Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-19
FAIR GOLFERS SEEK
NATIONAL HONORS
Best Feminine Players Here
for Big Tournament.
ON CHEVY CHASE LINKS
Fourteenth Annual Championship
Games in Progress.
NAMES OF THE CONTESTANTS
Miss Harriet Curtis of Boston, Ma
tional Champion of 1905, Breaks
Tie This Afternoon and
Takes Lead. Z
BY H. L. FITZPATRICK.


Americas s best feminine wielders OF the
driver and cleek assembled at the Chevy
Chase Club this morning for the four
teenth annual women's golf championship
of the United States. II is the first time
Washington has had the national tourna-
ment. which has in the other years oscil-
lated between the clubs of New York,
Boston. Philadelphia and Chicago. The
tournament has never had a more ornate
setting. the course being in ideal condi-
tion and the strip OF broad green fairway
bordered by trees i'm the most glorious or
autumnal reds, russets and yellows. The
first tee was roped off to prevent the on
lockers encroaching on the players. while
back of the home green a row of flaming
scarlet SALIVA took the place of a rope
On a table in the clubhouse were the
many minor cups to be played for. a
handsome and valuable collection OF tro-
phies. and standing high above all the
thousand-dollar championship emblem. the
gift of the Scotch member Of parliament.
Robert Cox Of Dunfermline. who was an
early guardian angel of women's golf The
winner on Saturday will have her name
engraved on the cup and receives a gold
medal. The runner-up gets q silver
win bronze medals. They are all a
special medal for championships. made
from the die of the United States Golf
Association.
The home contingent included Mrs. q.
S. NARROW, Miss Mildred Cayerley and
Mrs. j. NJ. Stoddard Of the Columbia
Golf Club: also Miss Marion Oliver, Mrs.
Charles L. Frailey aand Mrs Ormsby Nc.
fr4 <r~1--.
Miss Phopoe, a Canadian champion. was
prominent figure. and also the Phiia-
delphians. Miss F. c. Griscom. Mrs. r.
H. Barlow and Mrs. c. f. Fox. The
Boston players were most numerous and
had as leader Miss Margaret Curtis. the
present champion. Miss Grace Semple OF
st. Louis. champion of the Women's West
ern Golf Association, was the most prom
inent of the western entries.
Eighteen-Hole Medal Play.
Play began i'm the eighteen-hole medal
play round at 10 O'Clock. an hour later
than the schedule. The best thirty-two
VIII keep on tomorrow at match play, and
the final will be Saturday morning. Tho
greatest incentive to make a low score
was fine cup presented for the best in
dlVldual work of the day by the United
States Golf Association. There was no
congestion or overcrowding and every
player was keyed up to do her best. or
the starting pair. Mrs. E. s. NARROW be-
gan with two sliced shots: but Miss Ethel
H. Maule of Philadelphia had a fine drive
and was on the first green. 292 yards
with neat iron shot. Miss Semple was
In the second pair. She had a good drive
but was short on her second and needed
II gain the green and holed in ,
The United States Golf Association Of
fcials to preside at the first tee were
President Daniel Chauncey, New York
Secretary W. Fellows Morgan, New York
Vice President Alex Britton, Washington.
and Herbert Jaques. Boston. Under d.
rectlon OF the committee the professional,
James Douglas. had new cups placed on
each green. The disks were put forward
on all the tees as far as possible except
on the fourteenth. where they were placed
back to the limit. which preserved the
full distances as carded There was no
wind and the prospects favored a record
The best hitherto has been an S. by Miss
r. c. Osgood of Boston. The distances
were:
Out -2a2 aeo. 3H 145, $40. 3l5. 40. 4ss
In-277, 3es. ss4. aa5. 225 $50. IT'S. az
and 1S7 Total 1894
The total was 1857 yards
Miss Elizabeth Hurry Of the Engelwood
are not rivals individually, as they will be
later on at match play The pairs are
merely playmates. jolly good friends. the
only aim being to make the lowest card
and not TO defeat any one particular play
err
Additional starters. which brought the
entry list to forty-one. We're Mrs Fred A
Potts of the Lakewood Country Club and
Mrs. Wiles of the EXmoor Country Club.
near Chicago. Mr. Potts was on the
course with his wife. but denied that he
was to caddie for her.
I'll leave that to some one who knows
more about the game said the Lake.
wood amateur.
the bungalow usually sacred to the hus-
bands or bachelors of the club. One wom-
an said an inscription over her door reads:
Where women cease from troubling
and the henpecked are at rest
Large Gallery Of Spectators.
AS the morning advanced the gallery
made a long line at the first tee but tho
onlookers did not intimidate the players.
The driving was uniformly good. Miss
Margaret Curtis. the champion. and Miss
Georgianna Bishop each getting fully zoo
yards Miss Kate Harley OF Fall River
topped her first drive. fault she seldom
commits.
Miss Mary Mccain OF Chevy Chase was
the infant of the party. A school girl
under fifteen Miss Mccain has an exquis-
ite short game. but she is not as steady
from the tee as the older girls. Miss
Leitch fifteen-year-old girl. reached the
semi-final in the last championship Of the
British women. and the Chevy Chase miss
may be as fortunate.
Misses Mccain wore dark skirt, q
light shirt waist, with her hair braided
and tied with red ribbons. All the others
wore white or tan dresses. one or two
with sweaters and very few wore hats
an their befuffed tresses. The wind
shifted to the northwest by noon. but 1t
was not strong enough TO be factor
against a low mark. The falling leaves
were botherinS 10 the sight on the put
ting greens but the club had men at
work steadily brushing them away with
big brooms of twigs.
The team match, to have been held
was defaulted by the western
IN tho easteru xvomen The LATTER haya