New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
GOLF.
FRANCES C. GRTSCoM WINS THE
woNENs CHAMPIONSHIP IN A
BRILLIANT GAME.

-, vsar-old Boston crack by 6 up and 4 to play.
80, minutes before the final round started
- ,ns- II a thousand would have dared TO pre-
49, such high victory. and st must be confessed
- three out Of every five based their hopes, and
=. ~ their finances on Miss Curtis. The de-
- golfer failed lamentably TO show the high
- form that she gave the previous day
- she amazed the Shinneoock fraternity by
s-.+,nF Mss Hoyt IN a twenty hole game. IN
ss-.nr Miss Curtis only ordinary, missing
- times from the tee than she has in all the
s--,s- FOUR days put together. Miss GriScom
-. .hs superior in her iron approaches, and her
-...s,1ess did not break in the least The new
s.-,uton n fact. played the best golf Of the
- and after the fifth hole practically had the
.-,s IN her hands. So high a championship score
=. never before been made IN the final round OF
---t-as States women championship. When Miss
- vro- her honors for the first time in 1856 at
-[.--4s County. she beat Mrs Arthur B. Turnure
= re narrow score OF up and l to play The
sonovtug year al Essex County Miss Hoyt best
zr,ss y C Sargent by up and 10 play. and in
SO A. Ardsley. she beat Miss Maude K Wet
-.ore by : Up and TO play. Last year. at the
pLns5elphla Country Club. Mrs. UnderhiL won
- highest honor by beating Mrs Caleb F. Fox
~ : u and 20 play
~ snd Mrs Clement c. Griscom were both
So Inks and the entire Crscom party after the
,,r. enjoyed the applause the champions caddie,
- brother Rodnan f Griscom. receiving gen
-ous credit for his share IN the victory The day
As perrect for the game. and all Southampton
I'D OH 10 view the Anal struggle. over one
.Aoussnd persons saw the match, and enthusiasts
,.ns II or the early trains from far as ANA
--,sstt OF The east and Quogue and westhampCon
or he west
ysss G-isco-n had the honor At the start and
srgvs safe ball. carrying the sand bunker about
.rsry yards from the tee Miss Curtis disap-
,otnted her friends by falling 10 live up 70 her
ing driving reputation for she topped the ball
t-- ror carry q over one hundred yards. The
~ however ran OF 10 the right, and fell into
tlph g-ass back OF the stables. She got out well
.-on e rashte shot, but only obtained a distance
.. about sixty feet. and her third fell short, too
Mss G-4scoa used a brassie on her second and
.s--sed well but the ball fell into the road She
5seksa & ont cieverly with her nashie and landed
-sn On the green. She pUtued out safely in 8 win
rtur ne hole Miss Curtis needed z From the
second tee the latter made another miserable drive
nyuptng Ire ball ard sending Il into the high grass
sbout eighty Yards distant She got OUT well IN 2
h-t landed II the bunker the next, and her
faurts shot Just raised the ball half way up the
snhs-zme1t and Il rolled back into the sand II
took her clear the obstruction. and her chances
for the hole were gone Miss Griscon. from
pertect drive, played her second short. remember
tnF --obaoly Mss Hoyts fatality on the previous
ds- when rhs latter rr5eG 70 carry the bunker
f-o1 cleek shot Miss Grlsccn was almost hole
hiKh n g. and. having strokes 70 spare for the
hole purred safely and won n 5, 10 for her. op-
pone1t The Ia1.entab.e lack Of confidence and
tie friends q the clever Bostonia1 golfer and her
position IS 1avorite 20 win dropped many points
A return 70 her best form appeared on the third
hole Each drove well over the railroad track and
then ne Philadelphia made her drst mistake, top
ling her approach and sending the ball barely ten
feet Mss Curtis followed with sliced ball into
high Eress but got out beautifully, and. putting
ID dead 70 the hole il 4 just missed running down
BY TWO inches. Miss G-iscom atoned for her bad
shot BY reaching the green il 8, and the hole was
hAIved ms.
Miss Curtis showed her driving capacity il fine
fsttle fl the drive over the track for the fourth
hole. She ran over thirty yards beyond, getting E
perfect lie while Miss Griscom fell just over the
rzng OF TIE far side OF the track She carried the
bal CIT 4gt-h shot worthy OF the coming cham
piou and nasterfUl approach placed her ball on
the green twenty feet from the hole n g. Miss
Curtis ran well beyond the green in 2, but came
down dead II and won II l. Miss CIr1scom made
E noble effort 70 hsIve from long put The lat
te>s lead was new reduced 70 l. and when the Bos-
toran won the next hole. tieing the game on the
ecth green her friends picked UP courage and pre-
6.cted that al would yet be well She made
nnaE1.fcert drive, the ball striking the edge OF
The decline over the green I62 yards from the tee
and rolling fifteen yards beyond She was UP in
snd holed our IL !. Miss Griscom got into more
trouble for she landed II the bunker guarding the
green and being forced 10 play back failed 70 get
cut c. the sand She got over nicely on the next
rr1sl. but mad 10 chance 70 halve, and really gave
ID the hole Miss Curtis threw away the sixth
from rEo-foot put On her drive the bail failed
carry the track. falling under the steps erected
70 ascend The railroad bank She vas allowed 10
PICK ID without penalty and drop back Miss Girls
Jared 10 better. falling n the ditch beyond the
t-zcks getting E worse lie 70 play out on her next
shot The second and third shots Of both brought
tas balls nearer the green, and they were on the
rlca- green grass n 4 a long put carried Miss
G-iEcou dead 10 the hole. and she Won IN g. Miss
Curtis 1zasd 10 20 down II e similar figure, when
SIZE wss dead 70 the hole The latter was then
dovl The seventh-557 yards-was played fault
lesy By each the balls lying close together on the
drives Il three the white spheres lay ten feet
from the hole 4 lucky and well played pUE gave
Mss Griscou the hole in 4 one under bogls- Miss
Curtis made q grand attempt 10 run down for a
ast %, Eer ba- stopped short AILho4gh g eLs
from he,. again on the eighth, did Miss GriscoLns
s-psor steac-1ess orlIg ouL me J. -1i--St- 90
tournament play, clearing the railroad track N
yar5s 5e4o15 rs 1 c!5Ttiz vas gEain poor from
5ae Tee. the BAL falling upon the side O the oaIlh;
ehe got over handsomely, ana then olsap s
ner friends by pulling her brassie stroke INTO nlgh
S@@ss 1er 1orth shot barey goS me t Da4i Out a
9rasse q equal ability, and overran the green N
- safely Tor g. Miss Curtis was iorceo IL
Gos OF rare zac uagnifcent excellence was seen
o. Tie long ninth hole. 80 yards The champion
Sa-p rivals did Themselves proud from the tee MSS
- he sopirg t7isi5 eli rassies except one iron
tnot ~ Miss Curtis Yet, after playing three, the
later wss TOP Of the hill, some 20 yards II
ADVANCE Miss Grscoun exceled on the approach,
Role AisE Curtis was TOO hard and ran seVera-
yards beyond ne green. The former won aIIllo
generous applause II a boyle g. a score that was
yy-Ay eqls--e1 by Mss HoyL the previous cay
A-ss Curtis was again forced 70 make the eHort %
naive 0ut failed from q long put. Al the turn or
sAe game the 5OstOnian was forced 70 see INC
leeVy leac Of four holes piled Up against her ne
crowd the nh al this time numbered close 10
80 tloLsaIc persons. and the competitors Grove
- - 20 The tenth, OF them sat down on lile
--tccks 70 await the return TO the twelfth hole
T1EsILect play marked the 10 the tenth green.
e--ss GrLscgn. nerrcWlH missed Winning from ~