New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-14
GOLF CHAMPION BEATEN.
LOSES TO MISS MACKAY.
Miss Curtis Also Earns a Place IN
Final Round.

Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex County, and Miss
Pauline Mackay, Oakley. were the winners in
the serni-flnaI round for the women's national
golf championship yesterday over the links OF
the Morris County Golf Club. Both are Boston
girls. and they will meet in the final eighteen
hole round to-day
In the semi-fnaI Miss Mackay had the distinc-
ton Of beating Miss Georgiana Bishop, Of Brook
lawn the national champion, while Miss Curtis
fairly ran away from Miss Grace Reyes, OF Con-
cord In addition to the honor Of reaching tnat
stage of the championship the losing SEMI
fnsllists will receive bronze medals as shghI
balm to their fruitless ambitions.
A riot of October foliage. scattered hitner anu
thither by wind just keen enough TO make
sweaters and fur wraps comfortable Ior INC
scores of enthusiasts watching the play ana Ihe
bright green of the course, combined to make
a most attractive picture. while the conoluohs
could hardly have been more favorable for soI1'
Miss Mackay defeated Miss Bishop because
she played the steadier game, yet there was an
unusual incident, happening as 1t did at a crltl-
cal stage of the match that must be regarded as
having an important bearing on the final result
While playing the fourteenth hole Miss Mackay'
one up at the time. found the trap on her second
shot played out short and reached the green
on her fourth. Miss Bishop in the mean time
had reached the green IN three we'll played
shots She was slightly away and playing the
like her ball stopped about a yard short OF the
cup. Miss Mackay then played the odd. but
fell about four feet "shy" and had to play two
more which she did. holing the put.
It then looked like Miss Bishops hole, but the
three-footer baked when apparently about to
drop into the cup. 1t looked so easy that Miss
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dress the ball. made a hasty one-handed stab
with the result that It scarcely moved. That
hasty strike robbed her OF what would have
been a certain halve in 6. and in addition to
moral effect of throwing her off her game. It's
safe to say that the incident will prove lesson
to Miss Bishop not to trife with the wee puts"
in future.
A topped second shot cost Miss Bishop the
first hole. Miss Mackay getting a 4 To the
second hole Miss Bishops well meant drive
struck the tree which for years has stymied
countless drives deserving a better fate. In
this instance the ball rebounded down the steep
made the far edge of the green, and, putting
beautifully the hole was hers in 3 to D.
They halved the third in s, and the only
reason Miss Mackay did not win the fourth
was because Miss Bishop laid her a dead stymie
Miss Bishops first hole was at the sixth her
opponent taking three puts. They halved the
next three holes in 6's, Miss Mackay missing
twelve-inch put on the ninth green for the hole
This left the Boston player l up at the turn
Miss Bishop. playing the tenth, missed her
drive, the ball barely trickling off the tee to
almost unplayable lie In her efforts to get out
the Brooklawn girl got only a few yards, the
ball bringing up among a lot of loose grass
and twigs. A discussion arose here to
whether the stuff on which Miss Bishops ball
was resting was not extraneous matter pertain
Ing to the upkeep Of the links, thereby permit
ting her TO drop back without penalty.
w. Fellows Morgan, secretary Of the United
States Golf Association. who was referee de-
cided otherwise, although Miss Mackay. unwill-
ing to take any questionable advantage. argued
strongly in favor of allowing Miss Bishop TO
drop back. The latter played the ball from
where it lay, but the hole was lost as Miss
Mackay made mistakes and was down in t.
This made Miss MaCkay 2 up, but it was her
time TO have some hard luck playing the
eleventh. Her second shot made the trap but
playing out her ball would have been nicely on
the green had it not hit a branch OF a tree and
dropped in the bunker thereby costing her the
hole
Now only down, Miss Bishop PLAYED the
twelfth hole perfectly getting a and squaring
the match. Miss Mackay won the AIS yard
thirteenth hole. however, against the wind in a
capital 5. Then came the eyentful fourteenth
hole. and a pulled drive practically cost Miss
Bishop the fifteenth as well. Miss Mackay win
ming in to g. The Oakley girl was now dormie
3. She lost the sixteenth through taking 8
puts, but the seventeenth was hers when Miss
Bishop failed to carry the bunker from the tee
Miss Mackay might have had a a. but as a
was sufficient she took no chances. This gave
her the match by up and 1 to play Arden
Robbins the Garden City amateur, carried for
Miss Mackay. Their cards follow: