Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-01
WOMEN GOLFERS
Brave Fog, Mist and Mud at
Brook|ine, Mass.
Nearly 90 Experts from All Over
Country Try for Honors.
Miss Margaret Curtis and Miss Louisa
Wells the Leaders.

Brookline. Mass, Sept. 30.-Through
fog and mist and over the soggy turf
of the Country Club, today, plodded
nearly 80 of the best women golfers of
the country, in qualifying round of
the national championship, and when
the last player had covered the three
miles in the water and had completed
the IS holes it was found that Miss
Margaret Curtis of the Essex County
Club and Miss Louisa Wells of the
home club had excelled all others and
were tied for first place with scores Of
50 each
Following close at their heels Were
Miss Underhill of lhe Nassau Country
Club. Glen Cove, l.. L., and Miss Georgi-
anna Bishop of the Brookiawn Golf
club of Bridgeport, also tied for third
place with scores of 80 each. Misses
Curtis and Wells and the winner of the
tie between Misses Underhill and Bish-
% viii receive high praise 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. r. Hubbard of the Harbor Hill
Club. Staten Island. and Mrs. Alex Nc
Gregor Of the Oakley Country Club,
Watertown. Mass, were tied for the
32d position, with scores of 103. This
tie win be played off the first thing.
tomorrow morning. and the winner will
continue in the tournament.
There were As other players who COM
pleted the course and handed in cards
l,,4 lnt
will have to wait until next year for
another chance at championship
honors.
None of the players withdrew. The
low scoring in spite of the lifeless turf
and slow putting greens was the sur
prise of the tournament. No less than
"a players bettered 100, seven We're be
low g. while the work of Miss Curtis
and Miss Wells in breaking 80 deserves
the highest praise. The play of Miss
Genevieve Hecker, last years cham
pion. and Miss f. A. Nance, who de-
feated her in the spring, was some
what disappointing.
Tomorrow will come the real test of
the tournament. for according to the
arrangements, this year, two rounds of
IS holes each win be played. The eight
survivors win therefore be the very
best of the original lot and the matches
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday are
likely to be very keen.
The following qualified for the first
round of match play, tomorrow:
Miss Margaret Curtis. Essex County
Club. Manchester, Mass.
Miss Louisa A. Wells, Country CluD,
BrOokline.
Mis- Ruth Cnderhill Nassau Club, Glen
Cove. y. Y.
Miss Georgianna Bishop. Brookiawn
Golf Club. Bridgeport, CT.
Mrs. +. a. Manice, LenoX Golf Cluo'
Miss Fannie c. Osgood, Country Club,
Bronkline.
Miss Bessie Anthony, Glenview Golf
Miss Jennette Carpenter, Westward 10
Club Chicago.
Miss e. N. Lockwood. Lexington, Mass.
Miss NJ. Il. Adams, Wollastop Goif Cluo'
Miss Genevieve Hecker. Apawamis
Miss caleb f. Fox. Huntington Valley
Miss Moilie Brownell, Agawam Hunt,
Miss Margery W. Phelps, Country Club
Mrs \. p. Rogers, Baltius club, Short
ME; Ms WIN. shippen. Morris County
| Country Club. Morristown; 1,,.,,
Miss Anita Phipps. Country Ciup
Springfield. ,.. ,,,,,,,.,,
| club, Lowell. ,,
Mrs. II. 6. Brown, San Francisco Club
| San Francisco. 1, roi,
Miss Gertrude Fiske, Concord Con
| club. Concord. Mass ,-,tt.,
| Mrs VIM Gorham. Huntington Nai'S
| Club. Philadelphia. >.. col,
| Miss Maud Wetmore, Newport EoH
| Club Newport. 1.,,
| Miss r. s. Porter. oakley Country Gu"
| Watcrtown. Mass. l,..,.-.
Miss J. T.. Vanderhoef, Ardsley Count
| Club New York. I,.
Miss Pauline Mackay, Oakley Country
Club Watertown. . . ,,-..,
| Mis- &. NJ Willis, Morris County coun
Mrs. Edward sanford Essex Country
| County Club. Orange y. J. .
| Miss Marion Oliver, Albany country
| club. ,,., ,,,,.,,.,
| Miss Elsa Hurlhert Morris County
| Country Club, MOrristown.
| Mrs. j. Il. Kinney. .
| Miss Ruth Milne. Country club. Albany
| Mrs. +. j. Hubbard. Harbor Hill Goii
| Club, staten Island
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