The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-13
MRS, STOCKTON Is
At TOP OF LIST IN
QUALIFYING ROUND
Makes an 88 Mt BaltuSrOl and
Leads Mrs. Gavin by
Single stroke.
RIG FIELD PLAYS FOR
METROPOLITAN TITLE

NNNN 'N
tween a bad beginning aud a worse end
lrs M, Mrs H. G. Stockton Of Lakewood
a, the top Of the list in the qualifying
-olrd Of the wnmen's metropolitan
championship at the Baltusrol Golf club
today. Mrs. Stockton's score Of
IS. ass. excellent going for the diMi-
cut and billy Baltusrol course. was jus,
one stroke better than the A.. tt-s9
Of MIR. William a. Gavin, Cherry Val
.ey. the English woman who won the
Eastern TILE at Essex County near Bos-
Ton las, week. Not another member Of
the big feld Of more than ninety starters
was under The 90 mark and there were
only eight. half the championship d.
vision. who kept under 100
chm y, pion Finishes Third.
The defending champion. Mrs. QUEEN
tin +. feitner. who as Miss Lillian T.
HYDE won the title in 1910. 1911. 1914
and 1915, was In third place with 30.
Miss Marion Hollins and Miss Iieorg,-
anna N. bishop, both former titieholders.
were not far behind with - and 90.
Mss Bishop sharing NTH place with Miss
Pauline Starrett. a young Baltusrol
golfer who took up the game oniy last
fall. The two others who beat 100 were
M1 W. j. Faith. wykagyl. n Mrs.
A. S. Rossin, Century. zach OF whom
made a 81. Scores Of 1O4 or better pu,
their makers In the championship d.
yS!on.
Although known TO be a good golfer.
Nr. stockton hardly was expected to
be the inedallist. and her victory can
safely De written down as a surprise. l,
was a well earned victory. nevertheless.
and but for the poor work on the first
and last holes Mrs. StoCkton's ca rd would
have been three or for strokes lower.
She began with a !. due 10 a poor see
ond shot which ended its niglt in a
bunker, and three puts. when she
finally reached the green. The mex, two
were played well enough IN . and ].
out on The long ana difficult fourth,
after playing shor, Of the second bunker
With her third, she dubbed her fourth
shoi ana took another !. ON the NTH
her second was hole high. hut a LITTLE
u the Inc, a . coins down OF the
ard AS a result. and on the sixth she
holed her only long putt os the round. a
len fooier for a The long seventh
Mas played well in 6. but a s on the
".shth was not 50 good. "a to,ped drive
'os'ins "A stroke. She made up for the
error on the ninth, however, for her
me nifiron shot from the tee stopped
"1. . foot 'ccm :hc pin and a . was
easy. Sc MAS out In -.
Her success on the ninth hole served
10 fre hcr with renewed yea. for she
Played splendid golf on the next nve
hoIes' eetlhg each Of them in 4. II
MAS not so easily accomplished, how
yer, as the mere figures Indicate. for
Oh the twelfth She drove into a bunker
ano paved Il fine shot out of TN. trap
10 the green. and on the thirteenth re-
covered splendidly after topping her
drive The i62 yard fifteenth broke
ne string Of As, although IL almost
iaNfd To- do so. for the third was on
the green fairly close to the hole. and
she Just missed the putt for a She
pIa!ed the sixteenth safely. getting a s.
and tooh a on the seventeenth when
'er second shot was a little of direction
shd landed to the right of the green.
Disaster On Home HOLE.
Then came the saddest story Of all. Her
rive from the eighteenth green few
Straight for trouble and ended its
'ght against a rock in the woods. A
shot was wasted which hardly moved
me ball, and when il did get free il
popped INTO a deep trap. Mrs. Stockton
hnally dug 1t out and holed out IN Z.
thinking all the while what might have
been If she had only kept that last
drive on the line. Her card.
Ars. /. G. stockton, Lakewood
I,''''''''- ) -S =,
NJ ,...' $1,000 -
u.Ttrs- ~ pla!e" Will S'ss
AZ. ,,"'o" .""eh 'n"' "'S aS prI.-
,sa - r'oN'onS was poor, no'H
,l,,aa ,''u!p'on an" M'ss ''"'i.hS
'sss,.4 ~ anu GUY sof 70 'he turh' mn
~ MS n"I OF the journey III
'oI"I,s III 'he! kept TO-
ga "oo' ~ 'ne way ou' al tne
''N'i J"S' ran away from the
''po''d" '"annPloh' me Eng
,s'r,-a .''p'oscu her Hiasn'e VIII
~ '"''', uSlhs II 10 the pest 40
baa y" ,he '"eith ana eighteenth
%O"e IN the t".ifth she hooked hei
90. ~ 'ne 'oukn' nut her second
~. ''"'i"l I"''h maj SCARED over
.'"""k '"p ana stopped no.
,bsn s'nr d var" from 'he pm she
sI.., "S'' n'r :" oh me nome hole sh'
,ys,n zee sn"' ,h,2 me road bu'
Ia. ''oPpen me pan on the greer
,n,, 'ne hoi", ana ran down thu
"'T second d on a par = hole.
.ne champion Mrs Feitner, was suf
- nun ner accustomed goling All
10, ~ ! W pu'. 'h d mere ma
three putre, and in dn,ny $50
some pretty short mes Evsn uv,,
an her moor nu,tiu. ,ho .,,LI 49,
mad | r >" "'""' nav
sa SUI 'nahce Tor the medal, 70
@ VS. settng remarkable distance
rom the toe and through the green
but for IA. o,oh,h ,aio r,..