New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-14
Miss RavenSCrOft Returns a
Good SO with Gale Of Wind
HoWIing Over the Wet,
Sodden Links.
TIE FOR SECOND PLACE
Miss Dodd, Champion Of Great
Britain, and Miss Harriet
Curtis Three Strokes Be-
hind the Leader at
Wilmington.


Wilmington.
'Uvo0. STAFF Corrcspon 5er' of Tho fr.hNns
Wilmington Del. oct 13-M'ss GLADYS
Davenscrcft. former champion of Great
Britain. lived mp to her reputation as
strong medal player 10y leading the "eid
ir tho qualifying round for the women
national Gof championship tournament
~ tho Wilmington Country club to-day.
The member Of the Brorbo"ough CLUB
made the round in IS three strokes better
than Miss M.riel Dodj, present British
a;'e holder. and Miss Harriet Curtis. Of
Fssex County. a former national cham
iicn.
o,heis % qualify handily were the met
ropoli;lu favoritcs Miss Marion Hoiins,
NJ Wcstbrook the metropolitan champion
end Miss Lillian b. HYDE. the long dri'or
from tho South shore Field cub. Miss
N.rea.ct curtis the national champion
also cot in by comfortable margin
one of tho cps cts Of the round came IN
the fcuerc Cf Ms. Ronald II. Barlow
20 Qualify With the champion of N"
Wcmors Eastern Golf Association
everything won't wrons. Even her pu't1r'
with which usually she is 80 deadly. went
back ru r,y. with the rcsrlt that whom
Che last card had been posted the Mer.o1
woman found herself lied with Eve others
with scores OF ~ for the last three places.
Those I'm the deadlock were Mrs Bar
low. Mrs. H. Il. stockton. Of Plain1eld
Mrs. 4. X. Rinstoin. OF Bala; Miss Flor
,nce Harvey. of Canada; Miss Eleanor
Mrs. g. d. Earrows. OF Portland.
At the first hole Miss Harvey and Mrs.
stockton qualified. with Is while MISS
chandler sHclug a second shot to an al
most uuplayalle lie under bo7rdwaIk'
took . and dropped out. as did Mrs. bar
rows Mrs. Barlow ana Mrs. BiilSten
tied at >. although the first named missed
a Pot Of less than a yard. They haiNed
the second hole i'm { and the Ions third
IN g. but to the fourth Mrs. Barlow over
approached to a trap, taking .. while Mrs.
Pustsin got a fine {. after topping her
drive.
.rhis play-off. in which six women took
part. recalled one in the amateur cham
plonship at Garden City, involving. as II
did. Jerome u. Travers and Heinrich
Schmidt
Wind Against Low Scoring.
In Justice 10 those who were Unable
10 get round i'm good figures. It mcy he
said that the conditions were all against
low scoring There was a gale Of wind
blowing when the women arrived at the
course and as the day advanced the
wind increased i'm force. Despite this
few Of the seventy-two starters 50 far
lost their courage as TO withdraw
Although hardly course calculated
10 present n good championship test for
men, this Wilmington eighteen-hole cir
cult gives the women plenty to think
about The outward journey. covering
BIOS yards. is fully two strokes harder
than the homecoming half. which totals
,29eG yards. a strict mems par for the
round would he 81 GU, and 35 in for .
total. but anything under s. for wom-
an will be exceptionally good.
This is especially so now. as in addi-
ton to the wind the recent storm has
left the turf Sodden, thereby robhing the
ball Of the customary run after the
carry
Some Of the holes are difficult f'r the
women who 10 not get long carries. For
instance. the first. $50 Yards, has a
bunker guarding the green. and q num-
her of the women played short on their
second shots The long player also has
a fine chance 10 drive the second lreen.
which is guarded by bunker and traps.
70 is safer. however. to use an iron and
Try for sure g. Much the same situa-
ton exists at the home hole. where the
hard hitter may reach the green. hut the
least mistake i'm direction IS likely TO
prove fatal.
Miss Ravenscroft Plays Well.
Always driving long bali that rarely
sot her into trouble, Mis- Ravenscroft
went along steadily, her "sevens" .oing
out being al the long loles. the third,
$50 yards. and the eighth. 567 yards.
Even then her card to the halfway point
showed hne A. Toward the end OF
the round II looked as il Miss Ravens
croft would get about So. but she weak
ened trihe
Her card was as follows:
Miss Gladys Ravenscroft Bron brough:
In. 3 . q 9 > 5--i6-Ss
Miss Dodd. with her clean. snappy stroke,
got away straight drives. and generally
long She plays with all the confidence
IN the world. walking right up and hitting
the ball i'm a way that pleases Had il
not been for making hash Of the sixth
hole. where she practically took four puts.
the British champion would have reached
the turn in g. or better. Coming back,
she had a 7 at the sixteenth. hole where
20 many cane 10 grief. This is not
long hole. but the fairway is narrow and
to-day was made doubly difficult because
OF the head wind.
Her card was as follows;
Miss Muriel Dodd. Moreton:
out HI. > : ! 3 : ; ! s s-tS
Miss Margaret Curtis. the national
champion. said after finishing her round
that she thought the scoring should have
been better. So far as her own play was
concerned. she considered that she had
been unfortunate in one or two instances.
She is an unusually long player and finds
il hard TO resist the temptation to so for
everything.
Miss Harriet Curtis appeared well
pleased with her first days effort. She
ended well by driving the home green. a
matter OF 200 yards. and getting g. Her