Evening journal., 1913-10-15


round in the annual tournament Of
the United States Golf Association at
the Wilmington Country Club yester-
day TO settle ihis, for Miss Margaret
Curtis, OF the Essex County Country
Club. Manchester. Mass, champion
for two years, was eliminated by
Miss Caroline Painter, Of Midlothian.
In a way single putt did IT, for
Miss Curtis failed to send her ball I'm
on the last green from a distance of
about twenty inches with her OPP
ponent sac for the half at least They
had come to the home hole all even.
Although the outstanding feature. the
defeat of Miss Curtis did not over
shadow everything else. There was
the defeat OF Miss Lillion B. Hyde, OF
the South Shore Field Club. twice
holder OF the metropolitan champion
ship. by Miss Violet pooley. Of Vic
toria, B. c.. and also the elimination
Of those other one-time national title
holders, Miss X. c.. Harley, Fall River
and Miss Georglana NJ. Bishop, of
81 ooklawn
The defeat of Miss Bishop added fur
thcr TO HE tribulations OF the metro
politon players who now must stand or
idll by their three remaining rcpresen
tativcs. Miss Marian Hollins West
brook who is the champion Of her dis
trict, Mrs. H. r. Stockton. Plainfield,
and Mrs Arthur l.. Calm, Century. Per-
haps more significant than anything else
is the fact that three British players,
Miss Murie Dodd. champion OF Great
Britain aud Canada; Miss Gladys Ra.
ycnscroit and Miss Mabel Harrison,
were among those left for the second
round and looking more dangerous than
ever
Here is the geographical distribution
of the players ready for todays play;
Chicago leads the way in point of num-
bcra with -four Miss Caroline Painter,
Miss Myra Hclmar. Miss Eleanor Roscn-
thai and Nis l.. n. Colburn.. Boston
has Miss Harriet ). Curtis. national
champion in 1906. and Miss Fanny &.
Osgood: Philadelphia Mrs. y. II. Filter
and Mrs. c. IL Nanderbreck, while Miss
Violet poolcv and Miss Florence Harvey
are left TO fight for the Dominion. The
Others are the Britons and the metro
rolitan women already dealt with.
Miss Painter Must Improve.
Though she made away with the
champion, Miss Painter will have to
do much better TO go very far. She
has a nice swing with wood, going
we'll through with her club, but un-
less she was far off form she has yet
to master most of the strokes under
full shot. Had the Chicago girl
been strong in this department of her
game the match never would haye
gone TO the home hole, as she had
Miss Curtis 8 down at the twelfth.
II was the champions poor form
more than anything else that was ac-
countable for the situation. She did
even up the match by taking the thir-
tcenth, fourteenth and fifteenth, but
threw the sixteenth TO the winds by
missing twice with her ball almost
dead
Miss Curtis squared again at the
seventeenth and her friends breath
ed freely when they saw her lay her
ball on the back home green from
the tee.
Miss Painter was short, but got
down in four while the Massachu-
setts representative proceeded to give
demonstration of how the short
game should not be played. When
Miss Curtis had putted and missed
very short one for four she seemed
under the belief that she had halVed
the hole The card of the match is of
interest only as proving how thor
oughly Miss Curtis was off
Il was:
Miss Painter;
Out . 657 8 Z 3 z 49,
out 65ees s5475-52
Miss Painter.
In 49,. 5457s s 5 s 4-54-1O4
Miss Curtis;
In 49,. SIS 46 s 6 . 5-47- 90
II scarcely bears comparison with
the figures made by Miss Gladys Raw
enscroft in disposing of Miss Griscom
by and 8. The English girl played
the course. or rather 13 holes of il,
better than anyone so far in the tour
/ nament Sometimes she was so, ga
or even so yards beyond Miss Griscom
on the drive. In fact. the Philadel-
piha woman was Outclassed on the
long holes. She frequently used M
stroke more getting to the green
, and her putting couldn't save her.
There Is a classy" snap about the
play of both Miss Ravenscroft ant
, Miss Dodd that there is no denying
From tee to green they play the game
Miss Ravenscroft had three at eacl
of the second. fifth. seventh anC
eleventh holes. At the second sh,
bumped the cup on her second
putt of about ten feet II Is Ia
yard hole we'll guarded, but in IN,
teeth OF the wind which blew har,
again, II not so boisterous or so cold
The three az the fifth was especiall
mcrtorious The hole is 373 yards lon
and marked with four par Miss bod
also duplicated the figure here in dis
posing of Miss Edith Noblit, Whining
to-. by five up and three TO play. Bot
the English girls got long putt dow
The card of the Ravenscroft -Griscor
match reads.
Miss Ravenscroft
Ont s55s5s6 o.
Miss Griscom-
Out 657565Is 5-5
Miss Ravenscroft
lnGs55
Miss Griscom--
In ) 465
Steady golf brought Miss Dodd safel'
Through but Miss Noblit peggcd righ
along and made good light OF it, Wit
only two holes in favor of the Britisl
champion at the turn, the outcome wa
not So certain hereabout. However
she improved her position by winning
the tenth and then took the fourteenth
and fifteenth The details were:
Miss Dodd-Out 637 733647 5-4.
Miss Nohht-Out g ) Z 4 4.64 81,
Miss Dodd-ln - 5G65
Miss Noblit--ln 555676
\ How New York Players Fared