The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-13
MISS ANNA SANDS LOSES.
YRL FOX BEATS THE NEWPORT
PLAYER AT PHILADELPHIA.

yi.. Rnth Underbill the Only Metropolitan
lntry Still In the Race-Miss Caasatt nnd
Mis-. oliver Also winnars-The Handicap
Cup Captured by Miss Grace Reyes.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 12.-Mlss Anna Sands
tailed to ayenge the defeat OF Miss Beatrix
uoyt by beating Mrs. Caleb r. Fox at the
philadelphia Country Club to-day. In the second
round OF the womsn's golf championship But
she was not beaten until the twentieth hole
and this. too. after she had been five down at
the eighth hole. Although loser Miss Sands
has made q record for pluck that may be en-
We'd. Some Of her ill-luok on the opening holes
was due to Just failing to get down long puts
on the smooth Newport greens they would
hsy. dropped safely enough. but the hard
or,ens OF Bala are q different proposition.
Mira Fox too. deserves praise for pluck. for
an, kept up TO the end without showing
,r,ce %; the strain OF tho hard matches the
.Iuck o,the draw" has awarded to her To-
morrow she will meet Miss Marion Oliver. one
n. the longest drivers on the links. and Mrs.
roynay find it no easy task to beat her.
m. only representative left In the tourney
from clubin the NJ q. A. is Miss Ruth Under
hu who has been improving in her game
.,.,ji'y In tho successive matches after quail
i,ing with 100
She too, is very long driver with very full
,virc. and Ia also deadly putter. With
I,tle luck, she may make 1t Interesting for
Miss Elsie Cassatt. whom she will meet to-
morrow. although the champion OF the
Wonen's Golf I.agre OF Philadelphia. in her
match with Mrs Cochrane to-day. showeda
Strength in every department OF the game that
many " the amateurs Of tho sterner sex may
Justly envy.
The weather was again delightful. the only
p,s.ible complaint being that it was too sum-
A
cautious one. 1t was society day on the links.
,,1autbe Philadelphia fashionabes who had
t,rret ont seemed to follow the Mrs. Fox and
Mia. Anna sands match. which was the event
Of the day.
Having the honor Mrs Fox began with
slightly sclafTed drive that Just reached the
hilton. while Miss Sands sent high ball that
went no further. Miss Sands made splendid
second shot but II hit tree branch which
checked the flight Mrs Fox sliced somewhat
hut got A good distance on the like. Each
reached the green In three and they halved In
six Through better long game Mrs. Fox
made the second green In three to Miss Sands
four Both puttsd u"rvously and poorly. Mrs.
FOX finally winning In to =
Tn. third green each made in three. Mrs
Fox about nine and Miss Sands twenty-five
feet from the hole. The latter tried on the
long chance and oyerran. taking two more to
get down, while Mrs. Fox showed some OF the
putting skill she displayed against Miss Hoyt
and ran down on her fourth.
Now two up. Mrs. Fox played with more con-
fdence and her friends applauded every good
stroke The fourth. however. was halved in q
par Ave. They were each on the fifth green in
two. with Miss Sands having by far the most to
do. She trimmed on her attempt for three.
but Mrs Fox ran down on the like and had the
hole in to 4. making her three up. Both were
over the sixth green in three and on with the
next. Miss sands lost a chance here. however.
and the hole went to Mrs. Fox In 6to7 Reach
ing the border Of the seventh green in fours
Miss Sands laid her approach put dead Tor a
six while Mrs. Fox was short fifteen feet. The
long put was made in dashing style. and the
hole Was haved in six.
-Four up. Mrs Fox sent fine ball from the
eighth tee. but Miss Sands was not only short.
hut trapped in sand bunker. She was well
out with an iron. but the hole went to Mrs. Fox
III : to T. as 10 further mistakes were made
and the Phi'aIep hian was Ave UP.
SO far the luck had all been one way. but now
came the turning Of tho tide that made the
match one to be long remembered. Playing UP
10 Mrs. Fox with the utmost pluck. after their
fhird shots tho to the ninth
green, Miss Sands had few yards the better
,rouEht her Just ,on the green, Mrs. Fox had
% Miss SANDS s was Own "nH tWS mo snd
won her first hole Of the match in 7toS. The
strokes to the ninth were Mrs. Fox. 90: Miss
Miss sands looked cheerful a. she stepped on
Nc is anf f3 "" h sgt
and needed seven, Her lead was now only
three up and the New Workers in the gallery"
a s6e I" Miss "s sand. ater Come ne
putting. in I to =. Inc twelfth hole. where
Mrs. FIX had come to trouble in the match with
Miss Hovt was pretty PLAYED.
Both We're short Of the green in three Miss
Sands then pitched her approach, within Q foot
now only one down. and the Philadelphians
had lost their cheerful and complacent looks.
Sands, however. for here her run Of luck STOP stop
PED. The distance Ia 100 yards, and, as the
.S w wnd mt OsT Gpp%oseh The III, both
sS.n, ten H Of the hole D9 ' FOX 'an'0o
her second and tried brayely for three. the
SS' fh,I.s ne eEp; Snt IqmP,ng ras. Taking
He On !"i the T"H On So Ts' M
sands outplayed Mrs, Fox on every point and
IN Tr. e., on the sS% rsr
two M. tor. after making the green on their
fourth shots Miss Sands lost a half by poor
The sixteenth t.e witnessed the only blum
defing drive Mrs: Fox had made during the
Getting well f "S, with the nbick she the
green in four and holed in six, Miss Sands
bat made the edge OF the green In three per-
feet shots, and running down the long nut she
lie seventeenth tee. but Mrs Fox made poor poor
WorG OF her second.
IN the Ike. by a splendid brassey shot Miss
sAudS made the green, while her oppopeut
t9oA two more to get on, and, winning III > to y.
Miss Sands had the match all square with on Q
top,ay, The long game was, perfectly played
~ bo:h. after Miss Sands had made tho better
lee shot. and, getting on the far side OF the
green on th'ir next shots. the result was a
haIy"d hole in i've.
The greatest and most enthus aStic gallery
oithe week. after applauding the exciting tn-
Ian. tro9Nel of to the wooded hillside teo 10
watch the play on the extra hole. The gay as
tenlbIage made a pretty picture against the
9ytumDal foliage that crowned the hilltop
Mrs. Fox had the better OF the drives and the
second shots. but Miss Sands's long approach
Brought the two on the green on even terms. q
nal Ia ly" resulting.
Now all was excitement in the gallery" and
each contestant was applauded IN turn as she
Stepped on the tee. After their third shots on
the second extra hole. both had to negotiate
long approaches. Mrs. Fox gained the greer
N Jour but Miss Sands overran. This gave
heI too much TO do to win and the long match
ended by Mira. Fox being successful in q to 7