss Tnderhfl had in Miss Cassatt Mrs. Fox is
q member Of the Huntington Valley Country Cnh.
which organized some three years ago and
ever since that time she has been one ~ rs best
players She has tho happy faculty of playing as
sercney after bad hole AS when she has gone
down IN par figures. and her game thus far tbs
week has been marked by a strength and earnest
ness that augur well for her chances should Miss
TndeIhil be irdisposed. Possibly she lacks the
easy swing Of Miss Underhin on the tee, but she
gels away as lonS q Dali ana carries NHIN"HH
nicely in to-day's match her putting was not as
strong as when she defeated Miss Hoyt on
"Wednesday. and Il owing TO her poor perform
ance in this respect that she 50 nearly beaten
Miss Underhil IS member q the Nassau coun-
try Club OF Glen Cove Long Island. where she IS
rated on par with many Of the men She was
one Of those who qualified IN the ArGsioy cham
p!onshp year ago. Provided she can hold 70
the game she showed to-day f. IS more than
probable she will win the cup
FINE WEATHER AGAIN.
The weather again favored low scoring VIXEN the
PLAYERS started out. this morning Mrs Fox and
Miss oliver who were drawn together. carried
most Of tho crowd with them. ard tho onlooker.
were well repaid for their Journey. for the match
was not decided Until the nineteenth hole J.
Stewart Gillespie who was ono Of the Canadian
players in the international team match at Nor
ris County a week ago. carried for Mss Oliver
while W. p Thompson OF the Newport Golf club
acted as cadde for Mrs Fox. Starting out Mrs
Fox won the first hole at 10 =. but Miss Oliver
cvencd matters 10y capturing the next and then
took the lead by winning the third al 10 !.
This advantage was only momcntary. as Mrs
Fox tied the score on TIE next hole which was
hers az 5 to g. The next two holes were halVed
Up to this point neither player had given evidence
of ANYTHING upon which 10 predict the outcome
They were about even on results achieved rom
the tee taking the scores as whole ana the
same may be said Of their brassie work on inc
approach shots Miss Oliver scored decisiyely MAX
ing only ono blunaoring approach. while Mrs FOX
was rather wild in this respect
This came olt strkingly on the seventh hole
whore Mrs Fox topped her iron shot IN approach
Ing the green and Miss Oliver won at TO g. Fac
ing the eighth however. the latter was bunkered
from the ,ee'and barely got out on her second, but
she recovered nicely with a fine brasse and
though Mrs Fox should have had the hole II Was
finally halved in E. This left Miss Oliver up. In
going for the ninth hole the Albany gil made a
screaming b.ass.e after being fifty yards short Of
Mrs Fox's drive. while the latter made q fooze Of
hers and went only few feet A fine irOn how
ever, carried her 10 the green IN 3. Miss Oliver
reaching the same point in STROKE less and win
mig tho hole IT 20 s. This completed the outward
journey Miss Oliver having scored total Of A. 10
MIS-. FOX s. - and being Up
Turning for home Mrs Fox seemed % have lost
some OF her ease OF swing. and in OverarXicty 10
recover lost ground fooled her approach and took
20 reach the green. Miss Oliver. in the mean
while in 9. and Won In TO =. giving her a
lead which seemed certain to bring her out ahead.
But t Just NJ this point that fortune changed,
for in going for the next hole Miss Oliver was
bunkercd her drive, and though she won on
thrty-yard put, II was not SO mLcN her own good
play as her opponents misfortune that gave her
success. Coming the twelfth Mrs. Fox pulled
pcua!zcd heavily IN distance. though she recovered
a fine bTassey and was up 10 Miss ONVer. Inc
latter was the green with her third, while her
fourth carried the ball within Two feet OF the cup.
j. was here that Miss Oliver missed d chance which
probably turned the entire trend Of the match for
halyed il g.
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