New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-09-20
MORE Foreigners
Threaten TITLE
-Four Women Have Chance for
Golf Grown

Garden City, N. Y. Sept. 20 up
Another foreign drive for an Ameri-
can sporting title was on in earnest
today. Four ranking competitors
from outside the United States are
among the 32 who qualified for the
first round Of match play in the ma
tional women's golf championship.
Five strokes under par for the
Cherry Valley course, Miss Ada
Mackenzie of Toronto, the Canadian
champion, yesterday gained the
medal for the IS holes with card
of II leading home field OF 40
odd competitors. many Of whom
withdrew because of poor perform
ances in a drizzling rain.
In a tie for second place were
Miss Maureen circuit, the Metropoli-
tan champion. and Mrs. Miriam
Burns Horn Of Kansas City. Mo.
each having IS. Mrs. w G. Fraser
Of Ottawa, Canada, formerly Miss
Alexa Stirling, was next with 81.
Mrs. Henry Pressler, western title
holder, of Los Angeles, and Miss
Virginia Van Vie OF Chicago, both
had S3's,
Mile. Simone Thion De La
Chaume, French and British cham
pion, with 81 and Miss Eileen Pat
tison, champion of Bermuda, who
took SC. gained the match round
and with Miss Mackenzie and Mrs.
Fraser, who twice was the American
titleholder before changing her resi-
dence, will carry the threat to the
home representation.
The Is year old French girl made
up for a bad outgoing round of 46
with a good return of Al. Consider
ed one Of the favorites to take off
the title, Mile, Chaume finds her
self in the second quarter of the
lower half Of the draw, and her
progress toward the final is blocked
by such stars as Miss Glenna Col
lett, three times champion, who
qualified with SIS; Mrs Fraser, and
Mrs. Pressler.
Miss Mackenzie, in the upper
bracket, may have somewhat easier
going, but she is faced with Miss
Van Vie. Miss circuit and Miss
Pattison on the road to the final.
Miss circuit may prove to be one
of the stars of the tournament, for
yesterday she upset the critics who
had predicted failure for her be-
cause of mediocre playing in recent
weeks.
The draw provides a star card
for the second round, barring up
sets today. and il Mrs. Fraser and
Miss Collect survive the first round
they must clash tomorrow. Today's
feature match brings together Mrs
Dorothy Campbell Hurd OF Phila-
delphia, who qualified with 80, end
Mrs. Pressler.
A new champion will be crowned
on Saturday. G~- Mrs. G.. Henry
Stctson Of Philadelphia, who won
the title last year, was away off
her game. She required &c strokes
six more than was needed to quail
fy and five strokes too high to get
into the playoff at 81, in which
seven competed for four places
Miss Mackenzie played the kind
OF golf that is seldom witnessed in
women's tournaments, much less in
the intermittent rain that made the
course heavy and the clubs slip
perry. Her score tied the low mark
Tor the national championship, Mrs.
Fraser having set the record TWO
years ago at st. Louis. At the 18th
and at the 14th she Clipped 10
feet off the green.
Mrs. F. c. Let's of Chicago, who
beat Miss Cecil Leitch of England
in 1921. was not permitted to COM
pete when she showed up for the
qualifying round. Having been i'll,
the Chicago woman did not file any
entry but arrived at the last min
ute, only to be turned down by the
entrance committee.