The Washington herald., 1911-10-11

BRltusrOl Golf Links, Short Hills, n. j..
Oct. 1O.-Of the sixteen women golfers
who survived the first match round for
hail from Philadelphia an equal number
residents of the Metropolitan district.
two are Canadians, and the remaining
Cne is from ST. Louis.
Only one of the sixteen matches was
carried to the home green, and the great
majority OF them ended we'll out on the
course. The only pair that went the full
eighteen holes were Miss Florence Nc
Neely. of Philadelphia, and Mrs. II. R
Stockton, of PIainfield, both OF whom
qualified on Monday al the bottom OF the
list. They finished their round all even,
and on the nineteenth hole Miss Nc
Neeiy won.
The only match of the day that ap-
preached a surprise was the defeat Of
Miss Harriet Curtis. of Boston, a former
national champion. by Miss Georgiannu
Bishop, of BrOoklawn, who won by up
and to play. AS Miss Bishop held the
championship herself in 1904, her victory
was not entirely an upset, though Miss
Curtis was considered the favorite.
Miss Dorothy Campbell. the present
champion. who also holds the champion
ship of both Great Britain and Canada,
won a one-sided match from Mrs. p.
Manchester. of Chicago The champion
took the lead at the start, and Mrs. Man
chester succeeded in winning only one
hole, the match ending on the twelfth
green. where Miss Campbell Won by up
and 4 to play. Her margin of victory
was duplicated by Mrs. V. NJ. Earle. the
runner-up in the last Metropolitan cham
pionship. who defeated Miss Edith Cheese
borough. San FranCisco's only representa-
tive in the tournament.
Mrs. Barlow Wins.
The winner of the qualifying round.
Mrs. R II. Barlow, Of Philadelphia. had
a close struggle with Miss Florence Har-
vey, who was the runner-up to Miss
Campbell in the last Canadian champion
ship.
Mrs. Barlow finally won by up and ]
TO play. Miss Lillian Hyde. the Metro
poltan title holder. was also an easy win
ner over Miss Frances Rosenheim, the
Deal golfer. but her golf was most un-
steady. Her long game was the best
seen In the toUrEamen and on the sec
ond hole, which iS 56 yards in length.
she was on the green with a drive and
Unlu-uOn SDOt. Sne was on the seventh
green in three. and just missed Il putt for
a four. though he hole is 80 yards long
and par is five. Whatever she gained on
the way to the green. however. she threw
away when she hogan to putt. for that
part Of her game was bad. On the fourth
hole she reached the green in three shots,
and took five NOR, to get in, and she
took three puts more often than she
took two. She beat Miss Rosenheim. who
seemed to be suffering from stage fright
at times, by up and to play.
Miss Anita Phipps played the best golf
of the day in hnr match against Mrs. y.
p. Rogers. of the home club. The latter
was not played from the start and was
beaten by up and TO play. Miss Phipps
going out in forty-four, which was better
than any of the others.
The best match tomorrow should be
that between Mrs. Barlow and Mrs.
Earle. Miss Griscom plays Miss Kate
Harley. another former champion: Miss
Hyde and Miss Nesbitt meet; Miss Camp
bell will have as her opponent Miss Grace
SempIe. OF st. Louis, and Miss Margaret
Curtis will play Mrs. Filter.