Evening star., 1928-05-16
GLENNA COLLETT
LOSES TO BR|T0N
Golf Title Chance Hindered
by GaIe--MrS. Hurd
Wins.
By the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| HUNSTANTON, England. May Is
Inability to cope with English Spring
weather at its worst and the steadiness
OF Mabel Wragg. determined little York
shire woman. today removed Glenna
Collett from the British golf champion
ship in the fourth round. The Amer
ican girls ambition To take the trophy
to the United States for the first time
was shattered when she lost, 3 up and
| 2 to play, in a match In which she
never was on her game.
| Miss Collects defeat, one of the great
est upsets of British golf. was due IN
part to the weather conditions, which
| included hail. rain and cold. but 1t is
only fair to say that the English girl
adjusted her game to the prevailing
| conditions better than the American
| player.
Hands Numb With Cold.
The American challenger might have
weathered the storm and won II she
had been able to sink some OF her puts
early in the match; But her hands
were numb with cold. the putter grip
wet and slippery and her putting on the
outward holes contributed to her later
defeat.
Miss Collects defeat came on the
sixteenth green, where she so deciSively
knocked out Mrs. Temple Dobel yes
terday After being 3 down at the
eleventh the American had steadied 10
win the twelfth and halve three holes
running Hope ran high among her
friends that she would yet pun her
self together and climb out of the
hole she had dug for herself. Then
tfnt ella
| teenth tee, high on ridge facing the
sea from which the harsh wind swept,
took O wood club for the shot to the
| green, 1855 yards away. and half
smothered her ball. Miss Wragg seized
| the unexpected opportunity. She laid
perfect shot yards TO the left of
the pin. After that only a golfing
mifacle could save Glenna and she was
not performing miracles today. She
sent n mashie nibltc To the green and
putted past the hole. Miss Wragg laid
her approach putt dead and dlenna
ran across the green with both hands
/ outstretched In congratulations,
The American seemed To welcome the
relief from the agony Of playing under
such conditions, The little gallery
which had struggled through the storm
with the players applauded as much
for Miss Collett, who did not know that
golf could be played In such weather
and never before had attempted II, as
for the English girl who had beaten
the girl picked TO win the title.
! Greeted by Mother.
Miss Collects mother was the first
TO greet her as she stepped off the
green Elizabeth Curtis and other
Americans actually wept over the de-
feat OF their star. 0lennas eyes were
dimmed, too. out with dissatisfaction at
her unsuccessful attempts to control
| the ball rather than at losing her
| chance ut the championship,
When told that she had put up
| plueky fight under the most trying COM
! ditions, she replied:
Like fun. | did; l never played such
| rotten golf In my life"
| Miss Collects defeat left only one
| American woman In the championship.
| Mrs, Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Phil.
adelphia, who as Dorothy Campbell won
| the championship In 1911, Mrs, Hurd
was born In England,
| Mrs. Hurd, this morning defeated Miss
| Aline Dohsnn, veteran English player
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