The sun., 1919-10-01
Few Upsets Mark First Day of
Match Play in Women's
Golf Championship.
MISS ROsENTHAL. BEATEN
Miss Stirling Plays Miss
H0llins and Mrs. Gavin Meets
Miss Caverley To-day.
by INNS BROWN.


round of match play in the women's
national golf championship on the links
OF the Shawnee Country Club to-day. 1t
fell to the lot of Miss Elaine Rosenthal
Of Chicago, one of the best bets of the
middle West, for first honors, to take
the count in this initial skrmlsh. She
was stopped by Mrs G. Henry Stetson
OF Philadelphia, / up, in holly con.
tested match.
All of the others, who have been vari-
ously tipped as likely winners finished
of the opposition in more or less i'm
pressve fashion. Miss Alexa Stirling,
the present champion, eliminated Mrs
Caleb r. Fox of Philadelphia, 3 and l.
Miss Marion Hollins succeeded in get
ting the verdict over Miss Beatrice
Iounsbery, 4 and 2. Mrs. II. III. Barlow
Of Philadelphia turned back Mrs. II. c.
Smith, another Philadelphian, and L.
Mrs. w, A. Gavin beat Miss Edith Cum
nings OF Chicago and 4. and Mrs. c.
il. yvanderbeck triumphed over Mrs.
Thurston Wright of Allegheny by the
same count.
1t was rather depressing finish that
lifted Miss Rosenthal out of the picture
The two fought close battle from the
very first, though when an advantage
existed 1t lay with Mrs. Stetson. She
won the second and fourth hoes, but
after the next wo had been halved Miss
Rosenthal took the seventh and eighth in
par figures to even the match. They
halved the ninth to turn even, and then
scored alike on the tenth and eleventh.
The twelfth went to Mrs Stetson, but
Miss Rosenthal won the fourteenth to
get even again. Neither could get an
advantage on the next three.
stymie Settles Match.
Coming to the home hole Miss Rosen-
thai had a fine drive to the edge of the
green. But. Mrs Stetson outdid her
BIT Her ball rolled on some fifteen feet
from the cup. Miss Rosenthal overran
her second by seven or eight feet Mrs.
Stetson's approach putt stopped foot
from the cup, leaving her opponent al
most a full stymie The Chicago girl
missed her putt and lost the hole and
match.
Miss Marion Hollins and Miss Bea-
trice Lounsbery drew liberal following
I'm their tussle. The former was the
choice to win but the little Bedford girl
put up lively struggle before lowering
her colors. 1t was a rather tough stroke
OF luck that pitted her against Miss Hol-
Inns in her first match. The latter Is one
OF the longest drivers In the field. and
to her fine distance on tee shots can be
attributed her winning margin. These
long wallops kept her opponent strug-
sling throughout to keep on oven terms
through the fairways.
Getting away like a flash Miss Louns-
berry was the first to show in front, win
ming the first hole in a par 4. At the
second both balls were lost. Both were
playing the same make and neither ball
had any special markings to distinguish
between the two. One ball was found
and Miss Hollins played It. But later
il was decided that there was no way
20 verify the ownership of the ball and
the hole was entered as half in IS.
Miss Hollins Takes Third.
Miss Hollins coupled UP two terrific
shots to reach the green on the 40 yard
third and won 1t in L. The next was
halved. Then Miss Lounsbery scored
par figures to bag the next two, becom-
ing two up through the sixth. The next
three in IA row went to Miss Hollins.
She equalled par at each and turned l
up. Miss Lounsbery evened again by
taking the eleventh, but after they had
halved the twelfth Miss Hollins drew
into a winning lead. She took the next
four holes in a row, her total for the
four matching par for the quartet.
Here are their cards:
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Mrs. Caleb Fox spent her efforts in a
fruitless chase after Miss Stirling
p. InrOuBnOut, tnOuBn On Two OCCASIONS she
managed to stage rallies that threatened
TO wipe away leads already piled up by
the Atlanta girl The latter won the
first and third holes with par As. But
as in previous rounds the fourth and
fifth proved troublesome for her. on
each of these she was in trouble more
than once and scored Z. Mrs. Fox
won each in 6.
But starting with the sixth Miss Stir
ling clicked Off the next four holes in
par. Mrs. Fox managed to halve the
long sixth In s, but the pace was too swift
for her and she lost the last three to
turn down. After halving the next
two Mrs Fox took the twelfth and thir-
teenth. On both of these Miss Stirling
was in trouble from the tee as result
Of q persistent hook. After they had
haived the fourteenth Miss Stirling ran
down a fifteen foot putt for bird to
win the fifteenth. Both took S on the
short sixteenth and Miss Stirling ended
it by winning the seventeenth, 6 to 7.
Miss Stirling having 80 and Mrs.
Fox ss.
Miss CaverIey Plays Brilliantly
Miss Mildred Caverley of Philadelphia
developed considerably the best stretch
of play yet seen in the tournament on
the first nine holes OF her match against
Miss II. A Hardin OF BaltusrOl The
Cricket Club entry needed only forty
strokes to 1nish the first nine holes aud
missed a comparatively short putt for a
on the short eighth which would
have given her a 80. This Is but two
strokes above par for the distance
Miss Hardin began brilliantly by
climbing out a trio OF fours on the first
three holes, winning the third. Miss
Caverley took the fourth and sixth both,
10 6. She also won the eighth and
ninth to finish three up. Neither could
maintain such q dizzy pace after the
turn The tenth went to Miss Caverley
but her opponent won the eleventh and
twelfth. leaving the Philadelphia player
two up. The thirteenth and fifteenth
were halved. Miss Caverley took the
fourteenth and then ended the match
and by winning the sixteenth in g.
Mrs. Gavin found the going fairly easy
against Miss Edith Cummings of Chi
cago. The Windy City miss managed
TO keep the fight almost even on the first
nine holes. finishing that number but /
down. But after they started the re-
turn Journey Mrs. Gavin drew away
rather easily, to win 5 and 1. The
South Shore player was In trouble oc-
cAsionally. but except for rare instances
was very steady In her play
Mrs Ouenfiu Eeitner NJ Eouth Ghora