The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-29

championship when the tournament
takes place in Detroit, Aug %
We'll she continued, there isn't
4 doubt that this is going to be the
greatest year on record for the game
even more SO with the women than
with the men,
The great tide Of prosperity, and
the problems of the business world will
demand the attention Of the men, as
never before, hut now that the war
Is over, the women long for recreation.
Women who spent days and days
in the Red Cross headquarters, with
their hearts and energies bent only on
what they might accomplish for their
boys, and those who helped in the
countless ways for tho welfare OF the
soldiers, are not going To turn back
to spending their spare time at the
card tables or danCing-they want a
recreation that will hiring them the
freedom Of the open-wtth the great
healing power that those who love the
outdoor world find in nature"
That's one big reason continued
Mrs. Gaut, why SO many women who
have never even thought Of golf be-
fore are taking up the game"
The Tournaments.
ore grand and glorious get together
contest, In which a number Of new
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as the splendid players who have won
enviable records for the Memphis clubs
in tournaments all over the country,
will be the open tournament for all
women players of the Colonial Country
club, the Memphis Country club and
the Overton Park Golf club, which will
he played at the Memphis Country club
course Monday morning at $50 o'clock.
The Colonial club championship tour
nament will take place at the club May
3, This will be the second champion
ship event for that club, the first hav-
ing been won In 1917 by Mrs. Paul
Towner, who still retains the title, It's
said that she is playing in beautiful
form and Is fully competent OF defend
ing her title in May.
Mrs. Gaut was enthusiastic Over the
condition of the three big golf courses
Memphis and Colonial clubs and the
OVerton park course.
And, listen: Did you know that the
| Colonial club, although only about four
years old, has one of the best golf
courses in the South and that pretty
soon they plan to make 1t one of the
biggest, too? And the Memphis Coun-
try club-well, why do they make 1t the
scene of so many tournaments for the
Southern Observation-Disclosures instance ?
Think about that for a minute.
And Overton park-you people who
think that the ZOO is the biggest part
about that place, and who feel that
you know all about 1t after you've seen
the animals. and the flowers, and the
little Japanese garden, Did you know
hat Overton park has Thea sportiest
nine-hole golf course in the South?
It's all true. Mrs. Gaut said so, and
Mrs. Duffield, and Mrs, Guthrie, n
Miss Beasley. and Mrs. sam Phillips
said, Just ask Mrs, Gaut,'
Mrs. Jerome Parker IL chairman OF
the golf committee for women at tho
Colonial club, Mrs. Joe Venn for over
ton and Mrs. Gaut for the Memphis
Country club.
Facts for the Doubling.
Mrs. Gaut had more than convinced
me that golf was the thing, mad de,
clared to my suhConscious self that Ia
save up for about three months ana huV
the whole (er--do you say parapherna.
liza when meaning the sticks, balls and
thingsO whatever you call 1t, and go
out every day and learn all about u.
But | cant write things lust as she
made them seem to me, so ! asked ner
question No. 1000, 600:
What argument would you otfer to
the ever-doubting feminine persons who
wont break away from established fads
and customs until convincedg,' quoth !,
lust this" she came back, just az
If that was the first question ia asked
all morning; first, 1t teaches the les
son of being a good sport one ma cah
smiIe whether winner or loser, and take
a chance, no matter how great the ODDS
second, which, after all Is the
greatest argument for any GOOD thlng-
II benefits the health more, ! believe
than any other form of sport.
"Third, develops poise! an easy. nat-
grace grace, powers Of concentration
and Accuracy n
SomeFof Memphis best players who
are getting in great form for the south
ern championship tournament are me
following: Mrs. Frank Jones, former
southern champion; Mrs, Kenneth Duf'
field, present southern champion Mrs
pave Gaut, state champion; MIS-, FRANK
Guthrie, runner-up in state champion
shin. Miss Louise Hunter, runner-up IN
Southern championship .us now II
France, however,; Mrs raul T2%mSn
parker, Mrs. Samuel II. Phillips, MISS
Nina Beasley. Mrs. Ben Humphreys
Mrs. ]. S. Shortle. Mrs. Joe Nenn' Mrs
Charles N. Burch.