The sun., 1918-07-21
MISS ROSENTHAL
AND JONES VICTORS
Defeat Miss Stirling, National
Champion, and Perry Adair
at Wykagyl by 3 Up.
LARGE SUM FOR RED CROSS

links yesterday afternoon, when Miss
Elaine Rosenthal and Bobby Jones de-
feated Miss Alexa Stirling national
champion. and Perry Adair in a four
ball Red Cross match. the margin being
2 up. On the point system. however
the first named pair won by i've points.
There was the usual trouble trying
to keep the spectators In check with the
ropes. Ralph A. Day, a committeeman
at wykagyl, had the four players to
luncheon as his guests. and 1t was not
until after 8 o'clock that they started
from the first tee. A great deal of the
delay was due TO the auctioneering OF
caddie privileges by Francis Wilson, the
comedian. 1t wasn't long before he had
the members bidding. Miss Stirling
bringing sos from John G. Chapman.
Miss Rosenthal going for $40 to Mrs.
Chapman. w. J. Baxter paying $50 for
Jones and L. r. Hall buying Adair for
s25
set OF clubs donated by Alec Smith.
the Wykagyl professional. was won by
John L. Schultz. the rafie bringing
close 70 $500. The balls also were sold,
f. ID. Monroe paying sos for those
used by Miss Stirling. while $3.50 was
the selling price Of the rubber core used
by Mis- Rosenthal. Bobby's brought
325. while Adair's was sold for $3.50.
While a considerable amount was raised
II was impossible to ascertain the exact
figures last night.
Miss Rosenthal at Her Best.
Miss Rosenthal was at her best and
II was because OF her steady play that
her side was able to score the most
points on the aggregate. She kept out
OF trouble most Of the time. going out
in "a and making the longer inward
half In ~, for an IS. Miss Stirling had
trouble In keeping on the course, due
to tendency to pull her drives She
also was completely off on her short
game. She had an Appropriated 95 for
the round Jones had the best individual
score, being credited with a II, one
stroke better than Ada!r.
To start the match Jones with a fine
drive. fully ESQ yards. had all tho best
OF the going to the first hole. which
with Its tricky green fools the best
Of them He was the only one able to
get a 4, all the others taking 6. Practi-
cally the only time in the match where
Mics Rosenthal missed a short putt was
al the second hole. her failure to sink a
two footer costing her a s there. The
two lads. however. experimenting long
drives with good approaches, halved in 3.
Jones got SO far of the tee going to
the third hole that he used an iron for
his second shot Adsir took a spoon on
his second and the pair halved In 4. the
length of the hole being $50 yards. Miss
Rosenthal had a s, but Miss Stirling, who
got trapped. took a 6. They all got As
at the fourth hole except Miss Rosen-
thai. while Adair won the 2l5 yard
NTH In 3. Jones was hole high there
with his tee shot and Clipped up per-
fectly dead. but he missed the wee
putt and Bobby was peeved enough to
bite nails.
Girls Trapped ut sixth.
Both lads got So at the 1872 yard sixth.
where the girls were trapped taking 8.
Adair had the better tee shot at the
seventh. another short hole, and vas the
only one able to get a 3. Joness tee
shot reached the far side OF the green,
but he was too strong on his approach
putt. Both of the girls drove into
trouble.
The longest putt OF the match was
brought of by Miss RosenthaI on the
eighth green. and enabled her to win
that hole for her side. The distance is
4l5 yards. and Jones, who had pulled
his drive. was unable to hnd the ball
and did not bother to play out the hole.
Adair. also In trouble on his tee shot.
made fine second, though trife
strong, the ball overrunning the green
and coming 10 rest on the side OF a cop
bunker.
Getting only a few yards from there,
he was unable to do better than s. Miss
Stirling had 8. but Miss Rosenthal.
whose third shot had left her about
hve yards from the cup. ran down the
putt
Jones pulled his drive from the ninth
tee and found his ball In a clump Of
trees. He looked to be In a bad place,
and from where the gallery stood all
that could be seen OF Bobby was his
red hat. He blazed away with his nib
lick, however, and the ball flew out to
the fairway and he managed to get a s
for the hole. Adair won that. though.
with a perfect 4. his second shot reach
ing the green. The distance is 45l
yards Miss Stirling made a hash Of
the hole, being in trouble twice. This
left Miss Stirling and Adsir l up at
the turn. their advantage counting the
other way being l point The best ball
OF the pair was 81 to IS for Miss Rosen-
thai and Jones.
Gets Tenth Hole in 3.
Both OF the boys got the tenth hole in
o. anu MI Huu os AT tnc long eleventh
except Miss Stirling, who got into the
ditch on her second shot. Jones won
the twelfth hole, 49, yards. in a fine 4.
and he and his partner both got Is at
the thirteenth. the others taking s
They all had SIS at the fourteenth ex-
cept Miss Stirling. who found more
trouble.
At the fifteenth Jones missed a chance
for by taking three puts. while his
partner got trapped on her second shot.
Adair won that with a T. At the 1sS
yard sixteenth. however, Jones, after
laying his tee shot to within Ave feet
OF the pin, sank the putt for ?. His
partner had a 1. and 1t gave his side an
advantage OF points, so that on their
system Of scoring the match practically
ended there. The boys halved the sew
enteenth hole in 4, the girls taking 8,
while Miss Rosenthal did the best work
going to the long home hole, getting
down in g.
was 70 to II for the opposition, as fol-
lows:
Miss Rosenthal and Jones
Out ..,.,,.....,4 b--Sk
Miss stirling and Adair.
Out ..,.........5 IA
Miss Rosenthal and Jones
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GOLF AT RUMsON CLUB,
RUMsoN, N. j.. July 20.-In the semi
nral matches for the challenge cup of
tho Rumson Country Club to-day j. A.
Jackson. the fourteen-yesr-old, whose