New-York tribune., 1909-06-11
NEW YORK GOLF TEAM WINS
Philadelphia Beaten by Point After Hard Fight in First
Match GrisCom Cup.

New York defeated Philadelphia in the first OF
the intercity golf matches for the CIrscom cup
the links Of the Baltusrol Golf Club yesterday by
a score Of TO T. This entities the local team to
meet Boston in the decisive match to-day. It
a day full of surprises. keen matches. stirring fin
ishes. wet feet and bedraggled skirts.
When the first eight Of the fifteen matches sched-
uled had been returned the score stood: New York.
s: Philadelphia 3. Later it stood to in favor Of
New York. Fortunately for the home team. Mrs.
NJ D. Paterson then came in with the necessary
point for the tide turned suddenly, Philadelphia
winning all the other matches.
Miss Julia r. Mix. the metropolitan champion.
and Mrs Caleb F. Fox. who finished second to
Miss Adams in the Eastern championship on
Wednesday. headed the teams. and Philadel-
phia scored first, Mrs. Fox defeated Miss Mix
by 2 up Mrs. Fox proved once more that she Is
one Of the best match players In the country
Starting badly the Huntingdon Valley woman
found herself 3 down going to the seventh hole, but
with characteristic pluck fought on until she had
the match all square. at the eleventh a and )
at the twelfth and thirteenth holes made Mrs Fox
VI, and she then going at the top of her
game it looked like a forlon hope for Miss Mix
The metropolitan champion. however, succeeded in
cutting this down a hole, SO that Mrs. Fox stood
dorrnie ! on the eighteenth tee. The Philadelphia
woman " on that hole in perfect and finished :
up. The strokes 9S to 90 in favor of Mrs
Fox-not bad considering the heavy condition Of
the course.
One of the most remarkable matches ever seen
between women in this part Of the country resulted
from the meeting Of Mrs Stout and Miss Griscom.
both onetime national champions. At the outset
Mrs Stout failed TO find her stroke and this en-
abled Miss Griscom. who appeared in one OF her
low scoring veins. TO win six straight holes Inc
fact that the Philadelphia got the first in ana
the second in I gives an idea of the pace at which
she travelling
Going TO the seventh hole. however Miss Grls-
com got into difficulties and then Mrs. Stout took
a hand at winning The seventh was hers in a par
< and also the eighth in l. after an Indifferent
drive. A sliced tee shot put Miss Griscom out OF
the running at the ninth so that Mrs Stout turned
for home only down From there the Richmond
County woman reeled off five holes for total Of q
strokes and winning them all. became UP. they
divided the fifteenth hole In s. and II proved the
only halved hole in the match. At this point Mrs
Stout.s flash of oldtime form vanished entirely, and
nIayinE the last three holes inderently, she lost
them all so that Miss Griscom was able 10 win by
IN Miss Griscom went around in 49, as against
an 100 for Mrs. Stout
Miss Bishop was never in danger in her match
with Mrs Barlow after the first few holes 4
ragged short game cost the Brooklawn woman the
first hole but she squared accounts with fine
at the third. and by winning the fourth and
fifth holes in 6 and respectively became
m Mrs Barlow's chief trouble widness off
the tee lust the opposite to Miss Bishop, VINO with
her short back swing. generally kept the ball on
the flag After turning for home UP, Miss Bishop
u-on three holes hand running in IS. That made