The New York herald., 1921-06-04
MISS LEITCH STILL
CHAMPION GOLFER
Defeats Miss Wethered in
Final of British Champion
ship 4 and 3.
ny BERNARD DARWIN.

SPECIAL Gable TO THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891. By THE NEW YORK HERALn
TuRNBERRY, Scotland, June 3.-Miss
Cecil Leitch beat Miss Joyce Wethered
By up and to play in the final OF the
British women's golf championship to-
day and retained the title which she has
held since before .he war There was
no manner of doubt that she deserved
the victory. Heretofore IN these matches
she had not really played her game. but
on this occasion she played better than
ever saw her play. She ran into form
just at the right moment and played
like an entirely different being. She
had been looking worn and harrassed,
but now she was confident and radiant,
and, my goodness. how she did play
Scores are not everything, and other
women have been around in eighty or
better this week, but am quite sure OF
this--that none of them would have
gone around in anything like eighty
against Miss Leitch this morning. She
was so crushlngly long and strong
have never seen such driving by a
woman as hers was. It was like the
driving of a really good male golfer.
cannot give statistics In exact yards, but
she reached really long two shot holes
with drive and brassie or drive and
heavy iron. Her facing iron shots, too,
which she plays with a downward
punch like a good professional, were
splendid and her pitching and putting
were good enough for all practical pur-
poses. AS soon as she got good lead
she took no risks whatever. On the
green she laid her ball dead and let her
opponent get half If she could.
In the afternoon for the first nine
holes she was better than ever. but
when the palm of victory was almost
within her grasp she weakened sud-
denly and unexpectedly and threw four
holes away in succession. But she
steadied herself in time, and two halves
gave her the match.
Miss Wethered, the loser. although
she is only 10 years old. certainly justi-
fled her place in the final and showed
she had pluck as we'll as skill This
morning she certainly was not herself
She could not quite hit her drives, and
this, with Miss Leitch hitting the ball
out of sight, must have made things
very difficult for her. While her game
was neither weak nor dropping. il
seemed at one moment that it was
likely she would be completely crushed
but the way she stuck to it in the after.
noon was beyond all praise.
To be Z down on the first round
against Miss Leitch at her best wa:
truly a cheerless lot and, moreover, fol
some time Miss Leitch played bette,
than ever She came near holins two
brassie shots outright and her score fol
the first seven was 2S. Even so, Mis-:
Wethered only lost one more hole, ant
had she been lucky with her puts sin,
might have gained one at the turn.
Miss Leitch was still up. and tker
for the four holes she had played in q
weak and frightened way Miss Wetheret
leaped on her like a metaphorical tigress
running away with all these four holes
For moment II seemed as II anything
might happen. but Miss Leitch took I
firm grip on herself and played twc
steady holes and won.
All through the championship / have
felt that there was something about
Miss Leitch that no other woman quite
had, and l feel more than ever strongly
so now