Evening star., 1934-09-23
CURTIS CUP LAY
BEGINS THURSDAY
Fair Golfers, RivaIing Men
in Ability, to Battle at
Chevy Chase.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.


Y finer group of feminine
golfers than the dozen and a
half determined women who will be
gathering at the Chevy Chase Club
today and tomorrow to start their
practice rounds in advance of one of
the great classics Of the golf season
In the United States-the international
matches for the Curtis Cup-symbol
Of team supremacy between the United
States and Great Britain in the realm
of the driver and the mashie.
They play the game like the best
Of the men, these sturdy representa-
tiveS of the two great golfing nations
Of the world. and they are due, If
weather conditions favor, to unleash
some scoring that will put to shame
the best efforts of all but the top
flight amateur golfers of the country.
Gathered at Chevy Chase this week
will be all the top-flight feminine
divot-diggers of the world, barring
only three who have not been named
on the two teams because of alleged
infractions of the amateur rule. Joyce
Wethered, acknowledged queen OF
world golfers; Enid Wilson, another
sturdy English girl, who was a definite
threat to win the United States title
last year, and Helen Hicks, foremost
woman professional of the world, will
not be among those competing, but
every feminine club wielder among
those recognized as the top -notchers
nf fIoir fjNo ,tria will he or
Chevy Chase when the show opens
next Thursday.
A Talented Array.
MOT since golf emerged from the
~ red-coat and pat-ball stage has
such a distinguished group of
women golfers gathered in Washing
ton since the national woman's cham
pionship was held at Chevy Chase in
1908. the year that Mary Mccain
qualified for the championship. The
curtis Cup, presented by Boston
sportswoman and former national
champion, corresponds in womens
golf to the Walker Cup, symbol OF
supremacy among the male players
of the world.
Here are the salient facts of the
coming clash between the two teams:
The place-Chevy Chase Club,
Chevy Chase, Md.
The time-September 27 and 28,
all matches to begin at 1 80 pm.
Method of play-Doubles matches
in Scotch foresomes, each side play
ing one ball on September 81 Singles
matches on September %, each match
10 count one point. The team win
ming five points of nine will be the
winner.
Ticket sale-Two- day combination
tickets will sell for s1.65. Single day
tickets will sell for $ll0. They can
be obtained at Spaldings, at the lead
ing hotels, at all local clubs or at
Chevy Chase.
The course-A combination Of the
back and middle tees which will make
the layout stretch out to distance
of about $500 yards with a par Of
rs.
The players-AmericansM Mrs. Glen
ma Collett Ware, non-playing cap
tain: Miss Virginia Van VIE, United
States national champion; Miss Lucille
Robinson, Western women's cham
pion; Marion Miley, Charlotte Glut-
ting, Maureen Drcutt, Mrs. Louis D.
Cheney. and Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite.
British-MiSS Doris E. Chambers,
captain; Miss Pamela Barton, Miss
Diana F1shwick, Mrs. George Goats,
Miss Molly Gourlay. Miss Wanda
Morgan, Miss Diana j. M. Plumpton
and Mrs. J. B. Walker. Most Of the
British women have played in our
championships in previous years and
also in the Winter tournaments. The
British team will arrive as a group
at 1O:45 this morning and probably
will begin their practice rounds to-
day. The American team members
will arrive individually and probably
will not all be here until Tuesday.
Will be Entertained.
"A RRANGEMENTS for the affair
~ are in charge of Robert Stead.
jr., chairman of the Chevy Chase
Golf Committee, and Mrs. Frank r.
Keefer, chairman of the Women'S
Committee of the club. Members Of
both teams will be quartered at the
Shoreham Hotel, where a dinner will
be held for them on Tuesday. Other
social affairs include a reception by
President Roosevelt at the White
House, a reception at the British En-
bassy and tea.
OF the eight players on the Ameri-
can side, all but Mrs. Goldthwaite,
and Misses Glutting and Robinson
saw action in the 1882 matches at
Wentworth, England, which found
victory perching on the American ban
ner by a score of 5l2 to 312.
These girls play real golf of a cali
ber very nearly equal to the best OF
the male amateurs. Probably any OF
them can, on her good day. play a
course like Chevy Chase in rs or
better. and probably also any of them
could put up a gallant scrap against
any but the finest of male golfers.
Take the average of golfers the coun-
try over which probably will work out
at something around 100 strokes per
round and you will find that these
girls will be good enough to lick about
so per cent of the opposite sex. Strong
and sturdy, they take real cut at
the ball, sparing nothing to give the
ball long ride. And they putt very
well. You Washington golfers who
haven't seen the top-notchers of
women's golf are due for a real sur
prise this week, from the tremendous
hitting of Maureen Orcutt and Char
lotte Glutting to the meticulously ac-
curate work around the greens of Mrs.
Opal Hill. They don't baby the ball.
They hit and they hit it hard, as a
golf ball should be hit.
Americans Are Favored.
yHO will win? Well, that
w doesn't make great deal Of
difference. After all it is a
sporting event of first magnitude and
the winning or losing for its own sake
cuts small figure. But the American
team, even without Helen Hicks and
Mrs. Ware. appears like a strong out
fit and one which should win. Put
Miss Wilson and Miss Wethered on the
British side and the story might be
different. But they won't be around
when the firing begins.
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