Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-09
OF ALL SORTS
Rain Hurt the Playing in the
Women's Golf Tourney.
MISS ADAIR A WINNER
BOSTON AGAIN DEFEATS PITTS
BURG, EVENING UP SERIES.
Good Bowling Matches - Morris Park
Races-Auto Races at Brightwood-
Kentucky's Trotting Meet.
MISS ADAIR A WINNER
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAvERFORD. Pa. October 9.-The third
day of the Griscom invitation golf tourna-
ment for women at the Merton Cricket Club
course was dominated by a pouring rain,
little short of a cloudburst. The contest
ants and gallery were drenched and the
club house at luncheon looked like life
station after a ships crew has been
rescued The wind became a gale. so the
afternoon approaching and putting contest
was postponed. Miss Adair. Britain's cham
pion, and Miss Margaret Curtis of Essex
county, runner-up In the national contest
of 1900, who were pitted against each other.
proved decided decidedly off their usual
form. due in part to the weather. MISS
Adair. as Thursday. found the third hole
a pitfal, again taking on 1t. against
DOGGY 4. On this Miss Curtis got a s. The
latter, however. won only the eighth hole
In addition on the outward journey. and at
the turn the Irish queen was up. MISS
Curtis played too much with view 10
safety. At the eleventh her luck changed,
and on the next four she won four ana
halved four holes, making them square at
the end Of the eighteenth. The excitement
was intense especially after the nineteenth
hole was halved in four. On the twentieth.
however, Miss Curtis got into the bunker,
and playing to 5. lost the match. down.
pointing. Cards:
d da9ti:. holes
t aasis In In: ssss 4sSsS
The match between Mrs. Chas. T. Stout.
eX. United States champion, and Miss katn-
on the outward journey. they being even
at the turn and again at the fourteenth
hole At that point Mrs. Stout struck
winning pace, and taking three holes, won
by up and to go. Cards.
Stout. out. ::............. s9s7sssass4.ss
Harley, out. .............' x"
Stout. in: .,,.............. sssssSs
The most interesting match was that IN
which Miss Georgiana Bishop of Bridge
port beat Miss Fannie Osgood of Boston
up. The latter did poorly going out being
S down at the sixth hole and down at
the turn. She could not quite overcome
this lead losing on the home green
Miss Bishop made five holes on the out
ward stretch at the mems DOGGY. Mrs. t.
H. Barlow decidedly outclassed Miss A.
McNeeley. also of the home club winning
6 up and to go. Three out of the four
victors in the second cup match were Cana
dians while another dominion visitor won
in the third cup contest. Ten cups Will De
given as prizes to the team winning Satur-
day in the first international team match
between women ever held in this country
Cards:
Barlow, out. 46 5 9 At al
McNeeley, out. ..........'. I ~
Barlow, in. MISUNDERSTANDING. 8 65d
The summary: First sxteen-Miss Rhona
Adair. Britain, beat Miss Margaret Curtis,
Essex County, 1 up. 20 holes; MRS. Z. i.
Stout Essex County. beat Miss Katherine
Harley, Fall River. up and ! to go; Miss
Georgiana Bishop, Brooklawn, beat MISS
Fannie Osgood, Brookline, up: Mrs. X IL
Barlow, Merton, beat Miss A. McNeeley,
Merton. 6 up and to go.
Second sixteen-Miss Mabel Thompson, st.
John, N B., beat Miss Florence Borden.
Fall River, up and 4; Miss Florence Har-
vey, Hamilton. Canada. beat Miss ]. $.
Spence, Merton. by default; Miss F. NJ
Greene, Montreal beat Miss NJ adams
Oakley, up and to go; Miss A Phipps'
Brookline. beat Mrs Lefferts, Englewood,
3 up and to go.
Third sixteen-Miss BALLET, st. Davlds,
Pa, beat Miss F. w. Ayres. Riverton. 8 up
and to CO. Mrs. W. H. Gorham, Philadel-
phia Cricket, beat Mrs. c. L. Tiffany. Bal
tusrol / up; Mrs. J. Dick Hampton, Cana
dian. beat Miss E. Howe. Pittsburg, 4 up
and 3 to go: Miss L. Biddle, Riverton, beat
Mrs. M. C. Work. Philadelphia Country,
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