The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-10
ON THE FAIR GREEN
CONTESTANTS FOR woMEN's ga
TIONAL GOLF CHANT so7safP
REDUCED TO EIGHT
FINAL ROUND ON SATURDAY
Miss Curtis, of Essex County Club
and Mrs. Nance, of LenOx,
Are the Favor
ties.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9-The womens ma
tional golf tournament which was begun
on the links of the Baltusrol Golf club at
snort Hills, N. j., yesterday, was con-
tinued today, and the number of con-
testantS who are striving for national
honors has been reduced to eight. Match
play at eighteen holes was the rule to-
day, and the fair contestants will con-
tlnue at this style of play until the is
sue shall have been decided next Sat
urday. Now that the field of over eighty
players has been reduced to four pairs,
Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex County club,
Manchester, Mass, and Mrs. E. A.
Nance. of the LenoX, Mass, Golf club,
are looked upon as the most likely play
ers to last out the week. and meet in
the hnal 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 wonderfully. On
the other hand, Mrs. Nance is always
reliable and her general play so far in
TINS tournament has been so steady that
she is just a trif1e more of 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 Cen
evieve Hecker, of the Essex County, n.
j., Country club, and Miss Lucy
Heron, of Cincinnati In order as nam
ed they represent the best game so far
played, and when tomorrow's matches
shall have been decided, four Of these
five should be the survivors.
The weather conditions today were ex-
cellent. and most of the players were
followed over the links by large and en-
thuSiastic galleries of men and women
golfers. The closest match of the day
was that between Miss Lucy Heron and
Miss f. A. Lockwood, of Lexington,
- =,
green, and had to play two extra holes.
They halved the nineteenth, but through
a poor put Miss Lockwood lost the twen-
tieth hole and the match, and she missed
the cup by a couple of inches.
Miss Margaret Curtis, of Manchester,
Mass, won her match with Miss Pauline
Mackey. of the Oakley Country club,
MaSsa chuSetts, by two. Going out Miss
Curtis at all times outdrove her oppon-
ent, but some of her approach shots were
very badly played, and for time it look
ed as if she would make a very poor
showing. Coming in, however, Miss
Curtis improved on her game, and gave
an almost fauitless exhibition, not
mistake being recorded against her dur
ing the play for the last nine holes.
Mrs. Nance. playing steadily, had no
difficulty in defeating Miss Louise A.
Wells, of Brookline, Mass, winning out
by up and to play
Miss GenevieYe Hecker, the Metropol-
itan champion, experienced little difficult
ty in defeating her opponent, Miss Grace
Fargo, of Seabright, n. j., by up and
2 to play
Mrs. n. PendIeton Rogers, OF Baltusrol,
won from Miss Harriet p. Curtis, of
Manchester, Mass, by 1 up. As neither of
them turned in cards Just how they play
ed as TO medal play scores, will remain
secret kept by themselves and the
members of the gallery who followed
them
Miss Mollie Adams, of Wollston, tied
the record score of Sc, made by Margaret
Curtis earlier in the day, and she won
her match with Miss Fannie McLane, of
Baltimore, by up and to play but
she played out the bye holes in an en-
deavor to beat Miss Curtis score.
The only other match in the champion
ship class was that between Miss G. NJ.
Bishop, of Brooklawn, Conn.,, and Miss
Elizabeth Harrington, of the Vesper
Country club, Lowell, Mass which was
won by Miss Bishop by up and to
play. Neither Of these players turned in
a card.
In the contest for the Consolation cup.
the match between the two Philadel-
phians. Mrs. w. A. Gorham, and Mrs
Frances E Griscom. who won the
championship last year, attracted the
greatest amount of interest. 1t was
close match all the way, and the ex
champion was beaten by 1 up at the
finish.
During the afternoon the majority of
the players took part in handicap,
which was won by Mrs George Francis
OF Brookline, Mass, who made a gross
score of 1O4, and with an allowance of
fifteen strokes had a net score of SO.
Tomorrow the pairing for the cham
pionShip will be as follows:
Miss Margaret Curtis VS.. Miss Bessie
Anthony.
Mrs. n. P Rogers VS. Miss Lucy Her
ron.
Mrs. f. A Nance VS.. Miss Molly Adams
Miss G. \. Bishop VS.. Miss Genevieve
Hecker.
Consolation cup, the pairs will be:
Mrs. w. T. Morgan VS.. Mrs. E. Hurl.
burt.
Miss Elsie Cassat VS.. Miss E. NJ. Goffe
Mrs. W. G.. Gorham VS.. Miss Burnett
Mrs. S. c. Fox VS.. Miss E. s. Porter.
Following are the results of today-s
play for the championship and consoia-
tion cups:
Championship
Miss Margaret Curtis beat Miss Pau
line Mackey, by up.
Miss B. Anthony beat Miss NJ L. Oliver
by up and to play
Mrs. n. p. Rogers beat Miss H. s..
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