New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-01
MISS CURTIS LEADS
WOMEN'S GOLF FIELD
Shows Way with a Good Card
in Testing Round for the
National Title.
MISS BISHOP PLAYS WELL
Three Other Players from This
District Qualify for the Sue
ceeding Rounds at
Match Play.
lBy Telegraph 20 TIE Tribune

Manchester, Mass. Sept. So-Displaying
The same forceful strokes and aii-rouno
ear'e that have marked her efforts OF
many previous occasions. Miss Margaret
curtis. of the home club easily led the
osts IN the eighteeu-hole testing round OF
che women's national golf championship
tournament over the links OF the Essex
County Club, to-day. The title hciaer'
with a score OF IS, showed the way 10
Miss Georgianna VI. Bishop, OF BiooKia"h
Nv 4 three-stroke margin. The score was
e stroke mere than that returned ov Mrs'
y. II. Barlow. winner Of the meoai
year ago. at paltusrol.
Competition for the thirty-second or last
~. % In the qualifying round was keen
between Mrs. C. w. RoOpe, OF Brae Burn
champion Of Massachusetts. and Mrs'
ormsby McCammcn. OF Chevy Chase.
on the play-ofY Mrs. Roope won Their
SPORES Of lOS were considerably better
thon the high marks Of year ego, when
80 qualified.
In addition TO Miss Bishop, the metro
poljtan district players TO qualify to-day
vere Miss Lillian r. Hyde. of the South
Shore Field Club. former metropolitan
champion; Miss Marion Hollins, or west
brook. and Miss Maud X. Wetmore, OF
galtusroI Considering the slim entry
q from, the New York section. the percent
age Of those qualifying was high, all save
one getting IN the first thirty-two.
When the players gathered about the
hrs, tee this morning northwest wind
NnkE and int
.ouch of frost I'm the air caused every
sme 10 seek the genial warmth or sweat
ers and coats The course, as the result
Of the improvements which nave Deen
made looked little like the links over whlcn
the women competed here In the second
cbampionship tournament fifteen years
ago Many traps now yawn TO penaiize
the wide shots. The actual playing length
70 Greatly increased over the old arrange
ment.
The holes which seem to be oother'ns
the players most are the second ana IhiI-
tcenth The second is 40 yards long, OUT
there IS a small elevation and a long trap
IN he carried from the tee. Then there ~
ditch likely 10 catch good many sec
on1 shots. and. lastly. the Desert or Sa-
hara" TO be cleared on the approach to
the green. provided the player does not
keen well to the left on the first two
shots. In Practice round recently g.
woman got into this great hazard and
took twelve strokes TO get out
There are two reasons why scores are
high al the thirteenth. First, the hole 10
90 wards. and, second, there 10 carry OF
about 40 yards from the tee to clear the
rough aud a road. Taking II all In ALL
however. the outgoing nine gave the play
ers the most trouble
Miss Margaret Curtis played q remark
ably steady game, reaching the turn IN
e. despite Sc at the first, third and sev-
snth holes. Coming back. the long thir-
teenth cost the champion Z. Her caro-
vas as follows;
Sf S..:..... Ss92 s & ESs-..
Considering that Miss Bishop had never
seen the course before. her 81 was capital
PARTICULARLY when compared with the
score OF the leader, who had playet over
the Links hundreds OF times. Miss Bishop
only difficulties were extra puts on three
greens and being bunkered ct the thir-
tsenth, where che needed only SIX. thanks
10 a good recovery.
Her card follows:
s sSs ... rs as SsS & Sss-si
II remained for Miss Hollins. always g.
eashing player. 10 furnish the freak
shot OF the day. On the sixteenth hoie
her second shot found the sand pit, and
memories OF the final round in the metro
polltan championship at Englewood came
iorcibly TO some OF the gallery who had
seen her ruin good score there because
:of this same kind Il trouble. On this
occasion. however, Miss Hollins. taking
her n!bllck. holed out from the hazard.
, II Miss Gladys Rosenthal. Of Ray!sloe,
had been able to make the outward Jour
ney as she did coming home there might
have been a different story 10 the first
day Of the national championship, for
she came In with a score Of "A, which was
the best OF the day for those nine holes
The distance is o.175 yards.
The luck Of the draw for the match
round tomorrow brings together In sey-
eral matches number OF likely players
The draw If as follows:
Miss Wheeler VS.. Miss Rosenthal, Miss
Hyde We. Miss Griscom, Miss Wetmore vs.
Miss Harriet Curtis. Miss Senple Va. MICS
Allen, Miss Campbell vs.. Mrs. Filter, Miss
Bishop vs. Miss Wells, Mrg Gardner We.
Mise osgood. Mrs. Barlow IS. Miss II.
Alexander. Miss Duncan vs. Miss Mollus,
Miss Hoilns VS.. Miss Chesbrough, Miss
Oliver VS.. Miss Elkins. Miss Porter We.
Miss Phelps, Mrs. Roope VS.. Mrs. Batchel-
Ger, Mrs. a. ii. Perkins Vs. Miss Margaret
Curtis, Miss Maule va. Miss Noblit and
Mss Helmer W.. Mrs. Fox.
The scores were as follows: