New-York tribune., 1911-10-10
WOMEN AFTER GOLF TITLE
Mrs. Barlow Leads Field in Test
ing Round at BaItuSr0I.
SCORES ON THE HIGH SIDE
Miss Campbell, the Champion OF
Three Countries, Second
at Medal Play.

Playing the same machinelke game that
carried her successfully through the East
ern championship tournament at Brae Burn
last spring. Mrs r. II. Barlow. represent
ing the Merton Cricket Club, OF Philadei-
lphia. easily outstripped the field IN the
leizhteen-hole qualification round Of the sew
euteerth annual women's championship
tournament over the links OF the Baltusrol
Golf Club yesterday With rounds Of "
and A. f0r total Of ST. Mrs. Barlow led
her next nearest opponent by the wide
margin of SIX strokes Miss Dorothy Camp
bell. champion Of three countries, finished
second. VITA a score Of 90, while Miss LII
luan q. Hyde. OF the South Shore Field
club. the metropolitan title holder, was
third with 95
/ Closely pressing this trio OF title holders
were Miss Margaret Curtis, OF Boston, a
former national champion. and Miss n.
Pendleton Rogers. OF the home club with
cards of e8 Only two others-Mrs V VI.
Earle. OF Deal. and Miss Anita Phipps. Of
Ispringfeld-succeeded in getting around
under 100 Both had scores Of SO.
Were it not for the fact that the Baltusrol
course is one Of the most difficult in the
East the scores in yesterdays qualihca-
ton test would reflect little credit on the
play OF the women. Those who had
watched the recent practice rounds, how
ever. We're IN q measure prepared for the
high scoring The best Miss Campbell got
during her preliminary trials was a.
while the others generally took more than
hundred
One OF the last 10 start Mrs. Barlow at
tracted little attention. the gallery prefer
ring o. follow Miss Campbell and her part
ner. Miss Georglanna Bishop. There were
tunes when Mrs Barlow found 1t advisable
% refrain from attempts az long carries.
cOntentiug herself with playing short rather
than taking chances Of getting trapped
into the deep pits that yawned on all sides.
A case IN point was az the first hole. where
she played short ~ the bunker on her sec
ond shot. instead Of trying 70 clear the
trouble in an endeavor 20 make the hole IN
g. The only instances throughout the
round where Mrs. Barlow took more than
five strokes at a hole We're at the ex-
tremeiy long ones. sucn as the first fourth,
seventh. fourteenth and sixteenth.
out In a. the Philadelphia woman started
home at a pace that would have done
credit % a Hilton. reeling or four con-
secutive fours. Two more fours also were
recorded at tho last TWO, thereby enabling
her 20 come home in Il. The card was as
: follows.
Mrs. r. II. Barlow, Merton:
2q' fa -.........s .-........s = g : ++tff-s7
Always long or the tee. Miss Margaret
, curtis appeared TO find the Short Hills course
10 her liking. and bunkers that brought
terror to the hearts Of most Of the women
< were as nothing at all 10 the Boston
woman At the fourth hole, for instance
e she was past the green on her third shot.
{ Inability 10 gauge her approach shots got
her into frequent difficulties, and this ac-
counted for her score Of 30 going out. Com
. ing back. Miss Curtis made most OF the
holes IN par fslres until the sixteenth.
, where she sliced her third shot 70 the
. rough. and. after overapproaching the
green. made a hash OF her short game,
taking FOR the hole. Even at that, Miss
Curtis came back in 46
There was a time when Il looked as II
Mrs Rogers might get around in 90 or
, better. After going out in At she pro-
ceeded along smoothly until the sixteenth
. hole. where a 9 proved her downfall.
Miss Hyde, chief hope Of the metropolitan
. district. did as we'll az could be expected
; considering that an injury TO her foot kept
her or the links most OF the time during
. the last month or the tee 2O0-yard drives
We're common for the Bay Shore girl. while
her approaches were generally well exc
, cuted. II was on the green's that Miss
Hyde committed most Of her mistakes
After an approach shot that would leave
j her % put Of eight or ten feet, Miss HYDE
- frequently not only failed TO get the rail-
, down. but even ran so far past the hole
as % give her a hard put coming back.
a case in point was AT the sixteenth,
where she took three puts from a distance
of as many Yards.
Scores OF l3 tied for last places IN the
championship division, go that in this In
stance. az least. no fault could be found
with the so-called unlucky 13. Probably
the surprise Of the day came IN the failure
of Mrs Caleb z. Fox. the Huntington Val
lay matron. 20 qualify Although taking
~ for the round, Mrs. Fox had no com
, pIaiut 20 make. declaring that women We're
always anxious 90 play over difficult
courses. the same as the men; consequently
IL was up to them to learn how.
Numerically the metropolitan district
leads in the number Of women 20 qualify,
with a total OF ten Boston comes next
with eight. while Philadelphia has six,
: Canada three and Chicago two, San Fran
cisco. ST. Louis and Wilmington have one
each.
The luck OF the draw has placed Miss
Campbell and Miss Hyde on opposite sides,
while Mrs. Barlow appears in the upper
half with the metropolitan champion. None
of the favorires viii clash to-day, with the
possible exception of Miss Harriet Curtis
and Miss Georglana Bishop