The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-01
ON A LIfELESS GREEN
NEARLY NINETY WOMEN GOLFERS
PLAY THE QUALIFYING GAMES.
Miss Curtis and Miss Wells Tie at 50
Miss UnderhiII and Miss Bishop at
90-The Drawing for To-Day.


Country Club plodded to-day nearly ninety
Of the best women golfers of the country
in qualifying round of the national cham
pionship, and when the last player had COW
cred the three miles and had completed the
eighteen holes it was found that Miss Mar
garet Curtis, of the Essex County 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 Georgianna Bishop. of the Brook
lawn Golf Club, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, tied
for third place with scores of 80 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. association. 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,
Mrs. j. T. Hubbard, of the Harbor Hill
Club, Staten island, and Mrs. Alex. Nc
Gregor. of the Oakley Country Club. Wa
tertown. Mass, were tied for the thirty
second position with scores of 1O3. This tie
will be played off the first thing tomorrow
nament.
There were forty-eight other players who
completed the course and handed In cards
with scores ranging from 1O4 TO 133, but
they will have to wait until next year for
another chance at championship honors.
Nine players withdrew.
The low scoring, in spite of the lifeless
turf and slow-putting green, was a surprise
OF the tournament. No less than twenty
four players bettered 100, seven were below
9S. while the work of Miss Curtis and Miss
m hra ha highest
praise. The play of Miss Genevieve Heck
er, last years champion, and Mrs. Z. A.
Manice, who defeated her in the spring.
was somewhat disappointing. Both were
erratic at the start and lost many strokes
In the outward journey, but coming back
each steadied perceptibly and finished
had some difficulty in getting into the
swing of the game, but they gained conf
dence quickly. and from the third hole both
played almost faultlessly Miss Curtis might
have been in third place but for the fact
that on her last hole, with a score of IS,
she holed out a 25-yard approach shot
which enabled her to tie Miss Wells. She
also succeeded in running down @-foot
put on the ninth green for four, which
helped her considerably. Miss Wells's 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 Glenview
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 81 strokes to come home, which sent
her down into seventh place. Miss Under
hill and Miss Bishop played very evenly
throughout each going out in 45 strokes
and coming back in exactly the same num-
ber
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 repeatedly made 40 and $50
yards, while some drives reached over ZOO
Some of the long iron work was also good.
but, usual in all women's events, the
putting was the feature. If the green's
were a trifie slow they were remarkably
true. and once the players got the roll of
the ball two, three and four-yard 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 a championship meet, the scores
being several less strokes between than
at Balturol 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
Mrs. Manice, while Miss Curtis and Miss
Wells were left entirely alone, except at
the last green, where a large crowd as
sembled to watch the players finish.
Tomorrow will come the real test of the
tournament, for. according to the arrange
ments this year, two rounds of eighteen
holes each will be played. The eight sur
vivers will, therefore, be the very best of
! the original lot, and the matches on Thurs
| day, Friday and Saturday are likely to be
| very keen.
The pairings for match play Tomorrow
| follow: Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex
| Country Club VS.. Miss Anita Phipps.
| Springfield Country Club; Miss Emily N.
| Lockwood, Lexington Golf Club, VS.. Miss
| Pauline Mackay, Oakley Country Club;
Miss Mollie Brownell Agawam Hunt Club.
VS.. Miss Elso Hurlbert, Morris County
| Country Club; Mrs. E. A. Manice, Lenox
| Golf Club, VS.. Mrs. W. NJ. Gorham Hunt
| ingdon Valley Country Club; Miss Bessie
| Anthony, Glenview Club, VS.. Miss E. c.
| Porter. Oakley Country Club: Mrs N. p.
Rogers, Baltusrol Golf Club, VS.. Miss Ruth
| Milne. Albany Country Club; Miss Gene
| vive Hecker, Apawamis, VS.. Mrs. Edward
| Sanford, Essex County Country Club Miss
| Louisa A. Wells, Country Club VS. Miss
| E. c. Pennington. Vesper Country Club:
| Miss NJ. b. Adams, Wollaston, VS. Miss
| G. G.. Willis, Morris County Country Club:
| Miss Margery w. Phelps, Country Club,
| VS.. Mrs. j. B. Kinney, Baltusrol Golf Club:
| Miss F. c. Osgood. Country Club VS.. Maud
| Wetmore, Newport Golf Club; Miss J. A
| Carpenter, Westward Ho Golf Club VS..
Miss f. S. Vanderhoef, Ardsley Country
| Club; Mrs William Shipper, Morris County
| Country Club, VS.. winner of McGregor-
| Hubbard match; Mrs. c. f. Fox Hunting
| don Valley Country Club. VS.. Miss Marion
| Oliver, Albany Country Club; Miss George
| Anna Bishop, Brooklawn Golf Club VS.
| Miss Gertrude Fiske, Concord (Mass) Golf