Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
Miss Hecker, by Defeating Miss Un-
derhiI, Takes First Place.
GRAND PLAY BY TIE VICTOR
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GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

Miss Genevieve Hecker, the seventeen
year-old champion of the women golfers at
the Wee Burn Club, near Noroton, Conn.,,
added the luster of the Metropolitan cham
pionship to her fame yesterday in the final
contest for that honor on the Morris Coun-
ty New Jersey Club links. After disposinS
of that sterling golfer Miss Beatrix Hoyt,
thrice national champion, on the previous
day, Miss Hecker was called upon to meet
the present champion. Miss Ruth Under
hill, and the latter was defeated by the to-
tally unlooked-for score of up and to
play. 1t remained for the final test i'll
magnificent series of games to bring out
a larger score than had been seen IN any
of the previous matches.
The match was a perfectly good-natured
one, and as soon as the decisive eleventh
hole was finished Miss Underhill was the
first to grasp the victor's hand in warm
congratulations.
Miss Heckers golf deserved to win. On
the first nine holes she gave the srandest
exhibition by a woman ever seen on the
Morris county links. After the game was
decided her score was not so good and no
record was made. In the eleven holes that
determined the local championship Miss
Underhil did not win one. Two were
halved and nine won by the Wee Burn Wo-
nan.
Miss Hecker had the advantage on the
drive for every one of the eleven holes that
constituted the regular match. Both she
and Miss Underhil were nervous on the
start, and indeed the large gallery grouped
on the clubhouse piazza would nave mace
many of the men somewhat SqueaT1iSh
The drives were short, and 1t took three 10
reach the green, the hole being halved III
the ordinary score of six.
Miss Hecker'S nerves regalned thelr LII
mer steadinesS on the second tee, ana tne
exhibition of golf which she proceeded 10
give on the next eight holes was almost:
IL not quite, unparalleled In the history VI
Women's golf in America. Five OF those
eight holes were played in the mems DOGGY
figures two were one stroke above, ana
one, the fifth, was one under DOGGY. II IS
80 yards from the tee. and the wee Burn
girls long game was never seen 10 peter
advantage. Her drive and brassie brought
her to the side of the bunker guarding the
green and her mashie approach placed the
ball within ten feet of the hole. 1t was
no wonder that the gallery voiced Its de-
light by an outburst of applause, and Wnen
the put ran the ball down for -FOUR an
other wave of handclapping burst forth.
Miss Underhll's third shot, after lucky
run over the bunker from her drive. was
barely ten yards beyond Miss Hecker sec
ond shot. The champion approached the
green poorly and took six. but on all the
other holes she was only one stroke behind
Miss Hecker. That extra and winning
stroke the latter gained entirely from me
superiority in her long game. Playing the
sixth, 1853 yards, she got 1oo-yard Drive
and a brassie nearly as good. Miss Under
hill needed a drive and two brassies, and
was then only few yards ahead OF her
opponents second. Miss Hecker was per
sistently forcing Miss Underhill to play
one more to the green The former won the
sixth hole in the DOGGY figure of to for
the latter.
Had Miss Underhill played her usually
steady game she would have halved or won
the seventh hole. Although 4O0-yard hole,
it has been made in four several times dur
ing the tournament. Miss Hecker made
poor approach and a short put. taking six.
but Miss Underhill had completely thrown
away her chances by driving into the bunk
er and then fubbing her iron shot after
getting out and needed seven for the hole.
Miss Hecker was on the eighth green. $50
yards, in two. getting the benefit of the
roll down the hill. and won in to 6. and
she got the ninth hole, ABB yards. in the
DOGGY figure of 6. With one-half of the
match finished Miss Hecker stood eight up,
and had made a new woman's record for
the nine holes of As strokes, a score that
barely half a dozen men Of the club are
able to make.
The tenth hole was halved in five, and
when Miss Underhill missed a put to halve
on the eleventh green. Miss Hecker win
ming in six, the match and the first metro
politan championship came to an end.