The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-10
EIGHT LEFT TO
FIGHT IT OUT
Contestants in Women's National
Golf Tournament at Short Hills,
NJ. is Now Narrowed Down to
Four Pairs
MASSACHUSETTS PLAYERS
ARE HOT FAV0RITES

oCh SOulltly NIdU anu wi o. -
A.ManiGe of the LenoX Club Are
Looked Upon as Most Likely
Players to Meet in the Finals
New York, Oct 9.-The women's ma
tional golf tournament, which was be-
gun o%the links of the Baltusrol Golf
Club at Short Hits, N. j., yesterday,
was continued today, and the number
of contestants who are striving for ma
tional honors has been reduced to eight.
Match play at IS holes was the rule
today, and the contestants will contin-
ue at this style of play until the issue
shall have been decided next Saturday.
Now that the field Of over so players
has been reduced to four pairs, Miss
Margaret Curtis, Essex County Club,
Manchester, Mass, and Mrs. E. A.
Manice of the Lenox, Mass, Golf
Club, are looked upon as the most like
ly players to last out the week, and
meet in the final round on Saturday.
Miss Curtis is playing splendidly and
as usual her long game is perfect. on
the putting greens she is rather weak,
but her long game helps her wonder
fully On the other hand, Mrs. Man
ice is always reliable, and her general
play, so far in this tournament. has
been so steady that she is just trifie
more of a favorite than is Miss Curtis.
Next to these two the players in most
favor are Miss Bessie Anthony of Chi
cago, the western champion; Miss
Geneyieve Hecker of the Essex Coun-
ty, N j., Country Club, and Miss Lucy
Heron of Cincinnati. In the order as
named they represent the best game so
far played, and when tomorrow,s
matches shall have been scheduled,
four of these five should be the survi
vors.
The weather conditions today were
excellent, and most of the players were
followed over the links by large and
enthusiastic galleries of men and wo
men golfers. The closest match of the
day was that between Miss lucy Her
ron and Miss E. A. Lockwood Of Lex
ington, Mass. These two were tied on
the home green and had to play two
extra holes. They halved the 18th,
but because of a poor putt Miss Lock-
wood lost the 10Th hole and the match,
and so missed the cup by a couple of
inches.
Miss Margaret Curtis of Manchester,
Mass, won her match with Miss Paul
inc Mackey of the Oakley Country
Club Mass, by two up. Going out Miss
Curtis at all times outdrove her OPP
ponent, but some of her approach
shots were very badly played and for
time it looked as If she would make
very poor showing. Coming in, how
ever, Miss Curtis improved and gave
an almost faultless exhibition. not
mistake being recorded against her
during the play for the last nine holes
Mrs. Manice, playing steadily, had no
difficulty in defeating Miss Louise A.
| Wells of Brookline, Mass, winning by
| six Up and five to play
Miss Genevieve Hecker. the Metro
politan champion, easily defeated her
opponent. Miss Grace Fargo, of Sea-
bright N. J., by four up and two to
play
Miss N. Pendleton Rogers, of Baltus-
rol, won from Miss Harriet P. Curtis
| of Manchester, Mass, by one up, but
since neither of them turned in cards,
just how they played is uncertain.
Miss Mollie Adams, of Wollaston,
| Mass, tied the record score Of SO made
| by Miss Margaret Curtis, earlier in the
day. She won her match with Miss
| Fannie King McLane of Baltimore,
| by three up and two to play, but she
| played out the bye holes in an endea-
vor to beat Miss Curtis score.
The only other match in the cham
pionship class was that between Miss
| G. NJ. Bishop of Brooklayn, CT, and
Miss Elizabeth Harrington, of the Yes
per Country Club, Lowell, Mass,
which was won by Miss Bishop by
four up and three to play. Neither of
| these players turned in a card
In the contest for the consolation
cup the match between the two Phil
adelphians, Mrs. W. NJ. Gorham and
Miss Frances E. Griscom, who won
the championship last year, attracted
the greatest amount of interest. It was
a close match all the way, and the ex-
champion was beaten by one up at
the finish.
During the afternoon the majority
of the players took part in a handicap
which was won by Mrs. George Fran
els, of Brookline, Mass, who made a
gross score of 104, and with an allow
ance of 10 strokes, had a net score of
49,
Tomorrow the pairing for the cham
pionship will be as follows:
Miss Margaret Curtis VS.. Miss An
thony
Mrs N. P. Rogers VS.. Miss Lucy
II Heron.
Mrs. E. A. Manice VS.. Miss Molly
Adams.
Miss G. NJ. Bishop VS.. Miss Gen
evieVe Hecker.
For the consolation cup the pairs will
be:
Mrs. W. F. Morgan VS.. Miss E. HurI-
burt
Miss Elsie Cassatt VS.. Miss E. NJ.
\ Goffe.
Mrs. W. NJ. Gorham VS.. Miss Ethel
4 Burnett
Mrs. c. F. Fox VS.. E. S. Porter
] Following are the results of today's
play for the championship and con-
ISOLATION cup:
Miss Margaret Curtis beat Miss
Pauline Mackey, by two up.
Miss B. Anthony beat Miss M. L.
Oliver, by five up and four to play.
Mrs. N. P. Rogers beat Miss H. S.
Curtis by one up.
Miss Lucy Heron beat Miss z. A.
Lockwood by one up go holes),
I Mrs. E. A. Manice beat Miss L. A.
Wells by six up and five to play.
Miss Molly Adams beat Miss F. K.
McLane by three up and two to play.
Miss G. NJ. Bishop beat Miss Far
rington by four up and three to play.
Miss G. Hecker beat Miss Fargo by
| four up and two to play.
CONSOLATION CUP.
Mrs. W. F. Morgan. beat Miss R. P.
Milne by two up and one to play.
! Miss Z. Hurlburt beat Miss T. A.
/ Carpenter by three up and two to play.
Miss Elsie Cassatt beat Miss E.
Congdon by default.
! Miss E. III. COTE beat Miss Ruth
Badgley by six up and FIVE to play.
| Mrs. w. NJ. Gorham beat Miss F. f.
| Griscom by one up.
I Mice Ethel burnett beat Mrs r r