Evening star., 1932-06-01
MRS. CHENEY LOSES.
AT BRITISH GOLF.
Enid Wilson Eliminates Last
American Entry in Hard
Fought Match.
By the Associated Press.

SAUNTON, England, June Mrs.
Leona Cheney, last surviving American
IN the British womens golf champion
snip. was eliminated in the Semi-final
round today by Enid Wilson, defending
title holder. Miss Wilson won 3 and 2,
after leading all the way
Miss PurviS-Russell-M Montgomery de-
feated Mrs. H. Clarke of Ireland. in
the other semi final, and 2, and will
play Miss Wilson tomorrow in the 36-
hole final.
Mrs. Cheney fought bravely in what
proved to be the best match of the
tournament but never could quite
match the strokes of the tall English
girl.
Woods Cause Downfall.
Miss Wilson, a powerful player with
the wooden clubs, crushed Mrs. Cheney
on the long finishing holes where the
American woman had trouble with her
brasSie.
Playing close to par all the way, Miss
Wilson delivered the final blow with
tremendous wood shot to the edge
OF the sixteenth green. while Mrs
Cheney was topping a brassie shot. II
was simple then for the British girl
for the hole and the match.
1t was a gallant campaign for title
no American ever has won. and Mrs
Cheney received congratulations from
British as we'll as American onlookers
She had been off on her driving all
week and today used a brassie. She
was far behind Miss Wilson at first, but
after the turn she held the English,
girl even from the tee. even Cutdriv-
ing her by sCnle 20 yards on the tenth.
Tee Shot Hits Spectator.
They halved the short first hole in
regulation threeS. The Americans tee
shot hit a spectator on the second fair
way. but dropped for a good lie and both
were on the green in threes. Miss Will
son putted past the hole and Mrs
Cheney was short on their firsts, but the
British champion then sank a l2-foot
putt to go l up.
Miss Wilson'S drive was 30 yards
longer than that of Mrs Cheney at the
dog-leg third. but they halved in fours
as the American Clipped up close and
sank her putt.
Miss Wilson again had the advantage
from the tee at the long fourth. and,
Mrs. Cheney got a good sec
ond and was on in 3, she missed a 10
foot putt and Miss Wilson, on the lip of
the cup, won the hole and went up.
Mrs. Cheney won the short fifth to
reduce the champions lead to one hole,
getting her par 3, while Miss Wilson
was taking l more. She ran up a l5-
yard putt dead to the pin while Miss
Wilson was missing a short one
Miss Wilson went 2 up again at the
sixth. where she was en- in ., while
Mrs. Cheney had to play brassie from
a cuppy lie and needed 3 strokes. They
were down in the regulation 2 puts
for 4 and 5.
Briton Goes Three Up.
The British champion also added the
seventh to go 3 up Mrs. Cheneys run
up to the green going completely over.
She needed a to Miss Wilson's 4
Mrs. Cheney got l hole back at the
eighth, where Miss Wilson was too care
full on her second putt and was just
short of the hole. She reduced the
English girls advantage to l at the
ninth. where she sank q I-yarder and
Miss Wilson missed one from 4 feet.
Mrs. Cheney outdrove Miss Wilson
by 20 yards at the tenth, but the Eng
lishwoman's iron to the elevated greer
hit the stick and dropped 2 yards away,
while Mrs. Cheney was II yards from
the hole Miss Wilson sank her putt
for birdie 5, while Mrs. Cheney took
four and vent up
The American found the rough with
ner tee shot at the eleventh, but had
a fine recovery Clipped within feet
of the cup and sank her putt for q
half in Is. Miss Wilson was on the
green in but could not match Mrs
Cheney's fine putt.
Reduces Champions Lead.
Miss Wilson was in trouble all the
way on the twelfth. losing one stroke
in the rusheS and then pulled her ap-
proach and Mrs. Cheney won to reduce
Miss Wilson's lead to l up
The thirteenth was halved in par 3s
Mrs. Cheney held Miss Wilson even
on their drives from the fourteenth but
hi under the ball with her brassie and
needed long iron to reach the green
She hit too strongly and went over
recovered nicely but missed a siX-foot
GOWnhill putt as Miss Wilson sank a
short one for a and went I'D.
They halved the fifteenth in SIS. Mrs
Cheney pitching inside Miss Wilson
Mrs. Cheney put down new bal
at the sixteenth and got fine drive
about on the line with Miss Wilson
Then she topped a brassie While the
champion was hole-hieh with 4 ire
mendous wood shot Miss Wilson then
Clipped within eight feet OF the pin
and sank the putt home to win the
hole As, and the match and ?.
Cheney-Brown Match.
Mrs. Cheney played a safe. steady
brand of golf to defeat Miss Brown She
was behind only once in her quarter
final match, the English girl winning
the first hole with par 3. Mrs. Cheney
got that one back on the second and
never thereafter was behind Miss
Brown twice squared the match. once at
the fifth and again at the tenth. but
Mrs Cheney applied pressure and won
twelfth through the fifteenth and then
halved the sixteenth to end the match.
The American played as good golf
as the current championship so far has
seen. She was out in 81 and made no
mistakes after the tenth. where her
brassie landed on the side of a sand
dune while Miss Brown, dead with her
second, won the hole and wiped out the
lead
Mrs. Cheney, unperturbed, dazzled her
rival with perfect tee shot to the
short thirteenth but got only half.
She won the fourteenth and fifteenth
through excellent, suref1re putting and
her half on the sixteenth put her into
the semi-finals.
Miss Wilson, who eliminated Mrs.
Glenna Collett Ware in the third round
yesterday. defeated Kathleen Garn-
ham, and 2. in the semi-finals.