New-York tribune., 1901-10-13


to Mrs. E. A. Manice of the Lenox Golf Club and
Miss Margaret Curtis, OF the Essex County Country
Club. OF Manchester Mass. in accordance with the
precedent which provides that the player defeated
by the champion shall have third prizo and the one
defeated by the runner up fourth
Local affiliations were naturally strongly in
favor OF Miss Heckers popularity with the onlook
ers but her success was due to no mere gallery
given encouragement. In form she was clearly su-
perior to her opponent, and the title was honestly
earned and thoroughly deserved. Her driving was
stronger. more accurate and more consistent II
was an appreciative crowd that gathered from the
neghboring country places at Summit. Morristown
and the Oranges but unlike that of the earlier
rounds it had apparently to rather than
to be seen. for in the long alignment in the wake
of the players upon rows of intent watch
ers the majority OF whom were women.
Miss Hecker had caddie the professional, John
Harrison who had been with her throughout the
tournament while w. D. Vanderpool. OF Morris
County. the old Princeton golfer, carried Miss Her
ron's clubs. Starting out Miss Hecker had the
honor and promptly dispelled any suspicious OF
nervousness by driving a magnificent ball Miss
Heron forced 10 play the odd. and made
failure of 1t, the ball going scarcely twenty-five
yards Miss Hecker took a brassey for her sec
ond and landed in the road from which she
escaped rather nicely on her next shot. Miss Her
ron's third another poor just short Of the
bunker On the green Miss Hecker had four foot
halved in Z.
On the second hole Miss Herron's brassey landed
in the rough. and It cost her two more TO the
green Miss Hecker's third the green
and this followed by poor put. halved hole that
should have been hers with ease.
Facing the third. Miss Hecker pulled her drive
into the woods. while Miss Heron landed in high
grass to the right Miss Hecker well out on
her mashie. but failed TO make the green. and her
third was thirty yards short Miss Heron was
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the desperate put. Miss Heron
Going TO the fourth. Miss Hecker's long game
told impressvely, for her second brassey carried
her close TO the green and she won at to 6. On
the fifth. which measures 2s4 yards Miss Heron
had the good fortune through the passage
way after striking the bunker. but found poor lie
for her second shot Her third magnificent
however. and result the ball was dead in 4
Miss Heckers long game was fautless. but on the
green she missed six foot put, and the hole was
haIved in 6.
full drive of almost two hundred yards. fol-
lowed by equally perfect brassey. put Miss
Hecker the sixth green. where Miss Heron was
obliged play the odd The hole went to the
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ing decided. Tor she sliced into the long
Her third was topped. but as the Westerners third
well over the green they finally divided in s.
ninth ninth ' was hal1ed Miss Hecker made the turn up.
Obliged to play the odd from the tenth tee her
approach was just short Of the green Miss Heron
was still shorter the like, but as Miss Hecker
failed to bring off her put she got the hole and
was only down drive and an iron carried Miss
Hecker to the eleventh green, where Miss Heron
playing two more. 1t was an easy hole for
Miss Hecker who clinched ii 1 to g. Faultless
play on the next resulted in a haved hole in T..
On the twelfth Miss Hecker had the better of the
drives by fifteen yards, but both were the green
in B. where Miss Hecker ran down a pretty put
and won 4 to O. making her up.
long drive of bounds forced Miss Hecker to
play from the fourteenth tee while her third was
short of the bunker. The opportunity lost by
her opponent, however. who topped her third into
the bunker Miss Hecker over the green on
her next shot, while Miss Heron lost another
stroke in attempting TO extricate herself Miss
Hscker was practically dead in 5. while Miss
Heron barely made the green on the like. so that
when the former down the put 1t was another
hole for the home player. who now stood dorme T.
The next hole the inst. Miss Hecker opened
with fine drive. but half topped her second, and
Miss Heron had a chance. She missed il. however.
by topping in turn. the ball going out of bounds
and costing her a penalty stroke. This settled the
match for Miss Hecker had little difficulty in taxi
Ing the hole to s, which gave her the match, 5
up and TO play.
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