The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-28
BOTH SEMEFINALS WIND
UP ON THIRTEENTH GREEN
Mrs. Stockton, Nervous, Fails on Her Usually Steady
Short Game Against Miss Hyde-Mrs. Faith
Loses First Six Holes to Mrs. Davis.

SCARBOROUGH. N. Y, May 26.-Two
one sided matches on the links OF the
sleepy Hollow Country Club this morn
Ing made Miss Lillian Il. Hyde. South
Shore. and Mrs Joseph y. Davis. Piping
Rock. the f~inalists In the sixteenth
championship OF the women's Metro
politan Golf Association. Both semi
final matches ended at the thirteenth
hole. Miss Hyde defeating Mrs. n. r.
Stockton. Plainfield, BY 8 up and s to
play. and Mrs. Davis winning from Mrs.
w. j. Faith. wykagyi. by I up and
. to play. The final. which will be at
eighteen holes, will be played tomorrow
morning.
Miss Hyde il the present holder Of tho
title. which she held twice before-in
1910 and 1911. Mrs. Davis. who as
Miss Molly Maxwell wa a well known
amateur horsewomsn. has been playing
golf for only two or thee years. She
was Miss Hyde's opponent IN the sec
n round of the women's national
championships at Nassau last fall. and
Miss Hyde vol by Z up and 6 TO
play.
The match that carried the gallery
to-day was that between Miss Hyde
and Mrs. stockton. Becaus OF her
feat of eliminating Miss Marion Hollins
yesterday Mrs. Stockton was considered
n worthy opponent for the champion,
and every one In the gallery expected
to see n close match. II turned out
to be anything but close. for Mrs. Stock
ton exhibited symptoms OF nervous
ness from the start. and the accurate
short game which she has 80 patiently
developed broke down almost COM
pletely. Miss Hyde was PLAYING her
usual splendid long game, and although
she putted poorly at times and her
short irons often went astray, her
game when close to the hole was fully
as good as Mrs. Stockton's. aud her
additional length from the tee and
through the green enabled her 10 make
the match almost n procession. ON
two holes. the eleventh and twelfth. Miss
Hyde was at her best. The eleventh
IL $50 yards In length. and to-day wac
played in the teeth OF the wind. but
Miss Hyde was on the green seven
or eight feet from the pin In tw1
shots and might have made her 2 II
Mrs. stockton had not conceded the hol,
after playing four shots and still being
short OF the green. TN the twelfth
42a Yards in length. she purposely
played short Of the bunke; on her secord
and then put her third on the green ter
feet from the pin. She didn't need the
4 and so putted safe. taking a :, whicf
was good enough to win the hole.
Mrs. Stockton's nervousness cropped
out on the first hole. where she topped
her short approach into bunker. th'
mistake costing her the hole. The shor'
second was halved. neither reaching thu
green from the tee. and Miss Hyde woI
the third. 9 to 6. where Mrs. Stockton''
approach was weak just when "A httl'
strength was needed most. The uphill
fourth was halved In Ave. Miss Hyd,
being deprived OF the benefit OF a FIN
approach whe her ball hit Mrs. Stock
tons, which was lying about twenty fee
from the cup. The short fifth should
have been halved. as both were on ,h'
green from the tee. but Mrs Stockton
took three puts and lost. The Plain
field golfer was even worse on the si>tl
green. for there she took four puts
losing the hole and becoming 4 down.
The play on the seventh was hardl!
golf. Mrs. Stockton was on the greer
in four strokes AMI Miss Hyde's thir'
was not two feet from the edge. Th'
champion tried to chip the hail mp Il
the pin. but overplayed by fully 1fteei
feet. Both then INDUCED in some. rut,
ing. Mrs. Stockton was left with n put
: for a I. which II made would halve tn,
hole. for Miss Hyde had missed her tr,
for a 6. her ball resting on the lip Of tn,
cup. Mrs. Stockton putted. knocke,
Miss Hyde's ball in. leaving her owl
outside and losing the hole. 8 to 6.