The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-15
MISS HECKER
CHAMPION
High Scores in the Golf TOurna-
ment Now On.

llIClll NUW Ulls
Many Good Shots Made-Much In-
terest Manifested Players and
Visitors Crowd the Club House
Finals To-day.
Miss Hecker beat Miss Underhlll,
champion of the United States, in the
finals this morning by nine up and
seven to play. This is great victory
and makes Miss Hecker champion of
the Metropolitan Association.
Smart golf has been the order of
the week on the Morris County links.
Sharp competitions for place have
been daily occurrences. And the
reason is that the week has been
taken up with play in the first annual
tournament of the Women's Metro
politan Golf Association.
1t was gay scene when the compe-
tition was at its height. The women
were vivid in shirtwaists of as many
colors as Joseph's coat, while the men
wore the club coat of red and blue
Much of the success was due to the
clever management of Mrs. W..
Fellowes Morgan.
The draw for the first round brought
the competitors together as follows
Championship sixteen-Miss Marion
Oliver and Miss Fargo, Miss Kip and
Miss Wetmore, Miss Shearson and
Miss Hecket Miss Maxwell and Miss
Underhill, Mrs W. f. Morgan and
Mrs. N. P. Rogers, Mrs. W. J. Berg
and Miss Hoyt, Miss Chauncey and
Miss Willis, Miss Hurlbut and Miss
Pearsall.
Consolation sixteen-Miss Shippen
and Mrs A. D. Cochrane, Miss Kobbe
and Miss Brown, Miss Lena DeBary
and Miss Charles, Miss Wallace and
Miss Byrce, Mrs. A. E. Smylie and
Miss Robinson, Mrs. Sanford and
Miss Graham. Miss Swords and Miss
l.. Graham, Mrs. William Shippen
and Mrs. Pickman.
Not withdrawal occurred to maj
the card Tuesday and all the pairs
were off promptly to the minute.
Mrs. Berg and Miss Hoyt were fol
lowed by a gallery and for the
first few holes Mrs. Berg had the
better of it. There was also crowd
to watch Miss Underhill and Miss
Maxwell.
One of COLTS surprises came of
Wednesday when Miss Maude K.
Wetmore, champion of Newport Clut
was beaten by Miss Genevieve Hecker,
from the Wee Burn Club, Noroton.
The victory was neat and convincing,
and as result, Miss Beatrix Hoyt and
Miss Hecker were paired for the last
round of the semi finals yesterday.
Superior playing enabled Miss
Hecker to defeat Miss Wetmore. Both
young women drove we'll, but the Wee
Burns representatives. approaching
and putting were the, better
AS compared with the National
championship at Philadelphia last
October the scores are not as low, but
it must be remembered that Morris
County and Philadelphia are two
different links. Miss Hoyt made the
best card at Philadelphia, doing a 81,
while here she has done no better than
103 Miss Wetmore did not appear
at Philadelphia but her games show
that she has lost nothing since the
day two years ago when she came near
beating Miss Hoyt at Ardsley for the
championship of 1898.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt has been beaten
again in q championship tourney.
The trick was turned in a close con-
test by Miss Genevieve Heoker, of the
Wee Burn Club, yesterday. Nearly
half of the match was played in a
downpour of rain, and the pretty
contestants were drenched.
While half hundred wet but en-
thusiastic spectators were following
and applauding this pair, Miss Ruth
Underhill, the champion, and Miss
Elsa Hurlbut, the hope of Morris coun-
ty, were fighting it out few hun
dred yards i'll the rear Miss Under
hill won after playing rather ezra
tic game by up. This pairs her and
Miss Hecker for the final round this
morning and those who have closely
watched the playing of the two pick
the latter to win.