New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-01

ran nip and tuck race to the green getting there
evenly in and close to the hole. Miss Curtis went
down for a boge 4, while Miss Hoyt, EVIL
IDENTIFY nervous. lost easy one to halve, and the
hole was won by Miss Curtis. Practically the
same conditions explain the loss Of the second
hole by Miss Hoyt. Each cleared the tracks
safely from the tee the third green and playing
faultlessly Miss Curtis fell dead to the hole In
3. PAS yards from the tee, and won in T. The
former champion made supreme effort 10 run
down an eight foot put but 1t just missed, and
size saw a third hole taken from her. In driving
off to the fourth each seemed trife nervous, al
though Miss Curtis credited with not possess
ing such a thing as nervousness. 1t is true she
did not evinee the anxiety that her rival mani
tested times. and the constant losing Of holes
did not serve to improve the even tenor OF Miss
Hoyt's mind. Miss Curtis topped her drive, stop
ping short Of the railroad track, but got over
nicely on her next. Miss HOyt fell into the rail
shots to GET over. but in approaching the green
she exceled her younger oPPSreT4J getting { pc
ever, holed out in against ]. At the short NTH
s sR oeps yd9Ffh her M de cu 5 me5 e e lad
lots of trouble in getting out and took nv The s
Miss HOyt golden chance to halve the sixth hole,
S nG nstP PoE n fe G seTdntb S Se yards
lowed. and another boyle BY Miss Hoyt PLAYED Led
eighth, S5l yards. The long ninth hole Miss Cur
green were worse than Miss Hoyt's, and. while the
latter used her brassie with good effect the Bos-
fourth Sr shot @S she hSfS was only fe% feet Behind
Hoyt. The latter lost on the green. IahlnS Q tOI
Miss Curtis's T. and the first hall cnded Win the
latter having the totally unexpected lead OF t.
one of the grandest Gp-hin EXHIBITIONS ever seen
In a championship. AS thoroughbred goher she
her the tenth hole. Miss Curtis making three
ragged plays and taking S. A glorious drive ana
Miss Curtis again, and Miss HOyt won with strokes
TO spare. Two holes were already Topped on, the
twelfth was haiyed comfortably in s. and then the
thirteenth hole, Miss Hoyt being slow to the green
and needing one more FSTieGI COR ma vs.
baiyed in 5 At this point Miss curtis seemed a
positive victor in short order for she led by 9, and
there were only four holes TO 60 At this IN
terestlng and exciting stage OF the struggle Miss
Hoyt developed genuine bTiIIianey making one OF
the gTandest uphill struggles Of her llte she had
lutely perfect golf. and won boyle O. 70 S for
her opponent. Miss Curtis gave her worst exhi-
the better drive on the next but Miss Hoyt out
did her in the iron approach 10 the green ana ran
62%n SAG long put Tor Go2e TINS was enie on Inc
It was now up to the home golfer to win both OF
the remaining holes She began by a screaming
drive from the seventeenth tee, and was dead 70
took one more her drive luckily leaping the
bunker but she topped her second Miss Hoyt
grouped around the clubhouse near the home green.
The tee is a hollow. Her drive perfection
to the edge of the green. Rolling up dead in 3. a
two foot put gave her the hole. tieing the game.
and a storm Of applause broke from the gallery.
be drIy 5ut Isnded tVyys feet rom the hole ia
run the ball down. but il went beyond, and was
Playing 10 the first hole again for the nine
teenth. there was little to choose between them,
clubs favorite went down and Each drove
perfectly landing within a foot foot Of each other
failed falling in the sand back OF the mounds
opening between the two bunker ridges Miss Hoyt
was I'm doubt whether to use a cleek iron
stead of playing short to clear in g. she tried 10
: get over the bunker at once. and lost getting a