New-York tribune., 1916-06-13
akewood Player Returns
low Card in Title
Qualifying Round.
upS. GAVIN STROKE
BEHIND LEADER
.u,;sh Woman Makes Valiant
Effort 10 Tie Rival-Large
Field Completes.
p, rRFn HAWTHORNE.

w. T. e. stockton, Of Lakewood,
fef5 Of more than 100 yesterday
%. ous'.fyng round OF the seven
.,.s annual women's metropoi ltan
81 '-.h,-,r.orship over the long Bal
f.rof Golf Club course.
WTs stockton. playing steadily and
~ but few mistakes, reached the
~@ In e.. ending with brilhsnt
.-e short ninth, and then raced
- v-.h "a string Of FIVE consecutive
sso,,i~- In. making the last nine
-. ir as. only Sis strokes worse than
.S,e~'s rar. FOR totai OF IS strokes.
o. stroke behind Mrs. stockton
vrs w. A. Gavin, the English
-, who won the Eastern cham
L;, in Massachusetts last week.
Ce sin went out in As and returned
I 40 en.lrr her round with a sensa-
4 - on The home hole, one under
Mrs Quentin j. teitner, OF South
e.. tbe present champion, who. as
~ lillian b Hyde won the title four
- uss third. with a card of 81.
- Marion Hoil.ns. Of Westbrook, a
- holder Of the championship,
3.5 ..' card Of 45-49 %, was in fourth
ace. t,o. ho..o~
Z
Sliced 90 continue al match play
lie naming for the championship.
T~. ,,x+eers IN all will pair of at
..tcb NAV. beginning at $3.50 o'clock
t,smornlne.
Find Long Course Difficult.
v-. vvra p. Patterson, Knollwood,
~ Ms r +. Sanford, Essex County.
-. tuo well known players who
,nDd the long course difficult and were
go hack into the third sixteen, with
owes Of III and 1l2, respectively.
Gsoree Low. the Baltusrol protes-
nors and his able assistants had
'rorked the links into splendid shape,
"a beavv rains Of the last few days
,s,enc toned up the tulf until II was
\, sr'ooth and as firm as an Enghsh
sur The women began their rounds
,s esr'v as $3.50 in the morning, and
.or,irre3 TO- turn IN their cards until
,f.sr A.90 o'clock IN the afterLoon, but
49,, before that IL was known that no
body would equal the score maze Dy
Mrs Stockton. ce,s 10.
vesr. Mrs. stockton reached the semi
.nsl round in the metropolitan, oeing
ant out bv The then Miss Hyde, the
tournament being played at Sleepy Hol-
,low.
Approach Shot Applauded.
Tho clubhouse veranda was clustered
with women at the time, and they ap,
plauded the splendid approach shot ana
fhe putt that followed, but Mrs. GsVlh
had taken one stroke too many and ner
chances Of a gold medal went asIlm-
msring ~ =
Ms Stockton. playing with Mrs C.
\ Fowler. of Suburban, did not begin
PARTICULARLY well, getting into trouble
nm the long FIRST hole and requiring
seven strokes before the ball found tne
rpn. Thereafter she played sound golt,
Win he exception OF the fourth and
last holes. where two more sevens were
marked M. Al the ninth, lo9 yards
Nrs. stockton put the ball within TWO
fset of the flag and sank the putt ior
.. the mems par being three. ,,.
Then followed a remarkable exhlbl-
tion OF golf for & woman, inqeeu, Io1
msrv men The next six holes were
reeled of by Mrs Stockton, IN d O. g.
Z +. o-I, two strokes above par. Oh
.be sixteenth. Burn Hole, $50 wards
she needed a s. and on the seventeenth
sbe took 5. Par ON the last hole would
have given the Lakewood woman Il, an
even 40. but IL was not 10 be, for mrs.
S,ockton's drive landed in trouble and
she had 10 take two more shots before
getting free. Even with seven here, re-
She came home in 45, for total OF %
strokes and the low card Of the day,
Miss Marion Hollins, who was Mrs.
Gavin partner. made several costly
mistake coming home. else she might
have been a contender for the low
score. Mrs. Foitner. ling IN prac-
ice Of late. again found putting her
gulnersblo point. taking extra puts, on on
he frst third. fourth. sixth and eighth
,oing Out. and reaching the turn IN -.
|htre was a little improvement on the
|reen on the inward journey, and 'ne
Eouth Shore girl sank her last putt a
nstter of twenty feet. for 4. II was
.he one really good shot s. had mace
on the greens, and must have been
so-re ro4rrf.0ftou 90 the champion.