Evening star., 1922-09-30


hile Miss Collett was playing her
ten holes in figures equal to the
IS par with three brides and fve
), to come from behind and de-
Miss Edith Cummings. the Chi
30 wonder, 2 and I, Mrs. Gavin. to
liz from Mrs. H. Arnold Jackson,
twte national titleholder, 4 and z.
sIya. going out in SO. and coming
Ih3c1 the required six holes in close
20 Jar scores.
Comes From Behind to Win.
Hiss Collett was carried to the
e4hteenth hole to win her match,
afer being behind most of the way
|aah taking the lead for the first time
o1y on the seventeenth. Both she
md Miss Cummings were palpably
ratified to start the match, each driV-
ing wild and off the course. Several
times in the first few holes Miss Col
lett had the worst of this mutual
epidemic of nerves and fidgets, on the
first hole hitting trees three times to
be farther from the green on each
shot, and found herself falling behind
rapidly; going in the thick bushes on
the second, she became 2 down. Then
after evening things up she began
losing again until she became 3 down
at the eighth.
From there on 1t was different. The
Providence star proceeded to play one
gain back her lost ground. The rest
of the way she was unbeatable, never
in trouble, never off the course
knocking out tremendous drives,
averaging 220 yards straight down
the fairway, approaching nicely. anu
putting and 10 footers- with appar-
ent ease. finishing off by playing the
last three holes in one under par.
Miss Cummings was playing a beau
utiful game, approaching even more
headly usually than her opponent, but
She slipped here and there just lit
tle, and these slight wanderings from
accuracy cost her the match.
Mrs. Gavin Not Extended.
Mrs Gavin had little trouble winning
started out like a comet playing the
hrst four holes in part to become 3
up and from there on she held the lead.
Increasing 1t to at the turn and
continuing with this advantage to the
sixteenth, where Mrs. Jackson drove
twice into the lake and conceded the
match.
Mrs. Gavin admitted that she had
never played quite so consistently good
q game in her life. She did not have to
extend herself to win and everything
seemed to go just right. She is not
known as a very long driver, depending
more on accuracy, but yesterday she
was hitting a long ball, usually over 200
yards. and she gained in distance SO
much on the homeward trip that it con-
fused her and several times she played
her second with the wrong club, landing
beyond the green.
Gets All OF tho Gallery.
The gallery concentrated on the
match so COM
pletely that the only spectators at
the Gavin Jackson affair consisted of
bames E. Standish, ]. Frederic Byers,
limited States Golf Association off,
cials, who were gefereeing. and the
Two caddies. This was what Mrs.
Gavin likes, for a big mob around
seems to get her just a wee bit
nervous.
However, in the finals today she
will not have the same chubby little
game. for all the persons who stayed
past the season here-all the walters,
porters, bell-hops, most of the vii.
layers and a fair representation of
West Virginia mountains-werew wait
ing at the first tee at an early hour
TO start off with the two rivals.
Whether or not hits will effect Mrs.
Gavin's superb game remains to be
seen. She said that she felt the, gal
lery watching her match with Alexa
Stirling Thursday had been decidedly
antagonistic, and unfairly so, to her,
but that it only made her play the
better.
Ffnalist Twice Previously.
Mrs. Gavin comes fresh from WIN
ming the Canadian championship. She
was twice before in the finals, in
the national. only to be beaten In
1915 by Mrs Vanderbeck and by
Miss Stirling in 1919. This expert
ence in big Journeys gives her de-
cided advantage over the much
Younger Miss Collett. However. the
Providence girl has never seemed the
slightest disturbed by her. big
matches, playing better than ever
when closely pressed.
Once she gets over her first-tee
nervousness, she should give Mrs.
Gavin a royal battle, and 1t is felt
that she has the advantage in the
match being the long route; Mrs.
Gavin had seemed to slip little along
toward the end of a close game.
Added to this. the star from the
British Isles has had badly swollen
ankle for a few days past This has
hot bothered her vet, but 1t may not