New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
DEFEAT FOR MRS. STOUT.
BOSTON GOLFERS YIN.
Some Interesting Matches in Wom-
ems National CHAMPIONSHIP.

MISS Heorglanna Bishop of Bridgeport title
holder; Miss Margaret Curtis, of Boston; Miss
fauiiile Mackay. of Oakley. the Massachusetts
champion. and Miss Grace Keyes of Concord,
were the survivors OF the big field Of sixty-six
starters in the women's national golf champion
snip at the end of the third round at match
play yesterday over the course OF the Morris
county Golf Club. at Convent Station.
Inc round was marked by the defeat of Mrs.
Charies l. Stout the metropolitan champion. by
Miss Margaret Curtis. This came as a shock
to all save the Boston contingent as Mrs Stout
was warm favorite for the coveted title Miss
Curtis outdrove her from the tee, however. and
won we'll deserved victory by . up and to
play. The conditions were none too favorable
for golf. as a cold wind blew across the links
and seriously handicapped the players at some
holes
The Mrs. Stout-Miss Curtis match carried
the gallery. Howard Britten. of Englewood. car
ried for Mrs. Stout, while Miss Curtis depended
solely on one of the regular caddies
half topped drive from the first tee gave
Mrs Stout too much to do her second. so that
MISS Curtis. getting home with mashie.
the first hole in to 5. She should have won the
second hole also, as she practically drove the
green Mrs. Stout. using a cleek. failed to carry
the punch bowl" and her second, out of the
rough. was short, but capital recovery left her
ball close to the cup and Miss Curtis fell short
on her second, and three more puts made it
case OF to in favor of Mrs. Stout.
a pulled drive by Miss Curtis from the next
tee brought up close to the fence and she had
to play out left-handed- No damage was done. as
Mrs Stout fiubbed her approach into the bunker.
She played out with nibliol1 and earned a
halve in 5. Mrs. Stout luckily won the fourth
hole in 3 to 6. after being in trouble. Miss Cur
tbs approached weakly, while the other rose to
the occasion by running down sx-footer- On
the next green Miss Curtis seemed to have the
hole at her mercy. but her wee put turned off
just as it appeared to be dropping in the cup.
and halve in resulted.
1t was Mrs Stout's turn TO miss baby put
on the next green. so that the Boston girl took
the hole in 3 to g. thereby squaring the match.
Poor drives practically cost Mrs Stout the next
three holes. the other winning in 3. and 3,
Miss Curtis went out in A. to her opponents
4S and stood up turning for home
Mrs Stout has the reputation for playing her
best golf in an uphill fight. and she pleased her
admirers nightly by holing a ten-foot put for
a 3 at the tenth and taking the long eleventh in
a par < This left her only one down, and, after
halving the next two holes, the metropolitan
champion squared the match at the fourteenth
Her second shot found the bunker. but after
getting on the green she holed long put for
a g. Miss Curtis was hole high in B and then
fused around for more.
A bunkered drive cost Mrs. Stout the fifteenth
From the next tee Miss Curtis easily outdrove
Mrs Stout forty yards, The railroad tracks
loomed up ahead, a formidable barrier. consid-
ering the gale of wind blowing directly in their
faces Mrs. Stout, who cieek instead of
a brassey through the green, realizing that 1T
would be impossible to carry the hazard, played
short. Miss Curtis. however. played a beauty
to the green with her brassey. Mrs Stout was
there on the odd, and then both took puts
Now dorrnte 2 all Miss Curtis needed was
halve. which she got at the next hole, both get
ting As. This left Miss Curtis winner by ?
up and / to play. Mrs. Stout took her defeat
smiingly and warmly congratulated Miss Cur
it's The cards were as follows: