New-York tribune., 1900-08-29

olt Association fell 10 her possession for the fifth
tine OF the links Ct the Shtnnecock Hills Club
Yesterday Miss Hoyt's score was 81 strokes for
The long eighteen hole course 536s yards il extent
Tue this was slightly higher than her practice
score @: q made two weeks ago but nervousness
6eo-alzs6 her game TO the extent OF at least three
strokes OF the first hole she required eight
strokes 1or the 81 yards After she withdrew from
re critical gaze OF large gallery she recovered
he- free. -1erhodicaI style OF play, and with the
exception OF slipping Up II three or four easy puts
Esvs 8 magnificent exhibition OF steady golf
Close behind her with IS came Miss Frances c.
Gr.sco-, q the Merton Cricket Club Philadelphia,
who OF TWO occasions has stood among the four
honor competitors IN the National tournament
Mss G-1scom returned from Scotland about a
month ago and IS fresh from old country practice
o. he famous North Berwick links She
among the last 70 get away from the first tee. but
drove E magnificent ball, undaunted by the hun
orets q eyes riveted upon her. She followed II Up
win perfect second shot, reaching the green in
and holed out IN !, the only woman 70 equal
mems bogey figures for that hole On the short
Herh. IA yards. she wzs rewarded with 3. and her
= for the first nine holes the best for that
hart ot the course No fault could be found with
her second half. for which she took - strokes, but
Mss Eoyt's z5 for the same holes was just enough
70 eve he previous champion the narrow lead OF
Two strokes
N,ss Margaret Curtis seveuteen-year-old Bos-
ron golfer who has not appeared n a champion
snip since she qualified three years ago a. Essex
County secured me IE-rC POSITION VIII III 4LeSe
rhree therefore obtained the medals given BY the
Colt Association FOR the medal play round honors.
II comparison 10 the championship at Philadei-
phta last year me low scores were Improvement
Mss Eoyt's q was The only score under 100 at
that tine This yea- there are TWO. both better
For the sixteenth place 1N high water mark
n The present case this was exceeded BY four,
as II got the last eligible place. At the latter
figures four cet. Mss Grace z. Keyes Of Concord
Mss Marie HARRISON OF Aflsqusuicut; Miss Made
line Chzuacey. q Dyks- Meadow, and Mss Bessie
. Howe. OF Pt-osburZ- Mss KeyeE the tie
the second hole thus securing the coveted chan
p.onsh4p position while the others took top places
Il Ghird eight division for one Of the Two spe
cta- cups offered by the club.
Why the qualifying scores s high?'' was
TIE question usually heard after the round was
over. wherever goldng groups were gathered the
clubhouse piazza Willie Thompson, professional
q tie Huntington Valley Club. near Philadelphia
wao cane . caoc.e So- Mrs Caleb T. Fox the
runaer-up last year, expressed the reason rersely
when he said Most OF the players are accustomed
The usual inland COURSE while on this sandy
ground TIE approaches have 70 be played quite diff
ferently. Mrs. Fox, for instance used her putter
almost entirely IL her short approaches The
usual nashie approach cannot be used successfully
and = brassie shots the ball must Be taken up
from the turf These differences n play natu-
rally increased The scores 70 some extent"
Regarding the course itself, there was no room