The sun., 1919-06-14
MISS HOLLINS AGAIN
Is GOLF CHAMPION
Defeats Mrs. Gavin f0I Metro
politan Title at Arcola
Country Club Links.
PLAY TWENTY-ONE HOLES
Loser Makes Strong Finish
Mrs. Ryan Scores Over Mrs.
Chilners in Second 16.
PLAY TwENTY-ONE HOLES
~ INNS BROWN.

After lapse Of six years. Miss Marion
Hollins Of westbrook again 10 the
women's metropolitan golf champion.
Miss Hollins won the title yesterday at
the Arcola Country Club. Her ascension
TO the throne OF local woman golfdom
was accomplished at the expense of Mrs,
w. A. Gavin. South Shore, former Eng
lish player. who held the title until yes
terday. The winner triumphed by the
narrowest possible margin of one hole
In twenty-one holes of play.
II was Miss Hollins all the way
throughout the first half Tho West
brook star lowered around Just over
par pretty nearly all the time. and but
for slip at the sixth would have been
out In "a, As II was she could do no
better than Z on that hole, and
rounded up . total of 45 for the first
nine holes. She led her opponent by
three holes At the turn for home.
Mrs. Gavin Comes Back.
But no sooner than they had squared
about for the return trip than Mira
Gavin began to slice away her handi-
cap. She began at the very first oppor-
tunity, the tenth, and by the time they
finished up on the eighteenth green she
had squared accounts, and they both
turned new leaf to begin all over
again.
Starting the frst with nice drives Mrs
Gavin hooked her brassie second to the
rough. and then pitched her third over
the green. She was on in four and took
two puts. Miss Hollins played a nice
iron second. clipped on and won when
she holed her second putt for s.
Miss Hollins fattened her lead at the
QAFnnd uifh n
She hooked to the rough, and played her
second safe. Her third was a fine iron
to the green, and her approach putt
settled a foot from the cup Mrs. Gavin
topped her second and failed to get on
with her third, voiding her chances Of
even a half.
The third was uneventful, being
halved In Is. But Miss Hollins continued
TO run UP her lead on the fourth. They
halved the fifth in 5s and Mrs Gavin
made her first win at the sixth in which
she scored a five.
Reduces Miss HolIins's Lead.
Miss Hollins got the seventh with a 6
when Mrs. Gavin sliced her second to
the rough. fiubbed her third into a trap
and then foundered into another trap on
her fourth. She took a 8. However.
she recovered on the eighth and cut the
Hollins lead to 2.
Miss Hollins did the 100 yard ninth In
par 3. She overshot the green with
her midiron. but Clipped back TO within
enc foot of the cup and holed out easily.
Mrs. Gavin was also over the green and
made nice chip to within three feet of
the cup. but her first putt trimmed the
cup. and she needed 4. leaving her 8
down as they turned home
Mrs. Gavin took the tenth with a par
She was on in 2. whereas Miss Hol-
Inns was over into the rough. The latter
made a nice recovery. but missed a six
foot putt TO halve the hole.
Both were on the 1875 yard eleventh,
but putted poorly. Miss Hollins missed
a hve footer for 3, while Mrs. Gavin
failed to get her third down from two
feet away. Halved in as. The twelfth
was halved In SIS. while both took rs on
the $50 yard thirteenth.
The fourteenth was halved IN a.
Both were just of the green with their
drives. Each Clipped on and took two
puts.
Mrs. Gavin nailed the fifteenth with
the only birdie" OF the round. They
both followed nice drives with good
seconds onto the green. Mrs. Gavin
sank ten foot putt for her agains,
a 1.
Each coupled a fine drive with an ex.
cellent second on the sixteenth. Miss
Hollins played her second with a cleek
and was twenty feet beyond her op-
ponent. Mrs. Gavin overplayed he,
third into a trap, leaving Miss Hollins
fine opening to pull to a position OF
dormie two. But she failed to run down
ten foot putt after a rather weak
approach. whereas Mrs. Gavin, after a
nice out, holed nine footer for a hall
in SIS.