The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-10
WESTERN GOLFERS BEATEN.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
WILL STAY IN TIE EAST.
M1ss Mackay, me T~iIleboldeF. One % the
seven Beatonians LEFT In After First
Refund New Y6rk's -Four Survivors
Include Miss G~eoggtannS bishop.

Reund New Yerk's -Four Survivors
Include miss G~eesgiannS Bishop.
B0sToN. Oct. s.-After the frst roNnd OF
match play to-day at the women's national
golf championship II 10 possible to forecast
10 q measure how the competition at the Brae
Burn Country Club Ia 10 result. No forecast
may be made aS to the individual h will
win. 90 the sixteen who are left In comprise
90. many who are evenly balanced In skiM.
But ID 10 Q forssons conclusion that the cham
ploashlp title viii. stay In the East.
An the Weeternefs vanished from the COM
4 petition to-day. Tho survivors are seven
from the Boston group Of clubs. including
bfias MAckay. the titleholder. and Miss Os-
good. champion OF the Women's Eastern Golf
strengthened by single representatives from
Springfield and Fan River. New York has
four Representatives. one being Miss George
anna Bishop. the champion Of 1904: while the
three Philadelphians b complies the neld
include Miss Frances 0riscOm, also a former
champion.
The New Workers 10 meet defeat were Miss
Elizabeth Hurry. who carried her match to
the nineteenth hole before yielding the vic.
tory to Miss Porter, and Mrs. NJ. ID. Paterson
who lost to Miss Griscom. Appther player
from Q distance to be put out was Mas Phopol
OF Hamilton. Ont. funnerup to Miss Thorn
son In tho recent women's championship
tuCtgs Inv NtCtOty VI NuD . w
count the most in the appreciation OF the
gallery was that Of Mrs. Lererts over Mrs.
Fox. thu noted player OF Philadelphia.
Scores IN the prevailing gale we're higher
than In tho calm OF the qualifying round on
Monday. Yet Miss Bishop. Miss
Adams and Miss Mackay-controlled the ball
as cleverly in the storm as Charlie Barr would
handle q yacht In q rough ocean race. Mics
Harriet Curtis displayed remarkable siren 9Th
in playing I'D into the wind.
Fancy a women's golf competition around
the Flatiron Building on a blustery day. IL
will give an idea Of the way the wind hurtled
across the links. The hosiery disclosing
tricks that blum Boreas delights In at the
famous New York corner in a gale were pre-
vented by the feminine golfers slipping rubber
bands about their skirts below the knees. a sort
Of wind shield often in use az women golf
tournam ents. Yet the dresses we're as hard
to manage AZ times as a balloon jib. and more
than one shot had a direful finish by reason Of
the player being overbalanced while swinging
at the bail.
The wind played all sorts Of pranks without
restraint on the flight OF the balls. and on
the exposed putting greens bumped them
about as lively as peas dance on a drumhead.
The wind was against the ball on nine of the
holes. with It on six, across the line of play on
One, while IL was not a factor on the two shell
tered holes. the first and the eighteenth. One
1 Oh Nnc uuTuUbt nOlcb W play III u NtNtHNus
althou gh IL is OF only l6S yards. az a gully had
TO be driven. which made II nearly all carry.
and the putting green was exposed to the full
force OF the blast. This hole. which is a par 8.
was a very good under the circumstances
The blustery weather kept many away from
the course. yet the attendance was a fairly
large one and included many golf enthusiasts
Of the fair sex.
To take up the matches Of the New Workers.
Miss Hurry and Miss Porter were square at
the turn, the latter going out in ~ and Miss
Hurry in so. At the fourteenth. Miss Hurry
was 2 up, but she Lost the fifteenth by pulling
her ball into the potbunker. just beyond
the mound. so hat Miss Porter won the hole in
9 to 9. The sixteenth Of 32s yards. Miss Por-
ter got in a par 4. the wind being with her.
This squared the match and the short seven
teenth hole. against the wind. Miss Porter
gained In 4. so that she was dormie when
shots, both struck the cop bunker. Miss
Hurry's ball bounded over and gave a good
lie TO her; but Miss Ns Porter stuck on top Of
as bravely as the old Continentals storned
lOusly good iron shot and carried the green.
Miss Hurry also reached the green with her
Here Miss Hurry got down in two puts.
while Miss Porter was short on her approach
put and needed six for the hole, The match
lost by pulling her third into the woods 10
the left OF the green. Having the honor,
the fair green Of the eighteenth hole. requiring
another 20 get back the lost direction. She
got way a splendid .brassey. for distance.
but IL was pulled badly and cuddled down
among the leaves and branches OF the woods:
She made q stab at the ball to get out and
water pipe. so that IL bounded back further
than ever. Again she essayed to get II out,
only to TeS S%9 h. from S"t a Of TtG 3Rs r rontr.t. T ans
getting as Miss Porter came home in ST
the turn. The features of the outward
i sss y"Td t SSsTdf hole. in ~ fbe S cross r Wind. on and 5n a
s by her. with the wind, ON the 393 yard
sixth hole, Mrs. Lefrerts. however. squared
OF these victories by winning the two short
Mrs. Fox squared the match with a 5 on
wind. one Of the most remarkable holes Of
.Rd after AltHs5nGtinF SSle s.r tsGy , we're stiIl
With the wind on the sixteenth, Mrs. Leferts
won in 5 10 her oppopents 0, due TO an extra
r. S'T IS ,S sN fst,h Mt q tGsee gale 0s snd aas sos
PsE = s *. a MEsi Fox % Mrs. hs sfs f.'T By. > Tbs an'
and ! 'to. play. Mis-. Fox had been deemed
%.et Of ,n ,S' N Rss'IIs ss. Ti1R rscsiS St the %ar t2uE con.
York party The card follows;
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Mrs. FOX
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Mrs. W. Fellowes Morgan put out Mrs. w.
Franc Anderson. the last survivor of the
Chicago set, by 5 up and 4 70 play. Mrs.
Morgan made the only I Of the day or the
first hole, and followed with g brace OF fyes.
Q START which eeemed TO feaZe Mrs, Anderson.
who lost all three OF the holes; The second,
Of lOl yards, was a great 5 against the wind.
To the turn they had a more even match, but
Mrs. Morgan still maintained her advantage.
The card follows:
MIS-. Morgan
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Mrs. Anderson
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bye holes not played.
Miss julia Mig had the worst Of the long
game with Mas Semple OF 81. Louis. when the
latter hit the ball. but Fhc topped several
drives and had equally bad luck with brAssy
shots when the tee shots were all right.
Miss Mix kept very straight; with fair dis;
lance, and night have scored lower II she had
been harder Dreseed. A. IL was, she was
up at the turn and won by 5 I'D and I to play,
The GtroEAS for the fourteen holes DlaVed