Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
GIRL GOLF WINNER
RECEIVES TROPHY
Presentation of Prizes Climax
of Tournament.
-FOUR PLAYERS GET MEDAL S
Herbert Jaques of Boston, Master
of Ceremonies.
CHEVY CHASE CLUB THE SCENE
Mixed Foursome Results in Tie Be-
tween Miss Phelps and Mr..
Tuckerman, Miss Porter
and MT Smith.
BY n. L. FITZPATRICK.

To the Fall River Golf Club goes for
the ensuing year the possession of the
$1,000 trophy, the gift of the late Robert
Cox, NJ. p. of Scotland. for Miss Kate
Harley of that club has won the women's
championship of 1908 by beating Mrs
T. H. Polhemus by & up and to play
The final round at the Chevy Chase
Club was only followed by some 500
persons, but they witnessed good play
ing. Washington, it is said. will turn
out 10000 persons to see a horse race
or a base ball game. but as to golf-tha,
is. golf by women-it is a frosty PROPOSE
ton. At a course near Boston, Chicago
Philadelphia or New York there would
have been gallery of 5000 or 1000 to
see the final of a tournament such as
that of last week on the Chevy Chase
links.
Mrs. Polhemus is the second married
woman to reach the final. but no matror
has ever won the championship title
Mrs C. +. Fox was the other married
woman to be the runner-up. Miss Ruth
Underhill beat her for the title in 1S9!
at the Philadelphia Country Club.
1t devolved on Herbert Jacques of Bos-
ton to present the prizes to the winners
Just as the cleaning fell and the ruddy
glow of the open fires, with the electric
lights, frightened the clubhouse, Mr.
Jacques confronted the bevy of golfine
women and girls to make the presenta
tions. Some of the feminine golfers were
damp and distressed after playing q
mixed foursome in the rain, so in sym
pathy for them he made his remarks
short, but they were very happy. To
Miss Harley was handed the gold medal
Mrs. Polhemus received silver media
and Miss Marion Oliver of Chevy Chase
who looked very pretty in a gray sweater
and dark pink skirt he handed a bronze
medal Miss Oliver wore a huge bunch
of violets To Mrs. c. F. Fox of Phila
delpha there was also a bronze media
due. but she had left, and it will be sem
to her.
Mr. Jacques also presented the minor
prizes to the respective winners. He wa:
the only member of the United State!
Golf Association present Alexander Brit
ton the Washington member had beer
called to Virginia by a telegram from
his sister. stating that she is i'll. DAME
Chauncey, the president. and c. +
Thompson had beat it for their homes re
spectively in New York and Chicago
w. Fellowes Morgan. secretary of the
L. S. G.. A.. is running for sheriff il
Essex county, n. j.. and he had to &,
home to see that all the anchors were
we'll up to the windward.
Master Of the Occasion.
But although left alone. Mr. Jacques was
master of the occasion. He had an active
and cheerful aid in Morgan Thompson o,
the Chevy Chase committee. F. Oder
Horstman. who is also on the committee
and has done much to make the tourna
ment a success, is i'll and could not ap.
pear.
The Chevy Chase Club has earned the
heartiest of congratulations from TIL
women for its able management of the
tournament. In spite of the long drought
the putting green's We're pronounced TO b:
perfect and the clubs professional James
Douglas. came in for praise on account
of his painstakng work. An infinite care
for details is the secret of having a gol1
course fit and ready, and throughout tbs
rain the men were still al work sweeping
the leaves from the putting greens. There
was not "A drop of rain until Miss Harley
beat Mrs. Polhemus on the thirteenth
green.
THE skies are weeping over the defeat
of our favorite,' the New Workers said as
they hurried to the clubhouse in tn:
drizzle. But it is good thing Tor al
that II did not rain earlier in the week
There was great difference in the
looks of the finalists. who by the way
two school girls. Mrs. Polhemus is tall
statuesque and OF the most handsome typ
of brunette. a Cleopatra of the links
Miss Harley is also tall, very slim ant
graceful. with a pearl-like complexion
crowned with a wealth of hair in the true
Ttianesque shade. They did not shake
hands at the finish of the match in the
formal style Instead, they kissed
Il am so glad you have won, DEAR