New-York tribune., 1921-10-05

ldt4Ot dtANt di40 0GilsatiSl, lACl CiStSl ,
Hall, of Mid Surrey, England won
&c further victories, judging from tn
Miss Edith Leitch, who is a bg,'
strong girl, although not rugged, nor
IS large as her noted sister, did the un-
expected by eliminating little Glenna
Collett, of Providence, who yesterday
tied with Mrs. Hall for the qualifying
medal. Miss Leitch won this match by
a score OF 3 and 2, using a most un
orthodox style of golf. which neverthe
less is plenty good enough for scoring
purposes.
SO far as beauty of style and real
eolf form are concerned Miss Collett
is much the superior player. She is
also much longer in her game than the
English woman. And yet it cannot be
said Miss Leitch lacks the punch. For
when she is forced to carry q certain
distance she generally succeeds.
Miss Collett inexperienced
Undoubtedly Miss Collett has the
better all around game and will SO fur
ther eventually than the other girl. But
just at present she lacks the experience
which makes Miss Edith Leitch such
formidable competitor.
The young New Englander really de-
feated herself in playing Miss Leitch.
She had plenty of chances to win, or
halve holes, but lost out through poor
judgment.
Miss Leitch has a jerky swing, a
sort of disjointed stroke, but she gets
there, nevertheless. But whatever she
lacks in mechanical skill this broad
shouldered English lassie makes UP in
temperament and determination of pur-
pose. She generally knows what she
b do rr0Ooadr ,,,,r,1 n q tol
to do it. She is a bold player ore
who is not afraid to take chances, and
abe will be a hard contestant to beat.
In that she is much like her sister.
Poor putting. especially on the out
going round. hurt the chances of Miss
Collett. Putting is the weakest part
of her game. She was driving beauti-
fully as usual long straight ball that
had the zip to it and which generally
was yards ahead Of Miss Lelteh's tee
shot. b. the English girl more than
held her own in playing to the greens,
and in utting did brilliant work all
along thl route. One thing these Eng
lish girls can do, and do we'll, is to play
the pitch -and-run shot They rarely
fail in playing the short approach from
just off the green.
Match Won at Sixteenth
At the turn Miss Leitch was two up
Miss Collett is grand little fighter
and when she becomes more expert
enced she will do much better in match
play. She continued to fight hard and
won the tenth hole. But on the next
three holes she made mistakes Of ludg-
ment which proved costly Four down
and four to go she kept strugglng and
although she won the fifteenth, where
Miss Leitch missed short putt, she
lost the sixteenth and the match.
The American had this last hole won
nasilv. as Miss Leitch was in a trap on
her drive, but in trying to carry a trap
in the middle of the fairway she fell
short and finally halved the hole
The cards were:
Miss Edith Leitch-
out..'.... ii''ss co . 3 5 s-4s
Miss Edith Leitch-
In'.''. -''Ss c0'.s ; s =
MET" Champion Beaten
The best match of the day was that
between Mrs. William A. Gavin, Metro
politan champion, and Mrs. Latham Hall
Of England Mrs. Hall was formerly
Miss Evelyn Chubb, who was runner
up for the British championship te
Miss Muriel Dodd in 1918, Mrs. Hal
is wonderfully courageous golfer, az
is Mrs. Gavin, and the struggle was {
grand nip and tuck affair replete with
brilliant shots Mrs. Hall got the yer
dict on the twentieth hole, but the way
IN which the issue ended was most un-
fortunate.
After squaring the mach by winning
the eighteenth hole with tTo brilliant
wood shots, Mrs. Gavin went on to the
nineteenth and haiyed that hole Al
the twentieth hole she got of a gooc
drive which was carried by the vino
70 trap Mrs. Hall had fine tee sho,
here. Mrs. Gavin failed to come out
Of the trap on her first attempt, the
ball hitting the edge OF the bank and
rolling to the other side of the bunker
She gmoothed out the footprints with
her nib.ick and then walked over to
plaY her next shot.
Meantime Mrs Hall called the at
tention OF Frank Barrett, the referee
70 the matter Barrett went to inform
Mrs. Gavin OF her breach, but by that
time she had played out of the trap
She then picked up, concedlng the mole
Error Spoils Great Match
Mrs. Gavin had made plucky fight
% i. being at one time down. She
showed to advantage in her rally, but
ahv she should show poor judgment a.
such time is quite beyond compre
aension. It spoiled the finish Of "hat
vas bv far the best contest of the day
The cards were as follows:
oal ~ 47s As
ov:. q ss7 & 5-+7
sn : 81 s-E5-so-s Z
In ~ : 5 & 4--4s--so---5