New-York tribune., 1920-06-09

So, was a brilliant performance. Her
total Of s7-sS-17o for the two days
play was better by three strokes than
the fine score of Mrs. William A.
Gavin, the New York player, who was
favored by many to win the tourna-
ment this year and who, despite her
failure, made fine attempt to come
through. RS is shown by her score of
Se-S4-173.
To have beaten Mrs. Barlow any one
Of the competitors in the field of
twenty or more players who had a
chance would have had to shoot
phenomenal golf. The fnesse and
brlliance of Mrs. Barlow's perform
ance is best illustrated by the fact that
until the fourteenth hole she did not
get of the fairway once and that she
made good on every iron shot she
played. This is ultra steadiness.
That Mrs. Barlow didn't break the
course record of 81. held jointly by
Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck and Miss Mil
dred Caverly, was due to her erratic
putting. On several Of the greens she
dubbed easy taps and on the final hole
took when she should have made a
easily after getting within several
feet of the pin in two shots.
Mrs. Gavin. upon whom New Yorkers
were relying to bring back the trophy
to Manhattan, made a game effort to
fulfill expectations. She began we'll
and despite several mistakes, went out
in II, which was as good as Mrs. Bar
low. But coming in Mrs. Gavin failed
on couple of short puts on the 18th
and 14th and on the 18th and 18th
played her iron shots poorly.
Miss Elizabeth Gordon uho uoe +;ed
with Mrs. Gavin yesterday with an 80.
failed to keep pace to-day and finished
third, with a score Of 181. Mrs. Charles
knight, who came in fourth with a
score of 1s5, is a player who will bear
watching in future tournaments.
Mrs. knight came to this country but
short time ago from England, where
she ranked as one of the best of women
players She is getting into stride
rapidly and showed up exceedingly we'll
in this meet. She plays a beautiful
when she improves her iron shots.
Curtis Sisters Trail.
The long absence from competition
has impaired the game of the Curtis
sisters, former national champions, to
considerable extent. Miss Hariot played
the better golf in this tourney and fin
garet, who was way off in most of her
iron shots, got only 1913. The game to
her apepars to be nothing more than
diversion now, whereas some of the
others were on the verge of nervous
breakdown before the finish, so seri-
ously did they take this contest.
Mrs. II. A. Jackson, of Greenwich.
also a former national champion,
could get but 1877 and Miss May Bell,
who recently won the Philadelphia title
By defeating Mrs. Barlow and others
of note, ended with q total score of
1879.
Mrs. Barlow started her winning trip
to-day with par on the first hole.
Mrs. Gavin got into the bunker on her
drive, but made a splendid out and
managed to get 8. On the second
hole Mrs. Barlow took 5 after
Missing an easy putt, while Mrs. Gavin
played the hole perfectly and got
par 4. Both got birdie on the
next hole, which is quite an accom-
7lishment any time, and for the re-
nainder of the round the two con-
,inued to stick right close to par fig
ures.
On the eighth hole Mrs. Gavin after
getting good drive, smashed a bras
sic approach within few feet of the
edge of the green and then made the
feature shot of the day by holing out
from q distance Of more than thirty
Ave feet
Mrs. Gavin missed easy puts on the
Twelfth and thirteenth, and Mrs. Bar
low fell down in like manner on the
eleventh and Twelfth. On the thirteenth
hole. however, Mrs. Barlow drove over