The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29
Mss L. B. HYDE BECOMES
FOUR TIMES
Captures Women's Metropolitan Golf Title in Final
Match With Mrs. j. Z. Davis, Though Her Play
Is Not Up to Usual Standard.

SCARBOROUGH, N. r.. May cs.-Just
as she was expected to do. Miss Lillian
u. Hyde OF the South Shore Field Club
successfully defended her title OF cham
pion OF h Women's Metropolitan Golf
Association On the links of the Sleepy
Hollow Country Club to-day. In the
eighteen hole anal round Of the cham
pionship tourney which began on Mon.
day she defeated Mrs. Joseph e.
Davis Of the Piping Rock Club by 4 UP
and . to play. Miss Hyde Is now a
four time holder OF the title. She won
II first at Montclsir in 1910, defended
II successfully at Scarsdale in 1911.
and after a lapse OF two years regained
II twelve months ago at Essex County.
In winning to-day Miss Hyde played
all kinds Of golf and IL was hard to
tell what she would do next. One drive
would 20 sailing dow the middle OF
the fairway. hit as only Miss Hyde
among the women golfers can hit. and
the next would he topped into the rough
I'm front OF the tee. On one hole her
iron shots would be straight and on the
next they would he yards wide OF the
1891 'AfN WOuih fpAt - ioilk pull DU
one green. and a few minutes later miss
a short one. II was In and out golf
from start to finish and II kept the
spectators guessing. even II II was good
enough to win n title.
Mrs. Davis. on the other hand. played
a steady and colorless game all the
way. She never did anything especially
brilliant and she never did anything
particularly bad. The best feature OF
hAf % tnA MO NhA II. 81 - --.
self possession with which she played
her shots n her utter lack Of concern
when Miss Hyde's great long game
would leave Mrs. Davis's ball yards be-
hind time after time.
Mrs. Davis kept right on playing her
game despite every discoura cement, and
just before the match ended IL looked as
though her tactics might result In VIC
tory. as Miss Hyde was getting more
unsteady. and only the big lead which
she had gained earlier in the round en-
abled her 20 win where she did.
At the outset OF the match II looked
as though II would be n runaway AFFAIR.
rs Miss Hyde began with a splendid
drive. an iron shot that put her bail
dead. and a putt that was holed for
u 3 on the first hole. She followed rp
this victory 10y winning the next three.
although on the third she made the
Hrst OF an Unusual number or topped
drives. Neither reached the green on
the shor NTH. and II was halved in
4. Mrs. Davis playing n fine pitch from
the bunker In which her ball landed
from the tee.
Miss Hyde topped another tee shot on
the sixth and her ball was buried so
deeply in the long grass that II took
her two more shots 10 get on. on the
clear fairway. Mrs. Davis a no
trouble In winning the hole In 5 to g.,
and was only 3 Town. On the seventh
Miss Hyde's long game was at its best
again and she reached the green n
stroke under Mrs. Davis. md won the
hole . to 6. For the third time Miss
Hyde topped her ball as she drove of
the eighth tee. but she recovered well
enough 10 halve the hole in s. The
ninth also was halved in 4. although
Mrs. Davis had n chance TO win II. but
was unable TO hole a tricky sloping
two foot putt for her ;. Miss Hyde
was out in i3 to +s for Mrs. Davis and
was 1 up.
hanks to the great superiority of
her long game. Miss Hyde won the
tenth 3 to I, and had n chance to
win the eleventh until she played a
wretched approach out OF the long grass.