The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-15
WOMEN TO DECIDE
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Miss Georgeanna Bishop and
Mrs. Sanford TO Meet
Today

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 14.-Miss
Georgeanna Bishop, Of the BrooklaWn
Country club, Bridgeport, Conn.,, and Mrs.
E. s. Sanford, of Essex Country club,
the links of the Merton Cricket club at
Haverford to decide the woman's golf
championship of the United States. Miss
Bishop has. on several occasions, inquired
prominently in championship contests,
but Mrs. Sanford occupies the honor OF a
semi finalist for the first time. Mrs. San
ford's victories have been attributable to
her splendid approaching and deadly put
ting.
Miss Bishop. on the other hand. has
played splendid long game while her
putting has shown considerable ragged
ness. Miss Bishops experience in the
championship tournament is expected to
help her considerably tomorrow, when
she meets Mrs. Sanford in the final round
for the championship.
Mrs. Sanford won her way into the mai
round by defeating Miss Pauline Mackay,
of the Oakley Country club, who had dis
posed of the British champion, Miss Char
lotte bod: in the first match play round.
Miss Mackay appeared tired out from her
past efforts when she met Mrs. Sanford,
and played her poorest match OF the
tournament. AS a result she was beaten
by up and to play. She won the hrSt
hole owing to Mrs. Sanfords poor drive.
Three holes in succession then went TO
the New Jersey representative, who mad
matters all her own way owing TO thc
and the match ended at the thirteenth
green. The cards:
Mrs. Sanford s5s 55 ,.ss sEas
MISS Mackay .......;9 . o''
Mrs. Sanford ........5
Miss Mackay ........6 8.
In the match between Miss Bishop and
Miss Harley, of Fall River, both played
sterling golf through the fair green Only
TO the fifth hole, where Miss Harley found
both bunkers and the thirteenth, where
each failed to make the sembiance OF a
decent shot, could any fault be found.
Miss Bishop outdrove Miss Harley some
fifteen or twenty yards, and was deadly
on shots twenty yards from the green.
Miss Bishop assumed the lead at the sec
ond hole, and won the match by up ana
3 to play. The cards: =.
Miss Harley .........6 S S 86756 A53
Z Miss Bishop ..-......5
Miss Harley 6 757
The summary of the match play fol-
lows:
Championship. semi fnal--Mrs. r. s.
Mackay. Oakley, Z up and to play
Miss Georgeanna Bishop, BrooklaWh,
beat Miss K. G. Harley, ran River, 4 up
Miss bod. the English champion. met
with another defeat today. when she play
ed off the tie match with Miss Louise
Vanderhoef of Ardsley, and Miss Har-
riott Curtis, of Essex county, for the TWO
tropics offered by the United States Golf
association in the qualifying stroke play
round. They had tied on Monday, with
90, and this afternoon Miss Vanderhoef
and Miss bod tied a second time at lol
for the sixteen holes. In the play of both
negotiated the nineteenth hole IN ., anq
Miss Yanderheef secured the twentieth
hole and the first prize with a to Miss
Dod,s g. Miss Curtis dropped out at the
sixteenth hole.
Miss Emily Lockwood, of Lexinsson,
and Miss Mollie Adams of Woolaston,
won the cups, the gift of the Merton
Cricket club, offered in the best ball four
somes contest, with the score OF 81. MISS
Dad and Miss Harriott Curtis had to &C
cept second place. finishing a stroke worse
than the leaders.