Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Mss HOLLINS. LEADS
NGOLF TOURNAMENT
SLEEPY HOLLOW CLUB
Vest Brook Expert Turns
in a Card of Miss
Faith, of Wykagyl, Had
Regular Tees Have
peen Moved for Women.

uEEPY HOLLOW COUNTRY CLUB
....horoueh, N Y, May A-With a
q. cnance to finish in close to record
80 Miss Marion Hollins, of West
~, former title holder handed in
,,re and led in the early part of the
.utvlne round for the womans metro
..,,n golf championship today over the
s.s, Of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
,,.y,ne with Miss Holllns was Mrs.
.aar ]. Faith of wykagyl, who had
Miss Hollns went out in flying
.,.,s. recording A. and it looked as If
-. lang driver would hang UP some re-
~srkabe figures.
~ 6ontinued the pace until the long
az and took three puts for z. Then
~ took three more on the Nth, where
~ might have had n par 4.
7, was the 4s0-yard last hole, however
.,l.h broke her heart. A fine long drive
,..tsd encouraging. She flubbed her sec
pss and played short of the bunker to
,ycld the trouble on her third. Then
~ dubbed the next and got into the
wv trouble she wanted to avoid and
w two whacks to get out. Her next
~. only to the green's edge, but her
,..roach was so we'll up she needed only
~ mutt. When she turned in her score
W. of the others condoled with her
ty.r the last hole.
u, made me so angry to get into that
,bIble guess 1 lost my head" she
huehlngly replied
oat .6 4 3 8 al
~ ~ .......5 8 8 3 8 8 9-5o-9l
waving n little consideration for the
tslnes of the women, the committee has
roved few of the tees forward n trihe,
,h,rpby cutting the total yardage from
M TO 5000 Tees have been showed for
vsrd at the first, second, third, fifth,
ryenth, eight, fourteenth, fifteenth and
fifteenth holes.
The course looked in excellent condi-
ton when the players gathered here this
morning and everybody prayed for clear
vsather 1t rained off and on, though
not hard.
Miss Lillian B. Hyde, of South Shore,
the tlteholder, got away fairly early in
company with Mrs. Philip Bayer. of
Piping Rock Another pair to attract
.ttentlon consisted of Miss Marion Hol-
Nns, OF Westbrook, a former association
thamplon, and Mrs. w. j. Faith the
Wykagyl woman, who always makes a
rod showing in tournaments.
Because Of the large number of women
On hand the caddie supply was severely
taxed 1t was figured however, that al
lwing the lads who went off with the |
Early pairs to start right out again, |
nery one would be supplied
threatening skies greeted the women |
when they teed up, and when about half |
ihe field was away it began TO rain. |
Naturally this slowed up the course con- |
iIaerably and made the going anything J
But comfortable. Some of the players |
we're sorry sight as they came in off |
lie course.
The distances of this course as given
d the score cards are as follows:
Out
81. lss. $50. sos. ISL. 400. 40, AL, 19O-2sl6
In
~, SO, 42s, 40. 8a7. 1923. $40, 800, 4S2-a3l5
61S1
That Sleepy Hollow is not an easy
course is attested by the fact that "A Is
The professional record and was made
llst year by Alec Smith. of Wykagyl. and
Itonard Bles. of the home club.
Mas Hyde last week made Sc, the best
leF women players. b. Sterling Bottome
Is credited with the amateur mark 76.
There was some changing around in
ihs parlngs, owing TO the fact that some
q the players appeared late,