New-York tribune., 1909-06-10
TITLE FOR MISS ADAMS
WTNS GOLF CHAMPION
SHIP OF EAST.
Hrs For Three Strokes 45cdy and
the National Champion a
Distant Third.

,e Mary r Adams, OF Wollaston. won the
,-,rionslip tournament of the Women's Eastern
-,s Association fer the second time in four years
- the Baltusrol links yesterday. The winner
O,-,srfsd her first elghteen-hole score of 81 on
-assav with a "a yesterday. for a total OF 1s5.
- strokes better shan Mrs. Caleb T. Fox, Of
t5rnting5on Valley, her next nearest opponent
,nss Kate Harley the national champion, came
thhd, with 2h
,stss that only those within twelve strokes of the
,..5er Al the end OF the first day eligible TO
ortir7,e in the competition. all save the three
-nart.aned were eliminated before yesterdays
orra II would be difficult imagine try
,ng weather conditions The pelting rain continued
su dey making the difficult course more trying
than
Miss Adams PLAYED steady, consistent golf. her
,oorest exhibition coming al the long fourth hole.
rbere after a good drive she played her second
sbot short Of the cross bunker with iron and
used an iron again for fear OF getting into the trap
guarding the green The Massachusetts, champion
fbea fubbed her approach badly, so that the hole
cost her s
fine drive TO the edge Of the ninth green
sbled Miss Adams to get there, and she turned
for home with an outward total Of =. The diff
cult tenth hole saw the Wollaston girl down in
rs- 4 but she played the eleventh up the hill in
differently experimenting a weak bTassie with
spproach that fell a trife short. That accounted
fer her S. hut Miss Adams atoned for the errors
with beautiful 3 at the twelfth where she
down from of the edge OF the green.
4 Wild drive from the fifteenth tee respon-
sble for a az that hole, and she made hash OF
ne next getting into the rough from the She
rsrained the fairway her second, but as the
hole is more than five hundred yards long il
impossible under the soggy conditions TO do much
better than an S Good work at the last two holes
enabled Miss Adams TO come back in a. so that
the round resulted in "a. Her card read fol-
lows:
Miss MsJy B Adams woIaston:
% Sut .:....... ,..:............ : I3-s4
Total for DAYS. IS5
Unouestioaaby the feature Of the days golf was
the g registered by Mrs. Fox This score at Bal
tusrol would DO credit to a woman at any time let
alone yesterday. when the going easily
srsl strokes harder. Mother" Fox the girls af-
fectonately call her. came in for hearty congratu-
lstions for her plucky night. Her only poor hole
going out was the seventh, where she lost two
strokes, but she managed 10 reach the turn in &c.
The tenth tee, the only the course not in
good turf, had become slippery with mud, that
Mrs Fox in driving was unable TO keep her foot
ing with the result that her tee shot got her in
trouble in the rough. From there she made brave
effort 10 reach the green on her second. but the
bali found the water. and that tells the story of
for the hole. where should have suf-
feed. Thereafter Mrs. Fox went along like cham
piOn, her only slip being at the long sixteen.
Two capital Is 10 end with enabled her TO
lme in &c.
Mrs Fox has occupied a prominent place
roter Of more than ordinary ability for a long
tna Some ten years ago she sprang into fame
by defeating Miss BeaTrix Hoyt at Philadelphia
Up 10 then Miss Hoyt had won the national title
IN three consecutive occasions, and generally
regarded as being in e class by herself. Three
years ago, IN the Eastern championship at the
Nassau Country Club Mrs. Fox made a good
showing but the following day easily eclipsed all
other efforts with s. for the round. This was
recorded n team match and its duplicate has yet
20 be made in this vicinity Her swing is as free
and as graceful as any girls. The card yesterday
read as follows: