Mrs. Burton's Victory in First Open Championship The final of the Shanghai Wadies' Open Championship (the firs; Open Championship ever contested in Shanghai) was played last Friday under ideal weather conditions. The contestants were Mrs, Burton and Mrs. Enticknap. Mrs, Burton's play was of a very high" order, and Mrs. Enticknap, while not of the same advanced class as her opponent, played a sterling losing game.
Mrs, Burton did the morning round in 76 and it would appear that her consistency of playing, to round about that figure, would cause the leading men players in Shanghai to look to their laurels. The match resulted in Mrs. Burton winning by 15 up and 13 to play. This would indicate that Mrs. Enticknap was overwhelmed, whereas really she put up a good game and it was mainly in the short play that she fell behind her opponent. It is obvious that Mrs. Burton has all the shots inher bag as her score on the morning round will indicate Out—A, 5, 5, 4, 5, 3. 4, 4, 3; 37. In—4, 3, 4, 6, 6, 3, 4, 3, 6; 39,
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