The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-18
ACKERS PLAY HERE TODAY Y--- s
MRS. HENRY GEISMER ELIMINATES MRS. GAUT,
 1921 DIVE CHAMPION
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 feated Mrs George Harrington of At lanta also, who is honorary presi- dent of the Southern Golf association for women.
 Mrs. Lowndes Has Close Call
 Mrs. Dozier Lowndes of Atlanta. had an unusually hard battle yester- day before winning her second round match. She was carried the entire 1S-hole route by Miss Priscilla Rog- CTS of Galveston. winning only one up. Mrs Lowndes was one down on No. 1s. and messed up her first four shots. beautiful pitch shot from the rough on the hillside to within three feet of the cup gave her a chance to square the hole with Miss Rogers. who was on in four. and Mrs Lowndes sank her putt for a seven. Miss Rogers. who was on the edge of the green required three putts, and the hole was evened. Mrs. Lowndes squared the match on the seventeenth and took No. s with a five, winning the match.
 Other close bouts in the champion ship flight were those between Mrs. L. H Beck, Atlanta, and Mrs. Ben Humphries, Memphis, which the for Iut1 WOns onc upf anu -iA s' T "N'ii '7 defeat of Mrs Gatins. one up. Bosh are Atlanta Ahtrants.
 Mrs. Shumate Beats Champ
 Another Birmingham woman shot good golf to win her match yester- day, and afforded something of an upset when Mrs. Jaaue Shumate of Birmingham eliminated Mrs. Wyatt Hedrick, Texas champion, in the third flight Mrs. Shumate played steady golf and won over the Texan. two up.
 Mrs. Octavus Roy Cohen, playing Tn the consultations of the nine hole flight, had a bit of unusually hard luck yesterday, when. playing No. 3 in her match with Mrs. Bertha Per kins. she was struck in the face by a ball driven by her opponent. Mrs. Cohen was knocked unconscious and suffered rather badly from shock. She was removed to an infirmaty, but later 1t was found that her in juries were not as serious as first thought. Of course her match was not finished yesterday, but will be played this morning early, the win ner advacing into the semi-finals ( f the nine hole flight consultations.
 The two ball foursome for wom- en. yesterday afternoon feature event, was postponed until this aft ernoon, on account of bad weater and poor course conditions. The special event for this afternoon will be held over until Saturday morning. 1t was announced yesterday.
 Today's Pairings
 Today's championship pairngs furnish some feature matches Mrs, Henry Geismer, who is now favor ite due to her victory over Mrs. Gaut. will meet Mrs. T. T. Williams, an unusually strong player from Att lanta.
 Mrs. Dozier Lowndes, considered one of the best golfers in the tour nament, will meet Mrs. Mat Murphy, Birmingham's other remaining con tender. Mrs. Lowndes will probabl be favorite to win, but the fine brand of golf displayed by Mrs. Mur- phy yesterday. if duplicated today, may prove the undoing of the At lantan.
 Mrs L. H. Beck and Mrs. Thomas Paine will stage a match this morn ing that will be strictly an Atlanta affair, both of these golfers compet- ing for the Gate City.
 Only Memphian Left
 The only Memphis player remain ing in the running will have a day 5 " VT eat Odi ioA AicA tAis tiipi h@' for she is opposing Miss Rosalie Mayer. who is the fifth of the quin- tet of Atlantans remaining in the running. Mrs. Duffield however, Is being picked to win. and one of the best matches of the day Is ex- pected when these two golfers tee off.
 The championship field has been narrowed down to three cities-At- lanta. Birmingham and Memphis but down in the lower flights are many out-of-town golfers. Miss Willie G. Sterrett. a Texan who has found much favor with her Birming- ham hostesses, as we'll as with other visiting golfers, is winning in the first flight. while Mrs. w. Y. Att kinson, of Newman. Georgia. is also advancing in this division.
 The consultations were started yes terday, and play will advance in these flights today. Trophies will be awarded the consolation winners as we'll as flight and championship winners.
 Play has now advanced to semi finals in second, third, and nine-hole and baby flights. with their conso- lations; third round in the cham pionship division; second round in the first division. and first round in the championship division and first flight consultations. Results of yes terday's matches follow:
 Championship Flight
 Mrs. Dozier Lowndes defeated Miss Priscilla Rogers. 1 up.
 Mrs. Mat Murphy defeated Mrs. John Armstrong. and 1.
 Mrs. L. H. Beck defeated Mrs. Ben Humphries 1 up.
 Mrs. Thomas Paine defeated Mrs Ben Gatins. up.
 Mrs. Henry Geismer defeated Mrs. David Caut 5 and 1.
 Mrs. T. T. Williams defeated Miss Margaret Ash. and 3.
 Miss Rosalie Mayer defeated Mrs. George Harrington. and g.
 Mrs. Kenneth Duffield defeated Mrs. George Thompson and 1.
 First Flight
 Mrs. Frank Dooley defeated Mrs. W. G. Mrs. J. c. corcoran defeated Mrs. Henry Livingston. 1 up.,
 Mrs. George Atkinson defeated Mrs. Arthur. Crowder, and 3.
 Mrs. R. E. Oates defeated Mrs Her
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