New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-23
'NPERBAS RALLY To WIN MISS HYDE LEADS FIELD
Golf Champion on Her Game IN
the Testing Round.
LAKE A DISMAL HAZARD
Many Women Come to Grief in
Driving from the Eigh-
teenth Tee.

PLAYING in her usual dashine style, Miss
! Lillian r HYDE. Of the South Shore Field
! Club. once again demonstrated her class by
winning the low score medal IN the eigh-
teen-hole qualification test Of the Women
Metropolitan Golf Association champion
snip tournament with a capital round OF
s over the links Of the Scarsdale Golf and
Country Club YESTERDAY Miss Hydes
score. tho only one in the SOS. led her
closest competitor. Mrs Florian Krug. OF
I Enelewood. by a three stroke margin.
There were forty-odd starters. but only
thirty-three finished. There were reasons.
The principal one vas the lake which
stretched out I'm front Of the players as
/ they stood on the eighteenth tee one un-
fortunate contestant after struggling over
hills and dales for three hours. reached the
last tee hopeful Of qualifying The hole is
a trife more than two hundred yards. but
a carry Of half that distance will get one
over in safety
! When the golfer in question drove into
the water the splash was followed by 80
many others that the frogs became
alarmed In fact. the only happy person
/ appeared 10 he the boatman. who had 10
row overtime i'm his endeavcrs 10 retrieve
the hals-for a consideration. The more
the others watched the diving balls the
more the sight got on their nerves. until
| finally ii became habit.
There were. ~ course. others who kept
their nerves and their heads down long
I enough 10 get over one Of these was
| Miss HYDE Her drive brought M -
cuppv lie on the hillside and saying 70
! herself. Never M. never IN" she went AT
the hall So vigorously with the mashie that
! the little globe flew clear over the green
/ and across the seventh farvay beyond
! Throughout the round the metropolitan
champion drove long balls. some ~ her
/ tee shots being fully % yarda. AZ the
is-yard seventeenth Miss HYDE got home
with a drive and midron and had no
trouble AZ all I'm getting a {
The book NJ rules was in great demand
/ after the completion ~ the round. and
! there was scarcely A woman who did not
/ want 20 be SET straight on some knotty
problem one contestant. as soon as she
managed 70 catch her breath after climb
Ing the las' hill. wanted 70 know n she had
incurred two-stroke penalty because she
lifted her ball when 81 Law IN the green
between her opponents bali and the hole.
The section ~ Rule u which governs this
point reads.
~ the competition whose hall is nearer
n the hole considers that his ball might
he ~ assistance 10 the PLAYER with whom
he IS competing he should me- II or play
/ Hrst"
The question was then asked as 70 the
punishment for asking advice from a
ri nafifo Tbfe rule 4.
also quite clear. and reads.
j A competitor shall not ask for. nor VII
Hnelv receive advice from any one except
his caddie The penalty for n breach 81
this rule shall 10 disqualifca,io
Just what should no, he done IN the case
Of q, lost ball also caused more or less CON
fusion Rule u reads.
II q bah be lost (eVcen, IN water. casual
water or out NJ hounds the competitor
shall. whether te has played from through
tho green or from a hazard. return as near
as possible 20 the SPOT from which the ball
. was struck and there toe a ball. under pen
/ atty ~ one stroke 30
According 20 an onlooker. one ~ the CON
testants disqualified herself because she
I approached 10 the hole with the flag in
place when she was inside Of twenty Yards
No claim was made that the flag was hit
! Rule n says.
When n competitors ball lying within
twenty yards Of the hole. lie played. and
STRIKES either the flag stick or the person
fstandng AZ the hole. the penalty shall be
two strokes
Mrs Rogers. whose hall got under some
steps In a hazard. removed the steps Upon
thinking II over the player decided she had
done wrong. and in an endeavor 10 set mat
ters right penalized herself two strokes.
There is a section Of a rule covering this
point which reads:
steps or planks placed in a hazard by
the green committee for access or egress
from such a hazard may he removed. and
II ball be moved In so doing. IL shall be
replaced without penalty"
Mrs. F.. F. Sanford. secretary Of the as
} ISOLATION. who did not play herself. took
charge Of the details Later on Mrs # -
Paterson. the associations president. who
, went round with Miss Hyde and qualife,
H. the championship set worked in con
junction with the secretary. The luck o,
, the draw brought some Of the best PLAYER.
, together, case In point being the bracket
ing Of Misses Hyde and Mrs T H. Polhe
mus, the Richmond County woman. whc
gave the champion an extra hole match in
the tournament az Montclair year ago
The draw follows
Miss Gould VS. Mrs. Caskey. Mrs Earle
vs. Mrs. Hayes. Mrs Hanford VS. Mis-,
Krug Mrs. Rossin VS. Mrs Krue. Mrs Rem
digs IS. Mrs Faith. Mrs. Rogers VS. Mrs
, Paterson, Mrs Irving VS. Miss Rosenheinn
Miss HYDE VS.. Mrs Poihen1us
The scores were as follows: