Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

son won the twelfth with a birdie 4, the
! thirteenth with 4, the fourteenth with
! at S, and the fifteenth with a magnificent
second shot that brought her 4. The
gallery, on tip-toes from the spectacular
comeback, asked itself the question
Can she win the next and the next?'
And she won the sixteenth when Mrs
Hodges put her tee shot in trap al
the left and put her second shot over
the green. It seemed to be all over al
the seventeenth, for here Mrs. Nicol-
son, down with 2 to play, put heI
second shot far short Of the green
while Mrs. Hodges on the like was
within 10 feet Of the cup. Mrs. Nicol-
son had to hole a 12-footer to halve
for on the eighteenth to square the
match and she holed 1t. And so they
went to the nineteenth.
Mrs. Hodges second shot was just at
the left of the green, while Mrs Nicol-
son, on the like, was in a sand trap.
She played out Is feet from the pin,
and Mrs. Hodges half topped her third
and sent it careening across the green
into a bunker. After that long lead,
and her plucky golf over the first IL
holes, 1t seemed she was to lose the
match. But she dug her spiked shots
down into the sand and sighting the
line carefully played her shot. The ball
never hesitated. 1t ran on straight
line and with perfect judgment of dis
lance, hit the back of the cup and
dropped from sight. Mrs. Nicolson,
apparently not bit disturbed by this
turn OF events, lined up her putt and
carefully took her stance. Her bid for
the half was bold and only an inch
off the line. 1t broke at the cup and
as it passed the cup she ran over to
Mrs. Hodges to congratulate the new
champion. Mrs. Hodges is a worthy
title holder, and a fighting champion.
The thoughts that passed through her
mind as she saw six-hole lead slip
away must have been enough to de-
moralize a more sturdy fighter, but she
fought back with all the skill at her
command and was finally rewarded.
Mrs. Nicolson had the best medal score
an 85-while the score of Mrs. Hodges
was 88.
Mrs. Colladay Wins.
Mrs. Stephen F. Colladay won the
! first flight consolation, defeating Mrs
Hume Wrong on the eighteenth green
] up. The second flight was won by Mrs.
Frank r. Keefer, who defeated Mrs
| Walter D. Balm Of Baltimore, up
The consolation went to Mrs. H. King
Cornwell of Columbia, who beat Mrs
j. A. Mari of Columbia, by and 4.
Mrs. B. c. Hartig of Manor won the
third flight, defeating Mrs. Jerome
Meyer of Town and Country, and 2;
while the consolation went to Mrs. Fred
Hoffman of Chevy Chase, who beat
Mrs. H. B. Hird of Manor, 3 and /
| The fourth flight was won by Mrs. T
M. Beavers Of Beaver Dam, who de.
feated Mrs. j. 7. Powell of Manor, Z
| and /.
Without any question, the tourna.
ment was the best ever held for the
women golfers of the mid-Atlantic sec
ton. Mrs. Hodges won three consecu.
tive. 19-hole matches to win the title
beating Mrs. e. B. Morrow and Mis-.
Eff1e BoWes OF Baltimore in the seconC
and third round and Mrs. Nicolson ir
the final on the extra hole. She SHOULD
ike that nineteenth hole at Columbia
Sorrel-topped Gene Larkin of Chey,
Chase now holds two professional col,
titles Two weeks ago Gene won tht
Maryland State open, and yesterday ht
annexed the assistants title at the Con.
gressional Country, registering scores o.
S2-77-159, to lead Sidney c. Moore
Of Congressional by strokes. Moore
had 80-82-162. Archie Clark of Con.
greSsional finished in third place with
83-83-I66. Moore led the field by Z
strokes after the first round, but rar
into trouble on the fifth hole of the
second round, where he piled up shots
Larkin, meanwhile, was out in SO, anc
played steadily, coming home for a 81
against Moores 4l to win the title.