New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-21
PLAYS GOLF LIKE 4 MAN
Miss Bishop Returns a Low Score
Over Hard Links.
SHOWS WAY TO BIG FIELD
Mrs. Faith Fails to Qualify in
Testing Round for the Metro
politan Title.

Leading the field by the wide margin Of
eleven strokes. Miss Georgiana NJ. Bishop
of Rrooklawn, a former national champion
and twice winner of the metropolitan title,
won the gross score medal in the qualifying
round of the annual tournament Of the
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association over
the links Of the Euglewood County club
Yesterday She made the Commendable
score Of 50. going out in AZ and returning
in a.. a card that would he satisfying to
many a man.
out Of an entry of ffty-eight women, the
brave field of fifty-six drove off The day
was all that could be desired. although a
strong south wind at times tended to make
scoring high The course was in good con-
dtion. the greens having responded to the
care given them recently
Mrs NJ. u. Paterson president of the as
ISOLATION, was we'll pleased with the turn
out, and on looking over the field declared
that she thought the metropolitan district
would he well represented in the COMPETE
ton for the Griscom cup in Philadelphia
next month.
The surprise Of the day was the failure
of Mrs w. J. Faith. of Wykagyl. to qualify.
This player won the gross score prize in the
one-day tournament at Englewood last
week with a card Of 90 Mrs Faith could
not get going yesterday, requiring IS to
make the outward Journey and 81 to come
home for a tota of 1l2, which was two
strokes short of the total which entered
the first sixteen.
Mrs. Lawrence Swift. Of the home club,
was wholly unable to get going on the first
nine holes, requiring "a to reach the turn,
but she steadied down, and by doing the
inward nine in IS managed 10 finish with an
even 100, which proved 10 be the second
best score of the day. Miss Louise + Krug.
secretary of the association. was of her
game, as she took so strokes for the first
nine holes. Twice while addressing her
ball on the putting green she became so
nervous that she touched it, which, Of
course. cost her two strokes With grim
determination She faced the homeward
Journey, and improved to such an extent
that she returned IS for a total of JOS. good
enough to qualify. Miss Krug said that it
was only the second metropolitan cham
pionship in which she had taken part, which
probably accounted for her anxiety.
II was generally agreed that anything
better than % would be highly satisfactory.
as par for the course is computed at Is
for men. consequently when Miss Bishop
turned in a card Of 50 there were murmurs
of approval from all sides. The former
champion made the first two holes in par
figures and after taking at the third
found trouble at the next. where she re-
CURED an eight Even so. she reached the
turn in Il.
Miss Bishop, on the return Journey, saved
herself at the eleventh by running down
a long put clear across the green, and
again at the seventeenth the Brooklawn
player "gobbled" a long one from the
green's edge for a four Fortune still
smiled upon her when she reached the
home hole. Her drive left the ball on the
terrace short Of the green, and. taking her
mashie, she popped up an approach that
hit the cup on the carry. The ball struck
in such way to TO cause it to come 10
rest stone dead not moro than eight inches
from the hole. so that she only had to
tap It for three.
Il was pretty lucky" remarked Miss
Bishop as she handed in her card, "for
when I played poorly I was fortunate
enough to make some unusual shot that
made up for It,"
It's not So" contradicted Mrs Swift
who was the partner Of the former cham
pion She played good golf. that's the
reason"
Miss Bishops card was as follows:
IN Gp' ., '.'...."...ts s. : GS3-ss
The name Of Miss Lillian b. Hyde, who
won the title last year, was not on the
list, which caused considerable comment.
but 1t was rumoTed that her absence was
due TO the illness Of her father. which has
kept her out Of the game this season
Although the Englewood course is popu-
lar with women 1t is a much more severe
test than many others in the district as
the hanging lies require careful playing.
With the tees in their present positions
the total length is about 500 yards, regu-
lar mans course. Following are the meas
urements: Out, $50. 34S, 400 $50, $40, 522, 1875,
$50, 362-3272; in. 31s, SSl, 800, 40 AL 49, All,
$50, 160-2936 Total. 6,205.
The programme provides for an eighteen
hole round each day. the sixteen leaders
continuing at match play, with the final
round on Friday. The first round at which
play is scheduled for to-day. the pairings
being as follows:
Mrs. Rogers VS.. Mrs. Donohoe, Miss
SchwarzWalder VS.. Miss HOllins, Mrs.
Swift VS.. Miss Krug, Mrs. Perry VS.. Mrs
Frayne, Mrs. Barclay VS.. Mrs. Irving, Miss
Whitney VS.. Mrs. Earle, Mrs Paterson VS.
Miss Bishop and rs. Krug VS.. Miss Pick
hardt.
The scores follow:
FIRST SIXTEEN.
Out. In. II.