New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-07
BOOZE HANDICAP
WOMEN HARDLY SATISFIED
Golfers Want to Extend Season
with Another Match.

So keen are the women golfers OF the dis
trict CT present that II is with reluctance
that they view the rapidly approaching
end of the competitive season. Although
the last one-day tournamen has been
brought of, there is now talk OF getting up
a big team match. At the Englewood Coun-
try Club yesterday Mrs. w. j. Faith. of
Wykagyl. repeated the assertion she made
a short time ago 10 the effect that team
Of women golfers could be got together ca
pa BILE Of defeating an all-New Jersey com
bination.
Mrs Nj. d. Paterson. president Of the
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association,
who is a member Of both the Baltusrol and
the Englewood clubs. took exception to
Mrs. Faiths statement, as did Mrs. F. f..
Donohue. Of Montclair. The result was
that a challenge was issued then and there.
New Jersey offering to play the Semainder
OF the metropolitan district. This seems
Ike some contract for little jersey es-
pecially as Miss Lillian b. Hyde, the met
ropolitan champion and Miss Georgianna
NJ Bishop represent clubs in the hostile
territory. Now that challenge has been
made and practically accepted. match
10 as good as arranged, although IT is a
question II it can be brought of this fall
II Is not generally known that the Wom-
ems METROPOLITAN Golf Association through
SIS failure TO have a team I'm the Griscom
Gun matches at Brae Burn last June, for
feited its turn. By order Of rotation next
wears tri-city matches should rightfully ne
held on a metropolitan course, but as the
situation Is understood now the next meet
INK giH be over Philadelphia way Just
when and where. however, is matter that
win have 10 be determined later on. Mrs
Caleb r. Fox. Of Huntingdon Valley. is the
now president of the Women's Eastern
Golf Association. Mrs Paterson said last
night that the metropolitan body was de-
termined 10 get 10 the front again, II pos
sible. and that the chances were that inter-
club matches would be revived.
At Atlantic City members Of the Country
Club are enthusiastic over the rare form
being displayed by J. j. McDermott their
professional The national open champion
makes low score every time he plays
around the Mortified links, his 60 against
Herbert Strong on Saturday merely duph-
eating previous performance. Unques-
uonably. McDermotts most BRILLIANT
achievenents were his two 69s. made the
same day a short time ago. After his first
60, in the morning. the champion reached
the seventeenth tee I'm the afternoon two
strokes less than on the early round put
he took IS for the last two holes. Although
the seventeenth and eighteenth are both
more than 400 yards McDermott counts on
getting them In each, for he is driving an
unusually long ball these days.
lie will not defend his national title next
year, as he has already arranged 10 try for
bigger game-the open championship Oh
Great Britain. The Country club OF At
lanuc City il going TO send McDermou
over in the spring, and II confidence ana
supreme belief IN his own ability were the
only essential requisites to success another
shock is certainly In store for the Britons.
McDermotts two consecutive 6Ss we're
made foIlxvre.