Evening star., 1947-07-12
ID. {. Go|fwomen Look
For Revenge After
5hufout in Tourney

washington's golfwomen are
looking forward to the intercity team
matches with Baltimore later in the
season as a possible means Of gain
ing refenge for their .000 batting
average in the 26th Maryland State
championship concluded yesterday
at Kenwood.
OF the four prizes in the cham
pionship flight, the visiting Balti-
more delegation won, that's right,
four. They have the repeat cham
pion, Mrs. Maurice Click Of Wood
holme, and supplied the runner
up in Mrs. T. E. Schluderberg OF
Baltimore G. c. Mary Anne Downey
of Baltimore c. C. played S6 holes
yesterday and won the title flight
consolation over Elizabeth Bonthron
Of Hillendale and then won a playoh
for the medal over Kenwoofs Mrs.
Betty Meckley with 81 to "a.
Not since the Washington golfers
first started taking part In the
State tournament has there been
such a sweep. The visitors sup
piled nine Of the 16 title flight quail
fiers and three of the four semi
final berths, with Mrs. Richard
Kreuzburg's semifinal stand the best
District showing.
Mrs. Clicks Third Title.
Mrs. Click, who took up golf on
a doctors advice in 1888 when she
quit teaching school, has accumu-
lated a lot Of silverware since that
time. Yesterdays 2 and / triumph
over Mrs. Schluderberg was Mrs.
Clicks third State title. She won IN
"A and '46, and in 1912 she was
medalist and runnerup.
Mrs. Click, who makes most OF
the Southern and Eastern circuit
of major women's tournaments, has
been playing the best golf OF her
career this season. Recently the
Baltimorean finished fourth In the
women's Eastern championship. She
altered her swing this spring In
the hopes Of hitting a long, low
ball off the tee, and to date she has
been successful.
Mrs. Click displayed lot Of pa
tience in that final round yesterday.
After taking a Cup lead in the first
six holes, the three-time champion
watched Mrs. Schluderberg one-putt
the next six greens in a row and
square the match with spectacu-
lar birdie on the 18th, where the
runnerup knocked long iron shot
within inches Of the cup.
Posts Total Of 81.
But Mrs. Click came right back
to build another lead that held up.
The finalists played the round out
and Mrs. Click posted a 78, the
third time in five rounds she was
under 80. She never was over 81.
Mrs Schluderberg, who has won
lot more matches than she has lost
In the State tournament over
number of years, had 81 IN falling
in the final for the second straight
year.
The medal playoff was q stroke
for-stroke affair with never more
than two shots separating the final
lists until the 21-year-old Miss Dow
ney staged brilliant "a finish on
Kenwood's tough par 3-4 finishing
holes, to take home the marbles by
a three-stroke margin. The CO.
medalists tied with 81s on Monday.
The Youthful Miss Downey found
SO holes in one day just a nice
workout.
Well Run Tournament.
The Frank Mirths Che Is the
Maryland State golf president, Mrs.
Mirth Is the women's chairman
presented the prizes at the conclu-
sion of the well-run and enjoyable
tournament.
Only in the higher flights did the
local players take down the prizes,
and Baltimore had few representa-
tives in them. Kenwood's Mrs. P.
Menoher won the second over Mrs.
w. F. Peterson of Kenwood, 2 up,
and Mrs. Ed Widmayer Of Kenwood
won the second consolation over
Mrs. G. E. Peterson (no relatioD of
Kenwood, 3 and 2. Congressionals
Mrs. E. S. Hanson had an extremely
good score for third-flight competi-
ton, SO, to win over Mrs. F. G.
Await, 4 and 3, and Mrs. A. A. Nor
rill of Kenwood won the third con-
ISOLATION over Mrs. Edgar Kreutz-