New-York tribune., 1910-06-01
Miss Hyde Holes Out with a
Mashie on Home Green.
MISS MIX ON HER GAME
Keen Fight to Qualify in Testing
Round for Metropoli-
tan Title.

Miss Julia F. Mix the title holder. had 20
share low score Honors with Miss l. 2.
HYDE a new aspirant for fame in fhe
eightssn-hols testing round Ct the eleventh
annual championship tournament Of the
vomen's Metropolitan Golf Association.
which began yesterday on the MoutcIair
links. They returned scores Of ~ each.
As result of brave effort or the part
Of the association 70 keep at the head o.
the procession. its followers mustered more
than forty strong. and practically all the
fsvorites did we'll in the medal round. an
exacting test considering that only the
hrst eight were entitled TO continue on FOR
the championship.
So fast was the pace set by the leaders
that when the last card had been returned
only those with scores Of a. OF better had
made the first division. The keenness on
/ the part Of the players was due largely TO
/ the efforts Of the officials. more psrticU-
I larry to Mrs NJ. D. Paterson. the president.
and Mrs z. F. Sanford, the secretary. IN
writing personal appeals for strong rep
resentation.
I That the honors do not always belong TO
the young was shown by Mrs ". F. Nor
/ gan. the Bsl.usro1 woman. who only missed
/ by the narrow margin Of a stroke getting
into triple tie for the medal
! Interest In the early hours was enIivened
/ through the fine work Of Miss Hyde There
had been rumors Of her good golf while
/ in the South last winter. and report had II
/ also that she could drive a long ball ANY
one who saw the Bay Shore girl play the
/ home hole will be willing to testify in favor
| Of her long game. The hole IS so yards
! Yet Miss Hyde got such length Of the tee
that an iron sufficed for the second shot.
This left the bail hole high 70 the right Of
the green and then Miss Hyde did the spec
/ tacular by holing out with her mashie
| for 5.
Poor putting going out was responsible
fer her taking 40 to the turn. but there
after she made few mistakes until the long
seventeenth. where the Long Island player
got bunkered and took = Even so. the in
play vas Al. the card reading as follows:
Miss L. B. HYDE. Bay shore
Tfg''-,-,-,... fH'-.......... : : 3 So : 4n-oo
Miss Hyde plays in good form with a fuIl.
graceful swing and the average length OF
her tee shots would do credit 10 a profes-
sional
Miss Mix. who established the women :
record for the links in a competition there
last season, had two strokes the better OF
Miss Hyde up to the home hole. where the
champion took ;. Going out Miss Mix
had an at the long sixth. Her card read
| as follows:
Miss Julia r. Mix. Ensl.rocd
Out.---.-.... ; > : 2-iE
Gn.--..-..-... a J-42-9C
Although the programme called for four
eights. an extra one was decided upon so
that nearly an of the original starters will
have chance 70 continuA = match play.
Those who Withdrew we're Mrs. Sanford.
who has had little or no practice this sea
son, and Mrs. ]. a. Moore. The latter. con
sidering her lack of experience in tourna-
ment golf did exceedingly we'll getting
around in 100. but she inadvertently vio-
lated a rule in taking the advice of others
Upon finding out her mistake Mrs Moore
withdrew.
There was tie at the bottom Of the fifth
division between Mrs. T. Nelson. Of Hack
ensack. and Miss T. Lindenmeyer. Of Rich
mOnd County. On the pIay-OT Mrs. Mel
son won This was the only tie that oc-
CURED in any OF the divisions.