The Washington times., 1928-09-26
MRS. H|GB|E
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by MAI COLA ROY
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CASCADES GOLF CLUB, HOT
SPRINGS. Va, Sept. 26.-Maureen
orcutt, of the White Beeches Club,
Haworth. N. j., continued on. her
way towards the women's national
golf championship by defeating Mrs,
Harley, Higbie OF the Country Club
of Detroit. 5 and 3 in the second
round.
Miss circuit, turned the ninth in
20. one under par. and up on her
opponent.
The way home was ciimaxed by
70-foot putt on the thirteenth. She
won the match on the fifteenth
when Mrs. Higbie conceded her
two-foot putt.
First Hole HaIVed
The first hole was halved in b's.
Miss sOrcutt won the third with y
mar 4. On the next hole, MaureCn's
tee shot was in the rough below
the green and, after gettinE on,
she complicated matters by missing
a four-foot putt. Mrs. HigDie had
an 18.inch putt for A. and Miss
circuit conceded her the hole to
square the match.
However, Waureen got birdie 5
to take the long fifth. sinking q ]2-
footer for the score. Mrs. Higbie
squared the match again on the
sixth where Miss circuit took three
puts, but, thereafter, the Jersey
girl was never in difficulties, for
she won both the seventh and
eighth and halved the ninth to
finish the trip out up.
Mrs. aisSis 81 ssSss s-4s
In
Mrs. Ms 2 2IsSis ssssSs
Miss Orcutt. up and 3 to play.
GIenna Wins Too
Miss Glenna ColIett, Of Proyi-
1ence. r. l., defeat 4 Mrs. j. s.
Disston. OF fhe Philadelphia Cricket
Club, 2 up and z to play. Miss Col
lett, who held the title in 1922
and 1925, was out in ~ even
par, but she was quite Disguised
with her game.
The cards:
Mise Collett. up and to play.
Out:
s MS. f bis:taa..... 1856 81
Mise coHett .4s
Mrs. DIsston. 49,. 5
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, of
the Merton Cricket Club of Phila.-
delph.s eliminated Mrs. Harry
Pressler OF the San Gabriel Club,
OF Los Angeles, 2 up and / to play.
Mrs. Hurd, out in At, was cue
down at the turn and although sac
won the tenth, Mrs. PressIer again
put the California colors ahead by
taking the twelfth. But here Ms.
Hurd's greater wisdom stood her
in good stead, for she won The
next three holes TO become TWO 90
and hslved the sixteenth and Sev-
enteenth in fiVes, to win the match
and wreck the Golden states best
bet to win the title.
The cards were:
Out
Mrs. Hurd -. as AS674 81
In
Mrs. PrssSler... ssSs ss5s
Mrs. Hurd, ? up and ! TO play.
Miss BOlIiDs Victor
Another former champion to turn
In o. winning card was Miss Marion
Rollins, of the Women's National
Golf Club, Glen Head, Long Island,
who defeated her younger club mate,
Miss Resale Knapp, up and z to
play Miss Rollins began by shoot
ing an eagle 3 on the first and won
the first three holes before Miss
Knapp finally steadied down 10 pIa y
well 10 the end. ~
The cards:
Miss si:: k kSapD.::: 1855 s- .s
Miss knapp. $3.50
Miss Rollins. no and 10 Uisy.
Miss Paget Eliminated
Mrs. G. n. Stetson of the liant
ington Valley, G. c., Phila., holder
OF the title In 1925. eliminated Miss
Helen Pager, the most promising
OF rbe two Canadian girls ia the
second round, 8 up and 2 to play.
They were all even at the turn and
Mrs. Stetson won the 10th. 18th and
18th TO take the match. Their cards
Out
Mrs. StetsOB. 5 s. IS
Miss Paget. So SIS
In.
Miss Gs; r sssefcn. sssssss:.
MFs. StetgoD, up TO play.
Miss Virginia Val-Wie, Of Chicago
had the closest kind Of a call from
going into the discard in what
would have been q surprising upset
In her match with Edith Quier,
Of the Berkshire Country Club, OF
Reading. Pa. Miss Nan VIE won
by j np on the nineteenth hole
Miss QuieT had all the better OF il
or the outward journey and was
one mp Ar the turn with 43. II
was not until the seventeenth that
Inc Chicago girl squared the match
They hslVeo the eighteenth snC
Miss Van VIE poi an END 10 the
battle ~ getting en- eagle on rms
i9tn, heF second shot putting hei
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