TMEMMEMU1ST I
VOL. XX, NO. 19
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1917
FIVE CENTS
MISS ROSENTHAL'S MEDAL
Mrs. Barlow Second and Mrs. Hard
Third in Qualifying Round
Fatteit Field Ever Entered In tbe
Women's United North
and South
F1 EXPECTATION
and interest almost
equal to that pre
ceding the National
Championship pre-
wl I fd vae( at tie lub
fk H ( l.jjMonday morning.
Assembled for the Women's
Championship the United North
and South was a cordon of
champions, the veteran golfing
world, each with their large and
loyal following, the subject of
endless comparison and debate,
ready to decide the mooted ques
tion on the links. Mrs. Roland
H. Barlow was there to defend
the title won these last years by
such close and desperate margin
from the old champion of the
world, Mrs Dorothy Campbell
Hurd. What man can guess the
outcome between these two
Airs. Hurd having,' as in former
years, just taken the Silver Foil
trophy from Mrs. Barlow in two
rounds of medal play. And what
of Elaine Rosenthal, that comes
flushed with victory from Flori
da and who has been the delight
of the gallery for weeks .past by
reason of a phenomenal driver?
Can she still hold the odds
against Miss Mildred Caverly,
second only to Alexa Stirling at
Belmont Springs ? Or can any girl
however clever with the midiron
start with any great confidence
from the first tee with Mrs. J. R.
Price in the game who came
through to the finals last year
and drove Mrs. Barlow to the
eighteenth green?
To discover the answer to this
perplexing proposition all ' Pine-
hurst and golfdom turned out in
brilliant array of purple and
gold, arid yellow coats and red
Scotch caps, with score cards and
wicker seats and opera glasses
and white flannels that morning,
when the medal round began.
There was trouble ahead for
the old stars. The skies had but
recently ceased their sorrow, and
heavy greens militated against
grandstand putting. The last
bunker on the course yawned for
Mrs. Barlow, while a single un
friendly trap it accountable for
more astonishing her ' resultant
score of 89, eked out by the
steadiest approaching seen that
day.
Going out the favorites were
about 'even, Mrs. Barlow being
in the lead with 42, Miss Rosen
thal and Mrs. Price even with 43,
and Mrs. Hurd, Mrs. C. B. Hol
hngsworth of Greensburg and
Miss Caverly only one stroke
behind.
These and Mrs. M. J. Scammel
of Oakmont and Miss Sarah
Fownes, who has many times
A WONDERFUL FINISH
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Xiiy 'leaders in the north and south
Miss Elaine Rosenthal,' 'the Champion; Miss Mildred Caverly, Miss Eleanor
Gates and Mrs. Eoland II. Barlow
figured in the championship in
years past, constitute the fast
est first division ever enrolled in
the classic.
Summary. Played over num
ber two course.
no less than five strokes in Miss
Caverly's score.
The most consistent game and
the medal belong to Miss Elaine
Rosenthal. Wonderful in her
drives, casual and successful on
the greens, she made the course
in 86, including a 6 on the 18th,
two better than Mrs. Barlow and
three better than Mrs. Hurd. The
National medalist made two as
tonishing exhibitions. For some
reason her driver was not work
ing, and she played wild and
loose with her tee shots. All the
Miss Elaine S. Rosenthal,
Ravisloe 43 43 86
Mrs. Roland H. Barlow,
Merion 42 46 88
Mrs. J. V. Hurd,
Pittsburgh C. C. 44 45 89
Mrs. J. R. Price, Oakmont 43 49 92
Miss Mildred Caverly,
Philadelphia Cricket 44 50 92
Concluded on page six)
Miss Rosenthal Wins Spectacular
Match from Mrs. Hard
Final In All Ulvlilon of Women'
Championship Marked ly
Cloae Scores
when all
A MORE perfect
setting for a golf
match could hardly
be imagined. Fair
were the Spring
f I skips nnd crentle and
warm the breezes,
Pinehurst in gala array
lined up at the first tee on the
championship course to see the
grand finale between Miss Elaine
Rosenthal, victor over Mrs. Bar
low, and Dorothy Campbell Hurd
known of old. The first balls
driven gave intimation of the his
toric struggle to follow. Mrs.
Hurd is conceded to be master
of the short and accurate game.
But her drives have recently de
veloped a most deplorable hook,
and it was on this hook that the
Rosenthal chances were sanc
tioned. The Florida champion led off,
true to form and a delight to
the eye, with a long ball singing
two hundred ana forty yards
down the course. Alexa Stirling,
what do you say to that? Does
this maiden need any short
course built for feeble women?
The next shot showed that all
hopes based on a Hurd hook
were doomed to oblivion. True
as a base line Mrs. Hurd sped her
shot to within a span of the other
ball, and the delighted gallery
moved down the' course, like an
army with banners. This is quite
literal. It looked like new Rus
sia's birthday. For the marshalls
of the host, ever and anon order
ing a premonitory halt, Fore,
with Col. Ormsbee in the Van
and Dr. Brown, on the right