Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23

green. The first ball was full mashey
shot over a cop bunker and the third
was played by an approach putt from
off the edge Of the green. The girls
with much zest yesterday. but the
lowest aggregate in which the three balls
were holed out was Q strokes Those to
tie at this total and who were in this
mornings decisive battle royal were: Miss
Club. Miss Anita Phipps Springfield
Country Club: Miss H. Ethel Maule.
Merton Cricket Club: Miss Grace Keyes
Concord Golf Club. and Miss f. w. Allen
and Miss M. W. Phelps, both Of the Coun-
try Club. Brookline.
Mrs. Po1hemus Is Victor.
The tie was won by Miss Mary Nc
Cain. the Washington school girl. who
scored the three balls in eight strokes.
Mrs. Polhemus had a clever win on the
first hole from Miss Oliver. getting 4
But the Brooklyn player did not hit the
ball clean from the second tee. while
Miss Oliver made very fine drive and
second shot and won in to 6. Miss
Oliver had a screamer from the third tee
straight down the course. but Mrs Pol
hemus did not get as good ball. II
was Miss divers hole in to 6. Now
calamity befell the Chevy Chase girl. She
sliced on the short hole into trouble and
took two more to make the green which
Mrs. Polhemus had carried from the tee
She won In to 6. Straight down the
course Mrs. Polhemus sent 2OO-yard
drive from the fifth tee and a brassey
as good followed Miss Oliver had q slight
pull on the drive. but recovered by a
fine second. Miss Oliver skaffed her
third and was to the far side of the
green in four. Mrs. Polhemus laid her
third close to the pin and was one up
I,~v1 ~r,l~> t. l. IL
better Of the drives for the sixth hole
by twenty yards and made the green
with mashie. Mrs. Polhemus with the
same club being hole high to the right.
Her approach putt was too strong. but
Miss Oliver missed a wee putt for the hole
putt for the Chevy Chase girl. for win
would have squared the match. Mrs. Pol
hemus drove about 215 yards from the
seventh tee and Miss Oliver 100 yards.
Both played their irons shut of the ditch
and reached the green on their thirds. to
halve in five. Each had far and true
drive from the eighth tee. Mrs. Polhemus
playing the odd. On the green in three
each, Miss Oliver took three puts and
Mrs. Polhemus won in 5, for two up.
Details Of the Play.
The Chevy Chase girl topped her iron
shot into trouble from the ninth tee, TAX
ing two more to reach the green. Mrs.
Polhemus drove the green, but took
puts yet won in to 5. She was out in
a and up. Miss Oliver played the tenth
finely for 4. but Miss Polhemus made a
short drive and overplayed the green on
her second. A fine pitch out of trouble
we'll up to the hole enabled Mrs. Polhe-
mus to steal half. as she got her 4
after all. Mrs. Polhemus sent off a fine
straight drive from the eleventh tee. but
Miss Oliver pulled into trouble and could
not gain much distance on her second. and
had fine approach putt, and as Mrs. Pol
hemus only got to the green In 3 they
halved in 5. The yell of an outsider
caused Miss Oliver to top on the twelfth
tee. She made good second shot. but
overplayed her mashie, but Mrs Polhe-
to take three puts. and as Miss Oliver
pitched her fourth dead she won in to
g. On the thirteenth Mrs. Polhemus was
nearly bunkered. on her second. but
ing on the green in 3, and as Mrs. Pol
hemus again took puts. Miss Oliver
won in 5 and was but down. Miss Oliver
had the better drive for the fourteenth,
but she topped her approach into the
bunker Mrs. Polhemus was on the green
in and won in 4 to 8. She was up
again. There was q stiff wind against
the ball on the 53O-yard hole. Miss Oliver
was bunkered on her third and Mrs. Pol
hemus sliced both her drive and fourth
shot, yet she was dormie by a win In Z
to 8. as Miss Oliver missed a short putt
to halve.
Mrs. Polhemus drove the sixteenth
green. but Miss Oliver sliced the drive.
overplayed the green on her second and
then pitched mashie shot close; she
was not able to hole in four. Mrs. Pol
hemus only needed to halve for the match,
but won in 4. and won by up and to
play. The cards:
Miss Miss f S'Ss4'ss : "a
Mrs. POlhemus. ........4 g 6 Z 4
Miss Oliver. ............4 5 8 8 5
Mrs. Polhemus. barring her poor drives
on the second and third tees and three
puts on the twelfth and thirteenth greens.
made practically no mistakes. She played
exuuisitely on the fifth, where she had a
putt for a f. and on the fourteenth. where
after Miss Oliver had got 5 by a long
putt Mrs. Polhemus holed g. f1ve-foot
putt for the needed 4.
Miss Harley and Mrs. Fox.
Miss Oliver and Mrs. Polhemus were
quite neglected by the gallery when they
started first. probably to their liking,
while every one who did not have a
match on trouped along after Miss Harley
and Mrs. Fox. The latter. outdriven at
the first hole. gave Miss Harley taste
OF what the Fall River girl administered
to Miss Curtis yesterday. by running
down a long putt for 3. Miss
Harley made q clean-cut iron, but the
wind carried 1t across the green, whereas
Mrs. Fox was on nicely In 9 She lost
the advantage by using up three puts.
unusual with her. and they divided In g.
To the third hole their second shots were
as faulty as their drives were good. but
Mrs. Fox topped of with a putt even bet
ter than on the first green. for a 4. max
ing her up.
The fourth hole seryad To incrAase