The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-08
DOROTHY TRAUNG
 LOOKS LIKE GOOD | BET IN WESTERN
Six Young Women After Van Vie Laurels at
 Minneapolis
By HARRY CRIMSON Sports Editor, NEA Service

SleVelduu, Aug. o-In0 women Western, preview of the National at, Interlachen, Minneapolis, Aug. 26-S1, gets under way over the sporty and truly championship. course of the Westwood Country Club here on August 5.
 Virginia Van Vie, the national champion, will not be present due to bac kailment. Poor health forbids the appearance of Mrs. Le- ona Cheney of Los Angeles, who copped the plums year ago, but ' the field of TAO will be loaded with the finest of the fai rones never theless.
 Dorothy Traung, the buxom San Francisco girl who was surprise runner-up to Miss Van Vie in the National last year, has been famil- iarizing herself with the battle ground. So have Marion McDou- gall of Portland, Ore, 1884 West ern Open champion; the veteran Mary K. Browne, and the neat little lassie who trailed her to her fourth Cleveland championship, Edith Begg; Mrs. E. w. Hughes, the club champion; and Dorothy Gardner of Steubenville, O.
 Marion Miley, 21-year-old star of Lexington, Ky, the trans Missis- sippi titleholder, helps make the entry list second only to that of the National in importance.
 The region covered by the Wo- mems Western Golf Association extends from Buffalo to the Pacific Coast and south to the Mason Dixon line.
 From San Francisco come Mrs. R. s. Leachman and her daughter, Marion. The youngster plays from scratch, and the mother has, a handicap of two. That's fair kind of story in itself. Ella Mae Williams, now of Chicago, who learned how to play the game while her father, Eddie Williams, was the professional at Westwood, will be among those present. She Western Open.
 Phyllis Buchanan of Denver, 1893 rans-Mississippi champion; Bernice Wall of Oshkosh; Betty Botterill of Salt Lake; Mrs. Philip Atwood, the former June Beebe, of Chicago; Lucille Robinson of Des Moines; Mrs. Melvin Jones of Chicago; Mrs. s. L. Reinhardt, runner-up to Mrs. Opal s. Hill in this years Western Open; Mrs. Marjojrie Let's of Chicago; Doro- thy Gustafson of South Bend; Mrs. Louis Longfifeld of San Mateo, Calif.; Goldie Bateson of Milwau- kee, and Peggy Wattles of Buffalo add to the fields underniable class.
 First Three Days Easiest
 Eva Shorb, a 17-year-old miss of Massillon, recorded an 84, witI at least five strokes thrown away in 8 pro-ladies' team tournament at Chagrin Valley here the other afternoon. List her among the foremost contenders.
 From the ladies' tees, the Vest wood course measures 6400 yards. Ladies' par is 79.
 Things won't be too tough for the first two or three days. Club officials are not trying to protect | the course record, but thereafter the tees will be set back little, and the pins will be placed in tricky spots-on sidehills, etc., to create sloping butts.
 The Westwood course is one of the most difficult in Ohio. It is we'll wooded. Balls pull up sharp ly on its heavy-textured and spongy sprinkled fairways. Nc long rols here, but always a good lie. They'll have to hit 'em right to obtain distance.
 A few holes are rolling. The first two are fairly fiat-good starting holes. Real golf is de. manded from the third through the ninth. There the gals encoun. ter ravines, and creeks, and dog legs.
 Sixteen But Not So Sweet
 The seventh hole calls for skill and accuracy. It Is a dog-leg, with the tee shot going to the right. and the second cutting sharply to the left and requiring plenty of carry to clear a creek.
 | The ground rolls from the 12tf l lIlC LVtl, GuAAASs and heavily wooded grounds mus be traversed.
 | The 18th is one of the toughest and prettiest in the district. The second shot must be real straight to reach the green. The 17tf should be soft, but on the other hand can be expensive. It calls for a small iron over lake, witf thte mental hazard the thing tc whip.
 The 18th is nice finishing hole with the first shot over the same lake and the second over a smal gully.
 The schedule:
 Aug. 5-Eighteen-hole qualify. ing round, 32 to qualify for the championship flight, S2 for the first flight, and 16 for each succeeding flight.