New-York tribune., 1921-10-29

opposition.
In the morning Miss Leitch opposed
Miss Alexa Stirling, former United
States woman champion, whom she had
defeated In two previous matches, and
again was victorious by score of
Up. In the afternoon she played against
the Pelham pro" Jim Barnes, holder
of the United States open champion
ship. In this struggle she was beaten
by 8 and l.
In playing against Barnes Miss
Leitch had handicap OF six bisques,
q considerable margin for one of Miss
Leitch's ability. 1t was first planned to
give Miss Leitch handicap of half
stroke hole, or a total Of nine
strokes. This is the basis on which the
English girl has played many Of the
British professsionals, including the
hard-hitting Abe Mitchell. 1t Is re-
ported that Mitchell was the only pro
fessional able to defeat her on this
margin.
Names Own Handicap
Miss Leitch was allowed to name her
own handicap against Long Jim. She
stated she would consider six bisques
. fair handicap. That meant that Miss
Leitch had six strokes which she could
take at her own option. Thus it can
be seen that in reality she had bet
ter handicap than she would have had
had she accepted nine strokes.
''I'll have to travel some to beat her
now," said Barnes, just before the
match started. And the big fellow had
to do just that. He played the best
golf that has ever been shown on the
Pelham course and yet was able to win
only by score Of and /. At the
turn Miss Leitch was on even terms
with Barnes and at that point she had
used only two of the six bisques..
But on the return trip Barnes played
scme of the finest golf he has ever
shown. He came back in thirty-two
strokes, five under par, and considering
the layout and the condition Of the
turf one wonders how the champion
ever succeeded in making such a re-
markable score. His tally for the
round was IS, which is by far the best
score ever made at Pelham. Until yes
terday nobody had been able to do bet
ter than 72.
Miss Leitch had an approximate
score of s3, which represented superb
golf. Few men can go around Pelham
in that score. 1t was dazzling exhi-
bition and thrilled the large gallery
which turned out TO see the play.
On the first hole Miss Leitch in play
ing an approach shot to the green
pitched far across and went out Of
bounds. Her next shot caught trap
and she conceded the hole. On the
second she had q fine drive and had
putt for a bird three, but missed.
Barnes played beautiful shot from
out Of q shallow trap and sank hard
putt for three and a half. Miss
Leitch took her first bisque on that
hole.
Makes a on Fifth
The hard-hitting English lassie won
the long third all by herself with a
fine par 5. Barnes took a on the
hole, being out of bounds with .his
drive. Both had splendid tee shots to
the downhill short fourth and halved
it in 8.
Barnes got at the fifth, while Miss
Ieitch was taking 4. Miss Leitch
took her second bisque here, SO that
she was still on even terms. Then she
won the sixth hole and took the lead.
Here she had two grand shots to the
green. They halved the next two holes
and at the ninth Miss Leitch, who is
inclined to be erractic on the greens,
took three puts and lost the hole.
At the tenth she hooked her drive
far to fine left of the Green and 1oaf