The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-16
BRITISH WOMAN
BEATEN ON LINKS
BY MISS BISHOP
Former National Champion
Puts Mrs. Gavin Out Of
Race for Title.
MRS. FEITNER Is OTHER
SEMl-FINAL WINNER

SNORT HiLLs. y J.. June 13.-Miss
ceorranna NJ. Bishop of Brookla wn. ma
,,onal champion in 1904. eliminated Mrs.
william \. Gavin. Cherry Valley. from
the race 70, the women's metropolitan
championship AT the Baltusrol Golf Club
to-day. Miss Bishop beat the English
woman. who won the Eastern champion
ship Al Boston last week. by . up. and in
IN. final tomorrow will meet Mrs. QUEEN
TIN +. teitner. South Shore. the de-
Tending champion. MIS-. Feitner won
her place in the final by beating
M~. IL Il Ryan Of Crawford to-day
BY s up and s to play. AS was the case
in the mems metropolitan championship
al Nassau last week. both f~inalists have
won the title in the past.
The followers of Miss Bishop found
something TO rejoice at on the first
hole. for after taking four shots to
reach the green she ran down a thirty
toot putt for a 8 and won the hole.
ais Gavin. who had been bunkered.
also reached the green with her fourth.
but took the orthodox two puts. De-
spite a bit of luck when her second
shot rebourded from a stake marking
me boundary of the course. Mrs. Gavin
lost the second hole and was . down.
4. looked AS though she would remain
down when both drove on the third
green. but Miss Bishop took three puts.
losing the hole and half OF her lead.
Icor putting on the sloping fourth green
cost her that hole too. and the match
vas all square.
Both Bunkered ~ Fifth.
--A -. .. 49,
seem to suit either. for the NTH hole
was a scramble. both being bunkered
Miss Bishop finally won 6 to :, ami was
ahead again. The sixth went to Mrs.
Gavin. squaring the match for a second
time. and on the long seventh the
British woman saved herself by getting
down a fifteen foot putt after taking
i've shots. TO reach the green. The long
putt hslved the hole.
Up the hill TO the eighth Miss Bishop
drove into a trap. wasted a couple of
shots. and the hole was an easy victory
for Miss Gavin. who found herself ahead
for the first time. 1t proved to be the
only time. for Mics Bishop Won the
short ninth in } to 4 and never let
Mrs. Gavin get out in front again.
Miss Bishop was out IN ~ and Mrs.
Gavin in AZ.
An approach shot that rolled into the
VOuEh ON me l>iNnu green tp>t MrS
Gavin the tenth hole. and she lost the
eleventh by poor putting. although she
beat Miss Bishop to the green. An
other putt went wrong for Mrs. Gavir
on the twelfth and she was 3 down
having lost four holes in succession.
She holed a long putt for a , az
the thirteenth, just as she did yester.
day against Miss HOllius. and cut dowr
Miss Bishops lead For a while II
looked as though Mrs. Gavin would gel
hack another hole on the fourteenth
but she upset the calculations of tn,
spectators by missing an eighteen inch
putt after Miss Bishop had holed al
eight footer. The hole went 70 Mis-
Bishop. 4 to ). and she was 3 uJ
again this time, with only four holes
left 10 play.
Needs Her Big Lead.
Even her big lead almost proved to,
little for Miss Bishop. for she took fou
shots to reach the fifteenth green an,
lost the hole. After halving the lon,
the seventeenth. lost the hole and Mrs
Gavin still had a chance &c pull IN
match out OF the FIRE by winning tn
home hole.
She had a chance, but she misused /,
for she hooked into the woods from tn
tee and was left with a hard shot I,
the green. She made a gallant try, bu
the ball fell squarely into the deep pi
~hicn guards the green. and her las
hope of victory went with il. She didn'
even play the hole out. hui walked oye
to congratulate Miss Bishop. The cards
Miss NJ. Bishop. Brooklawn:
Mrs W. A. Gavin. cherry Vaii.. ="
ou.. ...... |.-,,.. 40
Mise Bishop:
In, ,.,......
Mrs, Gavin:
IN ss53b5s.
sMrs. Gavin rave I'm AT eirh,e.n,h boi.
Mrs Eei,nor - h.a,t.n a." D..
"S, re!'her IN peating Mrs Ryai
prayed good golf one minute and bad gol
the next. She was ont in 1S. with two 7
And 4. & IN ,ba go 40 ~. ..aii., - Al,
,.,, ar" ~ 'ne qua'''s III Ih'
sol IN between can he Imagined. Mrs
RYAN began with a disastrous Q for IN,
A., mole mos, ~ a, acquired in
h,, ~. "o' VI " "'Pu'eu !"
GUNNER ana so she never was on eve
terms after leaving tn. first tee. ON tn,
third hole Nre Eo;,,or ji.,i,nuuh.a ~
.s,r hr ~ re.t"er "l%s.InsuIsne ne'
~ 'N pu','hs ner zee shot 30 close I
bu, AS usual she missed III, mutt Sh
nsda 80 o. a.. ~
80 ~ IL on tne '"eiith' inc las
mole OF the match, by running down
for,y footer for n 2. Thu cards:
M'' . Y Fe'tner' south shore; .