New-York tribune., 1911-10-15
MISS CURTIS AGAIN
HOLDS GOLF TITLE
Beats Miss Hyde in Final for
Women's Championship OF
United States.
MARGIN 5 UP AND 3 TO PLAY
Bay State Expert Plays Steadily
While Loser Gets Great
Distance, but Is Weak
on Short Game.


Curtis. OF the Essex County Club. near
Boston won the national women's cham
pionshlp tournament for the second time
over the links q the Baltusro Golf club
Yesterday. In the fnal round Miss curtis
defeated Miss Lillian b. Hyde. Of the soitn
shore Field club. holder OF the metro
potan title. by up and to play.
II was another Of tho many illustrations
OF all around ability trlumphing over brill
fancy combined with mediocrity. on the
tee and through the green Miss Hyde, be
cause 4 her exceptional distance. made her
opponents Efforts appear ordinary by COM
parison. but ten. fifteen. or even thirty
| yards gained rarely saves a stroke unless
backed up by a consistent short game. Miss
| IIyde's short game was sad. on something
like seven green's the Bay Shore girl was
guilty OF taking at least three puts.
There were days in the long ago wn@n
| Findlay Douglas was generally regarded a.
a hopeless putter lie is much better on
the greens now. but in its worst apsos
Douglass short game never got within
hailing distance OF the brand handed out
by Miss HYDE Right here. however. II
may be as we'll to call attention to the fact
that Miss Curtis in her early days on the
links was wofully weak on the greens
l In fact, IL took the Essex County player
about ten years to develop anything Ike a
satisfactory short game. This is only MISS
Hyde's third year in competition. so there
is yet hope.
Although defeated. Miss Hyde is In no
way disgraced. She has done more al
ready than nine-tenths Of the best players
have been able TO accomplish over period
several times as long Furthermore tnis
tall athletic looking girl thrilled the gar
Ilery with a series of drives never DeioTe
made ry woman on an American lnAs'
probably never before by woman any
where According 20 Miss Dorothy camp
bell. who made one Of the great gallery thdt
watched every hole Of The match, there j
only one British player. Miss Doris Chai"-
bers. who is capable Of getting anywhere
near Miss HYDE on the drive. The chaul-
pion OF Great Britain says Miss Chafhoels
| is possibly a trife longer than Miss CURTIS
hut not quite % to the other. MISS rhaII-
! hers. BY the way, will visit this country III
a months time She IL going to Texas
That Miss Curtiss victory was clean cut
md decisive was emphasized by the man
nor IN which she disposed OF her opponents
throughout the week. After qualifying
among the leaders with IS, the Essex
Countv woman began by beating Mrs. Z.
X Rendigs. 6 UP and to play. Then
CANA her hardest match. that in when
Mrs. 2 n Filler. Of Philadelphia, carried
her to the home green, the margin OF VIC
.Crv be,ng ? up. Miss Curtis next de-
foated Miss L. S. Porter, and T. ana lol-
louad with the elimination Of Miss Camp
hell to the tune OF up and to play Inc
last match against Miss HYDE was eauaHy
decisive
Golf history shows that at one time OF
another Miss Curtis has defeated nearly all
the prominent women golfers OF the coun-
trv They include Miss Beatrtx Hoyt MISS
paulina Mackay. Miss Bessie Anthony MISS
Anita Pbiups. Mrs. c. T. Stout, Mrs. X. IL
BARLOW. Miss Campbell and, lastly MISE
HYDE There is one person, Miss hA'e
! Harley. OF Fall River. who has never oeeI'
defeated by Miss Curtis in national soii'
On the other hand, records show thst MISS
Harley put Miss Curtis out OF two chafn-
n,onsbip meetings-Merion in lsO4 and CheVy
Chase in 1868.
Getting down 10 details Miss Hyde's eX-
hibiti0n at the first served TO illustrate
number Of the holes Of the match. drl'e
of fully 22o Yards was FAR beyond MISS Cur
tiss effort and the latter failed IN an
endeavor 10 carry the bunker on the sec
ond. the pail hitting the top and faInhs
hack 10 the sand. on the other hand MISS
t5vdes second flew high and far over the
troubIe so that she only had a wrist
rnashie shot to the green. MISS GURUS
barely got out Of the hazard on her thiru
and failed 10 get home on the next. MISS
I5yda got we'll on In 3. Miss Curtis then
laid her ffth dead and got halve in D.
uhen Miss HYDE presented her first three
put contribution.
One Of the few times that Miss Hyde
failed 20 hit a good ball from the tee was
ar the second, where she got trapped. Two
sbots were wasted there. but even so the
rnetropolitan champion had a chance 70
haIve the hole She reached the edge OF
the green in I. but instead Of laying the
chin shot dead, It was half topped, the ball
running clear across 10 the other side.
From there It was a case OF three puts
again. so that Miss Curtis. who had played
the hole indiferently herself. won 1t IN
6 to8
One OF the few times that Miss Hyde
did keep TO the regulation on the green
was al the short third where her tee shot
left the ball not more than ten feet be-
vond the pin. Then came the eventful
| fourth. No one could ask 10 see two finer
shots than the drive and brassie that Miss
/ Hvde got of The tee shot was good for
more than 300 yards and the brasse about
the same In the meantime Miss curtis
from a point many yards back was con-
fronted with an awkward situation. There
| doomed the bunker far ahead. To clear II
meant a carry Of at least 10 yards, and
the gallery gasped when the Boston woman
took her brassie. She got away with what
was probably one Of the best shots OF her
career. the ball continuing on in one long
sustained fight. lasting barely long enough
10 drop on the far side of the trouble.
| Many did not believe she would even get
| as far as the hazard, let alone carry II.
From there TO the green II was another
long carry. but, nothing daunted. Miss
Curtis once more resorted 20 wood. This
time she got hole high 10 the right Of the
Green. dangerously close TO the "out OF
bounds posts All Miss Hyde, who was
then playing the like. had to do was 20
pitch 10 the green. In her anxiety she
dug" trfe too deeply. the ball falling
in the hazard. From there Miss Hyde took
two more to get clear That made IL ..
with her ball on the edge Of the green.
What happened after that may be passed
over briefly Suffice to say that Miss Hyde
fused around with four more shots. finally
taking TO get down Miss Curtis also
took four more 10 find the cup from her
position hole high but even that was sur
fcisnt 70 win the hole In 10 9.