The New York herald., 1921-10-06

meeting the tropical downpour which
had opened upon her with q cotton
umbrella.
with her fourth shot on thnt dis
astrous third hole Mrs. Let's was more
hopeless than on the ffrst, her ball
merely moving to another section OF
the hazard. Her ffth shot was q good
one to the left of the green but with
the like Miss Leltch was on. More
over the English girl hoied out with
one putt thereby making amends In
some measure for her two previous bad
shots.
cr-~. the fourth. and with the
tee shots Mv. Let's sank further than
49, tns miro of defeat. Looking
up from her sandy stance as she pre-
pared FOR the recovery shot shc could
see only the front OF the building green
Even the top OF the flag standard was
cbscured from her view. All her enef-
sles were concentrated into getting
clear from Chat with her tee shot and the
force OF the wind forced her. And to
think up above there on the green nicely
placed for her par three and perhaps
for two was Mise Leitch.
A Difficult Task.
with blow OF her niblick Mrs. Let's
cloud. Out came the ball, to settle on
the rough grass between the bunker and
the green. Once more It was up to Mrs.
Let's to play. She was left now with a
chip shot to get the ball somewhere In
the vicinity OF the cup and thereby
leave her with q putt for four. Under
played or overplayed. the prospects were
for q five. and this could not possibly do
q bit Of xcod. since Miss Iseitch was
found to be no moro than fifteen feet
from the pin But by getting down In
four there stfll remained q gieam OF
hope for the Western woman. as even
Champions sometimes take three puts
from distance Of fifteen feet
That there was little hope left In the
soul OF Mrs. Let's was demonstrated
by the way she climbed out OF the bunker
and tackled her third shot. without
more preparation than a look along the
line from the back OF the bail she set
tied for the two more" Even before
riore than half the gallery had scram-
b;ed to q point OF vantage on the high
mounds overlooking the putting green
the ball was on It's way. The late ar
rivals never saw what happened. but
they gathered from the wild cheer which
rent the air tAat Mrs. Let's had sunk
her chip shot. 4. ~.s ee
That stroke was the turning point OF
the match. the bedrock upon which the
former Western champion built the foun-
dalton OF the greatest victory achieved
IN the realm OF wonen's golf IN years in
this country at least Miss Leitch
scarcely was prepared for that denoue-
ment 1t would be stretching the truth
70 say that II shattered her nerve, for
In the end she holed putt for a 8.
That the English star should have left
herself with such a putt for q half
proved. however, that the feat OF Mrs.
Let's had a certain psychological effect.
The Turnang Poine.
At best Mrs. Letts's chip was but
IRE. k" a break In the game. II
scarcely could have been expected to
push her on to victory. The fact remains,
though. that from this stage on the little
Chicagoan put fear behind iics and went
out to play her game. to do her best,
leaving II to the gods to decide whether
Or not that best was to leave Miss Leitch
With q small margin or large one.
On the fourth hole Mrs. Lctts drove
almost as Tar rs did Miss Leltch. The
English girl topped her brassie shot, her
second mistake OF this nature In three
holes. whereas the American lift fine
brassie that finished in trap. Miss
Leitch had now slight advantage. but
she pulled her iron shot into a bunker,
whereupon little Miss Let's laid her
fourth dead and scored her first success,
Miss Leitch missing q nine foot putt for
a half
/ Into the wind for the sixth hole the
pair mfd de hard going from the tee
They haivcd In 5. The seventh went to
Miss Leitch and the eighth to Mrs. Let's.
Another half at the ninth, where Miss
Left,h missed a short putt, left tha Eng.
lish representative 2 up at the turn.
Two down was not such 4 bad position
for Mrs. Letts to be In. considering the
start.
Starting the tenth Miss Lci,ch hooked
into the rough grass on the hnmmocks of
q bunker and tore the ball out with
crash Of her iron. A wonderful shot for
woman this was and It saved the Eng
lish woman a lot OF distance. In fact.
she still was almost as Tar advanced in
two as was Mrs. Let's with a pair of
perfect wooden club shots. Mrs. Let's
never wavered from the line all the way
and was on In four, whereas Miss LeItch
pulled her iron into q bunker near the
green. Her first attempt at recovery
met with disaster on the bank OF the
green. and her next left her still with n
rood putt 20 make. Miss Leitch hit the
cup. but this did not DO her q bit OF
good. Mrs. Letts had the hole In 6 TO
and was only down.
+ On the eleventh, "A most difficuIt hole,
the gallery began to wax quite enthusi-
astic when Mira. Let's carried the bunk.
ere with brassie and landed her bal
on the green. Using her Iron Miss
Leitch played n flne shot but. hitting
hard, her bali overran the green. Pitch
Ing back. the Briton holed q flftecn foot
putt and won In 4 TO 6.
The twelfth might easify have gone
to Mrs. Let's. bot the Chicagoan squnn-
dered the opportunity by taking three
puts from the edge OF the green. and
from distance OF less then twenty feet
she was there on her third, Miss Lettch
h~ving driven Into a trap and ovcrplsyed
the green on her approach. A wonderful
drive was made by Miss Leitch on the
thirteenth. but apart from the fact that
the shot opened up the green a little
more she was not q great deal better off
with her additional yardFge than Mrs.
Letts, who easily clesred the line Of trees
on the dog leg end was left with an open
shot TO the hole.
Mrs. Let's does not play iron shots
IN the same woriemanIike manner thet
Miss I.eitch employs. but iifting them
clcenlv from the surface Of the turf, she
nevertheless rlnys them well enough for
her purpose. With hcr approach for this
particular hole the Chicagoan laid her
ball within half a dozen yards Of the
cup and was left with a fine chance for
3. Miss Leitch was unable at tho
moment 10 ypatc, that xyops7sff,,l effoyt