The New York herald., 1921-06-25
Mrs. w. 4. Gavin Defeats
Miss @. NJ. Bishop, 9 and 8
Belleclare Golfer Takes Womens Metropolitan Cham
pionship by Brilliant Play in Thirty-sx Hole Final
Over Nassau Country Club Links
ny KERR n. PETRIE.

In a match made notable by the brill
lance OF the putting and the high
quality Of the golf displayed by the
contestants. but more especially by the
victor, Mrs. William A. Gavin Of the
Belleciaire Country Club OF Bayside,
l.. l.. yesterday defeated Miss Georgi-
anna NJ. Bishop OF Brooklawn. Bridge
port. Conn. by . up and to play. at
Nassau Country Club, thereby annexing
the championship title of the Women's
Metropolitan Golf Association for the
second time since 1917.
Playing her match In the sani-final
on Thursday, Miss Bishop had covered
the eighteen holes in 1s. Evidently Mrs.
Gavin was out to demonstrate that such
golf is not confined to Connecticut, for
she went out in 50 and cam. back In 40
for her Is in the morning. and on top Of
this played the first nine in the after
noon in SO strokes.
Instead OF a SO the Belleclaire star
might have had 81 had she exercised
care. Wanting the par Of and for
the eighth and ninth, however, she pro-
ceeded to make battle Of it with the
bunkers, the upshot being that she took
4 for the eighth and for the ninth, and
was lucky In sense to get the latter
figure.
II was a queer hole that ninth, for
although she was on the green in two to
four by her opponent, Miss Bishop
found herself in the long run getting
hard half In 6. The putting made all
the difference. Short with her long run
up and then strong with her second, the
Brooklawn star had to hole from almost
yard for her half after Mrs. Gavin
had run one down from ten or twelve
feet away.
But if Mrs. Gavin had not done an
other thing right in that second round
she certainly knew where the cup lay.
Her record of achievement on the
greens on these first nine holes was
four singles and five doubles, total OF
fourteen puts.
Fortunately Miss Bishops sense Of
direction and distance was neither dead
nor duiled, the Brooklawn girl adding
to the unusual display by running down
twenty footer on the third green and
a twenty-five footer on the fourth.
Winner Brilliant on Greens.
And. of course. in round Of IS II
could not be that Mrs. Gavin left all
her putting over until the afternoon.
The holing of six, seven and ten foot
puts she accomplished with uncanny
regularity and seldom tripped up on
anything that looked as IL 1t ought
to have been made.
But while she putted well. Mrs. Gavin
also drove and approached with power
and precision. From the tee she gen.
orally left Miss Bishop well behind and
occasionally took advantage Of her
superior length by going for trap
on the second that necessitated a short
shot by her opponent. The eighteen
is case in point. While many forward
tees had been in commission during
the week, there was no such concession
at the home hole Measuring Ss2 yards
and played all week long In the teeth
of the breeze, this hole the women had
been finding ticklish problem. 1t
has been a much criticised hole. for the
reason that IL necessitated caution on
the part of the long hitters. thereby
bringing them down to the level Of
their shorter driving sisters.
TheR was stiff breeze blowing
along this hole yesterday from the d.
rection OF the green. but Mrs. Gavin.
then up. decided to take sporting
chance with her brassie. 1t paid. The
ball flew like an arrow right over the
end OF the fearsome bunker guarding
the green and the Bellec,aire woman
reaped the reward OF her courage and