New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
Englishwoman Tires in
Match-Beaten on Home
Green.
MRS. FEITNER TO
DEFEND HER TITLE
South Shore Golfer, Present
Champion, Wins Semi-Final
Over Mrs. Ryan.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.


lawn. former national and metropoli-
tan champion, arose in the crisis yes
,erdsy and defeated Mrs. W a Gavin.
Of Cherry Valley. the little English
woman. in the semi-fnal round Of the
annual women's Metropolitan golf cham
pionship tournament, on the Baltusrol
Golf Club links.
Miss Bishop was not able to end the
match until the home green had been
reached. and there she was declared
victor by up, after Mrs. Gavin had
reached the deep trap in front Of the
green.
Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner, Of South
Shore, who won the title last year as
Miss Lillian HyGr. had no trouble in
taking the measure Of Mrs. F. p. Ryan,
O. Crawford. IN the other semi-hnal by
margin of up and G TO play. and
viii defend her championship against
Miss Bishop In the final round this
morning, the match starting az 1915
o'clock
IN making certain that the Metropoli-
tan honOrs this year al least will be
Won by an American girl Miss Bishop
rlayed m8chine-like golf on a majority
Of the holes. and at the twelfth and
fourteenth had q lead of Up. II was
principally her ability to chip M dead
n the cup and TO run down abnormally
long puts that won for the BrOOklawn
woman.
Mrs. Gavin on Her Game.
While allowing Miss Bishop all due
credit for her performance, 10 is no loss
than plain Justice TO Mrs. Gavin 70 say
that She was not the same brilliant
plaver who had put out Miss Marion
Hoilns the day before The little Eng
I,h golfer lacked the snap and the
dash she had shown on previous occa-
sions. and there was reason. on
Wednesday afternoon, against the adj
wee &c her husband. she went out and
PLAYED a second eighteen holes over the
lonc course, and az the finish sne was
completely tired out and admitted she
had made mistake.
On the very first hole Miss Bishop
took the lead by boiling out from al
mos. A. the edge Of the green, winning
i'm 3 10 IS. on the next, the former
shirley Park golfer sliced her drive 70
tho rough. and Miss Bishop became
un hy taking this hole.
On the short third. both reached the
green in o. and Mrs. Gavin won IN
% 4. leaving her down. The match
vss squared on the long fourth. when
Miss Rishon laid herself a stymie, but
'ho American took the fifth, even after
reaching a sand trap on her tee shot
~ the sixth Mrs. Gavin drew lever
again by getting OF 2OO-yard drive
and laying her brassie Sreen nigh, out
In the rough. She Clipped out dead 10
tho hin and was down IN par 70 her
opponents :.
The seventh was halved in g. after
Mrs Gavin had run down long pun
pss' the Others ball, and on the eignln
the dainty English girl. driving l9O
Yards m the hin. laid her ball on the
green with a spoon and won IN 10 d.
This left Mrs. Gavin ] up, Tor me
FIRST and only time IN the matcn' ana j.
gave her friends hope.
Takes Ninth in Par 3.
Rr. tho Brooklawn player was still
very much in the fight, as she proved
by taking the short ninth IN a par o.
The tenth. with the pretty island green
was won by Miss Bishop in TO o, AFTER
Mrs. Gavin had taken three puts ana
The American increased the lead by
winning the eleventh, after me
mashie pitch mp the hin on her second.
Mrs. Gavin was beginning TO show the
strain and became down ON the
twelfth. missing p two-foot putt On
tho thirteenth. by clever downhlll
putt Of fifteen feet. Mrs. Gavin won m
% and was > down. The fourteenth
] went 10 tho American girl, for after
neirg IN trouble near the green she
chinped out dead and won in TO ..
Both reached the green, 462 yards, IN
a. the fifteenth. and the little visitor
won i'm 3 10 6. The next was halved IN
E 6. leaving Miss Bishop dormie ?. Mrs.
Gavin got off q beautiful ball over the
! brook a. the seventeenth, and after
! 'aying her second on the green took ne
/ hole in 4 to C., and was ! down, with
one 20 60.
The gallery was wrought up 10 a
! high tension as Mrs. Gavin, seemingly
! about 10 overcome the big lead, drove
of She got long ball, but "A blt OF "a
/ slice sent it 20 the road, from where u
. bounded under the trees 20 the rght.
MISS Bishop just cleared the brook and
placed her second on the green. Every
body waited breathlessly while Mrs.
Gavin. with last desperate effort.
slsshcd her ball past the trees and OUT
toward tho green. II was short and
into the abysmal pit before the green.
! After making vain attempt 20 get.out
1 with hoy niblick, Mrs. Gavin picked up,
scrambled mp the side % the bunker
and smiled as she shook hands with
Miss Bishop.
The .orJ- fo11Ovv.