The evening world., 1914-09-15
CHAMPIONS FAIL TO
QUALIFY IN W0MEN'S
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Miss Hyde Only One to Hold
Her Own. Defeating
Miss Ilollins.
1928 ial 70 The Evening WoidD

1873 ial 20 The Iytning NoildD
NASSAU COUNTRY CLUB, GLEN
COVE. l.. l., Sept. l5.--The first round
or match play for the national
womsn's golf title witnessed q
Wholesale elimination Of present AMI
former champions. The Curtis sis
ters. Margaret and Harriet, who held
the national tito four times, were
forced to retire. Miss Marion Hollt,s
OF Westbrook. another former ma
tonal champion. was defeated by
Miss Lillian b. Hyde. Miss Aiesl
Sterling. the seventeen. year old Jgirl.
who holds tho Southern champion
ship. was eliminated by Miss Bishop.
who won the qualifying gold medal
yesterday.
Hard fought matches were the rule.
Several wont to extra holes. The Miss
llyde-Holli contest was easily III.
feature match. A big gallery trooped
aItor these two hard-hitiing girls AMI
saw sensational golf miXed with some
worry poor. Miss Hyde clearly out
played Miss Hollins. whose greatest
weakness was her wiidness. The
North Shore society girl missed few
traps on her Journey. Miss Hyde Oh
tho contrary was especially strong on
her tee shots. but often missed cosy
puts. Miss Uyde's driving Was a
revelation. Al the eighth hole she
drove $50 yards straight to the edge
OF tho green.
At other times she got OF drives
that most mon golfers would be
proud OF. Miss Hyde quickly worked
up n big lead. winning the second,
third and fourth holes when her
opponent became wild.
\ spell OF bad putting cost Miss
Hyde the sixth and seventh holes.
The Metropolitan champion came to
the turn three I'D aftee winning the
ninth with n onderful 80 yard drive
and holing out In three. Miss Hyde
followed this up at the tenth. whore
she took n mid-iron and walloped
the ball dead on tho pin ana ran
dnwn n long putt for q two. The
eleventh went to Miss HoiiIns, who
made great recovery over a hill tn
the green on her third shot.
For the frst time In the match Miss
Rollins outdrove her opponent at tho
twelfth. but she only managed 10
square square the ,. hole In In W. The thirtsen!h
ooNeu iu'n! ioI WINE F1OuIns WnSn
Miss Hyde had an attack OF bad put
ting. but Miss Hyde quickly rallied
and won the next two holes and thc
match. The cards: -
Miss HYDE
Out. :.:......s 5++5e s--4i
Miss Hollins-
Out ......5 1856 SIS
Miss Hyde
N .::.::...........2 s . - $50
sm.....;....,.,......3 . s.
summaries-Mrs. A. n. Jackson,
Oakley. beat Mlss Harriet Curti.s.
Essex County. . and 1. Miss 3. w
Allen. Oakley, beat Miss r. c. 0ris-
com. Merriam, Q and .. Mrs. n. L.
stockton. Piainfcid. boat Mrs. r. +.
Fox Huntington Valley. 1 up in
twenty holes. Mrs. G. Painter, Mid
lothian, beat Mrs. r. III. FitiNr.
Merton. up. Miss Ethel Campbell.
Merton. beat Miss NJ. A. irving, Rich
mond County. and s. Mrs. Il. ~.
Daily. Oakley. beat Mrs. q. NJ. Heck.
scher. Piping Rock, 4 and ..
Mise Hobsrson, Bellport. heat Mrs.
7; %rlSnsi Allegheny ,; w: Nh; &.
bcat Miss +. c. Ossood, Brookiinc' s
and Z; Miss =. v. kosenthal, Rsvis-
loe. beat Mrs. II. G. Phipps, Piping
Rock. 8 and s; Miss q. Il. ri:kop.
Brooklawn, beat Miss Aisxa Steriinr.
Atlanta. and 1; Miss +. McNeeIey,
Marion. beat Mrs. A. c. summer,
Nassau. up: Mrs. z. II. Stssdnaan,
81. Louis, bsAt Misc q. eempiS, 81.
Louis. . and 2; Mrs. I. Iarter. Rleb-
mond County. beat Mise b. q. STRAIT
ton, Cianford. up IL nineteen, heies;
Mrs. r. II. Barlow, Marion. beat lllss
M. Curtiss, EsAex County, l up In
nineteen hoies; Miss Lillian b. HYDE,
South Shore, beat Miss Marion hoi.
lins. westbrook, I and 3: Mrs. J. =.
Davis, Nassau, beat Mrs. L. Swa-