The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-23
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By W Dix znIIIez

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TINE thirteenth annual Indianap-
Il oils Womens Golf Association
championship is matter of history
Miss Elizabeth Dunn of Highland
wrote fms TO the event Friday when
she won the city links crown for
the ninth consecutive time. Her
final conquest was over Mrs. Ben T
Parks Jr~ playing over the latter's
home course at Speedway. The
count was s and 4.
Miss Dunn is to be roundly con-
graduated upon winning the honor
so many times. Her game. not be-
ing moulded upon orthodox golf
form, has frequently gone sour dur
ing the nine years of her reign. I'm
Ger such conditions her battle was
more to regain her stride than to
defeat the opponent.
The 1884 event was even better
than the tournaments of other
years. 1t had a galaxy of young
stars entered, some of whom give
considerable promise.
Still it was not a youngster in her
teens who gave the champion her
biggest battle everywhere except on
the green's. 1t was a young south
ern woman who swings at the ball
in slow, easy fashion and does not
hurry her shots. Mrs. Ben T. Parks
lost Friday because she failed on
the putting green. AS we stood
back of her while she putted it
seemed that she actually mis-di-
rected her puts. Her stance be-
fore she stroked the ball indicated
that they were going to the left of
the cup. They did Each time the
ball Travelled at a speed that would
have permitted it to drop, but it
usually was an inch or so out of
particularly from short dis
tances.
TRUE her tee shots were from
il twenty-five to fifty yards short
of those of the champion. who is
stronger and who has always been
known for her ability to pound drives
from 225 to $50 yards. But Mrs.
Parks we're straight. We do not
recall her being in a trap once and
her iron shots were usually bold to
the green.
She lost the second hole because
she failed to get a putt down from
three feet. Her tee shot on No. 5,
where she drove with an iron to
within two and a half feet of the
cup. deserved a birdie 2. Instead her
putt slipped past the edge.
Putting spoiled her chances for a
win on NO. and again on No. 7,
Miss Dunn being in trouble in both.
Miss Dunn recovered each time to
either win hole or halve it. But
had Mrs. Parks been able to get
puts into the cup the match might
ha,e gone extra holes or at least
into a thriller.
A NYWAY, Mrs. Parks. who is
I y new in the state. did well in
her first city tournament. Her hus-
band thought so to the extent of a
new set of irons. 1t was not only
Mrs. Parks performance that makes
the outlook for future city events
bright.
1t was after watching such young
players as Miss Harriet Randall.
Miss Ruth White. Miss Carolyn
Varin, Miss Claribel Davidson. Mrs.
Althea Miller Mitchell Cshe was
married yesterday. Miss Frances
Kotteman and Miss Virginia Owens
that make us realize there are a
flock of young players coming along
all at once and with comparatively
the same speed. That means Indi-
is to have some real repre-
Sentation in state tournaments, too.
THE state tournament is only two
IL two weeks away. The event
will be played over the South Bend
Country Club course. better known
as Chain O Lakes. The dates are
July e-I3.
Miss Dunn is state champion. The
city crown has rested upon the
heads of only two Indianapolis
women-Mrs. Ben c. Stevenson and
Miss Dunn. Mrs. Stevenson won
the honors the first four years after
the association was organized. Miss
Dunn stepped in during the 1926
play and has won each year since
then.
Miss Dunn also won the state
title for the first time that year
and repeated the next. In 1928
she lost to Mrs. A. E. BulSon of
Fl. Wayne. who held the title three
years. Then Mrs. Pen c.. Skillern
Of South Bend assembled the throne
for A one-year reign. Miss Dunn
came back last year to regain the
title at Highland.
There is some talk that she may
not play at South Bend. We sus-
poet. however. that Miss Dunn will
be there when the South Bend
event is called to order Monday
morning. July g. She will be
favorite 10 retain her title.
XNHILE the women were playing
w at Speedway Friday an out
of-State golfer of note was enter
tanned on the course and was i'm
pressed by the caliber of golf played
by Indiana women. Ted Paysur,
en- route home from the Western
Open. stopped off for a visit with
Ralph Hitch. Paysur is golf coach
and assistant basketball coach at