FOURTH ROUND MATCHES. MISS BREWSTER'S POPULAR WIN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13991, 24 August 1909, Page 3

FOURTH ROUND MATCHES. MISS BREWSTER'S POPULAR WIN.

(Special to Herald.) PALMERSTON N., Aag. 38. The defeat of Mis. Btoghtaum *>■ tho sensational feature of to-day s pl*J. After the other champions had been put out it was regarded as almost certain that she would see the final, with possibly Miss Cowper of Wanganui. as her opponent. It was believed that Miss Humphreys eonld hardly keep up such phenomenal form in what was only her second golf season, and though Miss Brandon was known to be gallant, it was not thought the young Wellington player was of the calibre to defeat an ex-New Zealand champion. Miss Brandon, howerer, pla/eda I? 17 fine gam*, and not only defeated Miss Step&nW by .rterlmg play, **■ emphasised her r-osition by going out again m the afternoon the links record for the North Island team. She meets a Tery doughty opponent to-morrow in Miss Cowper, of Wanganui. Mis* Oowper has little or no back nrhtc, but a fine follow through after the manner of Harold, a wellknown Wanganui player, and, as already said, she is deadly straight. Mi* Woods' defeat by Mrs. Beran is not surprising, as, as anticipated, the Manawatit champion has found her lorni and equalled the links record of 89. In putting out the Christchurch girl Mrs. Kcvini's heat witli Miss Humphreys tomorrow should be deadly. It was her nutting which was off before, but she lias «ot cm to that. Th»> koennst interest was taken in Miss Humphreys' heat with that strong Dimr-lin phyer, Miss Gould. Kveryon» f oared that the young player would have suffereJ a reaction, and to some extent this was true, for Miss (Sould Hot the lead, and with dorm in looked to h»v<* the match absolutely safe. Miss Humphreys, however, came, at her so* strongly tlat she won the last four holes mid made all square. Going into the nineteenth amid intense excitement both drove well, and their approach puts were seven and five feet from the hole respectively. Miss Humphreys took lier put, and on the undulating green it was true, but stopped about three inches short. She concluded that >t was all over, and turned away and centred her lace, at *h» could not

bear to sec the winning put go down. But as she stood in suspense a gasp on the part of the spectators suddenly brought her round. Miss Gould's put had also gono straight and stopped short likewise three inches from th« hole lon tho opposite side of tho hole. The hole was halved in two, and tho little Christchurch girl, with a new lire, wont off with her opponent to tho second tee with another chance tor her lite at the twentieth holo, and winning it, made herself safe for the Miss Brewster's win in the Coronation Modal was very popular. She had a long handicap, and while her club mates were duly entered for tho Donnelly Cup as well as tho Coronation Medal. Miss Brewster was thought t« have so little chance that she was not entorod, and so had to see the valuable trophy M> to the second place.