The sun., 1919-10-02
South Shore Golfer Wins From
Miss Caverley After Being 5
Down in Nine Holes.
MISS HoLLINs is BEATEN
Loses to Miss Stirling 8 and 1
Miserable Weather Con-
ditions Hurt Play.
ny INNS BROWN.

max until Ine maj rOuuu, OUT MRS. w.
A. Gavin Of South Shore provided to-day
what Is likely to prove the most thrilling
round Of golf In the playing OF the
women's national hampionship now in |
progress on the Inks Of the Shawnee |
Country Club. She defeated Miss Mil |
dred Caverley. Philadelphia Cricket Club, !
1 up. This meagre information admits !
Of considerable establishment of detail. (;
The mere statement hints not at the !
brilliant comeback that the little English |
woman staged, nor gives an inhling of
the handicap that she overcame and the |
discouraging conditions she faced in con-
quering it. Some idea OF the brllliance
OF her performance is offered In the
statement that she did not win a boz on
the first nine and stood five down al che
turn. Plainly she had played some bad
golf to drop so far behind her opponent.
But the latter was making few mistakes \
and was right on the job at taking ad-
vantage Of every slip by Mrs. Gavin,
On the first nine holes 1t was strictly
Miss Caverley all the way. She was
trapped Just OF the green on her third
shot for the fourth hole, and took 6, but
won. Mrs. Gavin had skidded badly.
The 4S5 yard sixth went to Miss Cav
erley with a bird 4. when she ran down
q twenty foot putt. Otherwise her play
was steady and sure, with no freak
shots, but featured by accurate, effec-
tive putting. Mrs. Gavin had managed
TO save a half at the second, seventh,
eighth and ninth.
Then came the turn for the second
nine and the beginning Of Mrs. Gavin's
rally. Weather conditions were miser-
able. A cold. drizzllng rain was falling,
making footing slippery and sending a
chill through the players. The Phila-
delpiria girl Is rather frail. and the con-
ditions doubtless told on her and made
the opportunity more propitious for a
rally by her opponent.
Mrs. Gavin Starts Rally.
The first two holes after the turn
went to Mrs. Gavin. to 6. On each
tee Miss Caverley butchered her drive
and loaded herself down with too heavy
. burden. On the tenth Mrs. Gavin's
third landed in a trap Just OF the green,
but she was out and on the green in
four. and ran down an eight foot putt.
The eleventh hole is over 400 yards
long, and her poor tee shot settled Hiss
Caverley. as Mrs. Gavin made no mis-
takes.
Two opportunities to stall of Mrs.
Gavin's rush presented themselves to
Miss Caverley, and the first came on
the next hole. the twelfth. 1t is short
hole. Mrs. Gavin's tee shot was wide
Of the green, whereas Miss Caverley was
on. but she chucked away her chances
by taking three puts. and got no better
than a half. Mrs Gavin was bunkered
on her drive for the thirteenth, but took
q desperate chance and smashed long
brassie almost to the green. and halved
In s,
The fourteenth went to Mrs. Gavin
to 8. when Miss Caverley's second
dropped in group of chocolate
mounds" She needed four TO reach the
green. A twenty-five foot putt enabled
Miss Caverley to count half on the
fifteenth after Mrs. Gavin got the green
one stroke ahead Of her. They scored
nves.
The sixteenth, a short hole across the
Binniekill, again thrust opportunity to-
ward Miss Caverley to roll back Mrs.
Gavin's attack. The latter had now cut
her handicap to two holes. with three
remaining to be played. II was her
honor and she slapped an iron shot into
the river. Playing Q. she dropped the
next on the green. Had Miss Caverley
made certain OF getting across the
stream she would almost certainly have
won the hole and ended the match. She
could have certainly saved a half. leav-
Ing her dormie 2.
Miss CaverIey's Error Costly
Instead of making sure with her wood
abe too tried an iron and the ball
dropped short in the water. Her next at
tempt got over but was on terrace
short OF the green She took to get
down from there and lost the hole, to
s. It was a mistake by Miss Caverley
both In judgment and in physical execu-
ton, and was just what Mrs Gavin
needed to stimulate her for final squirt
over the two remaining holes.
The seventeenth went to Mrs. Gavin
In a bird 4. She had reached the green
in 3, whereas Miss Caverley took 4. But
the latter, some twenty feet away, sank
another one of her several long puts.
Coming at this critical moment It might
have been expected to unnerve Mrs.
Gavin. but It didn't She followed with
another almost as far away for her
winning 4.
For the first time since they finished
the first hole of the match Mrs. Gavin
was now on an equal footing with heI
opponent again. She put everything she
had back OF her tee shot for the 226
yard eighteenth. The ball stopped
twenty feet short of the green. Mis-
Caverey was almost as good, but slightly
behind her opponent. She pitched heI
next to within twelve feet of the cup
Mrs. Gavin's approach was bit to the
Caverley rolled her approach putt within
foot OF the cup. Then Mrs. Gavin en-
tered her GROWING achievement by hol
ing her ten footer for par 8. winning
the hole and match.
The struggle between Miss Alexa Stir
ling Of Atlanta and Miss Marion Hollin'
OF Westbrook ranked next in interest t
the Gavin-Caverley affair. In fact |
better part of the gallery watched then
as they ploughed their way through tn
mist and drizZle for the eighteen holes
The Southern girl was the master all tn
way. She took the lead at the thir'
hole to retain 1t throughout.
HaIved First Two I'm bs.
They halved the FIRST two in IS. Mis-
Hollins nullified a fine drive on the frs
b. two weak irons. On the second sh
topped her drive. Miss Stirling got tn
third by grace OF getting down In on
putt after both had taken four to reaci
the green. She also won the fifth, whei
Miss Hollins topped her second, an
then sliced her third to the rough Z
the right of the green The sevent
went to Miss Stirling with par
Miss Hollins had a bad drive, was shor
On her second. then played her thir
over into the rough.
Miss Hollins had her first win on IN
ninth, where she scored bird 4. Sh
reached the green In three and holed on
OF her best puts OF the day. Miss StiI
ling was In trouble and took TO reac