New-York tribune., 1901-06-22
GOLF.
MISS HECKER'S CLOSE CALL IN wOMEN's
CHAMPIONSHIP.
ESSEN COUNTY PLAYER WINS FROM MRS.
ASHMORE BY A SINGLE PUT-MISS
CNDERHILL TO MEET MISS
HECKER TO-DAY IN
FINAL. ROUND

A twenty-five foot put on the home green was
all that saved Miss Hecker from possible defeat
IN the women's metropolitan golf championship
at the Nassau links yesterday. 1t came as the
climax one of the most brilliant matches OF the
week The tournament has had exciting
finishes, but this notable because Its outcome
decided whether Miss Hecker should have one
OF the coveted places in to-days final for the cup
The victory popular as IT was sensational.
and Miss Hecker's final triumph to-day seems TO
be generally acknowledged.
1t was in the semi-inals-always a critical point
In any tournament-that Miss Hecker won. Mrs
Fl. g. Ashmore. of the Baltusrol Golf Club, a
player who has shown her capacity for dominating
most of the better known woman golfers tn impor-
tant contests this season was Miss Hecker's OPP
ponent. Possibly II the memory of Mrs. Ash
mOre's Miss Robinson and Mrs. Will
lam Shipper earlier in the week that led the on
lockers TO believe she would prove superior in this
contest Certainly the rumor that reached the
crowd the clubhouse piazzas that she was ap-
preaching the home green 'an even caused a
stampede Of iuttering skirts down the hill to see
the finish. Miss Hecker was approaching the hole
after a remarkable 1I5 yard drive Both were on
the green in 2, Miss Hecker being well past the
hole. while her opponent short and had 70
play the odd. This carried her within three feet
of the hole 1t a twenty-five foot put or a
halved match for Miss Heeker. The stroke was
which the onlookers regarded impossible
but with a serene little swing Miss Hecker ran
the ball down at fairly good clip. II struck the
far edge OF the cup bounded little and then
dropped in. That settled the match up IN Miss
Heckers favor. The other match in the same
round between Miss Ruth UnderhilI and Miss VIII
lis resulted In victory for the former by up and
TO play. To-day Miss Heeker and Miss Under
hill will for the cup.
When play opened in the morning IL was with
the expectation that all the competitors would get
a drenching before they reached the last green.
The wind in threatening quarter and the
clouds looked ready burst at any moment. but
later the sun came hot and smiling. and to
end the day there was music the piazza and high
tea for the players, Mrs. J. Rogers Maxwell acting
s hostess.
Miss Hecker and Mrs Ashmore were late in
startIng and for time II feared Miss Hecker
town the previous evening by the illness % her
mother and did not arrive until almost noon. Mean
while. Miss Underhill and Miss Willis started their
match and were followed by most OF the gallery.
naturally enjoyed most OF the encouras asernent. al
though a small nut able claque OF Morris County
PLAYERS did what they could To cheer on their club
II not expected that Miss Wills would
win. for while Miss Cnderhill Is weak In her long
game and is handicapped by unorthodox style,
she knows every inch Of the course and Is eX-
tremely deadly with her putter.
She began by halvng her first hole IN D Miss
Underhill got the next. and the third was haived
in another 3. Miss Willis then took the lead for
halving the sixth Miss Underhill put her second in
the bunker guarding the seventh hole, but as she
laid her approach pitch dead that hole was halved
also and the turn Miss Willis was down
hole and the match went TO Miss UnderhlH by
of up and to play The cards: