Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-10-07 | Page 19 | Links Star Sees Chance to End Jinx

. Links Star I Sees Chance ) ToEndJinx MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct T Uft 1 After 11 yean of frultleaa anlplng at the women' national golf eham- , pionahlp, Mrs. Opal B. Hill of Kan- , aaa City entered the) uartrflnala i today, convinced that "thl I my yar.".. Tho sturdy fairway vets ram, mother of a 21-year-oid son, reached tho semifinal In three other years, f, "but something alway happened. Maybe thi thirteenth effort will be my lucky year." In advancing to th quarterfinals, the Kansas City star ousted a former for-mer champion, Marlon Hollins of California, and Marion Mlley of , Cincinnati, a pretournament fa- votit. i Hitting Ball Well 1 cam to thl tournament to win." said Mrs. Hill "and I was never hitting th ball better than ' now." Her opponent tolay was Mrs, . Gregg Lifur of Paelfio Palisade, CaL Mr. Hill's first national tournament tourna-ment In 1933 was only two years after she took up the game for her health. She got not only health, but a roomful of trophies, medals and aaortd prise. Mrs, Lifur, victor yesterday over Barbara Ransom of Stockton, CaL, 1 and 1, defeated Mrs. Hill la th wtrn amateur In IMS. la their only other tournament meeting, la 13, Mrs. Hill triumphed la th -western amateur final. . Medalist Play Texaa la other match today, Mrs. Es-telle Es-telle Lawaon Pag of Greeiuboro, t N. C, medalist, engaged Mrs. Daa Chandler of Dallas, Texas; Kathrya Hemphill. 1M semiflnallst from Columbia, Co-lumbia, S. C, played Mrs. Charles Newbold of Wichita, Kan, and Patty Berg of Minneapolis met Mrs. WUlard E. Bhepherd, Loa Angeles. An-geles. Mr. Shepherd (rased Lanky , Clara Cal lender of Del Monte, CaL, , yesterday. 1 up, by winning th last four boles. Mis Berg trimmed Hilda Urbantk of Austin, Texas, 1 and 1, and Mrs. Newbold erased Mrs. Glenna Collett Vara, Phllaael- pbia, I and L