The New York herald., 1921-10-29
MISS CECIL LEITCH
GETS EVEN BREAK
Defeats Miss Stirling 2 Up,
Then Loses to Jim Barnes
3 and /.
PELHAM PRO SETS RECORD
Scores GO i'm Match as He Gives
British Woman Golf Cham
pion Six Bisqucs.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

BY KERR N. PETRIE.
Miss Cecil Leitch. the British golf
star added considerably to her prestige
by breaking even in the double hsader
which she played over the Pelham
Country Club links yesterday against
Miss Alexa Stirling and Jim Barnes.
woman champion by 3 up and making
the opan titleholder travel at record
breaking pace to allow her six bisques
and beat her by Q and l in the after
noon.
There are those who are Of the opin-
Ton that had Miss Leitch shown better
strategy in the taking of the bisques
she would have added Barnes to her
list OF victims. for it is q question
whether or not the Pelham professional
would have played the last nins holes
IN q for his record score OF 6S had he
been down or so at the turn instead
OF all square. Admirers of Barnes. of
course. can argue that the mental haz-
ard of having still to Civs four bisques
on the inward nine to an opponent who
had held him even with two on the
first half was much greater obstacle
TO good golf than a deficit of three
holes. However, it is an interesting
point, and ops that opens up a wide
field Of speculation.
Defeated though she was Miss Leitch
extracts as much credit for the match
as Barnes, who comes out walking in
the light of the glory of that new rec
ord. For James not only bettsred the
old mark. He ruined It, his 6s being no
less than five strokes under the best
previous score. the 73 made in the recent
W'estchester open championship by Jack
Dowling of Scarsdale. At that Barnes
worked for practically everything save
maybe one short approximated putt
Those who know how recent is the
history of Pelham did not believe that
such golf and such scores could be made
there. Going around through the trees
and the railroad arches and owe. the hills
one gets the idea that Pelham is any,
thing but paradise for the fair wielder
OF the brassie. And yet, despite two 7s
and as many SIS Miss Leitch completed
the round in So, going out in 40 and
coming home in AZ.
Barnes Plays Wonderful Golf.
But it is easy to pick faults. No one
was prepared for the wonderful game
which Barnes turned loose on the second
nine holes. and IN fact all were rather
rarvelling at the way in which the Eng
lish girl had held the big fellow even to
the turn with only two of her six bisques
and at the same time figuring what was
to happen on the last nine when Jim
tried to add four more bisques to his
opponents handicap total. Miss Leitch
had been around In the morning against
Miss Stirling and no doubt saw that
there was some hard Shedding after the
turn at Pelham. But ii was a case Of
the best laid schemes going far off the
direction flag.
Miss L.eitch found it necessary 10
summon bisque to her aid so that she
could halve the tenth. where the tee shot
Is over the pond. for she was wide of
the mark and in the rough besides. At
the eleventh she let Jim take the lead
with against and then took q
bisque to square the match at the
twelfth when both had actual 4s.
No bisque could do a bit OF good at
the thirteenth. for in trying to cut the
trees around the elbow Miss Leitch got
all tangled up, hit two trees, finally
played through the woods on her third
anu w Will WutTedS BATTLES,
with a superb 4, became 2 up.
Barnes was battering par hard at this
stage and he knocked it completely
sroggy on the next, a 525 yard hole
when he laid his brassie shot within ten
feet of the cup and scored an eagle" ..
Again Miss Leitch was helpless, for
while she scored par 5 1t left her two
strokes behind and completely out OF
hailing distance of the lisesaving bisque.
The card:
Jim Barnes-Out. a 3 6 3 z 3 & $50
Miss 1.eitch--Out. .T'4 5s3 4 4 & 4 G-aO
lin Barnes-In.. 4 4 4 3 4 . ) 3-32-6s
Miss Leitch--ln.. - 5'4 5"5'3 3--42-s.
sDenotes where bisoues were taken
With Miss Leitch and Miss Stirling
cropping their way around an unfamiliar
course. II was only natural that tho
morning round should show few rough
spots. As a match. though, the featur,
was decidedly interesting. particularly
since Miss Stirling made the British
champion extend herself to win on the
last green.
The former American champion wa,
2 up at the tenth. Furthermore, Mis-:
J>eltch did not get the load until the four
feenth ho,c. At the sixteenth Miss Stir
ling squared with a when the British
champion overplayed the green into the
trap. And 80 Miss Leitch had to annes
the last two to make IL 2 UP. The card
Miss Leitch-out. g "a JG5 3 3 4--i5
Miss Stiriing-Out.. g 4 3 q q . a--l6
Miss Lcitch--In.....5 4 : ; Z 4--43-St