The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
FOLLOWING FAIR PLAYERS
IN NATIONAL GOLF FINAL.
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than the winner Of the title. Mrs. Arnold
Jackson. The Boston golfer seemed 20 be
playing the game for the fun nf Il, and she
never oppressed her opponents by making
serious work OF her quest for second cham
pionship.
year the United states Goif Association
VIII have 20 devise some method OF annoth-
Katherine a"' a. HALEY. he 1905 Champion
and Mrs. II. \. Jackson. the 1911 utle-
holder are one and the same person. II IL
arisen.
~ winning the championship Mrs. Jackson
married golfers that has lasted for eighteen
years. Mrs. e : brown won the women
national championship In 1898, and ever
since that YEAR the title has gone TO an
unmarried golfer
/ Mrs. Jackson's new ,ltie IS amateur
woman golf champion ~ the United States.'
; There are no professional women golfers
/ IN the land, but the T. ;. G. A. makes the
/ distinction just the same.
The plucky fight put up by Miss Rosen-
| that In the final earned her the sympathy
/ ana appreciation Of the big gallery Even
| those who were partlsans of Mrs. ckson
~ the bcglnning "t me matrh were sayin ns
| me las, few holes
! Few golfers. masculine or feminine, can
/ 60 20 piece 50 completely as dtd Miss
pitiablc struggle among the bunkers on the
eleventh was forgotten In a moment when
| she came right back on her game at the
twelfth.
II is seldom that Two opponents on the
/ links drive az evenly az ala Mrs Jackson
tee shots stopped On even terms ana on
several occasions they were not more than
| we're In the middle Of the fairway too.
Miss Roseuthars chief fault was ton
dency 20 play nearly Az OF her shots WIN
always but It was not an especially con
vincing style Of play.
It was when on The green or close 20 II
took plenty Of time in making her puts,
and her delberation was Well rewarded for
/ she huled a number Of difficult ones. Mrs
/ Jackson never seemed entirely sure OF her
self when on the greens.
The gallery was one ~ tho hest behaved
crowds ever seen at big golf match. Nine
out Of every ten knew the game and tins
nagrnen in charge had little work to do.
Robert G. Watson, president Of the. T.. $
IG A, acted az referee. and his chief dut,
vas 10 decide now and then which ball wat
away Several times 1t was puzzlinl
Question that required plenty OF thought bu
not once was resort made TO actual meas
urement.
incidentally the match began late, because
MIR Watson was not on hand At the scheduled
hour. Mrs jackson was asking whether o
moi he ever was coming and her question
WAS stopped by the applause which greete'
he executives heltted arrival at the hrst tee
waiter !. Travis was the bearer Of nag
ana like the others carried It all Of the wa
around and had little use for f.. James II
Hyd" hogan the round in similar snpasi,y
5%t s2Gn surrenaerrd ~ nag 10 s'i ss sub
stitute Tor The remainder Of the round.
Miss HYDE was big enough ana possesse,
/ sufficient knowledge Of her duties 10 max
u thoroughly efficient pOlioeWoman FOR N
spectators
BEFORE ,he final began Miss Rosenthal al
l mitted that her week Of golf had tired her
but stoutly denied that she was the least hi
nervous Her play gave no indication tina
| shs was either tired or nervous.
Both nnalisLs wore gloves while tho
pluvrl and IN so doing followed tn" genera
! custom among he contestants The chic
ungloycd golfers were Miss Lillian ~ HYDE
Miss Marion Hullins and Miss AleNa sterling
ON every side during The course ~ tn
AlcNl Sterling would win the national TN
within "a few wears Her splendid au'
! ! smooth swing pleased the critics. both pro
. frasiondl and amateur
The little auburn haired Albanian Ia
plenty ~ dime In which 10 develop into
champion. She was Nears old on tn
saturday before the championship beEa
, and the opportunity to play the game lively
, months In the Year should help her to i'm
prove her game
At present her lack Of tournament cN
perienre is ~ iieut. In the match In whic
, She was beaten by Miss bishop she lost seN
, rral good chances more because Of ineNperi
rnce than for any other reason.
Miss Bishop showed herself a thoroug
e courtged her vuung opponent throughout IN
match when u poor shot gained good ~
suits sh" was quick to disclaim any intentio
~ playing T. as sh" had.
Winning the medal In the qualifying rouu
and reducing the course record twice In on
week made Miss Bishops showing mo,
trsditlhl" one e~n II she did not win an
- other tiiie Her ~ made on Friday IL likel
. 10 stand as N" wOmens record AZ Nas-i
y for som" time 10 come.