The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
ON BALTUSROL LINKS
WOMAN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OF
THE UNITED STATES AS
ISOLATION
WILL REMAIN IN THE EAST
Miss Genevieve Hecker, of Essex
County Club, OutDIays Miss
Heron, of Cincinnati,
in Final.

NEW YORK, Oct 12.-1Iiss GeneyIeve
Hecker, of the Essex County clue, East
orange, N. J., champion woman golfer
OF the Metropolitan Golf association, Won
the highest hon IS that woman golfer
can alta in ms Uaiied States today.
On the BaItusrol Golf club links near
Snort Hills, n. j., Miss Hecker, in de-
feating Miss Lucy Heron, of Cincin-
natl, by five up and three to play, won
the much-coveted title of champion
woman golfer of the United States Colt
association. The first really acknowl-
edged womans national championship of
the United States was won bv Miss
Beatrix Hoyt, of the Chfnnecock Hills
club, in 1886, and she held the title during
the next two tournaments, in 1898 At
the Philadelphia Country club links in
1899, Miss Ruth UnderhiiI, Of the Mas
sau Country club, GIencove, L. l.. was
returned the winner, and last year Miss
FRANCES E. Griscom, of Merion Pa, took
the honOrs out Of the metropolitan dis
trict to her Philadelphia home. Miss
Hecker, through her victory today has
recaptured the honors for the Metro
poHtan association, although at critical
periods during the tournament just end
ed, it looked as if the prize would either
GO West or to New England.
Miss Heckers winning caused no sur.
prise, as 1t was generally believed that
she would acquit herself creditably. She
is an excellent player who can always
be relied upon to put up a good game
and while she is at times cratic, it is
always noticeable that the better the
player against whom she is pitted, the
better golf she puts up. Several times
during the tournament she played rather
weakly, but she atoned for these lapses
by driving and playing through the fair
green with the accuracy of a profess
sionaL Miss Heron surprised many by
her brilliant play and it is no discredit
to her to be beaten by the present cham
pion. To those who have studied golf
records the victory of Miss Hecker over
Miss Heron was not accomplished quite
as easily as many thought it would have
been. 1t was quite evident that Miss
Hecker was not at her best today and
also that Miss Heron, probably over
anxious pressed on her long game and
was nervous on her short game at times,
so that she also may be said to have
been not quite at her best. Miss Hecker
absolutely threw away the first two holes
they were halved In and 6 respective
ly. These figures show that the play was
mediocre and not up to the golting
standard expected from championship
aspirants. Miss Heron won the third
hole in a rather good 4, although she had
a chance for a 3. Miss Hecker, who had
the longer drive, messed her approach
shots about so that she practically gave
the hole to Miss Heron, which made the
Cincinnati girl / up. Miss Hecker played
much better for the fourth hole, and
after Miss Heron had missed a chance
on the green. the New Jersey girl squared
the match by winning the hole in to s..
Miss Hecker drove splendidiy from the
fifth tee, while Miss Heron topped her
drive and found the bunker. This cost
her a stroke. which she got cIeverly over
the second bunker and was close o the
green in 4.
Miss Hecker, using an iron for her
second sliced badly and only made the
green on the like. Both putted poorly
and the hole was halved in skies From
the sixth tee Miss HecIer made the
better drive by nearly thirty yards, and
with her iron was on the green In two.
Miss Heron was short with a similar
club. It looked as If Miss Hecker should
have holed out in four, but She missed
a putt and took five to Miss Heron. s
six. This placed the local golfer in the
lead by one up. Playing for the sew
enth hole, Miss Heeker sliced her tee
Itlot but got plenty of distance Miss
Heron was unfortunate from the tee.
as she pulled her drive and was stymied
by the ban landing among some trees.
Owing to this difficulty Miss Heron
was obliged to use her iron twice while
Miss Hecker was always In position to
make brassey shots and hoIed out in
to e. which gave her lead of M.
Both played poorly for the eighth hole.
which was haIved in skies, and going
: to the ninth Miss Hecker drove into
the long grass while Miss Heron got
a very straight bali - This hole was also
halved this time in tours, Miss Hecker
being 2 up atsthe turn, having gone out
In fifty to Miss Herron's s. Both drove
short of the green for the tenth Miss
Hecker having to play the odd, got her