Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-31
GOLF ROW TERMED
CONFUSION RESULT
Baltimore Women'S Charges
of Trickery Answered by
Mrs. Tuckerman.

Mrs Jerome Sloman's charges that
she and other Baltimore woman golf
ers we're tricked out of prizes won by
them in the National Womens Coun-
try Club Tournament Thursday were
termed all a misunderstanding" today
by Mrs Walter Tuckerman, president
of the local orgR nization.
The tournament vas an open one.
Mrs. Tuckerman explained. and all
kinds Of people participate in such
events. Before the tournament we ar
nounced It would be played under club
handicaps. but Mrs. Sloman and the
other Baltimore women. for some
reason or other, seemed to have the
idea they were playing under State
handicaps-and there are several points
difference between the two. This.
ct lieve, Is what caused the misunder-
standing about the final scores and the
awarding of the prizes"
Mrs. Sloman. wife Of Baltimore
City councilman and champion woman
golfer of the Baltimore Suburban Club
last night accused the Washington
women Of fixing the scores to suit
themselves"
Declaring she and the other Balti-
more women had been accorded out
EdkcOuS LIcdIDleDJ, MTS. SlOnldn Qe-
clared she won the first low net prize
in the nine-hole medalist tournament
marking the formal opening of the
clubs new course on Bradley Hills
boulevard. Montgomery County, Md.
Mrs. Sloman's name was posted on
the bulletin board as the winner. she
said but when she completed another
game she found the list of winners
had been revised On the new list,
she asserted she was deprived of the
silver loving cup, which was awarded
to Mrs. j. o. Rhyme of the Congress
Sional Club.
Says Protest on Way.
MRS. Sloman was so indignant, she
said, that she sent special delivery let
tiers to Mrs. Tuckerman and Mrs. Guy
v. Henry, chairman of the committee
which arranged the tournament, pro-
testing the disposition Of the prizes.
Mrs. Tuckerman. who was preparing
to leave for Virginia this morning, had
not heard from Mrs. Sloman, however,
and Mrs. Henry could not be reached
at her home at 23l6 Tracy place
According to Mrs. Sloman, she and
seven other Baltimore women were in
vited to participate in the tournament,
but were asked to come a little late so
as to give the Washington women chance
to get started around the course.
Even though the Baltimore woman
came late, as requested, Mrs. Sloman
charged, they were at first told that
they could not take part in the tourna-
ment. Finally, however, she said, one
of the hoSteSses "condescended to per-
NIT us to go on. anyhow"
Denies Handicaps Fixed.
The Baltimore women, according to
Mrs. Sloman, played under their State
handicap-9 for nine holes Mrs. Slo-
man scored 43-9-34, she said, while
Mrs. William B. Hurst, woman's charm
pion of the Elk Ridge Hunt Club, ma de
44-9-35. and also was listed as VITA
ner of low net prize, but was excluded
from the revised list. Mrs. Sloman's
club handicap was 6 and Mrs. Hurst's 2.
AS matter of fact, Mrs. Sloman as
serted, four OF the five prizes should
have gone to Baltimore women-"all OF
whom are incensed at the treatment
given them"
Mrs Rhymes handicap was fixed
up after the tournament" Mrs. Sloman
charged. ''She had played in tourna-
ments in which she was given a handi-
cap of IL for the full course-not the
ID, or 7 for nine holes, that she got
this time"
Mrs. Sloman denied that anything
was said to her or the other Baltimore
women about State handicaps until
after the visitors had turned in low
scores. Mrs. Rhyme, she pointed out,
came third with a low gross score OF
IL, but the Z handicap gave her fitst
place on the revised list.
Demands Explanation.
"As q scratch player" Mrs. Sloman
said, II should have been awarded a
gross prize, regardless of handica3s.
What want to know is why the lists
were changed after they had been
posted"
Mrs Betty p Meckley, Indian Spring,
won the low gross with SO; Mrs. Harri-
son Brand, jr., Chevy Chase, came
fourth with A, and Mrs. Norman B.
Frost, Washington, fifth with As.
Oficers Of the club include many OF
the most prominent women IN Wash
ington society.