New-York tribune., 1901-06-15
MISS HECKER TO MEET MRS ROGERS
IN ESSEN COUNTY FINALS.


match play, the fortunate twenty-four who quail
fed In Thursdays opening round continued their
tournament at the Essex County links yesterday.
There were two eighteen hole rOunds-one in the
morning and the other in the afternoon-hut. in
spite Of the long tramp and the uncomfortable hu-
midity. the competitors looked charmingly cool in
their pretty summer sof frocks and seemed none
the worse for Thursdays trying out AT the stroke
game As survivors Of the three divisions into
which these twenty-four were divided. Mrs y 2,
Rogers Will play Miss Hecker in to-days finals for
tho Governors Cup. Mrs. William Shppen viii
meet Mrs. w Feuowes Morgan for the Greens
Committee Cup. and Miss Hester Kyle will meet
Miss Hernandez for the consolation cup. In the
morning Miss Hecker. the present metropolitan
champion. paired with Miss Marion Oliver. OF
Baltusrol who time held the championship
Of Albany. The match regarded with consider
able interest In view OF the atters chances in the
coming metropolitan championship Nassau.
There nothing In her game. however TO cause
uneasiuess to the friends Of the present champion
Miss Oliver began with show Of steadness. but
after passing the seventh green gradually her
control, and was beaten by score OF up and
10 play. Miss Hecker brought the game 10 end
with perfect ?, one less than boge. and was de-
lightfully consistent throughout The cards:
Miss Hecker Essex County:
IN 21' .............4 ............4 s 80
IN 2F' ......:.:.::.l .,.,...,.,:..4 s4ss:
bye holes played.
Mrs. y Pendleton Rogers. of the Hillside Golf
Club who plays 4 fine easy game of considerable
power had a close opponent in the same round
with Mrs. r. y. Carnrick of the home club. who
was finally beaten. up and TO play An un-
looked for result the defeat OF Miss Elsa Hurl-
but. one of the scratch players of the Morris
County Golf club Miss HurIbut was paired with
Miss +. W. COTE. another OF the home entries
who combined with her knowledge of the course a
capital control of her iron shots. Miss Hurbut
was unfortunately weak in approaching and put
Miss Ruth Badgley, OF Harbor Hill; and Miss
have not previously been prominent in women's
tournaments hereabouts. furnished the closest
eyen AT the ninth hole Then Miss Whitmore got
haived. but with the fourteenth and fifteenth
Whitmors lied led by 5 one up for the rst time in the
match she lost the sevepteenth ID howeVTT M and On
}S Sa' .:.::..::..S S53 $50.
Miss Ruth Whitm5re Hartford:
f@ 2q' .......,....:..l55 lSSd-lr7 SO
Mrs. w. Fellowes Morgan, of Baltusrol. and Miss
interesting match which Mrs. Morgan won. up
@ nd also 9 P oHer MISS S ofSnes Sf SF5eg Jones c
Brooklawn, by up and to play. The cards of
out I@a' :..... .......:.......5 ! 8 : sEEM ST
Miss Florence Jones Broctlawn:
out ....:.:::ls i ! lS 70 9 s-ss $50.
-Bye holes played
In the semi-fnaIs Miss Hecker continued her
winning game by heating Miss Goffe up and 10
play. and Mrs. N Z. Rogers won from Miss
Badgley by up.
The driving contest by Miss Hecker.
who used a Haskell ball for her first trial and was
protested by the others on account or the bounding
qualities of this make. Later. with another style
ball, Miss Hecker again made the best drive: OF
l57 yards with Mrs w F. Morgan second. The
handicap to Miss Oliver. at 81 net
Summary:
Cup-AIiss Badgley beat Miss Wetmore up:
Mrs N 2. Rogers Mrs. E n Carnrick 3 up, : 20
play; Hecker beat Miss Marion oliver. . up 10
play; Csoffe beat Miss Hurlbut. up, to play
Greens Committee Cup-Mrs William ShipPen beat Mrs
r T. Sanford, up, 10 play; Mrs G. NJ. Gill beat
Miss Laura B. Kirkpatrick, up. 10 play; Mrs b r
Craig Miss Florence Jones, up. play; Mrs
". F. Morgan beat Miss G G. Willis up, TO play
Consolation CupMrs F. NJ. Bacon. jr.. beat Miss II. l.
Williamson up l play; Miss II. Hernandez beat Miss
Edna Howard. UP GO holes) Miss Hester Kyle beat
Srnythe. . 20 play; Miss G l. Wilmer
heat Frank Enos. play
Rogers beat Miss Badgley. l
Miss Tiecker beat Cote up o play: Mrs viii
Shippen Mrs. Craig. / Miss
WiImerdng up Miss Hernandez beat Mrs. Bacon. up
to play
The scores in the handicap