The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson Holes
Her Shot on Last Green
and Is Champion.
GAME LOSING FIGHT
BY MISS ROSENTHAL
ChicagOan Earns PlaIdits by
Bold Way She Tries to
Stavp Off Defeat.

GLEN cow. l.. !. Sept ls-Mrs Il.
Arnold jackson liz the woman golf cham
pion Of the United States for 1914 and tho
Niner of the Robert Cox Gun. emblematio
Of tho championship. This cup has been So
journIng in England for the last wear.
whether 1t was taken by Miss Gladys
Ravenscroft. II will remain In the Gus
! toby ~ the oakley Country Club near
| Boston for the ensuing twelve months
| In a final round that was real match
every inch OF the way and which was not
decided until both balls were in the cup
ON the eighteenth green on the course OF
the Nassau Country Club to-day Mrs.
Jackson defeated Miss Elaine V. Rosen-
thai Of Chicago By up.
II - Mrs Jackson's second victory in
the national championship. for In 1908.
when she was Miss Katherine e. Harley,
she won the title at Chevy Chase IL
| Is doubtful II any woman golfer has
ever had ~ clear a title TO the highest
! honors OF the year as that which Mrs.
jackson earned to-day. Last spring at
the Greenwich Country club she won the
"omen.s Eastern championship. which 10
decided by a medal play test and to-day
she won the national title after a week Of
match play. So in both phases OF the
eNIcting game Of golf Mrs. jackson has
shown herself to be the preemlnent
woman golfer ~ the year.
Although she failed TO win the title
Miss Rosenhal acquitted herself nobly in
to-day's match. only Is years Of age and
| with little tournament experience to aid
her, she put up fight that earned un.
grudglng praise from every member OF
the gallery that followed the match Al
no point IN The round was she ahead. hut
she k"2t ON lighting and never was far
behind. Arer reaching the turn only |
down She seemed to go to pieces for A
Few minutes and when she lost the next
two holes and was 3 down IL seemed as
though the match was over.
. Those who conceived that idea were
disillusioned speedily, however. for put
ting out Of her mind all thought of two
mserably played holes she resumed the
uphilI hight with "A pluck that won two
II the next three holes and loft her only
down and within striking distance
OF victory On the last three holes she
boldly took every chance 10 win back
! a hole and square the match. and the
, fact that she failed j. no reflection on
/ her gamencss
when the final began. and the largest
: gallery of the week set out after the
= big Boston woman ana the little Chicago
, girl as they drove off the first tee In
the teeth Of strong wind. It seemed
as though the first hole was going TO
I
r thing that soon disappeared never TO re.
| turn. caused Miss Rosenthal to miss a two
\ and one-half foot putt, and Mrs. Jack
son was ! up. On the long second
p a stymie helped Miss Rosenthal to win
y | the hole and square the match though
. she really had the best OF II all OF the
way. and probably would have won even
{ without the aid of the stymie. little
= carelessness in putting cost Miss Rosen-
r thai the third and again she found her
/, self n hole behind her opponent
10 Two holes halved in par IS followed
though Miss Rosenthal had tho harder
u work 10 get her on the NTH Again
. on the sixth, after being trapped on her
second shO'. the Chicago girl found IL
: necessary to work her hardest in order TO
y save herself She ran down a twelve
. foot putt, and II was halvcd in 3 Roth
II had comparatively easy puts that would
8 have won the difficult seventh hole. but
both were overcautlous and II was halved
"a In g.
" Miss Rosenthal topped her iron shot
m from the eighth toe and the ball spla shed
d into the pound. the mistake costing her
p the hole though Mrs. Jackson. who drove
& into a trap. had TO work hard 10 win
4 II put her up as the ninth began hut
" here Miss Rosenthal made a splendid
r. drive, a good approach and then cody ran
b. down twenty foot putt for 3. and turned
for home only ! down. Mrs Jackson
~ was out in 4S, and Miss Rosenthal in As
le The sight OF her mother on the club
house vCranda weeping from sheer ner.
l. vousness may have been the cause OF Miss
r. RoSenthals wrctched tee shot on tho tenth
At II was hooked far IN the course and
though her second reached the circus
,. green, Mrs. jackson was within the on,
al crcling bunkers from the tee and had nc
= trouble In winning 10 3. ana was IN
:" The eleventh was the hole that made those
In the gallery think that Miss Rosentha
~ had gone 10 pieces. Her first two shots
/. were good, but her third found a tran
III from which she failed to emerge on he,
Do fourth. Her NTH was ont but 80 wei
out that II ran clear across the green Il
'S another trap. From the second hit sh,
,e played out In another direction and ono,
IN more the ball skipped across the greer
- To third trap in the far corner Ther
~ she picked up and was three holes behind
her opponent
\, PLAYING as though she was leading ln
\. stead Of trailing. Miss Rosenthal won To-
j. uphill twelfth by taking quick advantag,
OF Mrs. Jackson's error In slicing he
IN second into "A trap. 4 fine recovery from
n the rough on the thirteenth saved Mis-,
w. Rosenthal from a loss there, and the hol'
On was halvcd i'm r. Her tee shot to the edg,
of the fourteenth green left Miss Rosen
,d thai In splendid position TO get down In 2
ne which she did and won the hole. although
s' Mrs Jackson made good bid for
Iv after being In trap.
al only one hole behind. Miss Rosentha
topped her tee shot on the fifteenth and
was Outplayed all of the way to the green
She was lucky - halve the hole In 6
OF The luck was all the other way on N,
al sixteenth. however, for Mrs. Jackson''
rs second ran through the mounds whiCf
8. were placed to catch poor shots such as
an the one she played. Even AT that. sh'
N, almost lost the hole, for Miss Rosentha
missed her twenty foot try for a BY
the provrrhinl hairs breadth She really
deserved to win the hole, and the unsuc
cessful putt received much applause.
IN Mrs. Jackson had the better Of IL on
he the seventeenth, for her long brassv tc
IN the green was stralghter than Miss Rnsen-
on that's shot and stopped on the hack o'
In the green. while the Chicago girIS bal
IL. rolled into a trap Miss Rosenthal was
we'll out, however. land ma9o-such q bold