Evening star., 1924-09-07

During the early rounds the Cali
fornia girl was not figured as a con-
tender. but as the tournament pro-
gresSed it became evident shat she
would have to be reckoned with. Her
wonderfully aggressive temperament
is ideal for golf and she conquered
other girls, who can play the shots
quite as well, if not better, through
her sheer doggedness and determina-
ton to keep plugging regardless OF
the breaks.
Those who saw her match with
Glenna Collett never will forget her
brassie shot at the eighteenth hole.
Going to the last hole Miss Browne
found herself 1 down to the greatest
woman golfer in the United States.
Her chances of winning could have
been purchased for a Chinese yen.
Miss Collett did not have very good
drive. but Miss Browne was worse
off after slicing her drive to the
rough. Not one in the record break
ing gallery had the remotest idea
Miss Browne would reach the green
with her second shot. Certainly Miss
Colett did not think so, for she took
an iron and played short of a trap in
the center of the fairway some fifty
yards short of the green.
After sizing up the situation with
GOODNESS and deliberation Miss
Browne took her brassie--she is a
broad shouldered lassie with power
full wrists and forearms. She swung
the club in the same manner as Ha-
gen might have done and the ball
shot out past the branches of a tree,
narrowly escaped two traps and
rolled on the green within five feet
of the pin. That shot convinced
everybody that Miss Browne possesses
great courage and it proved the ,un-
doing of the great Glenna- Miss
Browne won out on the nineteenth
| hole.
Mrs. Hurd a Veteran In Game
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd Of
| Philadelphia, who met Miss Browne
today in the final was a national title
| holder some fifteen years ago. She
won the tournament in 1909 and again
in 1910. IN 1909 she also held the
British ladies' and Canadian women's
| championships. At that time the dear
| ladies wore those gored skirts and
outing suits resembling balloon tires.
| OF course, the fair ones had trouble
swinging their clubs and under these
| conditions Mrs. Hurd was practically
| unbeatable Recently she realized
| that to continue using the grip and
| the swing she employed decade ago
was futile and she would have TO
I
! shortened her skirts some eight or
! ten inches and replaced her tight
| fitting shirt waist with loose knit
sweaters. THEN she discarded her
| gloves, proceeded to get her hands
, calloused and to swing with the over
! tapping instead of the old-faShioned
| palm grip.
! Mrs. Hurd made most of these
| changes just year ago Then she
| CT zY7RA
the tee and she found the overlap
ping grip enabled her TO control her
| iron shots better.
! women's Golf Has Improved.
The performances of the competi-
| tors in this years national women
| championship indicates clearly that
| women's golf is at least six shots
| faster or better than it was some 10
| or IL years ago. 1t is a remarkable
tribute to the ability of two of tho
| champions of those days, Mrs. Hurd
and Mrs. Clarence H. Nanderbeck,
that they have been able to keep pace
! with the youngsters. There are a
| least two score of first-class woman
| golfers today, where in 1910 there
| were not more than a dozen.
The elimination of Miss Edith
Cummings. former champion, by Miss
| Miriam Burns was another of the big
| upsetS of the tournament. In the
| Western championship recently, Miss
| Cummings had defeated Miss Burns
| by IL and 10 in Sc holes. Miss Burns
was off her game that day and she
| was bitterly disappointed at the re-
suit. This issue did not tend to I'M
! prove the relations between the two,
| so that when they met this time it
| was evident that the game was for
blood. Both of these golfers are
| very nervy players and hard fighters.
| They battled fiercely for 81 holes
before Miss Burns finally had her
| revenge.
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