The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
MISS HOYTS GOLD MEDAL.
FOR THE FOURTH TIME SHE TAXES
THAT HONOR At COLE

Made and Skiltul NeWcomere IN ths LIST
PHILADELPHIA Oct 1o-Miss BeatriI Hoyt
n, the shinnecock Hills Golf Club, after bad
b.glnning which made her chances look far
rom rosy. to- day finished In the lead for the
,oprtb year in succession for the qualifying
,core round OF the women's golf championship
,bich opened the week OF play at the Phila-
dslphia Country Club. Her out holes were
made in So and the homeward journey neGo-
dated in As. m ak ing her total o. four strokes
above tho record for the women's links, held
h, Mrs j. +. McFaddon. Miss r. G. Griscom
vas second with 100. and Miss Anna Sands
third with lOl.
The - made by Mas Hoyt on the last nine
ol.,y.s the best OF the day for that part OF
IN. Journey. the next best being AZ made by
both Miss Griscom and Mss Sands. The best
.core for the out holes was 40. made by Mrs.
= A. Nance. who finished with l03. which
would have brought her within tho first six
tam with four strokes to spare but for the fact
that abe was disqualified by the U. s. g. A.
committee for accepting advice from tho
rors.csddis, who. as a further complica-
,ioo was her husband. The L. s. q. A. rule
nm III. point ia very plain and left to the COM
r,i.tee no alternative. however much they may
have wished to aid. Mrs. Manice's chances.
which in the view OF her performances at Pitts
s.ld this summer and her steady game yester-
day seemed to be bright
Therule 10 No 81 aud reads:
Apl.ysr shall not AJAX for sdvtse. nor be know:
GESTURE from any one excepting his own caddie or
Ia, partner or partner cauuie unuer 'he Pshhly OF
the loss OF the hole
That s G. A. defines the penalt! at medal
play to be disqualification.
II was better scoring to qualify than last
year, when the figures ranged from " TO lOe
t ,bt low low score was 81 and the high score 1O7
while as an INSTANCE that the general golf was
s. the rush OF eonsoIa6Sn scorss , bad ne ne
lilo In brief twenty eight finished this
year in 1Oe or better. against sixteen to score
It was a remarkable field in numbers. for
seventy four OF the seventy nine entrants
MAUD t. W.T.
.SFsd @So 6:d sSFe A5d.sS ~. %
Mrs Gochrans. Mrs Manice and Miss Under.
Mi hni;hsd II The tF,: s l!s.9 Mis- Sands
aqTnh eEs w si T s0m sT notable .nrs on for in
stance. neither Miss katherine K. Cassatt nor
Miss K.ye' were placed in either ,sh division.
RED RED and nearly one hall OF those who forced
thslr, way into The chosen cotsris played for
y oS XIII now as Miss Hoxt was when she Won
her earliest trumphs. The m ateh play prom:
isss to be the best yet seen in the history OF
The first tee was an eighth OF m lie from the
clubhouse. Colonial mansion backed BY
stables. kennels. polo field and a course for
pony races and gymkhana sports. The path
led down steps Of stones and. after abrldge
steps and through a BIT OF woodland. In which
thesQurrels were busy gathering hiek nuts.
Through vistas In the woods stretches OF the
and their caddies but the scene about the
starting tee untolded as quickly as II drop
This path was lively with onleokers passing to
and fro ell the day. and there was, also q
fashionable crowd constantly about tho well
ropsd in tee, the home green and at the club
The y. S. q. A OFFICIALS at the tournament
c e a9q Club @ RT vheS wa. ndefati
eress for each match was made up OF q. y.
K SsS5.s INV .Ss SsSsS. H. Wood
The drive for the first hole was up the face
ofahill: To carry on the straight line. needed
the direct line a loo:yard drive would max
the hilltop, where i was plain sailing to 5hs
OF the direct line, and II the ball did not get
up II would run down into rather poor
The steep hill seemed to daunt most o, the
players. for their average work from this
tee was the wort Of the day Mr.. A: Dewitt
c. 7. Fox. Of the hrst twenty. made the best
drl,es. and the three nrst named had the hole
IN FIVE. Some OF the girls were so nervous that
they could not tee up the ball. and. In their
perturbation. topped into some rocks.
Ono was s ehsGrined 70 have her bal! rebound
made fine brasssy shot that cleared the hill.
The half-swing and three-quarter swing were
tne pnly ones seen; but many were very good
There was great eprosity to see Miss Hoyt
line. but her swing back was too fast and the
II carried to the slope. but rolled back into
she did not lift the ball clearly and only gain ed
Atew Yards Again using the brassey, Miss
and the hole cost her six. On the next tee she
topped and WAS bpnkered., the hole costing a
green on each the two fooWnr hoea b fns
~ good putting hada fve on each, But there.
After nh the gallery that had followed Miss Hoy,
quite ct her best, for with the exception OF a
seven on the eleventh hole. her score was quite
Miss Hoyt wore a long light brown skirt and
ts atie stlx waist and played Ia jaunty
before she has worn r shorter sErts ana he'
hair has been bare OF headgear while hei
sleeves were always rolled above the show
the merry and careless girl
How thin Miss Hoyt has become" said on,
S o. the women who was waiting her turn tc
p,s Is. only the effect Of aress ny
bring out the different outline"
mis- MISS !, Griscom played with a quicker ant
mat her swing has lengthene cd by her trip L
scotland. 1t Is said. however, that she did n 70
pay much while abroad She also failed /,
carry the hillslope on the straight line and tool
siT for the starting hole.
her inward Journey, after poor beginning
was very good golfn g. Miss Anna Sands. wa
LAr steAdier in the long game than when sh
Was az Morris County and her iron shots wer
Stualy good But the putting greens bothered
her and she lost stroke on many OF tn
greens; On the home green. through an over
pitched mashie shot. she scored a six when
ionE seemed possibility. Miss Sands play
with confidence that should make her a fac
tor IN the match play rounds.
rNether Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. Fox nor Mis-
Use GasSatt played up to their best form
Mss Pauline Mackey, Miss Day and Mis-
t Ghenevieye HscFer have a good style throug
the green. The latter. except for a Wretche
snort game on tie sixteenth and eighteent
green's each hole costing a nine when her lon
game warranted I'VE. would have bee
anong the leaders. The scores tell the Stor
loT the others.
The course was shortened only on the firt
eha fourteenth holes. making the dstanc
n42O yards. instead OF nearly 5000. Tier
was no wind, and after haHy spell in tn
morning tho day was bright and sunny. TIL
ground was hard. however and some wins
pare from drought, while the putting gre on
from which the crab Grass had been cut, wer
Il ma L.