Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
: By FRANCIS J. POWERS.

A 8 a result of a tremendously
~ successful tournament sea-
"A son, Helen Hicks of Hewitt,
Long Island, displaces Mrs.
Glenna Collett Ware as the leading
woman golfer of the United States.
A star of several years standing,
Miss Hicks game improved greatly
during the past year and she cli-
NAKED her best season by winning
the women's national champion
ship, defeating Mrs. Ware in the
finals.
Over the year, Miss Hicks has won,
in addition to the national, the met
ropolitan, Eastern, New Jersey shores
and several Florida championships.
She has become one of the longest OF
all women from the tees and has de-
veloped q superb game with her irons.
Miss Hicks seems destined to win many
more major championships and more
firmly to establish herself as one OF the
greatest of woman golfers of the times.
Although Mrs: Ware played very little
S sSp ssy g golf m.4s The The sn as
the naticaci after tying for medal
honors, entities her no second place
in the seasons rankings. While she
fell short Of winning the champion
ship, her feat Of reaching the finals
for four consecutive years Is one OF the
great achievements CT wornan's golf.
Enjoys Fine Season.
Maureen circuit Of New York also
and is given third rank. She reached
the fourth round Of the British Wom-
ans championship and the third round
of the United States national. She
was medalist and winner of the Cana
dian championship and tied for medal
list honors in the United States ma
tional at Buffalo. Her play in many
of the minor events also was out
standing.
Mrs. o. s. Hill, that bold campaigner
from Kansas City, Is ranked fourth.
She regained the woman's Western
championship from fast field in Chi
cago, and tied for the medal IN the
national Mrs. Hill Is one Of the finest
players in the game and few excel her
in play around the greens or In putting
Virginia Van VIE, the Chicago styl-
ist, Is ranked next to Mrs. Hi. AL
though Miss Van VIE collected no i'm
the semi-finals of both the national
and Western championships and played
much fine golf In Florida during the
Winter season. Not overly strong, Miss
Van VIE Is capable Of some brilliant
rounds, and is the master Of every club.
Because Of her victory in the ~
hole Medal Derby, staged annually By
the Womens Western Golf Associa:
ton, Mrs. Marion Tirpie Lake Is rated
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for medal play In this country and Mrs.
Lakes ability. to lead fine Geld again
established her as one Of the best.
Brilliant SHOEMAKER.
Mrs. Leona Pressler of Los Angeles is
given seventh place in the seasons
ratings. Mrs, Preesler was runner-up
to Mrs. Hill IN the Western and went
to the third round Of the Natiopal.
Mrs. Pressler is brilliant SHOEMAKER
and 1t is the opinion Of many Of the
better professionals that some day she
will capture the. National title.
Jane Brooks OF New York is Q new
conner to the list of the leading 10:
She won the North and South cham
pionship at Pinehurst last Spring, and
the Westchester invitation-that at
tracted a star held-durtng the Sum-
mer. She Is one of the corners in the
women's ranks. Miss FRITZ Steifel Of
Wheeling. w. Va, and Martha Parker
Of New York are ranked ninth and
tenth. Neither won. any important
event, but both played consistently well
throughout the year. "
Others entitled to recognition for
hne play through the year are: Mrs.
Miriam Burns Tyson OF Kansas City,
who went TO the seIni-flnals OF the
Western; June Beebe Of Chicago and
Helen Lawson Of Los Angeles.