Evening star., 1925-05-20

the Is holes and setting her Americ;
made every one OF the latter's error
Miss Collett lost the match in
and eleventh holes.
After being all square at the eig
Sliced her drive and topped a mash
IN a bunker fronting the eleventh gr
Professional golf critics here who
have seen Miss Wethered's important
matches since she became a notable
figure in golf expressed the opinion
that she played better golf today than
ever before.
There was not an error in the entire
10 holes on her part. and only two
strokes that could have brought the
slightest disappointment to even her
most ardent admirers or partisan
supporters. On two green's. the fourth
and the eighth, she took three puts,
but otherwise her play from start to
finish was perfection itself.
Plays Consistently.
Miss Wethered played par golf or
better on every hole except the fourth,
OF 40 yards, and the eighth. of l20
Yards. Nevertheless, it would not
have been too hot a pace for Miss
'ollett had she made the same figures
on the homeward journey that she
got yesterday.
There was strain and tenscness in
the match. II was played in calm.
muSSy, humid weather with a large
and not very we'll behaved or thought
ful gallery raging all over the fair
ways. despite the efforts of a large
corps of flagmen.
Observers felt from the start that
these conditions must tell on some
body. and it was Miss Collett who
cracked under the strain
Miss Collett was calm. and she
smiled and joked with Miss Wethered
WheH Sbe latter sank the birdie at the
eleventh that really crushed her hope
The American player congratulated
the winner most gracefully and warm
ly at the end of the match, and then
with a friend. Mrs. II. 5. Reavis OF
New York. holding one arm and Miss
Ellison another, she walked back to
xhe hotel surrounded by crowds.
Both players drove we'll off the first
tee, with the British girl yards in
front of Miss Collett. The American.
however, was on the green in her sec
ond and the hole was halved in As.
Miss Wethered again outdrove
Americas hope in the second hole,
this time by 80 yards. Both again
were down in A.
Miss Collett became 1 up on the
third, with birdie 5. Their two
drives landed less than II inches
apart, but Miss Collett'S second was
hole high, while the champions ball
landed on the back fringe of the green
At the fourth hole both were on the
green in ,, but both required puts
to hole out
On the short fifth. 1S5-yard hole
rhe American girls tee shot was
bunkered left of the green, while Miss
Wethereds ball landed a yard from
the hole. and she was down in to
square the match.
Miss Collett topped her drive on the
long 5s0-yard sixth, and the champion
went l up, with a to the Ameri-
cans 6.
Both players got good As on the 375-
yard seventh, halving the hole and
leaving Miss Wethered still l up.
Match Is Squared.
On the 120-yard eighth the America II
nearly hit the pin with her tee shot,
the ball coming to rest 8 yards
beyond.
Miss Wethered was IS yards short
of the cup, but was able to take her
putter for the second. the green being
long and narrow. She ran 2ia yards
past the hole with her first putt, and
was short with her next, taking 4.
Miss Collett was down in 5, squariug
the match.
The American girl again topped her
drive at the ninth. Miss Wethered was
on in > against Miss Collett's 3.
THE British girl ran 4 feet past with
her first putt, but made no mistakes
on the second, and took the lead
again with T.
Miss Collett sliced her drive on the
tenth, and lost the hole by taking a
to Miss Wethered's 4. putting the
British star up.
\ 3 on the eleventh added another
hole to the champions margin.