New-York tribune., 1906-10-13
REACH GOLFING FINAL
BOSTON WILL KEEP TITLE.
Mtss Adams and Miss Curtis Survive
for Women's Championship.

West Newton, Mass. Oct. R.-Two well
Fought matches on the links OF the Bras Burn
Country Club to-day brought Miss Mary B.
Adams OF the woIlsston Golf Club. OF Boston
and Miss Harriet s. Curtis. of the Essex Coun-
" Club. Manchester. Mass, to the final round
OF the wonen's national golf championship tour
nament These two players, both Of whom are
residents of Boston. will play an eighteen-hole
match tomorrow for the title and the custody
OF the trophy presented some years ago by Rob
ert Cox. OF Scotland.
OF the two matches in the seni-fnal round
to-day. that between Miss Adams and Mrs. R
H. Barlow. OF the Merton Club, Philadelphia
was the most exciting. and we'll rewarded the
three or four hundred persons who trailed along
after the players over hill and dale. Miss Adams
won on the seventeenth green by up and 1
to play.
Miss Curtis was never headed IN her contest
with Miss Anita Phipps. Of Springfield. Mass.
Although the latter made good uphill fight.
Miss Curtis won on the seventeenth green by
8 up and 1 10 play
Miss Adams outplayed Mrs. Barlow in all de-
partmsnts OF the game. but the latter had an
amazing amount OF luck, and It was not until
the thirteenth hole that the Boston player secured
a safe lead. Miss Adams outputted and out
drove the Philadelphia player, but twice Mrs.
Barlow laid her impossible stymies, and twice
Mrs. Barlow had two OF her badly played shots
Jump out OF traps onto the fair green.
On the greens Miss Adams seldom took more
than two puts for the hole. and several times
ran down long. in her own peculiar style.
She was seldom off the course, but when she did
get In the rough she heavily penalized.
while Mrs. Barlow's ball seemed to have fac
ulty OF finding good lies. There excep-
ton, however, and this at critical stage. IN
playing to the fifteenth green, Mrs. Barlow
sliced her second into the long grass and when
she came up TO play her third shot, she found
It resting underneath another ball which some
former player had lost. Miss Adams permitted
the lost ball to be lifted. Mrs Barlow got but
little distance on her third, and Miss Adams won
three. After Mrs. Barlow had won the sixteenth
the seventeenth was halved. which gave Miss
Adams the match
Miss Phipps, in her match with Miss Curtis.
was extremely nervous for three or four holes.
She sliced and pulled and missed short puts,
while Miss Curtis played like machine and
earnsd a commanding lead. Miss Curtis was
up at the seventh hole and I'D at the turn.
When all too late Miss Phipps began TO play the
game she is capable OF, and cut down Miss Cur
tiss lead to l ur at the fifteenth hole. Both
were on the sixteenth green in two. when Miss
Phipps missed fouF-foot put, while Miss Curtis
ran down one OF twenty feet. which gave her the
hole and made her dorTnie two. This was the
turning point for IN going to the seventeenth
green Miss Phpps short on her drive and
. bunkered on her second shot. After making
four attempts to pitch out she gave up the hole
and the match.
most perfect conditions Of weather and green
and tfe largest crowd Of the week followed the
. players over the course. The summary follows
wouaen's national championship (sernihnal round
Mis-. Mary 3. Adams Wolaston Golf CLUB Boston oeaI
Mrs R II Barlow, Merton Club Philadslohia ny VI
o follows: