Evening journal., 1913-10-18
NATIONAL
GOLF TITLE
GOES ABROAD
Miss Gladys RavenSCrOft Wins
Championship Over Miss
hOlIinS by z Up
LARGE GALLERY FOLLOWED
AND APPLAUDED PLAYERS

Miss Gladys Ravenscroft, Of The
Domborough Club, England, won the
Women's National Golf title over Miss
Marion Hollins, Of the Westbrook
Club. Long Island, on the Whining
ton Country Club links today, 2 up.
The cards.
Miss Ravenscroft.
: out 49,. ...d454 46O2 6 IA
In ... .f.6.4 4 S-il-s5
Miss Hollins
Out .. 3746 8 5--l6
In 654734 $500
Miss Margaret Curtis. of Boston was
national champion for the past year,
but Miss Ravenscroft, who had de-
feated Miss Muriel podd. English
champion, Yesterday in the semi
finals. will take the American National
Championship abroad for a year az a
result of todays victory. II Is the
third time the American title has
gone abroad.
Part OF the game was played dur
ing a drizzling rain Notwithstanding
that gallery Of several hundred
persons followed the players, and ap-
plauee was given both Miss Ravens
croft and Miss Hollins when they
made particularly fine plays, OF which
there were many The visitors came
from many cities TO see the great
match.
Miss Ravenscroft, former English
champion. was too trong for MISS
Hollins. who in addition TO being
metropolitan champion also is schoo
girl champion. she gave evidence TO
dav. as all week. that she is of cham
pionship calibre.
Miss Ravenscroft was applaudeC
when il was decided that she should
/ carry the American title to England
The frst hole was most dispirit'ns
ION her second Miss Ravenscrot
iplunged into the pit bordering tn
bunker in front Of the green. Sh
plaved out but IN so doing got int
!, the rough al the left. but on he
! third reached the green in good style
Miss Hollins used too much force y
> reaching the green and was so "a
|. over that she halved in s to a regula
: ton l.
At the second tee Miss Hollins gain
' ed applause by laying her drive with
in six feet of tn cup. The distanc
;. Iis fully 165 yards Miss Ravenscrof
was very short OF the green and end
p ed with a 4 while Miss Hollins san
a without lifting an eyelish.
r The third was Miss Ravenscrofts no
: on a perfect 10 q Miss Holins beir
in trouble constantly On her drive 81
! was in tall grass and got only te
J. wards distance on her second. To offs
= matters Miss Ravenscroft dubbed h
second. Miss Hollins on finally esca
n. ing from the rough plunged into Z
J. brook and chose TO drop back at Z
penalty of one stroke. After reachi
10 the green she did not attempt 10 he
r out That squared the match
Then came three halVed holes.
le fou, was exceptionally well done
re as. each coming within less than s
rs inches OF the cup for a 2
20 Miss Ravenscroft came within s
le inches of the fifth hole on her putt, b
ly Miss Hollins at that hole got an q
le ceptionallv fine drive but had wad
ID trouble on the putting green, first beii
short and then over-running.
le Miss Hollns was unfortunate at (
Z sixth through her ball getting q 10
A. roll down the inclined putting green
II her well pudged approach. But TO o
Id set that Miss Ravenscroft failed 70 2
81 up on a putt Of medium length Nj
es Ravenscroft made her most brillia
ID performanee perhaps az the seyeni
Of where she sank a putt Of almost thir
feet for a two against an allowance
en- three for perfect play Miss Holli
nd was 80 we'll up on the green that +
Of tried for a two. but failed by two +,
IL or more.
ng Az the eighth each was a little S
Of the green Miss Hollins was she