New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-15
English Player Adds Miss
Marion Hollins to List
of Victims.
VICTORY GAINED BY
A NARROW MARGIN
Mrs. O. F. Feitner, Present Title.
holder, Defeats Mrs. L. c.
Stockton, of Lakewood.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Mrs. W A. Gavin, the spectacular
little golfer from England, who has
ssen taking the measure of the best Of
our native daughters recently on the
Inks, added Miss Marion Hollins. of
Wss,brook, 10 her list Of victims yes
..rdsy In the second round Of the an
nusl women's Metropolitan champion
ship tournament at Bsltusrol.
Mrs. Gavin, after being down most Of
TIE way 70 her formidable opponent,
brought the match all square at the
fourteenth hole by a splendid exhibit
ton Of rare golf and GOODNESS under
FIRE. and then. winning the long six
;.,nth, gained one-hole advantage
Tia; she held 10 the finish, despite Miss
Hollns's hard fight to retrieve her
loy ground.
Champion Wins.
In the other starred match yesterday,
Mss Quentin f. Feitner, Of South
shore, the present champion. defeated
Mrs. Leila c. Stockton, Of Lakewood,
Isy 3 up and 1 TO play, having a card
o. 81 to her opponents 90. Mrs +. B.
Ryan, Of Crawford, whose playing in the
tournament has provided one of the
surprises. came through successfully
against Mrs. A. s. Rossin, Century. win
ming By ? up. In the last OF the four
matches in the championship division
Miss Georgisna Bishop, Brooklawn. "A
former national and Metropolitan
champion, came home a winner against
Mrs. ". J. Faith, of Scarsdale, finish
ing up on the home green.
On the very first hole Miss Hollins
showed she was on her mettle by lay
ing up a beautiful mashie shot from
the long grass with such fine judg-
msnt that the ball lay dead to the
pin, and she got a ;. Mrs. Gavin
began poorly. taking three puts on
the green and for the hole. On the
second, however. the dainty visitor
gave an inkling OF what was TO come
by taking ~ in a par 4, whereas the
girl from Westbrook had a terrible
tussle with two traps and needed
seven strokes before her ball was
was safely IN Ine cup.
A Splendid Shot.
AZ the long seventh Mrs. Gavin was
again wabbly with her putter, an un-
usual weakness for her, and dropped
the hole. leaving her one TO the bad.
The outlook for an American victory
looked brighter than ever after the
little foreigner had driven into the
e 10 fra4 80 4hr 11pcp hill N
lost that hole. leaving her 2 down.
The short ninth was a half in 4, so
Miss Hollins turned for home with
the comfortable lead Of up.
Standing on the lofty tenth tee. Miss
Hollins, with all the valley below 70
play al. topped her drive, and the ball
bounded along through the rough,
coming 10 stop just in front Of the
water hazard Mrs. Gavin sent 2
siraight-Aying ball down the fairway,
and. as IL landed we'll out toward the
island green beyond. Miss Hollins's
lead did not look so dangerous.
Playing in perfect form. the girl
from overseas pitched a high msshie
shot 10 the green. thirty feet from
The pin. Miss Hollins had made a
good recovery on her second. but on
her third she was short, and her ball
landed with n disheartening splash IN
the miniature canal that guards the
green as moat in times Of old guard
ed a castle. The former champion
picked up, and Mrs. Gavin was only
J down.
The twelfth was a critical point in
the match. Mrs. Gavin sliced her drive
far 10 the right, and the ball came to