Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-05
Woman Golfers Begin Cham
pionship Games.
DRAW IS UNSATISFACTORY
Club Members and Leaders in Some
Districts Opposed.
BRITISH PLAYERS VICTORS
Miss Campbell and Miss Teacher
Easy Winners Over Mrs. Nickel
vey and Miss Shreve.

PHILADELPHIA, October 5.-The frs
round of match play in the womens an
nual national golf championship began
this morning at the links of the Merton
Cricket Club under substantially the same
weather conditions as yesterday. Thirty
two players qualified for the title struggle
The draw resulted very unsatisfactory
In the first place. the top half is much the
stronger. and, in the second, several club
members or skillful leaders of the same
district are opposed to each other at the
outset. Play began at 10 o'clock, contest
ants going out at five-mnute intervals
The pairing:
Miss Frances Griscom, Merton, vs.. Mrs.
H. L. c. Roome. Merion; Miss Anita
Phipps. Springfield. Mass. VS.. Mrs.
Charles T. Stout, Apawamis; Mrs. E. H.
Filter, Merton, vs. Miss Grace Semple, st.
Louis; Mrs. c. w. Mckelvey. Esse,
bell. North Berwick, Scotland; Miss Fran
ces Teacher. North Berwick. Scot
land, VS.. Miss Carmelita Shreve.
Brae Burn: Miss Georgianna Bishop
Brooklawn, vs. Miss Vida Level
Ign, La Grange: Miss Katherine Harley.
Fall River, VS.. Miss Mary Adams, VOL
las;on: Miss Margaret Curtis. Essex
County (Mass). VS.. Mrs. Caleb Fox.
Huntington Valley; Miss Temple. West
ward Ho. England. VS.. Mrs s. F. LET
Evanston. VS.. Miss Margery Phelps
Brookline; Mrs. William T. West. Wood
bury, VS.. Miss Nobit, Wilmington: Miss
McCollum, MerchantviIle, VS.. Mrs. c.
Vanderbeck, Philadelphia Country; Miss
Isabelle Smith, Evanston. VS.. Miss Flor
ence McNeely. Merton: Miss Elizabeth
Porter, Brookline. VS.. Miss Harriet Cur
tbs. Essex County (Mass); Miss Frances
Dallett, st. David's. VS.. Mrs. r. II. Bar
low. Merton: Miss Mary McLain, Chevy
Chase, VS.. Mrs. Jane Spence, Moreton,
England.
The international Pairs.
The attractive matches of the day were
those in which the British players were
paired with the American, but they did
not furnish the best golf. Two of the
foreign players. Miss Dorothy Campbell
and Miss Frances Teacher. had the walk
overs expected, Miss Campbell beating
Mrs. Mckelvey. 10 up and s to play, and
Miss Teacher winning from Miss Shreve,
up and to go.
Miss Campbelrs playing was so superior
to that Of Mrs. McKelvey that she took
every hole on the way out, although she
did not extend herself and evidently re-
served herself for the future matches.
Miss Teacher played perfect golf ex-
cept on the sixth hole. where she got into
a Fit and needed eight strokes to make
the hole.
Miss Grace Semple was beaten by Mrs.
Filter. { up and to go. The former
was completely off her game, while Mrs.
Filter played almost par golf.
One of the best matches of the day was
that between Miss Phipps and Mrs Stout,
which was won by the latter, up and 3
to play.
Mrs. Stout showed much of her Oldtme
quality in winning. Miss Phipps got down
a fifteen-foot putt on the second hole
and played well throughout. but when she
got off the line or made a mistake it was
a bigger one than that of her opponent.
Miss Griscom, the former national cham
pion. was altogether too strong for Mrs.
Roome. winning up. to 60 She was
out In IL to boyle So and was 5 up at the
turn.
Miss Phelps beat Mrs Colburn up,
to go, being up at the turn. Their scores
were high.