The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-22
Pnt IIn Hard Fiaht

CHATIANOOdA, Ienn., May Zl.--- Especial. Three of Birmingham s four conterders in the championship flight of the Southern Women's Golf association were eliminated today but one of them was defeated only after one of the most sensational contests of the tournament. Fitted against Mrs. Dozier Lowndes, one of the '.big three" of the association, Mrs. Carl Leibold played q top notch game of golf and made Mrs. Lowndes shoot a a for seventeen holes to claim the victory.
 The progress of the match was whis- pered around and drew the largest gallery of the week so far, sharing perhaps with that in which Miss Re ginia Hahn of Chattanooga upset the dope in defeating Mrs. Raymand, Louisiana state champion. Mrs. Majors was defeated by Miss Rosalie Mayer of Atlanta in pretty match and Mrs. Geismer had little trouble in winning from her clubmate, Mrs. B. NJ. Kilby. Mrs. Eeibold did not get an. suspicious start with Mrs Lowndes and was three down at the fourth hole. They halved the next two, but on the long seventh Mrs. Lowndes got all tangled up and Mrs. Leibold shot a pretty par five on the eighth Mrs. Leibold was one above par and Mrs. Lowndes was again in trouble for a seven
 Mrs. I.owndes One Up
 This left Mrs. Lowntles one up and on the 153 yard ninth Mrs. Leibold's tee shot was dead to the hole for q birdie two to square the match. Com ing in, Mrs. Lowndes shot. par for the first three holes, winning two and again putting her two up. They laved the thirteenth in par and Mrs. Lowndes won fourteen, making her four up. Mrs. Leibold won the next hole and seemed headed to another rally on the long sixteenth 520 yards. Mrs. Leibold made a great bid to ttke the match one up with a par five but Mrs. Lowndes matched her stroke for stroke on the seventeenth Mrs. Lowndes ended.
 It was with a dead aproach shot for three on a 313.yard par four hole. Mrs. Leib0ld was down in par four but lost the hole and the match.
 Cards were as follows
 Mrs. Leibold, out :. {. .556 545 562-43 Mrs. Lowndes. out :. 455 AS 774--45 Mrs. l.eibold,s in ... .545 365 54x-38 Mrs. Lowndes, in ..444 356 5Sx-S4
 Mrs. Geimer Favored
 The break in the draw is all in favor of Mrs. Henry Geismer, who, to- morrow faces Mrs. Bradley who should not give her very much trouble. On the following day she win have to play golf td win from Miss Rosalie Mayer in ordersto get, into the finals on the other hand Mrs. Gaut gets Mrs. Dozier Lowndes tomorrow Miss Priscilla Rogers the tournament sensation Fri day if she wins and will thus have two terrific matches before reaching the finals. Mrs. Kilby, Mrs. Majors and Mrs. Leibold. all of Birmingham, will play in the championship consultations tomorrow. Mrs. Harrison, also of Bir- mingham, went into, the first flight consultations by reason of losing her first flight match today to Mrs. Arm strong of Jackson, Miss, 9-S. Mrs. s. F. Thach, Birmingham, won her first flight match from Mrs. Daniel of Atlanta, 3-1. Mrs. Dewstoey Birming- ham, lost to Mrs. Luckerr of Fort | Worth, and goes into the consultations. Mrs. Beasley was defeated by Miss Kern up. Mrs. Thames, Birming- ham, lost to Miss Jimmie Pattillo, At lanfa, 2-1. and Mrs. Stubbins, Bir- minghan, was defeated by Mrs. George Andrews of Chattanooga up the three Birmingham players thus being elim- | mated from the second flight.