Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-13
.GLENNA COLLECT
WINS FIRST ROUND
Miss Wethered, British Cham.
pion, MISUNDERSTANDING
Turpie Loses.
By the Associated Press.

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golf championship with a 5.and-3 vic
tory over Marjorie White of Roehamp-
ton in a first.round match today.
Most feared among the four Arneri-
can entrants, Miss Collect played
sterling brand of golf to down her first
British opponent in decisive fashion.
She took the lead at the first hole and
! never relinquished 1t. At the turn she
was leading 2 UP.
Perfect Weather for Round.
Perfect weather conditions greeted
| the American champion today in strong
contrast TO conditions year ago when
cold and rainy weather partially &C
counted for her defeat in an early
round by Mabel Wragg.
/ Miss Collett was first of the Ameri-
cans to begin the hunt for a title that
| thus far has eluded the best efforts
Of the feminine stars the United states
has sent to Great Britain.
Wins Three in Row.
Playing confidently, Miss Collect elm
mated Miss White by winning the thlr-
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth holes
In succession, The British girls down
fall really began at the thirteenth:
Trailing down, Miss White drove her
snennd At the thirteenth into o gorse
and failed to dislodge It with her third.
Then she picked up. Miss Collett then
took the fourteenth with O 8 to the
English girls Z and ended the match
at the fifteenth with 4 to Miss
Miss White was no match for Miss
Collett except on the green's. 80 power
full were the American. champions tee
shots and seconds that the little English
girl had to play against odds on nearly
every shot, Miss Collects only difficulty
was IN Ra,ieing the very fast green's.
she 3-putted only. twice but she lost
the fourth and gained only half at
the short eighth by these lapses.
Marion Loses on Greens.
Marion Turpie, born at st. Andrews,
but an American resident since she was
less than q year old, was beaten in the
first round by Miss 8. 4. Dampney of
England. 3 to 2.
The defeat Of Miss Turpie, Southern
wornen's champion. was due to inability
to putt. The New Orleans girl took
puts on Ave green's and on each
Miss Danpney's steadiness won for her.
Miss Turpie was only down
through the tenth, but Miss DaYnpney
won the eleventh. with a par and
had par at the twelfth, where
Miss Turpie missed three -footer, put
ting the British player 3 up.
Both drives from the thirteenth tee
were caught by the same trap Miss
Dampney finally won this hole with a
to Miss Tufpies 8.
Again Trapped from Tee.
At the fourteenth, Miss TIirOie was
again trapped from the tee and playing
well out topped brASSie and took I'VE
to reach the green. Her opponent was
on In four but took three puts and the
hole was halved.
The Southern girl played fine wood
fifteenth Miss DAmpney, on in four,
left her opponent half stymie, which
Miss Turpie almost avoided from 10
feet. Miss Dampney then stymied her.
self and lost with to the visitors D..
This was the last hole won by the
American. She was bunkered at the
sixteenth and although she played q
difhcult niblick shot perfectly, her op-
ponent was on In three ana had three
puts for the half necessary to win.
Marion HolIins Wins.
Miss Marion Hollins, former wonen's
golf champion of the United States,
won her first round match, defeating
Mrs. r. v. Einlay, 8 up and 3 to play.
Enid Wilson, 22-year-old English
champion o,, , won her al. fiTSt round match
Gertrude Boothby OF Rochester, Mimi,
had a walkover into the second round.
her scheduled opponent, Mrs. Clifford
Kitson, having scratched.
Miss Joyce Wethered defeated Miss
Phyllis Lobbett, up and 8 to play.
Miss Wethered, three times champion
and odds-on favorite to make it four,
had thousand people watching her
shots IS she went out to play Miss
Lobbett.
Mrs. F. J. Mulqueen, Toronto, won
from Mrs Lewis Smith, l. UP.
Miss wethered played sensational
golf to win her f1ret match. She had
three IS on the first nine holes and
reached the turn In 81 strokes. She
played the four holes OF the second
nine 43 4 0, even tours, and had a
card for the days play, over 4s for
Mrs. Temple Dobell, former cham
pion, won from Mrs George Goats.
Ayrshire champion, at the nineteenth
Miss Leslie Brown, young English
girl, from the Wimbledon Club, defeat
ed Miss Janet Jackson, many times
Irish champion, Z up and q to play.
This result and Miss Turpie's defeat
were the surprises of the morning play:
Mrs. Kenneth Morrice's defeat Of
Miss q. q. Helrne, up and to play,
was regarded as an upset. MRS. Alex
Gold won from Miss Dix Perkins. 9 UP
The entry OF Mrs. e. A. Guggenhein,
New York, was scratched, so Miss D. I.
Clark advanced to the secound round
by default.
Hugh Percy, 4 up and 2 to play. =.
Tomorrow morning Miss Collect VIII
wifi be Miss Phyllis Bayliss, a young
player from the Cranberry Heath Club
near London Miss Bayliss has had
comparatively little tournament ex-
Miss Collett is expected to meet her
first real test no earlier than in the
semi-f1nals, where she probably Will
meet Miss Wilson
French Entrants Scratch.
Miss Wethered. despite the fact that
she has been in retirement for several
years, has been made a heavy favorite
to win the title for the fourth time
She has much the worst OF 1t In the
draw, facing probable encounters with
Miss Turpie. Miss Hollins, Molly Gour-
law and Joan Cow with others be-
fore she reaches the finals.
The finals will be played Friday.
Whoever the finalists, the title chase
promises to be struggle between the
United States and England. Mile. Nan
cite lie Blan, the 1928 champion, has
played no golf since her marriage to the
brother OF Mile. Thion de Ia Chaurne,
title holder in 1927, and several other
T1NAS al. aAHn e. taA0
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