Evening star., 1927-09-24
WIS. HORN LEADING
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Has Miss. 0rCutt 2 Down Half
Way in &c. Hole Match
for National Title.

GARDEN CITY. n. Y. September
24.-IIalf way through their 3G.hole
match for the national woman's golf
championship today Mrs. Miriam
Burns Horn of Kansas City led Miss
Maureen Orcutt. Haworth, y. j.. by
2 up.
Mrs. Horn met stiff opposition In
the second nine holes, as Miss Orcutt
took the fifteenth and seventeenth
with spectacular flashes, but her own
steadiness won her the thirteenth
sixteenth and eighteenth to Increase
the lead she had established in the
first nine.
At the home hole Miss Orcutt's
tee putt was in the rough near the
green, with Mrs. Horn almost on,
Miss Orcutt Clipped IL feet past
the pin.
Mrs. Horn approached less than
3 feet from the cup. Miss Orcutt
barely missed her third. Mrs. Horn
got hers and went to lunch up.
The battle was close and hard
fought through the opening holes.
although both were nervous and their
golf not up to the standard expected.
They came to the ninth all even and
there Mrs. Horn took the lead with
4.
A for Mrs. Horn in the 390-yard
eighth while Miss Orcut sliced out
of bounds enabled the Middle Western
girl to even the match.
Drives Four Feet Apart.
Their drives were four feet apart.
long and straight. Mrs. Horn played
a good second while il was here that
Miss Orcutt sliced into the woods
Mrs. Horn was four feet from the cup
in nd if1A
needed s.
Mrs. Horn paved the way for her
winning at the 465-yard ninth by
reaching the green with her third.
after Miss Orcutt had gone Is yards
short. Miss Odcutt approached Z feet
from the cup and Mrs. Horn putted 4
feet closer. holing out easily and TAX
ing the lead, as Miss Orcutt missed
her try.
Their cards for the first nine holes:
Mrs. Horn
Out. .....e 4 ) 5s44 SIS
Miss Orcutt--
Out. 4 6 5 4 4 6 6--47
Both Are Nervous.
Both players We're nervous and
halved the first hole in skies. The
y
is 4. Both had good tee shots. al.
though Mrs. Horns ball barely kicked
away from a trap. She found a trap
guarding the green with her second
and Miss Orcutt went into the same
trap. In trying to get out both failed
to clear the bank. The metropolitan
star needed 4 to get within
feet of the cup. Mrs. Horn failed 10
keep her head down and was far short
on her fourth. Her approach putt
was on the lip of the cup and Mrs.
Orcutt also failed to get down on her
next.
Gaining steadiness, the two made
As on the 350-yard second. where
women's par is 5. for another half.
Their drives were about equal length
and in the middle of the fairway, Mrs.
Horn got long brassie second to the
edge of the green. Miss Orcutt had
long wood shot. but sliced to the
rough near the green. Miss Orcutt's
approach was much too bold and it
looked like lost hole for her as Mrs.
Horn came to within three feet of the
pin. The New Jersey girl was equal
to the occa sion, however, and sank n
20-foot putt. Mrs. Horn sank hers to
break even.
Goes Ahead at Fifth.
For the first time Miss Orcutt took
the lead when she scored a par 4
on the 340-yard fifth hole.
Their drives were close together,
with Miss Orcutt 10 yards in front.
Mrs. Horn flubbed her .mashie and
went only % yards, this stroke prob
ably costing her the hole. Miss
Orcutt reached the green and Mrs.
Horn was on in 8. The White Beeches
player studied the tricky green. but
missed by two feet and took a 5,
while Miss Orcutt sank her next to
win the hole.
Again they broke even, halving the
14S-yard narrow seventh in As. one
above women's par, and Miss Orcutt
still led by 1 up.
Mrs. Horn was just short of the
green from the tee with Miss Orcutt
in the rough. Mrs. Horns approach
was over and Miss Orcutt was short.
Each took two puts for the half.
Lapsing to skies again, they halved
the 417-yard sixth, where women's.
par Is 5.
Miss Orcutt had the longer drive.
with both in the fairway. Miss
Horns second was wood which was
half missed. Miss Orcutt took an iron
and was just off the green. Mrs. Horn
pitched over the green. Playing from
high grass. Miss Orcutt also pitched
over. Mrs. Horn came back s
feet short. while Miss Orcutt was just
over the bank. Miss Orcutt putted
4 feet from the cup. Mrs. Horn barely
missed and was 8 feet away. Miss
Orcutt got her putt down for a s, anf
so did Mrs. Horn.