The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-01
MISS MARGARET CURTIS AND
MISS LOUISA A. WELLS SCORE
SO EACH
TWENTY-FOUR YOUNG WOMEN
GO BELOW THE 100 MARK
Miss Bessie Anthony, of Chicago, for
Time Warm Favorte-However,
After Making First Nine Holes in
AZ, She Drops Into Seventh Place by
Taking So to Come Home.

BROOKLINE, Mass, Sept. 30
Through fog and mist and over the
soggy turf of the Country club plodded
today nearly ninety of the best women
golfers of the country in a qualifying
round of the national championship,
and when the last player had covered
the three miles and had completed the
eighteen holes, it was found that Miss
Margaret Curtis, of the Essex Country
club, Manchester, Mass, and Miss
Louisa A. Wells, of the Home club. had
eXcelled all others and were tied for
the first place with scores of SO each.
Following close at their heels were
Miss Ruth Underhill, of the Nassau
Country club, Glen Cove, L. l., and
Miss Georgiana Bishop, of the Brook
lawn Golf club, Of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
also tied for third place, with scores
of 30 each. Miss Curtis and Miss Wells
and the winner of the tie between Miss
Underhill and Miss Bishop will receive
individual prizes given by the associa-
ton.
! Twenty-seven other players, with
| scores ranging up to 102, are also in the
/ running for the first round of match
! play tomorrow. Two more players,
J Mrs. J. It. Hubbard, of the Harbor Hill
club, Staten Island, and Mrs. Alexander
McGregor, of the Oakley Country club,
Watertown, Mass were tied for the
thirty second position with scores Of
103. This tie will be played off the
first thing tomorrow morning, and the
winner will continue in the tourna-
ment.
Forty Eight Others Over Course.
There We're forty eight other players
who completed the course and handed
in cards with scores ranging from 104
to 1873, but they will have to wait until
next year for another chance at cham
pionship honors. Nine players with
drew.
The low scoring, in spite Of the life
less turf, and slow putting green, was
a surprise of the tournament. No less
than twenty, four players bettered 100,
seven were below s., while the work
of Miss Curtis and Miss Wells in
breaking ninety deserves the highest
praise. The play of Miss GeneV1tve
Hecker, last years champion, and Mrs.
e. A. Manice, who defeated her in the
( spring, was somewhat disappointing.
i Both were cratic at the start and lost
many strokes in the outward journey,
but coming back each steadied per-
ceptibly and finished strong. Miss
Curtis and Miss Wells also had some
difficulty in getting into the swing of
the game, but they gained confidence
quickly, and from the third hole both
played almost faultlessly. Miss Cur
tbs might have been in third place but
for the fact that on her last hole, with
a score of So, she holed out 35-yard
approach shot, which enabled her to
tie Miss Wells. She also succeeded in
running down a tWenty-foot put on the
ninth green for four, which helped
her considerably. Miss Wells game
was consistently good throughout. Her
game was at no time brilliant but, on
the other hand, was remarkably sure.
Miss Bessie Anthony, of the Glen
View Golf club, Chicago, was a warm
faVorite at one time during the day,
after she had made the first nine holes
in AZ, but she took SO strokes to come
home, which sent her down into sew
enth place. Miss Underhill and Miss
Bishop played very evenly throughout,
each going out in IS strokes and COM
ing back in exactly the same number.
Many Drives of Over 200.
Considering the condition of the
turf, which gave very little roll to the
ball, the driving was remarkable. Miss
Curtis, Miss Anthony Miss Bishop,
Miss Underhill and Miss Adams re-
peatedly made 10 and $50 yards, while
some drives reached over 200. Some
of the long iron work was also good
but, as usual in all women's events,
the putting was the feature. If the
greens were a trife slow, they were
remarkably true, and once the players
got the roll of the ball, two, three and
courtyard puts were common. Very
few players took more than two on
any of the greens, and in this way
made up for many mistakes through
the fair green.
The play was the best ever shown
by women in championship event,
the scores being several strokes better
than at BaltuSrol last year. The dull
weather kept down the gallery and the
, course was comparatively clear all day.
Miss Hecker's play seemed to be the
attraction, but after three or four holes
had been played the gallery paid more
attention to her partner, Miss Anthony,
who played the first nine holes most
brilliantly. Very few watched Mrs.
Manice, while Miss Curtis and Miss
Wells were left entirely alone, except
at the last green, where large crowd
assembled to watch the players finish.
Tomorrow will come the real test of
the tournament, for, according to the
arrangements this year, two rounds of
eighteen holes each will be played.
The eight survivors will therefore be
the very best of the original lot, and
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Saturday are likely to be very keen.
Those Making High Scores.
The twenty-four highest scores, in
GLIDING the out score, in score and to-
tai, are:
Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex County
club Manchester, Mass, 42-47-S9.
Miss Louisa A; Wells, Country club,
Brookline, 45-44-S9.
Miss Ruth Underhill, Nassau club, Glen
Cove N, Y, 45-45-90.
Miss Georgiana Bishop, Brook Lawn Golf
club Bridgeport, 4545-90.
Lenox, Mass, 5O-4S-9S.
Miss Fannie c. Osgood, Country club,
Brookline, Mass. 50;,4S-93.
club, Chicago, 42-52-94.
Miss ]. Anna Carpenter. Westward He
Golf club, Chicago, 45-5O--95.
Miss e. N Lockwood, Lexington, Golf
club, Lexington, Mass, 47-49-96.
Miss M. b Adams, Wollaston Golf club
Wollaston, Mass 5145-96
Miss G. Hecker, Apawamis club, Rye
n: Mrs rs, Caleb Caleb F. Fox, Huntingdon Valley
club, Philadelphia, 5145-96.
Miss Mollie Brownell. Agawam Hunt
Miss Margerys W Phelps, Country club
Mrs. n: P. Rogers, Baltuussrol Golf club
Short Hills N. j., 51-46-97.
Mrs. William Shippen,o Morris Count!
club, Morristown, 49-4S-97 -
Miss Anita PhippS, Country clup, Spring
fld Mass, As 1877.
Miss b. C. Pennington. vesper Countr!
club, Lowell, Mass, 51-47-9S.
Mrs. R. G. Brown, San Francisco Col
club, San Francisco, 49-49-9S.
Miss Gertrude Fiskel, Concord Golf club
Concord Mass, 54-45-99.
Mrs. William Girham, Huntington Coun
try club, Philadelphia, 51-4S-99.
Miss Maud Wetmore, Newport Golf club
Newport, r. l., 52-47-99.