The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-08
NEW WOMAN GOLF STAR
ARISES IN PLAY ON COAST
Mrs. F. F. Carpenter of Midwick Club at Los Angeles
Defeats Good ~Fields-Gossip of Royal
and Ancient Game.

Those feminine golfers OF the East
who are so accustomed 10 having things
their own way that they don't know
whether or not 1t will he worth their
while TO go as far west AS Chicago
to play for the national title al on
wentsia in September may be interested
in tho rise of a new star in the far
West. II IL the Pacific coast that has
produced the latest aspirant for feminine
goling honors, and "A ~eulogistic article
in n California paper has this to say
of her.
AT those holes where a good drive
Is OF paramount value she always shows
to advantage and she has a pretty.
graceful wins that IL the envy of all
heholders. A NEST engaging personality
and an .nveterate talker throughout the
round. she has none OF the stolid i'm
perturbability which Ia supposed to he
essential TO good golf"
Diminishing the graceful swing. which
Is IN inallenable prerogative Of all
women on ;he links. the average male
golfer, especially he h has been the
victim of n loquacious opponent In some
big match, probably would not hesitate
In conceding the Californian the ma
w I AAAf iC ~ Allll' w - " II.
Tina i, II the part about her talkative-
ness may he relied upon. She certainly
could sweep right through the general
run Of mems tournaments.
Luckily. however. the new California
star, whose name is Mrs. y. +. Carpen-
ter and who plays at the Midwick Coun-
try Club OF Los Angeles has "A more
solid foundation for her fame han the
qualities mentioned above. Considered
"A ,,..V. v,Asssga n ssan- OF Mo- IHnY
penter has improved SO much during the
last twelve months that she row Is re-
garded as one of the favorites for the
California championship. Her latest vic
tories have been in the Annandale and
Altadena tournaments. in both of which
she played through good fields.
a basis for comparison with the work
OF Eastern women golfers may be found
in the fact that in the semi-fnal round
of the Altadena tournament Mrs. Car
penter defeated Miss katherine Mellus
by 3 up and . to play. Miss Mellus
made her mark in the East In 1912,
when she played In the women's national
championship AT Essex County tMass. }
and reached the semi-final round. ON
her way to the semi-1nal she defeate |
Miss Marion Hollins and Miss Margery
Phelps OF Boston, both women golfers
of the first rank. Then in the semi-hnal
aNlaEH . va 'AAAN 'AA' A'N W NhHF
Margaret Curtis. who was playing on
her home course and who next day
won the title by defeating Mrs. r. VI.
, Barlow in hollow fashion.
So II Mrs. Carpenter can beat Miss
Mellus. who is by far the best woman
golfer from the coast that ever has
appeared in the East. the new star must
he a thoroughly good golfer, and whether
she talks or not. should make a good
showing ~ she decides 10 play AT on
wentsia in september.
This is the season when the profess
SIGNALS wander about the South playing
for ''championships' on every course
they encounter. And in addition to the
titles they acquire. they manage to
pick up sundry sums of moneys sub
scribed by the golfers at the various
winter resorts.
Most Of the professionals find this
touring a rather pleasant pastime, ami
his year the honors Cane moueys) have
been pretty evenly distributed. Tom
Mcnamara won at Palm Beach recently,
and on Saturday Aleck and Macdonald
smith wide the honors AZ Belleair.
Word comes from Texas that little Fred
Mcleod. open champion In 1908. was
the winner of the open tournament AT
Houston for the second year in sue
Cession.
Mcleod defeated a field composed OF
both amateurs and professionals, among
the former class being Chick Evans and
George V. Rotan of Waco, the stat"
champion. Rotan played in several
Northern tournaments last summer and