Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-02
WOMEN GOLFERS GET SOAKED
Second Round Of National Championship
Played in the Rain.
MRS, NANCE BEATEN BY MRS GRAHAM
Metropolitan Club Crack Goes Out
Before Comparatively Unknown
Player from the Huntington
valley Golf Club.

BROoKLINE, Mass, Oct. mo set Of
women golfers ever struggled against more
adverse conditions than the thirty-two
who, despite a cold rain storm today,
played over the Country club course in the
third round of the national championship.
From the time the first pair started until
the last finished the rain fell incessantly,
so that every player was wet through be-
fore she had finished the course. The play
ing was the strongest ever shown by wo-
men in this country. Not one Of the six
teen matches was decided before the four
teenth green was reached, while four re-
CURED one extra hole to decide them. To-
morrow morning the sixteen survivors will
meet in the second round of the tourna-
ment and the winners will play still an
other round in the afternoon.
Surprises for Several.
The strength Of a number Of the non
favorites wac the feature Of the day. With
few exceptions they pushed to the limit
players who have been regarded as candl-
dates for the championship honOrs, and
Mrs. Edward A. Manice OF the Lenox Golf
club, the Metropolitan champion, went
down before the astonishing play Of Mrs.
| NhlleE M dOEudul VI EnltauolphAas mis-
Manico was considered almost a sure win
ner; in fact, it was that she had any easy
Journey as far as the third round. But no
player could have kept even on equal
terms with the game of Mrs. Gorham. She
beat boyle in Eve OF Ia fourteen holes
and equaled the colonel in three others,
losing only one hole in the outward jour
ney and four coming back. Her score OF
forty for the FIRST nine holes will probably
stand as the woman's record for the course
for some time. Mrs. Manioe played stead
lily and under ordinary conditions would
probably have won.
Other interesting features we're the four
matches, each of which went to the nine
teenth hole. The first pair who found them
selves on equal terms at the end Of the
eighteen holes was Miss Ruth Underhill Of
the Nassau County club and Mrs. r. @.
Brown Of the San Francisco Golf club. At
one time Mrs. Brown was dormie three,
but the seventeenth hole and the long eigh-
teenth proved too much for her and Miss
Underhill tied the score, Then the Nassau
player took the bye hole by excellent put
ting.
The next two with even scores on the
eighteenth hole were Mrs. Fannie G. osgood,
Brookline Country club, and Miss Maude
wetmore Of the Newport Country club.
Poor putting by Miss Wetmore lost her tho
extra hole.
The third match To take an extra hole
was tha between Miss Georgianna Bishop
OF the Brooklawn club, Bridgeport, Conn,
and Miss Gertrude Fiske of the Concord
Golf club. Miss Bishop won 1t on fine APP
proach shot on the nineteenth green.
Miss Anthony's stubborn Win.
While this match was being decided, Miss
Bessie Anthony of the Glenyiew Golf club,
Chicago, and Miss q. 8. Porter of the Oak
ley Country club were vending their way
back to the start to play their extra hole.
Al one time In this match Miss Porter was
four up and six to play and after the thir-
teenth hole had been halved she was four
up and Ave to play, but Miss Anthony
buckled to her work and. completed the four
teenth, four to Ave. The fifteenth was
halved and then Miss Porter deliberately
threw away the sixteenth hole. Miss An
thony then took the next two and the odd
one without difficulty, giving her the match.
The playing of Miss Anita Phipps was also
a noteworthy feature, for although de-
feated by Miss Margaret Curtis OF the EsseX
Country club, who is scarcely 16 years old,
pushed the Essex crack to the limit. Other
contests were we'll fought.
The cards Of the principal matches were
as follows:
Miss Bessie Anthony, Chicago. out. a;
in, IS; total, SO. Miss S, s. Porter, Oakley
Country club. Watertown, Mass, out, 4e;
in, q; total. SO. Bye hole: Miss Anthony,
Miss Underhii, Nassau Country club,
Glen Cove, New York:
f2 IN ..: ::::: SES&Stss: - ~ o.
Mrs. r. Gilman Brown, San Francisco
Golf club, San Francisco:
IN GHt ...S sSGSSss lc-tss-lo,
Bye hole: Miss Underhill, 6; Mrs. Brown,
Miss Georgiana Bishop, Brooklawn club,
Bridgeport. Conn: Out, As; in. 80; total, 9S.
Miss Gertrude E1ske, Concord Golf club,
Concord, Mass: Out, 40; in, 81; total, 100.
Mrs. w. Gorham, Huntington Valley Coli
club: Out, 40; in, %; total. G.. Mrs. Ed
ward A. Manice, Lenox Golf club, LenoxI
Mass: Out, IS; In, q; total, IS.
The drawings for the second round to-
morrow were as follows:
Miss Margaret Curtis-Mrs. Pauline Ma
cakaye.
Miss Mollie Browne-Miss Gorham.
Miss Bessie Anthony-Mrs. Pendleton
Miss G. Hecker-Miss Ruth Underhill.
Miss Louisa Wells-MTs. b. b. Adams
Miss NJ. Phelps-Mlss Fannie c.. Osgood.
Miss F. L. Vanderhoef-Mrs. William
M Il EaxAHrs do,roSouo ot.Lo.