Evening star., 1916-10-03
WOMEN PLAY FOR TITLE
Deciding Bannockburn Champion-
ship at Same Time as Men-Md-
die Atlantic Prospects. =

Tho woman golfers Of the Bannock-
burn Golf Club are playing their cham
pionship In conjunction with the mems
title event. Bannocxburn has some hne
woman players. and tho competition
keen. Two of tho best players met In
the first round Of match play in Mrs. J.
R. De Farges and Mrs. B. Y. Taylor,
and after a hard struggle Mrs. Taylor
was eliminted by Fl. Another match
Of interest, and one having a bearing
on the title, was thnt between Miss
Georgia Herring and Mrs. M. A. Moul-
ton, which was won by the former by .
.2-1 margin. Miss Edith Gordon de-
Manly won from Miss Sawyer by 3|&
The Middle Atlantic team champion
ships will be played over the course
of the Chevy Chase Club Thursday and
Friday of this week. with all the local
tion, In addition to the eight out-of-
town clubs belonging to the assoc1a-
ton. The Baltimore Country Club is
sure to send team Of fne players. and
II a delegation comes from the VIII
mington Country Club It will mako the
local men hustle.
The Baltimore club can put in the
field one Of the best teams Of any OF
the clubs in D. Clarke Corkran. for
years one S.h. Of the best players IN I, The The
semi-fnalists in this years amateur
championship: M Tyson Ellicot. T:
Courtley Jenkins. George Small and
R. NJ. King. Chevy Chase will be rep
team has not yet been picked. but
will be chosen from Samuel Dalzell.
Julian T. Bishop. Morven Thompson.
]. D. Cassels. F. q. Ellis. J. H. Dc ST.
bour and Walter R Tuokerman; .
from George P. James. captain; the
Dempsey brothers, Donald Woodward,
e. B. Eynon. 1r. the District champion.
and A. r. Mckenzie. William c. Bal
lantyne. the middle Atlantic title hold
er, WIN not be in town this week.
Both John C. Davidson and Roy a.
Pickfor3 who are members Of the CO.
lumbia Country Club and also OF the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
and with E. 8. Duvall, Simeon T. Price.
G. E. Truett and J. T. McClenahan this
club should put strong team In the
field.
a team picked from Richard Beattie.
T. Cunningham, b. L. Taylor, q. V.
Williamson, Lee Crandall, T. J. w.
Brown ana a. s'on.ef'
Mrs. ]. v. Hurd of Pittsburgh. former
national champion. who before her
marriage was Dorothy Campbell and
one of the best Of the English players,
led the field on the qualifying round Of
the women's national championship, at
the Belmont Springs Country Club Of
Massachusetts,, yesterday. with her
score of SO. Her nearest competitor.
Miss Georgianna Bishop. also q former
national titleholder. had 90 to tie with
Mrs. W. A. Gavin. the women.s eastern
champion. Miss Aexa Stirling, the
women's southern champion, and con-
sidered one of the strongest players Of
the country, had 90. This was quito q
reversal Of form, for previously.-she
had been getting around in practice in
IS or better. Miss Earnestine Pearoe
Of Chicago. ono Of last years 9emi-
inaiists: upset the dope when she filled
to qualify, as she was picked as ono
Of the contenders for the title. Miss
Elaine Rosenthal of Chicago. former
western women's champion. was sixth
in the list with 92, being tied with Miss
Stirling. Mrs G. NJ. Martin Of Stoke
Poges, England. gave bit Of interna-
tional flavor to the event by Qualifying
with a score Of 90. The qualifying
scores and pairings follow'