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PAGE 4 The United North and South Champion for Women which was played last week will long be remembered by the fortunate ones who participated and watched the play. A field comprising the best women golfers of the land, a field which surpassed in size any pre vious North and South event among the fair sex, and matches which were replete with brilliant golf, made it a tournament which has left an indelible mark in tho annals of golf competition at this popu lar winter resort in the Sand Hills. Mrs. J. V. Hurd, formerly Miss Doro thy Campbell, who hails from the West moreland Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pa., carried off the top honors by a sterling victory in the finals against Mrs. J. R. Price of the Oakmont Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Hurd, former National Champion, gained the crown which she strived so hard for last season when she was defeated after win ning the medal for the best qualifying score. The event itself was full of surprise from the first day's play until the finals, many of the favorites barely getting into the first division and others meet ing defeat from entries who were not considered to have a chance to defeat in match play their more illustrious op ponents. The Qualifying Round on Tuesday was played under ideal weather con ditions. Mrs. Eonald H. Barlow of the Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia, and Mrs. W. F. Gavin of the South Shore Club, New York, the two favorites, were teamed together and both turned in a medal of 91. This was low until Miss Glenna Collett, the Providence star, came in with a medal of 89. Just when it looked as though a new name would be recorded in Pinehurst golf annals Mrs. Hurd, who was a late starter, turned in a card with a fine medal score of 84 which showed that she was deter mined to leave no stone unturned in her pathway to capture all the honors. Mrs. C. B. Hollingsworth of Greenburg, Pa., followed Mrs. Hurd with a medal of 88. Miss Elaine Rosenthal of the Ravisloe Country Club, Chicago, who was liked by many to capture the qualifying honors was slightly off her game and finished in sixth position: while Mrs. Price who was defeated in the finals just managed to squeeze into the first sixteen, tieing for fifteenth with Mrs. F. S. Danforth of North Fork. Summary of first sixteen qualifying scores : Mrs. J. V. Hurd, Westmoreland C. C. Pittsburgh 84 Mrs. C. B. Hollingsworth, Greensburg, Pa. 88 Miss Glenna H. Collett, Metacomet C. C, Providence 89 Mrs. R. H. Barlow, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia 91 Mrs. W. F. Gavin, South Shore, New York 91 Miss Elaine Rosenthal, Ravisloe C. C. Chicago 92 Mrs. J. D. Chapman, Greenwich, Conn. 93 Mrs. E. E. Harwood, Olympia Fields C. C, Chicago 93 Miss Catherine Bomann, Plainfield N.J. 98 Mrs ) V. Hurd Regains North and South Title By Jack Twiss f 1 i -1 "Ml -CVS Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, winner of the North and South Tournament for women. Mrs. J. D. Armstrong, Buffalo, N. Y. 99 Mrs. Stuart Pritchard, Battle Creek. Mich. 99 Miss E. Chandler, Philadelphia , 99 Mrs. Ralph Hammer, Flushing, N. Y. 100 Mrs. Donald Parson, Youngstown, Ohio 100 Mrs. J. R. Price, Oakmont C. C, Pitts burgh, Pa. 101 Mrs. F. S. Danforth, North Fork C. C. 101 The first round of match play on Wednesday was productive of two sur prises when Mrs. W. F. Gavin was elim inated from further competition by Mrs. J. R. Price by a margin of two and one, and Miss. Glenna Collett who had many admirers was defeated by Mrs. Ralph Hammer one up on the eighteenth hole by finding a trap on her second shot. The other notables won their matches with ease, Mrs. Barlow and Miss Rosen thal winning by a margin of eight and seven from Mrs. F. S. Danforth and Miss Bomann respectively. Mrs. Hurd turned back Miss Chandler, six and five; Mrs. Hollingsworth defeated Mrs. Har wood, three and two; Mrs. Pritchard eliminated Mrs. Armstrong, three and one, and Mrs. Parson turning back Mrs. "lapman, three and two. The matches in the other divisions were much closer, some of them going extra holes for a decision. e second round of match play was noteable as it marked the defeat of last year's champion in the person of Mrs. Tonald H. Barlow by Miss Rosenthal in a close match by a margin of two and one. Mrs. Barlow was very wild off the tee, hooking continually into the rough, vie Miss Rosentha played a steady ame and took advantages of the oppor tunities which her widely-known oppon ent presented. The lead alternated until the seventeenth, where Mrs. Barlow, after catching the rough on her tee shot, topped her ball into the trap in front of the green and gave up the fight. Miss Rosenthal had a medal of 89 which showed the brand of golf she was play ing. Mrs. Hurd was up against a rather tough proposition in her match with Mrs. Hillingsworth as the Greensburg representative proved a very worthy opponent and the match was anyones until up to the last hole. Mrs. Hurd won THE PINEHURST CUTlCOK by one up. Mrs. Pritchard elimiDiited) Mrs. Parson four and three and Mrs Price continued to show class by turn, ing back Mrs. Hammer by the me margin. On Friday the finals of all other divis ions, excepting the first, were run off and? the semi-finals of the latter. In the first division Mrs. Hurd had little difficulty in defeating Mrs. Pritchard in the lop. half of the bracket, but Mrs. Price pro vided another surprise when she cut played Miss Rosenthal in the lower half by three and one. " The finals of the' first division found' one of the largest galleries which has ever watched a match at Pinehurst gathered around the first tee, which proved that the fair sex had proven themselves worthy of attention by the fine golf they had played all week. Mrs. Hurd was afforded the honor by reason of her position in the top half of the draw and appeared very calm at the crucial moment. She pushed her tee shot slightly with the result that it found the trap to the right of the fair green. Mrs. Price showed signs of want ing to keep her company as her tee shot sliced to the right also, but missed the trap. Mrs. Hurd managed to get out of the trap on her second, but her third was short of the green with the result that she lost the hole, as Mrs. Price was on in three and took the required num ber of putts for a five. When Mrs. Price captured the second' hole with another five she won many rooters among the gallery and it was quite evident that Mrs. Hurd was in for a hard match before she gained the honors for which both were striving. But Mrs. Hurd's experience in tourna ments has taught her that anything is liable to happen in a golf match and from this point on she assumed the driver's seat and never relinquished the reinsu ntil victory was hers. On the third hole both got away well, but Mrs. Hurd put her second on the green and won the hole with a par 4. Both were in difficulty on the fourth hole, but Mrs. Hurd won with a five as Mrs. Priqe took a seven. With the match all even at the fifth tee Mrs Price seemed to lose confidence in her self and consequently her game suffered' from this point on. Both got long tee shots on this hole but Mrs. Hurd had the better of the second shot and laid her third on the green while Mrs. Price was short. Mrs. Hurd was down in five and won the hole which made her one up. At the short sixth Mrs. Price missed her tee shot and ' overplayed the green on her second. Mrs. Hurd missed her try for a three, which gave Mrs. Price a chance to halve the hole in four, but she refused the op portunity and missed her four. , The seventh hole was halved in six after Mrs. Hurd had caught the trap on her third shot. A good out, however, made her none the less off. On the eighth Mrs. Price, by a fine second shot out of the trap which runs across the fairgreen, managed to get a half. A par three on the short ninth by Mrs. Hurd started her on the inward nine three up. On the tenth against a strong head wind Mrs. Price's second found the trap (Continued' on- Pdge Nine)
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