New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
MISS HYDE AGAIN
Wins GOLF LAURELS
Miss Bishop Fails to Get 4
Hole in Final of Metro
politan Tilt.
ONE-SIDED MATCH
SURPRISES GALLERY
Victor Outdoes Herself in Brill.
ancy of Game on Essex
County Links.

without allowing her opponent the con-
ISOLATION OF gaining even a single hole.
Miss Lillian Il. Hyde. OF the South Shore
Field Club, defeated Miss Georgianna NJ.
Bishop, OF Brooklavn. no and to play
in the Anal round OF the Womens Metro
politan Golf Association Championship
tournament over the links of the Essex
County Country Club yesterday. Consid-
ering the prominence OF the players, the
one-sded nature OF the match came as .
complete surprise TO the gallery.
As result OF her latest success Miss
Hyde shares with Mrs r. A. Manice the
distinction OF having won the metropc'i-
tan three times. The record OF these two.
however, is second TO that OF Mrs. Charles
I. Stout, who has won on four occasions
On the other hand. Miss Bishops record
is an enviable one, for the reason that,
In addition 10 winning the Championship
in 1895 and 1907, she has also been runner
up no less than three times
While there can be no DENYING that
Miss Bishop was sadly of her game. IL Il
equally fact that her opponent played
brand OF golf wellnish' inyincible. IL
and women, all students o; the game. in
the gallery that trooped over the Hutton
Park course in the wake OF the contest
ants had never seen such brilliant golf
by woman as Miss Hyde displayed IN
her runaway match with Miss Bishop.
OF the tee the Long Island girl a.
rule drove all tho way from 80 10 ~
yards, nearly all carry. The FIRST evil
dence Of her unusual proves in this de-
partment came at the i9O-yard third hole
where two fine wooden club shots landed
her ball fairly on the green. Dave Hunt
er, the Essex County pro modestly sd-
mitted that he couldn't have done any
Again. at the sixth, Mis-. Hyd. hit a
ball across the rsvine so far that il also
cleared the road by many wards, and her
next shot left her practically on the edge
OF the green. This hole is also more than
40 yards.
IL would be dirlcult TO imagine three
more perfect shots than those made by
Miss Hyde while playing the eighth hole.
[ A drive of some 299 yards, as straight as
the crow flies. enabled her 10 reach the
green with an iron. The ball came to rest
about fifteen feet from the flag, and then.
as fitting supplement. she ran down the
putt for 3. This hole is $50 yards.
At the turn Miss Hyde stood up. her
opponent having managed to halve the
fourth and ninth holes The strokes read
Al to 81 in favor Of the South Shore golfer.
Although Miss Bishop knew ful, s'eli
that she would be outdrven and h@d
| planned beforehand 10 play her own
game. the exceptional length OF Miss
Hyde's tee shots doubtless got the othc-
pressing. Neither Miss Bishops drives
nor second shots were,up 10 the standard
she had displayed earlier I'm the week.
The match ended at the eleventh hole.
where a sliced drive carried Miss Bish-
OPS ball 10 an unfortEnate lie under
log. The ball was practically unplayabie,
so that the Brooklawn woman promptly
picked up.
Finishing out the bye holes. Miss HYDE
came home in Al, and her total of 81 was
one OF the best ever returned In wom-
ans championship in this country.
Her card was as follows