Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-30
GOLF.
Defeat Of the Champion in the Wo-
mans Tournament.

The surprise in the first round of match
play on the Shinnecock links yesterday in
the women's national golf championship
was the defeat Of the champion, Miss Ruth
Underhill Of the Nassau Country Club. who
was beaten by Mrs. Pendleton Rogers of
the Hillside Tennis and Golf Club of Plain
| field, N. ]. 1t was close match that was
| lost only through a misput on the home
green.
Many followed the match between Miss
Beatrice Hoyt and Miss G. H. Parrish, but
1t was one-sided that all interest was
lost when 1t was seen that Miss Hoyt was
bound to win with ease, SO her followers
went off to look at other matches.
Miss Genevieve Hecker whom many re-
gard a possible winner, was not put to
| her best work, as she held a comfortable
| lead on Miss F.. E. Wickham and won
| without much difficulty. Miss Eunice Terry
| of Ardsley and Miss H. s. Curtis of Essex
county had close match throughout,
| which was finally won by Miss Terry by a
narrow margin.
contest which attracted considerable
attention was that between Miss Frances
Griscom, Merton Cricket Club, Philadelphia,
and Mrs. E. A. Manice, LenoX. 1t was final
| ly won at the sixteenth green by Miss Girls
com, who will today be the opponent of
| Mrs. Rogers, who vanquished Miss Under
hill
The match between Mrs. Caleb F. Fox,
who put Miss Hoyt out last year, and Miss
Livingston. the Westbrook champion, re-
suited in Miss Fox's favor which means
that she will be the opponent of Miss Hoyt.
Miss M. Curtis of Boston had no difficult
" in disposfng of Mrs. A. Dewitt Cochran,
Ardsley, but the struggle between Miss G.
Keyes, Concord, Mass, and Mrs. H. Toul-
| min, Merton Cricket Club, Philadelphia,
went to Miss Keyes by 1'up.
The first round at match play between
the third and fourth eighths was also play
ed, and in the afternoon there was con-
ISOLATION handicap for all those who did not
qualify for the championship. The winner
of the handicap was Miss E.. w. Coffe,
Point Judith Country Club, with score
of 1O3-1S-S5.
The only two competitors who did the
first nine holes in Al each, which is only
six strokes above DOGGY. were Miss Beatrix
Hoyt and Mrs. Caleb F. Fox. These two
are putting up the best golf.
Newport Club Tourney.
There were a number of surprises. in the
match play at the open tournament of the
Newport Golf Club yesterday. the principal
ones being the defeats of former Cham
pion H M. Hartman and r. C. Watson,
jr., the West Brook expert. The day also
brought forth a new player from the Scot
fish links in the person of A. III. Crossf1eld.
who halls from the famous ST. Andrews
Club, and who put Watson out of the tour
nament in the afternoon play in the most
decisive manner by score of up and
to play.
1t is now expected that Crossfield and
Charles Hitchcock, jr., the Yale champion,
will meet in the finals tomorrow, as both
should win their matches today The links
We're In good condition. The results fol-
low:
Presidents cup-First round-Chas Hitch
cock, jr.,. beat HI. NJ. Hartman, up; A. J.
Wellington beat Reginald Brooks. up; E.
M. Byers beat Roderick Perry, jr.. up, 1
to play; FL. r. Johnston beat C. F. Watson
2 up: A. III. Crossfield beat L. T. Young
up. to play; r. c. Watson, jr., beat H. s.
Campbell. up, to play; A. NJ. Richard