The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
NEW YORK WOMEN
OUT OF GOLF MEET
Miss Marion Hoiiins Rails 10
Mrs. j. V. Hurd on May
field Links.
PITTsBURGER IS 1 UP
Mrs. David Gaut Eliminates
Mrs. Quentin Feitner on the
Home Green.
speciol Despatch to THE HERALD.

Special Despatch to THE HERALD
CLEVELAND, Oct. 7.--East will meet
the South in the semi-finals of the
Women's national golf championships
ut the Mayfleld Club tomorrow as the
result of the third round of match play
to-day. in which the favorites came
through with one exception. Miss Alexa
Stirling OF Atlanta will drive off will
Mrs. G. II. Vanderback OF Philadelphia.
while Mrs. J. V. Hurd of Pittsburg
will oppose Mrs. David Gaut OF Memphis
In the lower half OF the bracket
-Four brilliant matches rewarded the
gallery of several hundred which as
sembled early to-day for the play. The
crowd was again with Miss Stirling. but
the other matches Offered equally as
many thrills as the title holder and her
competitor. For real golf no one could
ask better than the game put up by Mrs.
J. V. Hurd and Miss Marion Hollins OF
Westbrook, in which the Pittsburg con-
tender won up after a battle that will
long be discussed when fair golfers
gather
Driving from the first tee. Miss Tfol-
Inns put her ball into the hillside rough.
but with good out she reached the
green in three. Mrs Hurd flew into the
left bunker. and when her hands came
in ahead of the club her second shot
went diagonally across the course into
hhcAucA s<tuQ fouI she In1uS
good out, although losing the hole and
giving the Westbrook girl an early lead
They haived the second In fives.
Both were on equal terms on the
third tee shots but n sliced iron out of
bounds on her second cost Miss Hollins
both stroke and distance, a feature of
the new code. and she took five to reach
the green losing the hole and evening
the match. After having the short
fourth the fifth went to Mrs. Hurd. who
played a great pitch and run .shot to
the green on her second, while Miss
Holllns found her daily resting place In
the right trap. Her second was on the
green, but she used an extra putt.
Miss Rollins Makes Squirt.
When Mrs. Hurd won the seventh and
eighth some of the uninitlated believed
that the match would end quickly. but
Miss Hollins ruled other wise by playing
some excellent golf The tenth was
reached in two. but Mrs. Hurd missed a
short putt. her second. where Miss Hol-
Inns put her ball down In two. Mrs.
Eurd won the twelfth and fourteenth,
Increasing her lead to three, but again
Miss Hollins threatened seriously.
Mrs. Hurds second shot on the fif-
tenth went down the cliff and her
strong cut sent the ball high over the
f,Lirway and into the bunker on tho left,
demanding a four to reach the green.
while the New York player was on IL
three. Miss Hurd's first putt rolled
rast the hole, but Miss Hollins put her
second down for a five and won
On the sixteenth Miss Hollins was ON
81 three, while Mrs. Hurds third was
a bit short and her first attempt for
the cup also lacked distance. She lost
the hole. to 5.
At this point Miss Holins was only
cne down and playing the sort OF golf
that was hard to overcome. They played
ssllke on the seventeenth. each having
iced tee shot, a strong approach and
two puts The situation then demanded
that Mrs. Hurd halve the eighteenth or
20 extra distance, and half II she did.
Both drove to the left and Miss Hol-
Inns with a bad lie cut her midieon shot
sround The projection of the hill, giving
her An escellent lie for her third shot,
which landed on the green. But Mrs.
Burd, with four strokes 70 reach the
green was equal to the occasion and
rank an eight foot putt for 2 five. while
Miss Hollins failed To hole.
On the outward half Mrs HurG had =
az 70 Miss Hollins's as, and coming In a
as 10 "a. The winner used 33 puts on
rho eighteen greens. while Miss HoiIns
consumed the same number.
Their cards: