Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-22

chase course had been the W with which
Miss Harriet Curtis won the low-score
prize in Mondays qualifying round.
Sensational Results.
The golfing had most sensational re-
suits. Mrs. Fox beat Miss Bishop by 3
up and to play. Miss Harley beat Miss
M. Curtis by 3 up and > to play, Mrs
Pohemus beat Miss Shreve by 3 up and
= to play and Miss Oliver beat Mrs. Nc
Cannon by up and 6 to play.
Miss Bishop made slightly the best of
the drives in starting with Mrs Fox, but
she overapproached. while Mrs Fox's
second was four feet from the cup Miss
Bishops third was so good that she was
able to get half in t. Miss Bshop
drove 900 yards down the wind from the
second tee, but Mrs. Fox topped her
drive, 1t took her two more to reach the
green. but Miss Bishop was on with her
second, and won in to 5
There was a battling side wind on the
third hole. Miss Bishop had the better
drive. Mrs: Fox slcing into the rough
She also sliced her second and was over
the green on her third. Miss Bishor get
ting within feet of the hole on the like.
MRS. FOX had fine approach and they
haived in D. Miss Bishop lost the fourth
driving into the bunker and lifting after
= niblick shots. Mrs. Fox havins :.
Both had good drives from tho fifth tee,
but Miss Bishop the best brassey shot
she overapproached on her third and Mrs.
FOX was snort on the like, yet she won
putt to halve. Mrs. Fox sliced her drive
into the brook and dropped back Miss
Blshop having fine straight hall and
winning the hole in ).
Ials squared the match. The wind was
with the hall on the seventh, Miss Rishon
getting about 21O yards on her drive to
Mrs F'ox's 1S5 yards. Miss Bishop was
hole hlsh Oft the green on her second.
but Mrs Fox did not get past the ditch.
She was on in 3 nicely. but Miss Bishop
.ala her third stone dead and Won in i
too, taking the lead. They started for the
eighth with equally good drives. Both
were too strong on the approaches, Miss
Blshop having to pitch over the cap
bunker. Mrs. Fox ran down a seven-foot
putt and Won the hole in to & Mrs
Fox was safely on the ninth green from
the tee, Miss Bishop slicing into the
rough. The best she could do was 4
out Mrs. Fox made a clever g. This made
her up at the turn and out in IS.
Details Of Play.
Mrs. Fox was on the 277-vard +enth
green with drive and a pitch. but Mis-.
Bishop was bunkered on her approach.
Mrs. Fox won in 4 to g. However aha
had her drive for the eleventh framed hv
the hazard. Miss Bishop driving finely.
Mrs Fox recovered we'll and IA Mis.
Blshop missed putt they halved in six.
MISS BISHOP was on the twelfth green In
Two, but Mrs. Fox was in bunker on tho
IKE IKE Miss Bishop won in to s. Mrs.
t toM nad the better drive for the thir-
teenth hole and was on the green in
three' Miss Bishop, who hit the COP bunk
er on the third. taking four to get there
Making no mistakes. Mrs. Fox was again
two up by win in five. They had great
ar,s se from the fourteenth tee and both
We're on the green in two. They haIyed
In four. On the long fifteenth hole neither
made mistake on the long game. They
old not approach we'll. and a half in seven
was the outcome Mrs Fox held the
snxtee a,,an green gre nicely. but Miss Bishop
her three and the match. The card:
Mrs Fox. 553 8755 3A3
MISS Blshop............4 4 81 4-4j
MRS. Fox. .............4 SIS "a
MISS 1shop...........5 4 6474
Meets the Champion.
There was little choice on the drives
they made to the first hole. but Miss Har-
ley ran her second up in splendid fashion
and copied for a fine start. 1t was
good enough to win the hole in 8 to 4. A
far gave her the second. She was out
driven: but her second was on the far
side of the green. with Miss Curtis short
on the like. but about ,equi-distant from
the hole. Both were weak on the an.
proach putt, and after Miss Curtis had
missed her the Fall River girl ran down
the like.
That powerful driver of Miss Curtis was
welded with fine effect against the wind
to the third hole. whereas Miss Harley's
tee shoe left her a full second to the
green. which she accomplished in perfect
do. was slightly off the green and past the
hole on the pitch. Miss Harley almost
ran down flfteen-foot putt for a 3 and
had the hole In to s. when Miss Curtis
missed the putt which would have won a
half.
Making no mistakes. Miss Harley added
to the sensation that she was creating
by winning the short hole in 3 to 4, and
making her lead up in as many played
She was past the hole on her tee shot
and layed her approach putt dead, while
the champion was short of tho bumper
from the tee and. took 1. To the long
hole: Miss Curtis must have driven about
225 yards with the wind at her back, 60
in quandary whether to attempt to car
ry the brook on her second, more than
300 yards. Finally she decided to try II
as down compelled something desperate
The attempt failed. and the ball was in
the mud and water. Instead OF lifting for
the loss of stroke the champion went
into the ditch and played 1t out. Miss
Harley had fine chance for the hole. hut
her approach. after two f1rst-class shots
was to the right Of the green, whence she
took three more to get down, and 1t was
half in i. w
For a change Miss Harley had a wce
bit the better drive from the next tee
two shots that would have done credit to
low-mark male golfer. Topped irons
followed, and they divided in 5.
Longest Drive Ever.
The longest drive ever made nv
woman. in all probability. was con.
tributed by Miss Curtis at the seventh.
1t was exactly 267 yards. no guesswork
about it either. for the ball sailed away
over hill. down a mild incline and
stopped on an old green Of known meas
urement from the tee. 1t left the cham
pion an easy midiron to the 45O-yard
hole, and she made the shot in fine style
At that the Fall River girl made the
champion work for the win. for she got
down q long putt for s. Miss Curtis
got a ali right, won the first hole for
her in the match and reduced the lead
to 3 UP. -t
Three p,IttS for Miss Harlev m tho