The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-06
Field Trails Five Strokes Be-
hind on Westchester-B Bit
more Links.
MISS L. CUMMINGS THIRD
Chicago Girl, Playing as Mem
Der of Westbrook, Returns
Card of SO.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

Judging by the run of the play yes
terday at the Westchester-Bi ltmore
Country Club in the first leg of tie
fifty-four hole medal play tournament
the contestant who can beat Miss
Glenna Collett Of Providence is to win
the annual championship tournament
of the Eastern Golf Association.
Miss Collett started the favorite for
the crown now held by Clarence H.
yanderbeck of Philadelphia and right
royalty did she live up to her reputa-
ton. At the end of the day her splen-
did card of 81 lad been tied by Miss
Elizabeth Hardin of Baltusrol, but as
these two were five strokes in front
of the field one surely is justified in
saying that the player who can head
off the New England star over the
three rounds is to be tie champion.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
upon Miss Hardin. Two years ago this
player. not long from the~playing fields
of Vassar. where they make regular
athletic American women, went through
to the semi-final round of the metro
politan championship at Greenwich. In
this years metropolitan championship
she tied for the medal with Mrs. II.
Arnold Jackson. The fact that she
faded out early In the match play In
that event was rather disconcerting to
those who had been pluming themselves
on the fact that they had new star to
fight for the New York section. But by
her work yesterday Miss Hardin showed
that. despite the sings of fortune, she |,
intends to keep Miss Marion Hollins
and all the other good ones in this neck
OF the woods constantly on the alert.
Chicago Girl Is Third.
Playing as an fastener for the first
time, Miss Edith Cummings. the Chicago
star. was third on the list with an $50,
and then came Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson
of Greenwich, the metropolitan runner
up, at IS.
Miss Cummings plays as a member of
Westbrook. L. /. Before she could COM
pete il was necessary for her to declare I
herself as between the Western and the
Eastern associations and to forswear
allegiance to the former. According to
this Miss Cummings will not be a con-
tender for the w. G. A. title this year.
However, 1t is doubtful IL she would |
have been even had she not taken yes |
summer on Long Island. she feels that
she now is more of an fastener than |
a Westerner
To return to the play, Miss Collett set |
the pace and let all the others follow
as best they could. Her card OF 81 was
posted early. and It stood like menace |
to all and sundry. To Miss Hardin II |
appears to have acted like an inspira-
tion. In any, event. the New Jersey girl
settled down to play one OF the smooth
est rounds that has been seen in a
woman's tournament this year. Over a
nine hole first half measuring 3o4s
yards Miss Hardin scored al. and sffe |
took advantage of the slightly shorter |
homeward stretch to card a 40 Miss |
Collett had these figures in reverse.
Holes Twenty Foot Putt.
Nowhere on her card did Miss Hardin |
have s. Miss Collett on the other
hand. had such a figure at the fourth |
and fifteenth holes. On the thirteenth, |
or water hole. IL did seem as II Miss /
Hardin would chalk up the fateful half |
dozen.
Be II said that this hole as Il stands |
r. rather a difficult one for all but the |
very longest drivers. 1t is 2A3 yards |
and calls for tremendous carry over
the lake IL the player means to try for |
the green. Miss Hardin pulled her drive |
Into the rough. Her ball was nearly
buried and the next shot sent Il into the
water
Dropping for the customary one stroke
penalty, Miss Hardin then sent the next
over the water hazard to the green and
holed putt of some twenty feet for n g. |
still unsteady. she required five more for
the 1s3 yard fourteenth. but she got the
remaining hniar In Cnod A
on the last being in the nature of a treat
for the rocking chair gallery.
Miss Collett owed a good deal TO her
putter, as on about half dozen greens
during the round she was down in one
after making her approach. A single
putt on each of the first three greens
should have steadied Miss Collett. but Il
aid not. At the fourth she used an iron
of the tee. cut too farNunder and rolled
the ball just short OF the rough. With
her next Miss Collett reached the brook. |
When she had finished she had used I'D
six strokes and this on a par hole OF
$50 yards.
But at this stage the Providence girl
settled down 10 play golf She was not
quite in touch with the 133 yard eighth
on her tee shot. but n single putt cor
rected this little matter and yielded the !
par. With n little care coming back
Miss Collett might easily have bettercd
50. She was going for lower total
with four holes 20 play but she missed
a foot putt for a par at the fif-
teenth and on the home hole she put her
second In a trap. taking n s. The
cards OF the leaders,
MISS GLENN coLLErT--
Out ......4. 3 80
In ...... 5 s 4 Q = 5 5-4i-si
MISS ELIZABETH HARDIN
In ..i..". 5 3 s-io-si
Mrs. Norman X. Toerge Of Nassau.
semi-flnalist in the metropolitan cham
pionshfp. had round OF 50. remarkable |
for the fact that she had eleven strokes
on the tenth. She lost all OF half q
dozen shots here. On top of that she
had a at the 2e2 yard twelfth and
finished with pair OF IS.
The scores.
Out In. Tai
Miss Cienna Collect. Providence. 40 Al 81
Miss Elizabeth Hardin, Baltusrol Al 40 ri
Miss EDITH Cummings, Westbrook ~ ~ 80
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